Renaissance Music: Secular

Renaissance means

• New Birth

• Re-Birth

• Post-Birth

• Ultra-Birth

A sacred, polyphonic vocal composition, usually unaccompanied is a

• Duet

• Trio

• Quartet

• Motet

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

What was an important development in for music in this time period?

• Football

• Printing Press

• All of the Above

• None of the Above

Why was the invention of the Gutenberg printing press important?

• It allowed musicians to compose more

• It allowed musicians to become better at their instrument

• It allowed musicians to share their music with musicians all over the world

• It allowed musicians to remember their music better

What was the different between Renaissance Music and Medieval Music

• It was harsher

• It was louder

• It was quieter

• It was smoother and more gentle

What are two musical innovations that came with the Renaissance period?

• Polyphonic texture and Printed music, rather than hand-scripted

• Dancing added to the music in church

• Printed music and dance added to the music in church

Unaccompanied choral music is

• A cappella

• Georgian chant

• In most lute songs, the lute accompaniment

• Most medieval music

Secular Music is

• Music written only for oboe choir

• Popular music that is not connected with the church or religion

• Music written only for dogshows.

• Music that is written only for religious services.

A Madrigal was a secular style of choral music that often polyphony, word painting and was usually about

• philosophical questions

• love

• minerals

• religious topics