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Early Music - The Renaissance
Early Music - The Renaissance
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Unit study guide for early music through the Renaissance.
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1
What is true about Gregorian Chant?
It is a flirtatious song about love
It has a hard, driving beat
It is sung in unison
It is usually sung in English
2
"Bourgeois" refers to what?
the lower class
the no class
the middle class
the upper class
3
What was an early trombone called?
a sackbut
a viel
a krumhorn
a wheezer
4
Which modern troubadour is known as the "King of Country Music"?
Adele
Willie Nelson
Eminem
George Strait
5
What were the dates of the Renaissance?
1400-1600
1750-1800
1900-2000
1600-1750
6
What was an area of science that exploded during the Renaissance?
Geography
Anatomy
All of the above
Physics
7
The word "Renaissance" means what?
Rebirth
Recognize
Reorganize
Revolutionary
8
He was the most famous playwright of the Renaissance.
William Shakespeare
Robert Morley
Praetorius
Christopher Columbus
9
What was a person called who traveled from place to place singing of love and battles?
a juggler
a troubadour
a jouster
a music man
10
Why did people of the Renaissance want to learn to play instruments and sing and dance?
they wanted to be famous
the king made them
they did not have TVs, radios, and DVD players
they could get very rich doing it
11
Which pope was passionate about organizing and notating the music of the early church?
Pope Julius
Pope Paul II
Pope Gregory
Pope John I
12
What is a patron?
someone who has many children
Someone who supports artists
someone who keeps records
someone who designs parsonages
13
What is the difference between sacred and secular music?
Secular is church music, sacred is everything else
Sacred is church music, secular is everything else
Sacred music is always in Latin, secular in English
Secular music is always in Latin, sacred in English
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Who were the most famous painters of the Renaissance period?
Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo
Rubens, Buffoli, Warhol and Turner
Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Rembrandt
Dali, Vermeer, Picasso and Gaughin
15
By what year did our music notation system finally look much like it does today?
1450
1600
1750
1900
16
What language was Gregorian chant most often sung in?
English
Latin
French
Spanish
17
What is polyphony?
Many melodies and parts performed all together
One part performed by everyone all together
18
Most of the music in the Middle Ages was written for and dedicated to whom?
popular athletes
God
the king
the middle class
19
What is true about a madrigal?
It has many parts, with women and men singing together
It is sung in unison
It was never very popular
It is a sacred song written for the church
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What invention in the mid-fifteenth century made it easier to be exposed to new music?
the tape recorder
the flute
the printing press
the synthesizer
