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WorksheetsMedieval and Renaissance Eras
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The Medieval Era was a period in history that came directly after the
Classical Era
Prehistoric Era
Ancient Era
Romantic Era
Most Medieval music was
orchestral
instrumental
rock
vocal
Through 1150 singers were almost always
banned
women
men
children
The two main types of vocal music in the Medieval Era were
rounds and fugues
jazz and blues
sacred and secular
classical and romantic
Where would a person in the Medieval Era go to hear formal sacred music?
the street
a night club
a concert hall
a church
Music that is performed outside of church and is folk-like is referred to as
sacred
symbiotic
secular
liturgical
What was Hildegard von Bingen’s vocation in life?
nun
nurse
dancer
painter
Hildegard composed mainly
jazz
instrumental music
plainsong chant
all of the above
It was believed every song Hildegard composed, vision she had, and poem she wrote, were a result of __________speaking through her.
the Pope
her mother
God
all of the above
The first written symbol for music in the Medieval Era was called
treble clef
bass clef
a neume
a quarter note
What do you call early harmony in the Medieval Era that consisted of a chant with a second lower parallel part?
plainsong chant
madrigal
round
organum
The Renaissance Era was a period in history that came directly after the
Classical Era
Ancient Era
Prehistoric Era
Medieval Era
The word Renaissance means
ornate or ornamented
mystical or mysterious
rebirth or revival
imitating nature
In the Renaissance Era, vocal music was still more important than instrumental.
false
true
In the Renaissance Era, secular music is more important than sacred music.
true
false
What was the most important form of music in the Renaissance Era?
the Roman Catholic Mass
classical
madrigals
street music
This type of harmony became popular in the Renaissance Era
atonal
counterpoint
organum
non diatonic
An unaccompanied vocal work with sacred text from the Renaissance Era was called a/an
oratorio
organum
symphony
motet
The primary secular music of the Renaissance (which consisted of vocal music set to a poem) was called
a motet
the mass
a madrigal
plainsong chant
During the Renaissance Era, neumes of the Medieval Era developed into the modern day staff with clefs and notes.
true
false
