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WorksheetsEarly Music
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the name of the first composer we know about?
Pythagoras
Enheduanna
Aristotle
Seikilos
Which came first: The Renaissance or the Medieval Era?
The Renaissance
The Medieval Era
What does "Renaissance" mean?
New
Awake
Rebirth
Nothing
What is the name for the music that was performed in the Catholic church during the Medieval era?
Gregorian Chant
The Guidonian Hand
Oratorio
Organum
Which kind of music was written specifically about Christian themes?
Secular Music
Sacred Music
Which kind of music was mostly written for dancing and entertainment
Secular Music
Sacred Music
What does "monophonic" mean?
Music that is boring
Music that is just melody and accompaniment
Music that only uses one note
Music that has only one line of melody and no harmony
What does "polyphonic" mean?
Music that has more than one composer
Music that has more than one melody and harmony
Music that has more than one instrument
Music that has more than one ensemble
What was Guido d'Arezzo famous for?
He was a prominent composer of Medieval music
He was a talented performer in the Renaissance
He helped create the first form of musical notation that we use today
He opposed the use of music in the church
Why did the Catholic church primarily use monophonic chant?
They believed the use of more than one melody would distract the people from worship
They thought it was too complicated to compose new polyphonic music every week
They thought it sounded better than polyphonic music
Since people couldn't read music, polyphonic music was too difficult to learn
What historical event, caused by Martin Luther, occurred at the beginning of the Renaissance and greatly impacted the history of church music?
(a)
Why do we mostly have the written music for Church music and not dance music?
People didn't really care about dance music
No one really played or performed dance music
Most of the dance music was destroyed in a fire during the Baroque period
Priests were the only people who knew how to read so they were the only ones who could record their music
What invention helped spread different kinds of music across the world in the Renaissance?
Better ships
The printing press
The horse-drawn carriage
New and better instruments
What form of music was invented right at the end of the Renaissance?
Oratorio
Gregorian Chant
Opera
Piano Sonata
