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WorksheetsRenaissance Music
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 32mins
The word "Renaissance" is French for what?
Fancy cheese
Rebirth
Death
Ridiculous
When did the Renaissance begin?
1600
1450
1860
450
Which of the following became more important during the Renaissance?
Learning
Farming
Battles
Bigger castles
Which invention greatly influenced the Renaissance movement?
Gunpowder
Eye glasses
Coffee houses
The printing press
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
True or false: Polyphony became more complex during the Renaissance.
False
True
In church music, this type of composition became popular.
Tune
Chorale
Mass
Ballad
Which of the following composers was famous during the Renaissance?
Clara Schumann
J.S. Bach
Josquin des Prez
Ludwig van Beethoven
What is a Madrigal?
a group of instruments playing together
a polyphonic composition in which two or more melodies repeat each other at different points in the music
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
A consort is
A group of instruments playing together
Concert
Collaboration
Unison
The sackbut is known today as the
trombone
oboe
When the quarterback is tackled with the ball
bassoon
Who was the master of music at the Vatican and was one of the greatest composers of Catholic liturgical music of his time?
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
MADDALENA CASULANA
ORLANDO DE LASSUS
GIOVANNI PALESTRINA
Which is FALSE about the Renaissance Time Period?
Football was invented
The Mona Lisa was painted
All of the Above
None of the Above
What was an important development in for music in this time period?
Football
Printing Press
All of the Above
None of the Above
Renaissance Music ran from...
1300-1500
1200-1400
1700- 1900
1400- 1600
What was this called?
Gutenberg printing press
Michelangelo printing press
Leonardo printing press
Table press
Why was the invention of the Gutenberg printing press important?
It allowed musicians to compose more
It allowed musicians to become better at their instrument
It allowed musicians to share their music with musicians all over the world
It allowed musicians to remember their music better
Name this instrument
Piano
Celeste
Organ
Harpsichord
What instrument is this
Bassoon
Trumpet
Sackbut
Serpent
What instrument is this
Sackbut
Serpent
Bassoon
Trumpet
What instrument is this
Serpent
Bassoon
Sackbut
Trumpet
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.
“The chanson” was :
Italian
Spanish
French
English
The invention of the printing press allowed more people to become educated and was one of the prime reasons for the “rebirth” that took place in the Renaissance.
True
Fakse
A “chant” is a term for the warning call of the Madagascar howler monkey.
True
False
The Mass is connected to which religion?
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Acapella refers to a type of singing which is always accompanied by brass band and drum ensemble. It is always performed outside at events such as bond-fires, barbeques and executions.
True
False
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 often polyphony, word painting and was usually about
philosophical questions
love
minerals
religious topics
The two most important forms for vocal sacred music in the Renaissance were the Mass and the Motet.
True
False
Chanson is a song from
Spain
France
England
Germany
The main compositions in the Renaissance were...
Instrumental
Vocal
Mixture
Melodic
Renaissance artists tried to copy ...
Medieval art
Ancient Rome and Greece
Baroque models
None of them are correct
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Mesopotamia
Japan
northern Italy
Mongolia
Who invented the printing press?
Francesco Petrarch
Dante Alighieri
Johannes Gutenberg
Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance culture permeated with (a) .
People breaking away from the Roman Catholic Church is called the _________ ____________
(a)
The belief that the planets orbit around the Sun; that Earth is a planet which orbits the Sun annually is called __________ __________
(a)
Was the invention of the mirror part of the Renaissance?
True
False
Who sailed around the world?
(a)
Who discovered America?
(a)
In a complete sentence, what were two reasons why the middle class became interested in music during the Renaissance?
