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WorksheetsMusic Appreciation - Middle Ages and Renaissance Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What were the 3 social classes in the Middle Ages?
Clergy
Nobility
Peasants
Clergy
Dukes
Farmers
Rich
Poor
Very Poor
Peasants
Nobility
Troubadours
The texture of music in the Middle Ages was:
Homophonic
Polyphonic
Monophonic
Complex
In the Middle Ages, the official music of the Roman Catholic Church was:
Oratorios
Arias
Symphonies
Gregorian Chant
What two names were traveling musicians known as?
Minstrels
Trouble
Minstrels
Troubadours
Misters
Troubadours
Melodies in the Middle Ages:
moved by step within a narrow range of pitches
moved by steps and leaps in a narrow range of pitches
moved by leaps in a wide range of pitches
moved by steps in a wide range of pitches
True or False: Hildegard vonBingen was a composer in the Renaissance
True
False
True or False: Columbus, da Vinci, and Shakespeare lived in the Renaissance?
True
False
One of the most important Renaissance inventions for music was:
The Hurdy Gurdy
The Piano
The Recorder
The Gutenberg Press
The texture of music in the Renaissance was mostly:
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Complex
What is secular music?
Music for the church
Music for the common people
What is sacred music?
Music for the church
Music for the common people
True or False: A famous composer from the Renaissance was Thomas Weelkes.
True
False
True or False: a famous composer from the Renaissance is Palestrina.
True
False
Why didn't Renaissance composers write music for specific instruments?
They didn't know how.
Instruments weren't widely available so they wrote music that could be played on any instrument
Nobody could read music yet anyway so specifying the instrument didn't matter.
What is word painting?
When a composer paints the music instead of notating it.
When a composer uses poetry in his music.
When a composer writes music that gives you strong emotions.
When a composer creates a musical impression of the text.
