WorksheetsUnit 2: Chapter 2 Renaissance Music
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What invention during the Renaissance era widened the circulation of music?
the postal system
the traveling knights
the printing press
the piano
When did the Renaissance begin?
1600
1450
1860
450
The word "Renaissance" is French for what?
Fancy cheese
Rebirth
Death
Ridiculous
Who was expected to be trained in music during the Renaissance?
Blacksmiths
Any educated person
Candlemakers
Butchers
True or false: the Catholic church became MORE powerful during the Renaissance.
True
False
In church music, this type of composition became popular.
Tune
Madrigal
Mass
Ballad
Which of the following composers was famous during the Renaissance?
Clara Schumann
J.S. Bach
Josquin des Prez
Ludwig van Beethoven
A sacred, polyphonic vocal composition, usually unaccompanied is a
Madrigal
plainchant
lute song
Motet
What is a Madrigal?
a group of instruments playing together
A solo melody accompanied by the lute
a secular, polyphonic song based on poems, often about love
a musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment
The sackbut is known today as the
trombone
oboe
When the quarterback is tackled with the ball
bassoon
Secular Music is
Music written only for oboe choir
Popular music that is not connected with the church or religion
Music written only for dogshows.
Music that is written only for religious services.
Instrumental music was often dance music and was used for dances and social gatherings.
True
False
A capella means “in the chapel” and refers to music sung with voices only and no instrumental accompaniment.
True
False
The most popular instrument used to accompany a singer in the Renaissance was
A bagpipe
A crash cymbal
A lute
All of these together
A Madrigal was a secular style of choral music that was polyphonic, used word painting and was usually about
philosophical questions
love
minerals
religious topics
Word painting is a musical technique where the composer attempts to portray text and images with music such as raining, running, low, flying, roaring and climbing.
True
False
What is the most popular musical texture in the Renaissance
monophony
polyphony
homophony
heterophony
The two most important forms for vocal sacred music in the Renaissance were the Mass and the Motet.
True
False
The Lute most closely resembles the _______________ of today.
guitar
flute
trombone
oboe
Why did the Council of Trent want to return to monophonic chant?
The polyphonic melodies made it difficult to understand the text of the chant
Music used secular tunes and noisy instruments
Singing was very theatrical
All of the above
The five sections of the mass are the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and
Ave Maria
Alleluia
Ars Nova
Agnus Dei
Why does Renaissance music sound fuller than Medieval Music?
The bass register was added
Composers began to think in terms of chords with the melodic lines
They sometimes used 4-6 vocal parts
All of the above
Dance movements were performed
A Cappella
In pairs
In church
All of the above
The recorder most closely resembles the _________________of today
trombone
cornet
flute
guitar
The shawm was a Renaissance instrument which closely resembles the __________________ of today
oboe
bassoon
flute
guitar
