Quarter 2 Week 2 - The Venetian School

________________, Italy became the center of instrumental and vocal music.

Answer explanation

Venice, Italy became the center of instrumental and vocal music.

Venice proclaimed its importance both by means of

magnificent processions and through its _______________ and

painting.

• sculptures

• churches

• architecture

• composers

The focal point for music in Venice

was _________________________. (name of a church in Venice)

Answer explanation

The focal point for music in Venice was St. Mark's Cathedral.

Choose three (3) composers below who made up the Venetian School

• Giovanni Pierlugi

• Adrian Wilaert

• Antonio Vivaldi

• Andrea Gabrieli

• Giovanni Gabrieli

Venetian choral music often contains parts that are written exclusively for _____________________.

• singers

• troubadours

• instruments

• nobility

This conscious use of instrumental color brings some works of the Venetian school close to the early baroque

style.

• TRUE

• FALSE