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Trivia for what you know about Renaissance composers

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the one who composed the "Ave Maria?"

a)

Palestrina

b)

Beethoven

c)

Mozart

d)

None of the above

2.

What did people regard Palestrina's compositions during the renaissance period as?

a)

Very beautiful music

b)

Something described as unrealistic

c)

The Pinnacle of the Renaissance polyphony

d)

Nothing really worth to think, it's famous

3.

True or False: Guilliaum Dufaye was the man who was very willing to experiment with ideas from other styles of music and incorporated them into his compositions.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

He was a Franco-Flemish master of Renaissance music who spent his life in italy, with his job serving in the papl choir and in dukes' private chapels.

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Josquin des Prez

c)

Thomas Morley

d)

None of the above

5.

Thomas Morley is a:

a)

Theorist

b)

Editor

c)

Organist at St. Paul's Cathedral in London

d)

All of the above

6.

What year was Leonardo da Vinci born?

a)

1514

b)

1464

c)

1480

d)

1452

7.

Leonardo da Vinci: What was the Viola Organista?

a)

A kind of lyre

b)

A mix of a viola and an organ

c)

A mix of a Lyre and a Guitar

d)

A mix of a Harpsichord aand a Cello

8.

Claudio Monteverdi: He said that “The text should be the ______ __ ___ _____, ___ ___ _______"

a)

master of the music, not the servant.

b)

servant of the music, not the master.

c)

nothing to be considered as important.

d)

main thing for a piece.

9.

This invention is a mix of both a Harpsichord and a Cello.

a)

Celsichord

b)

Harpsichord-like Cello

c)

Viola Organista

d)

Lyre

10.

He was the one who inserted emotional intensity to his music, which was very new to the people's ears

a)

Giovanni Palestrina

b)

Guillaume Dufay

c)

Claudio Monteverdi

d)

Michelangelo

11.

True or False: Leonardo Da Vinci didn't need much practice or preparation to play beautifully

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Fill in the blanks: _______ __________ desired to create music that expressed the emotional content of poetry.

(a)