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Palestrina

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did Palestrina live?

a)

14th century

b)

16th century

c)

18th century

2.

Where did Palestrina live?

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Germany

3.

What is the name of Palestrina's period in musical history?

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

4.

When several melodies play at the same time (and sound beautiful!) it is called

a)

polyphony

b)

homophony

c)

monophony

5.

Palestrina's Sicut Cervus is an example of

a)

polyphony

b)

sacred music

c)

a motet

d)

all of the above

6.

Sacred music is about

a)

God

b)

nature

c)

work

7.

A cappella music is

a)

instruments with no voices

b)

instruments and voices together

c)

voices with no instruments

8.

The interior of the Sistine Chapel is

a)

full of stained glass windows

b)

very plain

c)

painted in fresco

9.

Palestrina was writing music about the same time Michelangelo worked on the Sistine Chapel.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which describe Palestrina's Sicut Cervus?

a)

It is in Latin.

b)

It is about the soul longing for God.

c)

The tempo is slow.

d)

None of the above.

e)

All of the above.