Renaissance Music

Question 1

Why did it matter that they were composing parts simultaneously?

Accepted Answer

Composers were concerned with how the parts fit together

Question 2

When using imitation composers would...

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Combine techniques one after another

Question 3

This imitation technique turns the melody backwards

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Retrograde

Question 4

What was a new sacred genre that emerged in the Renaissance

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Motet

Question 5

Which style of Renaissance music was more traditional?

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Sacred

Question 6

What was the main style used by Flemish composers?

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Imitation

Question 7

What was a reason that this new style traveled throughout Europe?

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Availability of printed music, Relative ease of travel

Question 8

T or F- During the Renaissance Sacred music remained the only style of music.

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False

Question 9

T or F- In the Renaissance period composers began to write specifically for instruments

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True

Question 10

What two cities were at the center of musical style in the Renaissance?

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Burgundy and Flanders

Question 11

T or F- Motets would use contrasting musical textures

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True

Question 12

What does motet mean in French?

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Word

Question 13

The Renaissance was a time of:

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Artistic Growth, Cultural Awakening, Scientific Discovery, Intellectual Achievement

Question 14

What was different about imitation?

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Bounced the melodic idea between all of the parts

Question 15

What was a style characteristic of Madrigals?

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Word- painting, Melodic interest in the Soprano (highest voice), Homophonic Texture, About love

Question 16

What is word painting?

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Highlight the meaning of text with musical gestures

Question 17

T of F- Musicians from Flanders worked in Flanders

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False

Question 18

This imitation technique decreased the note duration by a uniform proportion

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Diminution

Question 19

T of F- Instrumental music was the most common music in the Renaissance.

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False

Question 20

T or F- Madrigals were through composed (the music continued to change throughout the piece)

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True

Question 21

Which style of Renaissance Music was more innovative?

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Secular

Question 22

T or F- Madrigals were written to have many people sing each part

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False

Question 23

In which modern day country were these two cities located?

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France

Question 24

What was the subject matter for almost all madrigals?

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Love

Question 25

What was the main philosophy of the Renaissance?

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Humanism

Question 26

T or F- Motets had a very strict combination of voices used.

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False

Question 27

T or F- People of the Renaissance began to move into cities.

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True

Question 28

What country's courts supported the musicians from Flanders?

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Italy

Question 29

T or F- Motets would combine Latin Chant and French Love songs

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True

Question 30

Who was the most prominent composer of Renaissance motets?

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Josquin Des Prez

Question 31

What was the main genre for secular music of the Renaissance?

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Madrigal

Question 32

What was a result of people moving into cities?

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A middle class emerged

Question 33

Which was NOT a style characteristic of Burgundian music?

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Songs were much longer than previous eras.

Question 34

Who did the Roman Catholic Church share power with?

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Courts (royalty)

Question 35

What do we call the style that resulted from musicians coming together from all over Europe?

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Cosmopolitan

Question 36

What does the word Renaissance mean?

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Rebirth

Question 37

This imitation technique used the same melody in different voices.

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Canon

Question 38

This imitation technique is a mirror image of the pitches of the original melody.

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Inversion

Question 39

This imitation technique increased the note duration by a uniform proportion

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Augmentation

Question 40

T of F- The Roman Catholic Church still had absolute power in the Renaissance

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False

Renaissance Music

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