Renaissance & Baroque Music Quiz

The word Renaissance means:

• New life

• Old times

• Rebirth

• Fun life

Putting one melody against another or weaving melody's together is called:

• Polyphony

• Counterpoint

• Rebirth

• Fun life

During the Baroque period, music was written on commission. What does this mean?

• Being told what to write by rich people.

• Writing a certain piece of music for a specific occasion.

• Selling music based on how long it took to write.

• Buying new instruments in order to write music.

When composers write music to match the words of a song and create a picture in the listeners mind, it is called:

• Mind pictures

• Composing with purpose

• Word painting

• Drawing on music

Claudio Monteverdi is one of the most important composers of what type of music?

• Cantatas

• Oratorios

• Opera

• Arias

George Frideric Handel is most well known for his 12...

• Cantatas

• Oratorios

• Operas

• Arias

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is most known for what style of music?

• Polyphonic

• Sacred

• Monophonic

• Secular

Which of the following composers were transitional figures, helping to bridge the gap between two different periods?

• Palestrina

• Guillaume Dufay

• G.F. Handel

• J.S. Bach

What are 2 examples of Renaissance song forms?

• Madrigals

• Chansons

• Ballads

• Operas

What is Ms. Bonta's favorite instrument from these periods?

• Sackbut

• Hurdy Gurdy

• Musette de Cour

• Violin