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 (a)   music.

(a)   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 (a)   .

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

• canceling

• playing

• doubling

• writing