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Music Appreciation - Middle Ages and Renaissance Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the 3 social classes in the Middle Ages?

a)

Clergy

Nobility

Peasants

b)

Clergy

Dukes

Farmers

c)

Rich

Poor

Very Poor

d)

Peasants

Nobility

Troubadours

2.

The texture of music in the Middle Ages was:

a)

Homophonic

b)

Polyphonic

c)

Monophonic

d)

Complex

3.

In the Middle Ages, the official music of the Roman Catholic Church was:

a)

Oratorios

b)

Arias

c)

Symphonies

d)

Gregorian Chant

4.

What two names were traveling musicians known as?

a)

Minstrels

Trouble

b)

Minstrels

Troubadours

c)

Misters

Troubadours

5.

Melodies in the Middle Ages:

a)

moved by step within a narrow range of pitches

b)

moved by steps and leaps in a narrow range of pitches

c)

moved by leaps in a wide range of pitches

d)

moved by steps in a wide range of pitches

6.

True or False: Hildegard vonBingen was a composer in the Renaissance

a)

True

b)

False

7.

True or False: Columbus, da Vinci, and Shakespeare lived in the Renaissance?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

One of the most important Renaissance inventions for music was:

a)

The Hurdy Gurdy

b)

The Piano

c)

The Recorder

d)

The Gutenberg Press

9.

The texture of music in the Renaissance was mostly:

a)

Monophonic

b)

Polyphonic

c)

Homophonic

d)

Complex

10.

What is secular music?

a)

Music for the church

b)

Music for the common people

11.

What is sacred music?

a)

Music for the church

b)

Music for the common people

12.

True or False: A famous composer from the Renaissance was Thomas Weelkes.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False: a famous composer from the Renaissance is Palestrina.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Why didn't Renaissance composers write music for specific instruments?

a)

They didn't know how.

b)

Instruments weren't widely available so they wrote music that could be played on any instrument

c)

Nobody could read music yet anyway so specifying the instrument didn't matter.

15.

What is word painting?

a)

When a composer paints the music instead of notating it.

b)

When a composer uses poetry in his music.

c)

When a composer writes music that gives you strong emotions.

d)

When a composer creates a musical impression of the text.