Music Appreciation - Middle Ages and Renaissance Review

What were the 3 social classes in the Middle Ages?

• Clergy

  Nobility

  Peasants

• Clergy

  Dukes

  Farmers

• Rich

  Poor

  Very Poor

• Peasants

  Nobility

  Troubadours

The texture of music in the Middle Ages was:

• Homophonic

• Polyphonic

• Monophonic

• Complex

In the Middle Ages, the official music of the Roman Catholic Church was:

• Oratorios

• Arias

• Symphonies

• Gregorian Chant

What two names were traveling musicians known as?

• Minstrels

  Trouble

• Minstrels

  Troubadours

• Misters

  Troubadours

Melodies in the Middle Ages:

• moved by step within a narrow range of pitches

• moved by steps and leaps in a narrow range of pitches

• moved by leaps in a wide range of pitches

• moved by steps in a wide range of pitches

True or False: Hildegard vonBingen was a composer in the Renaissance

• True

• False

True or False: Columbus, da Vinci, and Shakespeare lived in the Renaissance?

• True

• False

One of the most important Renaissance inventions for music was:

• The Hurdy Gurdy

• The Piano

• The Recorder

• The Gutenberg Press

The texture of music in the Renaissance was mostly:

• Monophonic

• Polyphonic

• Homophonic

• Complex

What is secular music?

• Music for the church

• Music for the common people