Renaissance Period Music

The Renaissance began in year ___________ and ended in the year _______.

• 1300,1600

• 1400, 1600

• 1380,1500

• 1500,1600

Sacred choral music of the Renaissance was created and performed for the ________________.

• monastery

• courts

• church

• convent

Secular choral music was written for the ______________ of the European royal families.

• courts

• palace

• home

• chapel

The period prior to the Renaissance Era was the ________________ Era.

• Middle Ages

• Medieval

• Roman

• Baroque

During the Renaissance, ____________ and _____________ could be used on the same parts, or in any way the conductor so chose.

• drums, lute

• saxophone, organ

• guitar, piano

• voices, instruments

Other than the church organ, the major keyboard instrument used in the Renaissance was the ______________.

• harpsichord

• grand piano

• guitar

• drum set

The most significant new tone color was produced by voices of the ___________.

• men

• boys

• ladies

• girls

Only _____________ were permitted to sing in Catholic churches.

• ladies

• Nuns

• Men

• Priest

In his writing of the Renaissance period, Thurston Dart stated that little or no _____________ should be used when singing choral literature.

• air

• tremolo

• vibrato

• support

All music in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican was sung ___________ (without the use of instruments)

• with pipe organ

• fast

• unison

• a cappella