Music History Quiz

The invention of _______ widened the circulation of music.

• Printing press

• Radio

• Television

• Internet

Leading Renaissance composers came from ____, but were often employed in _______, a leading artistic center.

• Italy, France

• Germany, England

• Flanders, Italy

• Spain, Portugal

Musicians enjoyed _______ status and pay.

• High

• Low

• Moderate

• No

Virtuoso _________ singers enjoyed success, in contrast to the middle ages.

• Instrumental

• women

• Choir

• Opera

Emphasis on _________ music over instrumental.

• Vocal

• Electronic

• Jazz

• Rock

The texture of most Renaissance music was this.

• Monophonic

• Homophonic

• Polyphonic

• Heterophonic

Most music in the Renaissance used this technique, where voices repeat each other at different times.

• Canon

• Fugue

• Round

• Imitation

This is when the music reflects the text literally.

• Word painting

• Text setting

• Melisma

• Syllabic

Rhythm was a ______________ rather than sharply defined beat.

• Free-flowing

• Strict

• Rigid

• Syncopated

Define motet:

• A polyphonic choral composition on a sacred text

• A single-movement orchestral piece

• A type of secular vocal music composition

• A form of instrumental music