Renaissance Music Final Review

To what does a cappella refer?

• Shawn & Gus's rendition of singing in the rain with Bongo drums

• Instrumental music performed with vocal accompaniment.
• A style of music that includes electronic instruments.
• Vocal music performed without instrumental accompaniment.

What is the passamezzo?

• A lively dance in triple meter
  

• • A stately dance in duple meter similar to the pavane

  
  

• A type of Renaissance clothing.
• A traditional Italian dish.

Why did the Council of Trent attack the church music of the Renaissance?

• It used secular tunes and theatrical singing.
  

• • It was based on Gregorian chant.

  
  

• • It was tiresomely monophonic.

  
  

• • It was too serene and otherworldly.

  
  

Besides the madrigal, the ________ was another type of secular vocal music that enjoyed popularity during the Renaissance.

• lute song

• motet

• gaillard

• cantata

The Renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in this country ______.

• Germany
• France
• Italy
• Austria

What is the Renaissance motet?

• • A polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections

  
  

• A polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass
  

• • A piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love

  
  

• • A dancelike song for several solo voices

  
  

Lute songs are mostly __________ in texture.

• polyphonic
• monophonic
• homophonic

• imitative

• boring

What is the Renaissance madrigal?

• • A polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections

  
  

• • A piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love

  
  

• • A polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text

  
  

• A secular vocal music form from the Renaissance, featuring multiple voices and expressive text.

In what region was Palestrina's career centered?

• Florence

• Naples

• Vienna

• Rome

What is the name for the movement in which the Catholic church sought to correct abuses and malpractices within its structure?

• Reformation Movement
• Inquisition

• Protestant Reformation

• Counter-Reformation