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Renaissance Music

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word "Renaissance" is French for what?

a)

Fancy cheese

b)

Rebirth

c)

Death

d)

Ridiculous

2.

When did the Renaissance begin?

a)

1600

b)

1450

c)

1860

d)

450

3.

Which of the following became more important during the Renaissance?

a)

Learning

b)

Farming

c)

Battles

d)

Bigger castles

4.

Which invention greatly influenced the Renaissance movement?

a)

Gunpowder

b)

Eye glasses

c)

Coffee houses

d)

The printing press

5.

Who was expected to be trained in music during the Renaissance?

a)

Blacksmiths

b)

Any educated person

c)

Candlemakers

d)

Butchers

6.

True or false: the Catholic church became MORE powerful during the Renaissance.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

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

a)

False

b)

True

8.

In church music, this type of composition became popular.

a)

Tune

b)

Chorale

c)

Mass

d)

Ballad

9.

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

10.

What is a Madrigal?

a)

a group of instruments playing together

b)

a polyphonic composition in which two or more melodies repeat each other at different points in the music

c)

a secular, polyphonic song based on poems, often about love

d)

a musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment

11.

A consort is

a)

A group of instruments playing together

b)

Concert

c)

Collaboration

d)

Unison

12.

The sackbut is known today as the

a)

trombone

b)

oboe

c)

When the quarterback is tackled with the ball

d)

bassoon

13.

Who was the master of music at the Vatican and was one of the greatest composers of Catholic liturgical music of his time?

a)

GIOVANNI GABRIELI

b)

MADDALENA CASULANA

c)

ORLANDO DE LASSUS

d)

GIOVANNI PALESTRINA

14.

Which is FALSE about the Renaissance Time Period?

a)

Football was invented

b)

The Mona Lisa was painted

c)

All of the Above

d)

None of the Above

15.

What was an important development in for music in this time period?

a)

Football

b)

Printing Press

c)

All of the Above

d)

None of the Above

16.

Renaissance Music ran from...

a)

1300-1500

b)

1200-1400

c)

1700- 1900

d)

1400- 1600

17.

What was this called?

a)

Gutenberg printing press

b)

Michelangelo printing press

c)

Leonardo printing press

d)

Table press

18.

Why was the invention of the Gutenberg printing press important?

a)

It allowed musicians to compose more

b)

It allowed musicians to become better at their instrument

c)

It allowed musicians to share their music with musicians all over the world

d)

It allowed musicians to remember their music better

19.

Name this instrument

a)

Piano

b)

Celeste

c)

Organ

d)

Harpsichord

20.

What instrument is this

a)

Bassoon

b)

Trumpet

c)

Sackbut

d)

Serpent

21.

What instrument is this

a)

Sackbut

b)

Serpent

c)

Bassoon

d)

Trumpet

22.

What instrument is this

a)

Serpent

b)

Bassoon

c)

Sackbut

d)

Trumpet

23.

Secular Music is

a)

Music written only for oboe choir

b)

Popular music that is not connected with the church or religion

c)

Music written only for dogshows.

d)

Music that is written only for religious services.

24.

“The chanson” was :

a)

Italian

b)

Spanish

c)

French

d)

English

25.

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.

a)

True

b)

Fakse

26.

A “chant” is a term for the warning call of the Madagascar howler monkey.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The Mass is connected to which religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Hinduism

28.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Instrumental music was often dance music and was used for dances and social gatherings.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

A capella means “in the chapel” and refers to music sung with voices only and no instrumental accompaniment.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The most popular instrument used to accompany a singer in the Renaissance was

a)

A bagpipe

b)

A crash cymbal

c)

A lute

d)

All of these together

32.

A Madrigal was a secular style of choral music that often polyphony, word painting and was usually about

a)

philosophical questions

b)

love

c)

minerals

d)

religious topics

33.

The two most important forms for vocal sacred music in the Renaissance were the Mass and the Motet.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Chanson is a song from

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Germany

35.

The main compositions in the Renaissance were...

a)

Instrumental

b)

Vocal

c)

Mixture

d)

Melodic

36.

Renaissance artists tried to copy ...

a)

Medieval art

b)

Ancient Rome and Greece

c)

Baroque models

d)

None of them are correct

37.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Japan

c)

northern Italy

d)

Mongolia

38.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Francesco Petrarch

b)

Dante Alighieri

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

39.

Renaissance culture permeated with (a)   .

40.

People breaking away from the Roman Catholic Church is called the _________ ____________

(a)  

41.

The belief that the planets orbit around the Sun; that Earth is a planet which orbits the Sun annually is called __________ __________

(a)  

42.

Was the invention of the mirror part of the Renaissance?

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Who sailed around the world?

(a)  

44.

Who discovered America?

(a)  

45.

In a complete sentence, what were two reasons why the middle class became interested in music during the Renaissance?

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