MUSIC

It is a set of beliefs and values that are shared by a group of people.

• history

• music

• language

• culture

An early form of sacred music influenced by the Jews’ singing of Psalms at the synagogues.

A plucked string instrument in the middle ages that resembled the guitar.

• Bagpipe

• Cornet

• Lute

• Lyre

Why do you think secular music was more popular during the medieval period?

• Secular music was more preferred by kings.

• Secular music was not bounded by the curch.

• It uses Latin language, which was more popular during the Medieval period.

• Secular music is slower than sacred music.

In this type of chant, the leader reads the psalm and the chorus answers back with a refrain.

• melismatic

• antiphona

• responsorial

• Old Roman chants

Much of troubadour music is preserved in writing in a manuscript called ____________.

• jeux partis

• canso

• chansonniers

• pastorela

A central cultural movement to the renaissance period brought about by the renewed interest in both Greek and Roman philosophies.

• humanism

• realism

• the Reformation

• the Inquisition

What document did Martin Luther post on the doors of the Schlosskirche in Wittenburg that sparked the reformation?

• The 95 Theses

• The Indulgences of the Church

• Protestantism

A sacred, biblical but non-liturgical genre of music that began in the Medieval period but perfected during the Renaissance.

• mass

• anthem

• motet

• madrigal

Which compositional techniques were prominent in Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass?

• homophony

• organum

• antiphonal writing