MUS 100 Renaissance Review

Question 1

Who was the guiding force for the development of the English madrigal?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Morley

Question 2

How did many musicians make a living during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

They worked for aristocratic courts or as public employees

Question 3

Which of the following instruments were NOT common during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

The flugelhorn and the piccolo

Question 4

Where was the main center of musical activity during the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 5

During the Renaissance, who financed music?

Accepted Answer

Patrons

Question 6

Who is the perfect example of the true Renaissance man?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 7

The new musical style of polyphony in the Renaissance was primarily based on:

Accepted Answer

Imitation

Question 8

What is the name of the religious movement started by Martin Luther in 1517?

Accepted Answer

The Reformation

Question 9

The development of music in the Renaissance is marked by an increased focus on

Accepted Answer

Expressing the text

Question 10

How many voices does a Renaissance motet usually have?

Accepted Answer

Four

Question 11

The musical texture that moves by chords is known as

Accepted Answer

homophony

Question 12

A serious Renaissance instrumental piece that uses both imitative and homophonic textures:

Accepted Answer

Canzona

Question 13

The technique of depicting the meaning of the text by musical means is called

Accepted Answer

word-painting

Question 14

During the sixteenth century, what greatly increased the amount of available music?

Accepted Answer

Music printing

Question 15

"Renaissance" means

Accepted Answer

rebirth

Question 16

What distinguishes Renaissance music from late medieval music?

Accepted Answer

A smoother and more homogenous sound

Question 17

The musical texture in which separate musical lines are particularly clear and independent

Accepted Answer

Polyphony

Question 18

A single melody was sometimes woven into all five sections of the Ordinary to link them

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Dunstable and DuFay wrote polyphonic masses, motets, and

Accepted Answer

secular songs

Question 20

Which musical feature has a second group of voices begin its statements just as the first group comes to a cadence?

Accepted Answer

Overlapping cadences

Question 21

Which composer most clearly represented the ideals of the Counter-Reformation?

Accepted Answer

Palestrina

Question 22

During his lifetime, Josquin Desprez was ____________ and in demand as a ________________ .

Accepted Answer

famous, composer

Question 23

What influential secular song developed in Italy?

Accepted Answer

Madrigal

Question 24

What is the largest category of Renaissance instrumental music?

Accepted Answer

Dance music

Question 25

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei are all part of the ________________ of the Mass.

Accepted Answer

Ordinary

MUS 100 Renaissance Review

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MUS 100 Renaissance Review

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