Renaissance Era Spring 2024

What is the term for writing music that portrays the meaning of the words?

Which Medieval style of music is defined as music with no strict meter or accompaniment sung by a unison choir

What texture of music grew in popularity during the renaissance era?

Which style of instrumental music consisted of multiple sections where each section is a different version of a theme?

What does the term "court" refer to when talking about renaissance era music?

Is it possible for a song to be both a madrigal and a word painting?

What did it mean for a court to have a "roster of musicians?"

This era's name means "between the ages." It was given this name because it was an era of darkness between 2 golden ages

Which texture of music was most common during the Medieval Era?

A musical texture with independent melodies that stand alone.

What is the second era in the history of western music?

What is the term for freely composed music adhering to no established model?

Where did renaissance era composers get the words for their word paintings

Where did Renaissance artists get the inspiration for their works? They were trying to recreate them.

What is the fourth era in the history of western music?

What does the word "Renaissance" mean when translated from French to English?

What is the first era in the history of western music?

Music dedicated to a religious purpose

Non religious vocal works in several parts.

What is the term for "music that portrays the meaning of the words of the text?"

What is the sixth and final era in the history of western music?

Where did Renaissance Era scholars and musicians get the inspiration for their works?

Which concept started in the Renaissance Era is used in our pop music today?

Why didn't Renaissance composers have examples of works by the Ancient Greeks?

Which texture of music grew in popularity during the Renaissance Era.

What is the fifth era in the history of western music?

What is the term for polyphonic choral compositions based on sacred texts?

Music with a single melodic line, everyone singing the same note at the same time.

Someone committed to independent reasoning, the study of ancient classics, and a reliance on original sources

Music without religious associations.

A musical texture with everyone singing in unison, everyone singing the same pitch at the same time.

Music Dedicated to a religious purpose

Music without religious affiliation

How did Renaissance Era composers come to the conclusion their music was inferior to the music of the Ancient Greeks?

What is the name of instrumental music written for plucked instruments?

A period of rediscovered classical ideals of the ancient Greeks that inspired a rebirth of creativity.

What is the third era in the history of western music?