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WorksheetsPalestrina
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When did Palestrina live?
14th century
16th century
18th century
Where did Palestrina live?
Italy
France
Germany
What is the name of Palestrina's period in musical history?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
When several melodies play at the same time (and sound beautiful!) it is called
polyphony
homophony
monophony
Palestrina's Sicut Cervus is an example of
polyphony
sacred music
a motet
all of the above
Sacred music is about
God
nature
work
A cappella music is
instruments with no voices
instruments and voices together
voices with no instruments
The interior of the Sistine Chapel is
full of stained glass windows
very plain
painted in fresco
Palestrina was writing music about the same time Michelangelo worked on the Sistine Chapel.
True
False
Which describe Palestrina's Sicut Cervus?
It is in Latin.
It is about the soul longing for God.
The tempo is slow.
None of the above.
All of the above.
