Medieval and Renaissance Eras

The Medieval Era was a period in history that came directly after the

• Classical Era

• Prehistoric Era

• Ancient Era

• Romantic Era

Most Medieval music was

• orchestral

• instrumental

• rock

• vocal

Through 1150 singers were almost always

• banned

• women

• men

• children

The two main types of vocal music in the Medieval Era were

• rounds and fugues

• jazz and blues

• sacred and secular

• classical and romantic

Where would a person in the Medieval Era go to hear formal sacred music?

• the street

• a night club

• a concert hall

• a church

Music that is performed outside of church and is folk-like is referred to as

• sacred

• symbiotic

• secular

• liturgical

What was Hildegard von Bingen’s vocation in life?

• nun

• nurse

• dancer

• painter

Hildegard composed mainly

• jazz

• instrumental music

• plainsong chant

• all of the above

It was believed every song Hildegard composed, vision she had, and poem she wrote, were a result of __________speaking through her.

• the Pope

• her mother

• God

• all of the above

The first written symbol for music in the Medieval Era was called

• treble clef

• bass clef

• a neume

• a quarter note