Music History Quiz

Renaissance Music Terms: "Rebirth" - exploration of emotions

• Renaissance

• Mass

• Aerophones

• Basse Danse

How many major sections are in the Mass?

• 6

• 3

• 5

• 1

Aerophones: a ____ instrument.

Renaissance Instruments: Similar to the trombone.

• Cornett

• Sackbut

• Lyre

• Shawm

Shawm: Double ____ instrument.

Renaissance Composers: Thomas Tallis wrote Spem in Alium, which required how many voices?

• 10

• 8

• 40

• 38

Baroque Era Music Terms: Repeating melodic pattern in the bass.

• Aria

• Ostinato

• Treatise

• Oratorio

Opera: A dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for _______ and instrumentalists

Baroque Instruments: A bowed instrument held between the legs, have 6 or 7 gut strings.

• Violin Family

• Harpsichord

• Viola de Gamba

Baroque Composers: Antonio Vivaldi- He is probably best known for his violin concertos title what?

• The Planets

• The Four Seasons

• The Messiah