Renaissance Era Music Quiz

Between what years did the Renaissance Era occur?

• 1400-1600

• 1850-1915

• 700-1100

• 1950-1980

A famous Renaissance-era song:

• Roses for My Love

• Jingle Bells

• Red Jacket

• Greensleeves

This type of music is written for the church (religious music):

• songsta

• secular

• sacred

• singular

1. This type of music was NOT written for the church (non-religious music):

• songsta

• secular

• sacred

• singular

Which of these is not a voice part used in choirs during the Renaissance:

• bass

• soprano

• andante

• alto

This type of music features voice parts entering at different times, each imitating the others:

• fugue

• waltz

• troubadour

• harmony

These three ideas were changing during the Renaissance:

• religion

• science

• politics

• all of the above

In what year did Johannes Gutenberg invent the Printing Press?

• 1107

• 1959

• 1436

• 500

Which of these was a famous Renaissance composer?

• Mozart

• Lamborghini

• Bernstein

• Palestrina

What is the literal translation of "Renaissance"?

• "rebirth"

• "return"

• "time of plenty"

• "good old days"