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Medieval and Renaissance Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of Music did Hildegard von Bingen write?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Counterpoint

c)

Chant

d)

Gregorian Chant

2.

Who did Hildegard write music for?

a)

Everybody

b)

The nuns in her order

c)

Monks in a neighboring monastary

d)

God

3.

What sort of instruments were used in Medieval music?

a)

Singing only

b)

Lots of organs

c)

mostly vocal, but some flutes, recorder, & old stringed instruments

d)

Pitched sitar, harp, viols, and hurdy-gurdy.

4.

How did the printing press change music?

a)

Standardized written music notation

b)

Allowed music to be shared all over the world

c)

Allowed for polyphony in music

d)

Allowed composers to add words to music

5.

What is Polyphony?

a)

Music with one melody or sound

b)

Complex or extreme chromatics

c)

combining independant melodies in a musical composition

d)

A style of music that follows specific rules

6.

What composer was known for using counterpoint?

a)

Josquin des Prez

b)

Hildegard von Bingen

c)

Guillaume Dufay

d)

Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina

7.

Which composer(s) gets their name from the place they were born?

a)

Hildegard von Bingen

b)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

c)

Guillaume Dufay

d)

Josquin des Prez

8.

Outside of music, what other profession did Guillaume Dufay have?

a)

Bishop

b)

Magician

c)

Doctor

d)

Lawyer

9.

What subjects was Hildegaard von Bingen well-known for writing about?

a)

Music

b)

Medicine

c)

Mysticism/visions

d)

Poetry

10.

What are some qualities of Mannerism in music?

a)

tonal center, follows rules of counterpoint, sacred music

b)

Mixture of chromatics and tonal music, written for common people

c)

highly chromatic, lots of embellishments, fast notes

d)

highly chromatic, no embellishments, notes clearly follow the scale

11.

What style of music was Carlo Gesualdo known for writing?

a)

Polyphony

b)

Mannerism

c)

Counterpoint

d)

Choral

12.

This means a single melody line

a)

Heterophony

b)

Polyphony

c)

Monophony

d)

Homophony

13.

Which came FIRST?

a)

Medieval Music

b)

Renaisance Music

14.

What other composer was writing music for women in medieval times?

a)

Palestrina

b)

No one

c)

Josquin

d)

Gesualdo

15.

Where did Palestrina live most of his life?

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Belgium