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Renaissance Music

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word "Renaissance" is French for what?

a)

Fancy cheese

b)

Rebirth

c)

Death

d)

Ridiculous

2.

Which invention greatly influenced the Renaissance movement?

a)

Gunpowder

b)

Eye glasses

c)

Coffee houses

d)

The printing press

3.

What kind of music became more popular during the Renaissance?

a)

Instrumental

b)

Vocal

4.

True or false: Polyphony became more complex during the Renaissance.

a)

False

b)

True

5.

Which of the following composers was famous during the Renaissance?

a)

Clara Schumann

b)

J.S. Bach

c)

Josquin des Prez

d)

Ludwig van Beethoven

6.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Francesco Petrarch

b)

Dante Alighieri

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

7.

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

a)

Modern

b)

Renaissance

c)

Classical

d)

Romantic

e)

Baroque

8.

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.

9.

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

a)

Plain Chant

b)

Motet

c)

Concerto

d)

Madrigal

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

a)

Saxphone

b)

Lute

c)

Timpani

d)

Piano

13.
What is it called when the music reflects the meaning of the words?
a)
Word Painting
b)
Good
c)
Rap
d)
Poetry
14.
In the Renaissance, what was the difference between a motet and a madrigal?
a)
A motet is sacred and a madrigal is not
b)
A madrigal is sacred and a motet is not
c)
Loudness
d)
Ravenclaw rules
15.

Another name for a trombone is a ______________ .

a)

slider

b)

sackbutt

c)

whistle

d)

euphonium

16.

Gabrieli wrote music where ___________ were placed in different locations in the cathedrals when singing.

a)

choirs

b)

orchestras

c)

teams

17.

Dynamics in music indicate different _____________ .

a)

speeds

b)

volumes

c)

singers

d)

instruments

18.

A short repeating pattern in one voice part is....

a)

Isorhythm

b)

Syncopation

c)

Polyphony

d)

Monophony

19.

What Nationality was the composer William Byrd?

a)

Spanish

b)

French

c)

English

d)

Italian

20.

Which composer created Antiphonal Music or what we know today as "stereo sound"?

a)

Byrd

b)

Gesualdo

c)

Gabrielle

d)

Palestrina

21.

A process for writing music established in Venice Italy.

a)

The Venetian School

b)

The Vatican School

c)

The Italian School

d)

The Music School

22.

Music written for 3-4 singers usually with lyrics that rhyme.

a)

Symphony

b)

Frottola

c)

Chanson

d)

Gregorian Chant

23.

Father of the Italian Madrigal

a)

Josquin Desprez

b)

Jacques Arcadelt

c)

Phillippe Verdelot

d)

Guillaume Dufay

24.

Wrote the first book of Madrigals.

a)

Jacques Arcadelt

b)

Guillaume Dufay

c)

William Byrd

d)

John Dowland