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WorksheetsMedieval and Renaissance Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What type of Music did Hildegard von Bingen write?
Renaissance
Counterpoint
Chant
Gregorian Chant
Who did Hildegard write music for?
Everybody
The nuns in her order
Monks in a neighboring monastary
God
What sort of instruments were used in Medieval music?
Singing only
Lots of organs
mostly vocal, but some flutes, recorder, & old stringed instruments
Pitched sitar, harp, viols, and hurdy-gurdy.
How did the printing press change music?
Standardized written music notation
Allowed music to be shared all over the world
Allowed for polyphony in music
Allowed composers to add words to music
What is Polyphony?
Music with one melody or sound
Complex or extreme chromatics
combining independant melodies in a musical composition
A style of music that follows specific rules
What composer was known for using counterpoint?
Josquin des Prez
Hildegard von Bingen
Guillaume Dufay
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
Which composer(s) gets their name from the place they were born?
Hildegard von Bingen
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Guillaume Dufay
Josquin des Prez
Outside of music, what other profession did Guillaume Dufay have?
Bishop
Magician
Doctor
Lawyer
What subjects was Hildegaard von Bingen well-known for writing about?
Music
Medicine
Mysticism/visions
Poetry
What are some qualities of Mannerism in music?
tonal center, follows rules of counterpoint, sacred music
Mixture of chromatics and tonal music, written for common people
highly chromatic, lots of embellishments, fast notes
highly chromatic, no embellishments, notes clearly follow the scale
What style of music was Carlo Gesualdo known for writing?
Polyphony
Mannerism
Counterpoint
Choral
This means a single melody line
Heterophony
Polyphony
Monophony
Homophony
Which came FIRST?
Medieval Music
Renaisance Music
What other composer was writing music for women in medieval times?
Palestrina
No one
Josquin
Gesualdo
Where did Palestrina live most of his life?
Italy
France
Germany
Belgium
