WorksheetsTrivia for what you know about Renaissance composers
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who was the one who composed the "Ave Maria?"
Palestrina
Beethoven
Mozart
None of the above
What did people regard Palestrina's compositions during the renaissance period as?
Very beautiful music
Something described as unrealistic
The Pinnacle of the Renaissance polyphony
Nothing really worth to think, it's famous
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.
True
False
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.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Josquin des Prez
Thomas Morley
None of the above
Thomas Morley is a:
Theorist
Editor
Organist at St. Paul's Cathedral in London
All of the above
What year was Leonardo da Vinci born?
1514
1464
1480
1452
Leonardo da Vinci: What was the Viola Organista?
A kind of lyre
A mix of a viola and an organ
A mix of a Lyre and a Guitar
A mix of a Harpsichord aand a Cello
Claudio Monteverdi: He said that “The text should be the ______ __ ___ _____, ___ ___ _______"
master of the music, not the servant.
servant of the music, not the master.
nothing to be considered as important.
main thing for a piece.
This invention is a mix of both a Harpsichord and a Cello.
Celsichord
Harpsichord-like Cello
Viola Organista
Lyre
He was the one who inserted emotional intensity to his music, which was very new to the people's ears
Giovanni Palestrina
Guillaume Dufay
Claudio Monteverdi
Michelangelo
True or False: Leonardo Da Vinci didn't need much practice or preparation to play beautifully
True
False
Fill in the blanks: _______ __________ desired to create music that expressed the emotional content of poetry.
(a)
