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Medieval and Renaissance Music 21-22

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Polyphonic mean?

a)

One Sound

b)

Same Sound

c)

Many Sounds

d)

Loud Sounds

2.

Hildegard of Bingen was a German nun who composed music during the

a)

Middle Ages

b)

Baroque Period

c)

Classical Period

d)

Romantic Period

3.

How did Gregorian Chant get its name?

a)

Pope Gregory I

b)

Pope Gregory V

c)

Gregory the Conqueror

d)

Mr. Gregory Kafkes

4.

The word Medieval means...

a)

Middle Ages

b)

A little bit evil

c)

Religious Music

d)

Latin Music

5.

Another word for religious is sacred?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Most religious Medieval music was sung in Latin.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Organum means...

a)

Adding a second melody line in parallel with the first.

b)

Performing a totally new melody with the first one.

c)

The drone.

8.
When was the Medieval Era?
a)
1492
b)
500-100 BC
c)
450-1450 AD
d)
1600-1650
9.
What does secular mean?
a)
non-religious
b)
religious
c)
pertaining to secu
d)
That you're popular
10.

What were some popular instrument types?

a)

Piano, organ, flute

b)

Woodwind, violin, harp, drums

c)

Percussion, recorder, viol, lute

d)

Trombone, french horn, cello

11.

What type of music was performed in churches?

a)

Folk music

b)

Sacred Music

c)

Secular Music

d)

Pop music

12.

Renaissance means

a)

New Birth

b)

Re-Birth

c)

Post-Birth

d)

Ultra-Birth

13.

A musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment is called

a)

homophony

b)

counterpoint

c)

consort

d)

madrigal

14.

It can be assumed that the word "homophony" is the developement of what musical term that we know today

a)

articulation

b)

counterpart

c)

harmony

d)

melody

15.

What was an important development in for music in this time period?

a)

Football

b)

Printing Press

c)

All of the Above

d)

None of the Above

16.

Why was the invention of the Gutenberg printing press important?

a)

It allowed musicians to compose more

b)

It allowed musicians to become better at their instrument

c)

It allowed musicians to share their music with musicians all over the world

d)

It allowed musicians to remember their music better

17.

Unaccompanied choral music is

a)

A cappella

b)

Georgian chant

c)

In most lute songs, the lute accompaniment

d)

Most medieval music

18.

What is a Madrigal?

a)

a group of instruments playing together

b)

a polyphonic composition in which two or more melodies repeat each other at different points in the music

c)

a secular, polyphonic song based on poems, often about love

d)

a musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment

19.

The lute was one of the most popular Renaissance instruments.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What instrument is this

a)

Serpent

b)

Bassoon

c)

Sackbut

d)

Trumpet

21.

The sackbut is known today as the

a)

trombone

b)

oboe

c)

When the quarterback is tackled with the ball

d)

bassoon

22.

A consort is

a)

A group of instruments playing together

b)

Concert

c)

Collaboration

d)

Unison