Renaissance and Baroque Review

This compose is Italian, nicknamed "The Red Priest," and wrote concertos and concerto grossos.

The plainchant, motet, and madrigal are all forms of Renaissance music.

This musical form is vocal piece, usually for 3-4 voices, most often with sacred text in Latin.

The melody in a fugue is also known as what?

___________ remained a powerful entity in both the Renaissance and Baroque Eras.

This music form uses single melodies that are sung for various religious holidays throughout the year.

How many times did the subject repeat in Bach's "Little Fugue in G minor"?

French poets/musicians who traveled throughout Europe presenting new music.

The Sackbut and Cornett are Renaissance instruments.

This instrument is the soloist instrument in Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons."

Both the plainchant and motet have zero instruments. It is just vocalists.

This music form is a piece of music for a group of singers and musicians that is usually about a sacred subject.

Handel's oratorio "The Messiah" which includes the Hallelujah Chorus is a piece of secular music.

This composer was Was considered a very savvy businessman and maintained a wealthy lifestyle and wrote oratorios.

The term Baroque also describes what besides music?

This composer was German born. His death marks the end of the Baroque era. He wrote fugues.

A plainchant is monophonic

Which describes a way that the notes of melody in a song can move by?

What is the major difference between the concerto and concerto grosso?

The motet and madrigal are different because...

A person with this job writes music.

The violone and lute are part of what instrument family.

This invention allowed sheet music to be spread much more faster and widely.

The fugue is the Baroque's era form of vocal music.

What is the term for music containing illustrations that reflect the text of the music?

Melodic contour means...

The concerto, concerto grosso, oratorio, and fugue are all forms of Baroque music.

The musical term means that there are many voices to be heard, such as multiple melodic lines and harmony.

The madrigal is the only secular music form in Renaissance music.

Concert grosso is A Baroque form of music that features a group of soloists accompanied by an orchestra.