Gesualdo is known for?

killing his wife and her lover when he discovered in bed

Madrigalism can be defined as?

the literal depiction of an individual word or phrase

The main feature of musique mesurée was?

the artificial assignment of long and short vowel sounds

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of 16th-century Italian madrigal music?

was written exclusively for virtuoso professional singers

Musica Transalpina was a collection of?

Italian madrigals that had been translated into English

The Concerto delle Donne was?

a group of women renowned for their singing at noble courts

Which of the following statements is true of women's participation in madrigals perf. and comp?

Women perf. and comp. madrigals, though not in = num. to men

Willaert and Zarlino believed that major intervals such as thirds or sixths?

represented harshness or strength

Willaert and Zarlino believed that minor intervals, such as the minor third or sixth?

could represent sweetness or grief

a folklike homophonic secular song in Italian

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1
Gesualdo is known for?
being the only member of the pope's chapel to compose madr.
killing his wife and her lover when he discovered in bed
writing a treatise on counterpoint based on Willaert's style
composing frottole with interesting rhythmic patterns
2
The poet whose work inspired composers of sixteenth-century Italy was?
Petrarch
Milton
Machaut
Shakespeare
3
Texts for early madrigals sometimes used metaphor to allude to?
political topics of the day
biblical stories
the names of famous poets
sexual matters
4
By the middle of the sixteenth-century, Italian madrigal developed from the?
frottola
motet
fourteenth-century madrigal
English madrigal
5
Madrigalism can be defined as?
the theory that secular music can reveal man's true spirit
a cadence formula used in madrigals
a poetic device used only in poems that become madrigals
the literal depiction of an individual word or phrase
6
The main feature of musique mesurée was?
extremely polyphonic textures with different meters
the artificial assignment of long and short vowel sounds
an interest in using meter to express emotion
extreme chromaticism, used for expressing emotion
7
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of 16th-century Italian madrigal music?
was written exclusively for virtuoso professional singers
contains mixtures of homorhytmic and polyphonic textures
music written to express the text
is made up of equal voices
8
One composer known for his lute songs is
Thomas Morley
John Dowland
William Byrd
Thomas Weelkes
9
Musica Transalpina was a collection of?
music theory treatises translated from the Greek
German songs that had been translated into English
Italian madrigals that had been translated into English
motets that had been turned into madrigals
10
The Concerto delle Donne was?
a group of women renowned for their singing at noble courts
an orchestra maintained by the Countess of Donne
A grouo of women who played viols and recorders in concert
an academy that met to discuss ways to set poetry to music
11
Which composer is known for composing French songs in a style similar to the frottola?
Casulana
Sermisy
Janequin
Willaert
12
By the middle of the sixteenth-century, the typical Italian madrigal was written for?
instrumental ensembles
voice plus lute
four voices
five or more voices
13
Which of the following statements is true of women's participation in madrigals perf. and comp?
Women were not permitted to compose, sing or hear madrigals
Women perf. and comp. madrigals, though not in = num. to men
Women perf., but none had the musical training to compose
Women were = to men in composition and perf. of madrigals
14
The main secular vernacular genre of sixteenth-century Spain was?
madrigal
villancico
cantiga
cancionero
15
The sixteenth-century Italian madrigal developed from the?
frottola
motet
fourteenth-century madrigal
English madrigal
16
Willaert and Zarlino believed that major intervals such as thirds or sixths?
were imperfect, and thus should not be used
could represent sweetness or grief
should be used only on keyboards of a specific tuning system
represented harshness or strength
17
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of 16th-century Italian madrigal poetry?
written by major poets
are sentimental or erotic
are a form of social play, containing elements of sex, etc.
consist of verses and refrains
18
Willaert and Zarlino believed that minor intervals, such as the minor third or sixth?
represented harshness or strength
were to be used in strict progressions that resolved
were imperfect, and thus should not be used
could represent sweetness or grief
19
The frottola was?
a folklike homophonic secular song in Italian
a highly developed polyphonic secular song in French
a folklike homophonic sacred song in Latin
a folklike homophonic secular song in Spanish

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