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WorksheetsRenaissance Music
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 24mins
The word "Renaissance" is French for what?
Fancy cheese
Rebirth
Death
Ridiculous
Which invention greatly influenced the Renaissance movement?
Gunpowder
Eye glasses
Coffee houses
The printing press
What kind of music became more popular during the Renaissance?
Instrumental
Vocal
True or false: Polyphony became more complex during the Renaissance.
False
True
Which of the following composers was famous during the Renaissance?
Clara Schumann
J.S. Bach
Josquin des Prez
Ludwig van Beethoven
Who invented the printing press?
Francesco Petrarch
Dante Alighieri
Johannes Gutenberg
Leonardo da Vinci
The period of music which followed Medieval is the...
Modern
Renaissance
Classical
Romantic
Baroque
What means "monophonic" in music?
Music consisting of a single musical line, without accompaniment.
Gregorian chants
Music consisting in multiple musical lines, with accompaniment.
Sacred music.
Music made by monks.
Which of the following is not a popular musical genre during the Renaissance?
Plain Chant
Motet
Concerto
Madrigal
Which of the following is not composer from the Renaissance?
John Downland
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Orlande de Lassus
Josquin de Prez
What are two musical innovations that came with the Renaissance period?
Polyphonic texture and Printed music, rather than hand-scripted
Dancing added to the music in church
Printed music and dance added to the music in church
Which of the following was a popular instrument during Renaissance period?
Saxphone
Lute
Timpani
Piano
Another name for a trombone is a ______________ .
slider
sackbutt
whistle
euphonium
Gabrieli wrote music where ___________ were placed in different locations in the cathedrals when singing.
choirs
orchestras
teams
Dynamics in music indicate different _____________ .
speeds
volumes
singers
instruments
A short repeating pattern in one voice part is....
Isorhythm
Syncopation
Polyphony
Monophony
What Nationality was the composer William Byrd?
Spanish
French
English
Italian
Which composer created Antiphonal Music or what we know today as "stereo sound"?
Byrd
Gesualdo
Gabrielle
Palestrina
A process for writing music established in Venice Italy.
The Venetian School
The Vatican School
The Italian School
The Music School
Music written for 3-4 singers usually with lyrics that rhyme.
Symphony
Frottola
Chanson
Gregorian Chant
Father of the Italian Madrigal
Josquin Desprez
Jacques Arcadelt
Phillippe Verdelot
Guillaume Dufay
Wrote the first book of Madrigals.
Jacques Arcadelt
Guillaume Dufay
William Byrd
John Dowland
