Music Test 3: The Renaissance Period

How did the relationship between vocal parts and instrumental parts change during the Renaissance?

• Though instrumental parts initially reproduced the vocal parts, eventually instrumental parts and vocal parts were kept completely separate.

• Though initially instrumental parts and vocal parts were kept completely separate, eventually the two were played simultaneously.

• Though instrumental parts initially reproduced the vocal parts, eventually instruments were used to provide a more varied accompaniment.

• Though initially music was exclusively instrumental, eventually vocal parts were added.

Which of the following was a popular instrument during the Renaissance?

• Saxophone

• Lute

• Piano

• Timpani

Which of the following was an unaccompanied secular vocal song in the Renaissance?

• Mass

• Madrigal

• Motet

• Mensural

What was unique about Victoria's compositional style?

• The combination of church music with instruments

• The combination of Italian skill in counterpoint with Spanish emotion

• The combination of Latin words with Spanish passion

• The combination of Italian melodies with Spanish language

What is counterpoint?

• Music with more than one instrument playing at the same time

• A melody accompanied by another instrument

• Music with more than one melody of equal importance sounding simultaneously

• Music for church choir

What is a canon?

• A mounted gun for firing projectiles

• Music for instruments and voices

• Music for the Catholic Church

• A type of imitative counterpoint with staggered melodic entrances

Monteverdi bridged which two eras of music?

• Classical and Romantic

• Renaissance and Baroque

• Baroque and Classical

• Medieval and Renaissance

What was the name of Monteverdi's first complete opera?

• L'Arianna

• L'Orfeo

• Marriage of Figaro

• St. John Passion

What was Monteverdi's most important sacred work?

• Ballet

• Vespers for the Blessed Virgin Mary

• a book of madrigals

• L'Orfeo

Why was Dufay's Se La Face Ay Pale considered secular?

• It was about Italian politics.

• It was about unrequited love.

• It was about the creation of heaven and hell.

• It was about the beauty of nature.