Medieval and Renaissance Sacred Music Quiz

Medieval and Renaissance Sacred Music Quiz

9th Grade

15 Qs

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Medieval and Renaissance Sacred Music Quiz

Medieval and Renaissance Sacred Music Quiz

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9th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Name a composer associated with Gregorian Chant.

Guillaume de Machaut

Hildegard of Bingen

Josquin Desprez

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What texture is dominant in Renaissance sacred music?

Monophonic

Polyphonic

Homophonic

Heterophonic

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the texture of plainsong (chant music)?

Monophonic

Polyphonic

Homophonic

Heterophonic

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a melisma?

A single note per syllable

Multiple notes per syllable

A type of instrument

A type of dance

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a Troubadour?

A type of sacred music

A traveling poet-musician

A Renaissance composer

A type of dance

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