WorksheetsMedieval and Renaissance Sacred Music Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What are the two predominant types of sacred (Church) music of the Medieval period?
Gregorian Chant and Organum
Motet and Madrigal
Mass and Cantata
Symphony and Concerto
Name a composer associated with Gregorian Chant.
Guillaume de Machaut
Hildegard of Bingen
Josquin Desprez
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
What texture is dominant in Renaissance sacred music?
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Heterophonic
What is the texture of plainsong (chant music)?
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Heterophonic
What is a melisma?
A single note per syllable
Multiple notes per syllable
A type of instrument
A type of dance
Why were melismas used less in the Renaissance period after the Counter-Reformation?
Preference for simpler, clearer text setting
Lack of skilled singers
Change in religious practices
Introduction of new instruments
What is a Troubadour?
A type of sacred music
A traveling poet-musician
A Renaissance composer
A type of dance
What time period saw the Troubadours?
Renaissance
Baroque
Medieval
Classical
Which is a type of secular music from the Renaissance.
Madrigal
Symphony
Concerto
Opera
What event started the Medieval period in 476 AD?
The fall of the Roman Empire
The start of the Renaissance
The invention of the printing press
The discovery of America
What event helped end the Medieval period around 1450 AD?
The fall of Constantinople
The start of the Renaissance
The invention of the printing press
The discovery of America
What is the Council of Trent and what was its significance toward music?
A religious council that reformed church music
A meeting of composers to create new music styles
A gathering to ban secular music
A council to promote instrumental music
What are the years of the Medieval?
(a)
What are the years of the Renaissance era?
(a)
Organize these options into the right categories
Chant
Organum
Troubadours
Music of the Court of Burgundy
Imitative Polyphony
Madrigals
Pavane/Galliard dances
Hildegard
Machaut
Josquin
Palestrina
