Quarter 2 Week 1 - Renaissance Period

The Renaissance Period occurred between 1450 to _______

• 1700

• 1400

• 1500

• 1600

The invention of __________ widened the circulation of music.

• Music

• Telephone

• Transportation

• Printing

Music was an important leisure activity, and every _________ was expected to be trained in music.

• nobility

• educated person

• business man

• women

Renaissance musicians worked for churches, _________, and towns.

• courts

• hallways

• festivals

• kingdoms

As in the Medieval Period, vocal music was more important than ___________ music.

____________ were not permitted to sing in church, but they could make music in convents, where they also receive musical training.

Secular music and music thrived outside the Catholic church.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Renaissance composers wrote vocal music to enhance the music of the text.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Renaissance composers wrote vocal music to enhance the MEANING AND EMOTION of the text.

Rhythm is more of a gentle flow than a sharply defined _________.

In Renaissance music, instruments may or may not accompany vocal music by ____________ one or more parts.

• canceling

• playing

• doubling

• writing