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Renaissance Music

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the Renaissance begin?

a)

1600

b)

1400

c)

1860

d)

450

2.

The word "Renaissance" means?

a)

Fancy cheese

b)

Rebirth

c)

Death

d)

Ridiculous

3.

Which invention greatly influenced the Renaissance movement?

a)

Gunpowder

b)

Eye glasses

c)

Coffee houses

d)

The printing press

4.

What kind of music was most popular during the Renaissance?

a)

Instrumental

b)

Vocal

5.

Renaissance means

a)

New Birth

b)

Re-Birth

c)

Post-Birth

d)

Ultra-Birth

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

Renaissance Music ran from...

a)

1300-1500

b)

1200-1400

c)

1700- 1900

d)

1400- 1600

10.

What was this called?

a)

Gutenberg printing press

b)

Michelangelo printing press

c)

Leonardo printing press

d)

Table press

11.

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

12.

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.

13.

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)

False

14.

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

15.

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

a)

True

b)

False

16.

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

17.

Word painting is a really fun technique where the composer attempts to portray text and images with music such as raining, running, low, flying, roaring and climbing.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What song came out of the Renaissance and is still popular today?

a)

O Magnum

b)

Greensleeves

c)

Hit me baby one more timeth

d)

Tik of the Tok

19.

What year did Columbus land in the Bahamas?

a)

1200

b)

1379

c)

1412

d)

1492

20.

Before the Renaissance, all music was composed for the...

a)

royals

b)

church

21.

The lowest voice part is:

a)

Soprano

b)

Alto

c)

Tenor

d)

Bass

22.

This was first seen in the Renaissance and became a big deal.

a)

monks

b)

drums

c)

singing

d)

harmony

23.

True or False: Rounds and Canons are polyphonic.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

In what year did Gutenberg invent the printing press?

a)

1400

b)

1415

c)

1436

d)

1492

25.

Which composer wrote over 700 vocal and instrument works during this time?

a)

Flintstone

b)

Palestrina

c)

Gutenberg

d)

Vesta

26.

Troubadours were still playing for what group of people?

a)

royalty

b)

average people

c)

the church

27.

In word painting, what would happen to the music if the words said, "ascending"?

a)

the music would go up

b)

the music would go down

c)

the music only had 2 parts playing

d)

Nothing