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Music from Renaissance

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Not secular music in times of the Renaissance

a)

Pavane

b)

Motet

c)

Madrigal

d)

Allemand

2.

Polyphony is:

a)

two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody,

b)

one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords,

c)

one dominant melodic voice with no accompaniment,

d)

sacred music,

3.

Sacred music which was sung in Catholic church in Renaissance period. The text was written in ________ language

a)

French

b)

German

c)

Latin

d)

Italian

e)

English

4.

The period of music which followed Medieval is the...

a)

Modern

b)

Renaissance

c)

Classical

d)

Romantic

e)

Baroque

5.

What means "monophonic" in music?

a)

Music consisting of a single musical line, without accompaniment.

b)

Gregorian chants

c)

Music consisting in multiple musical lines, with accompaniment.

d)

Sacred music.

e)

Music made by monks.

6.

Which of the following is not a popular musical genre during the Renaissance?

a)

Plain Chant

b)

Motet

c)

Concerto

d)

Madrigal

7.

Which of the following is not composer from the Renaissance?

a)

John Downland

b)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

c)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

d)

Orlande de Lassus

e)

Josquin de Prez

8.

What are two musical innovations that came with the Renaissance period?

a)

Polyphonic texture and Printed music, rather than hand-scripted

b)

Dancing added to the music in church

c)

Printed music and dance added to the music in church

9.

Which of the following was a popular instrument during Renaissance period?

a)

Saxphone

b)

Lute

c)

Timpani

d)

Piano

10.

Unaccompanied choral music is

a)

A cappella

b)

Georgian chant

c)

In most lute songs, the lute accompaniment

d)

Most medieval music