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WorksheetsEnj. Mus. Chapter 16
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following does NOT characterize secular music-making in the Renaissance?
Most prosperous homes had a lute or a keyboard instrument.
Music was often sung in parts.
Women were discouraged from performing music in the home.
Music-making at home became increasingly popular.
The expressive device that Renaissance composers used to pictorialize words musically is called:
word-painting
a cappella
imagery
chormaticism
Which of the following was the most important secular genre of the 16th century?
galliard
chanson
madrigal
ronde
Where was the madrigal first developed?
England
Italy
France
Germany
The vivid depiction of a text through music, known as word-painting, is a hallmark of the:
madrigal
chanson
motet
anthem
Why are the madrigals of Arcadelt so important?
They were written for full choir.
They were intended for the papal chapel.
They brought a new level of expression to the madrigal.
all of the above.
Madrigals with simpler and more accessible texts were especially favored in:
Germany
Italy
France
England
Which of the following best describes the character of Farmer's Fair Phyllis?
devotional and moralizing
courtly and idealized
pastoral and light
bombastic and heavy
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
Ottaviano Petrucci
the Chinese
Isaac Newton
The invention of the printing press allowed:
books to become available to the middle class.
people in the middle class to learn how to read music.
the spread of education and literacy.
all of the above.
