Medieval and Renaissance Sacred Music Quiz

What are the two predominant types of sacred (Church) music of the Medieval period?

• Gregorian Chant and Organum

• Motet and Madrigal

• Mass and Cantata

• Symphony and Concerto

Name a composer associated with Gregorian Chant.

• Guillaume de Machaut

• Hildegard of Bingen

• Josquin Desprez

• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

What texture is dominant in Renaissance sacred music?

• Monophonic

• Polyphonic

• Homophonic

• Heterophonic

What is the texture of plainsong (chant music)?

• Monophonic

• Polyphonic

• Homophonic

• Heterophonic

What is a melisma?

• A single note per syllable

• Multiple notes per syllable

• A type of instrument

• A type of dance

Why were melismas used less in the Renaissance period after the Counter-Reformation?

• Preference for simpler, clearer text setting

• Lack of skilled singers

• Change in religious practices

• Introduction of new instruments

What is a Troubadour?

• A type of sacred music

• A traveling poet-musician

• A Renaissance composer

• A type of dance

What time period saw the Troubadours?

• Renaissance

• Baroque

• Medieval

• Classical

Which is a type of secular music from the Renaissance.

• Madrigal

• Symphony

• Concerto

• Opera

What event started the Medieval period in 476 AD?

• The fall of the Roman Empire

• The start of the Renaissance

• The invention of the printing press

• The discovery of America