Renaissance Music

The word "Renaissance" is French for what?

• Fancy cheese

• Rebirth

• Death

• Ridiculous

When did the Renaissance begin?

• 1600

• 1450

• 1860

• 450

Which invention greatly influenced the Renaissance movement?

• Gunpowder

• Eye glasses

• Coffee houses

• The printing press

Select all that are considered musical features from the Renaissance era.

• Cantus Firmus

• Symphony

• Isorhythm

• Polyphony

• Concerto

In church music, this type of composition became popular.

• Tune

• Chorale

• Mass

• Ballad

A sacred, polyphonic vocal composition, usually unaccompanied is a

• Duet

• Trio

• Quartet

• Motet

Click on the correct order of the 5 parts of the MASS

• Kyrie, Agnus Dei, Sanctus, Gloria, Credo

• Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

• Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Kyrie

• Agnus Dei, Credo, Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus

What was one of the recommendations of the Council of Trent pertaining to music in the church?

• Noisy instruments and dissonant harmonies made the music unspiritual

• Instrumental music should be further advanced and expanded in the church

• Only professionally trained singers should sing in church

• New melodies should replace the Gregorian chants

What is a Madrigal?

• a group of instruments playing together

• a polyphonic composition in which two or more melodies repeat each other at different points in the music

• a secular, polyphonic song based on poems, often about love

• a musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment

A polyphonic composition in which two or more melodies repeat each other at different points in the music

• consort

• counterpoint

• motet

• homophony