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WorksheetsMusic in the Renaissance
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What new Renaissance invention allowed written music to circulate faster?
Compass
Printing Press
Protestant Reformation
Copy Machine
What does the term Renaissance mean?
Born Again
Reason
Old
Rebirth
Which composer pioneered the opera form?
Palestrina
Dowland
Monteverdi
Byrd
What event led to the monarchy taking greater control over society during this time period?
The plague
The Protestant Reformation
The rising merchant class
The Council of Trent
True or False? Instruments were prominent in secular music of the Renaissance.
True
False
True or False? The Church began to lose its control over knowledge during the Renaissance.
True
False
Vocal works that would use word-painting and display a particular emotion or character are called:
Madrigals
Motets
Mass
Chanson
This European country was NOT an important center of Renaissance music development:
England
Italy
France
Austria
Which of the following musical forms were NOT secular during the Renaissance?
Madrigal
Chanson
Motet
Instrumental dance music
Who began and led the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 Theses to a church's doors?
The Pope
Calvin
Palestrina
Luther
Which TWO instruments are new during the Renaissance?
Shawm
French Horn
Bassoon
Sackbut
Which one is NOT a major scientific development of the Renaissance?
Sewing Machine
Compass
Printing Press
Gunpowder
Who composed over 100 mass settings?
Monteverdi
Palestrina
Morley
Josquin
True or False? Society in the Renaissance moved away from the secular and moved toward religion.
True
False
Which class of Renaissance society became new patrons of music and the arts during this time period?
The Church
The Peasants
The Merchants
The Universities
