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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
Most of the music in the Middle Ages was written for and dedicated to whom?
popular athletes
God
the king
the middle class
3
Which modern troubadour is known as the "King of Country Music"?
George Strait
Eminem
Willie Nelson
Adele
4
By what year did our music notation system finally look much like it does today?
1750
1450
1900
1600
5
What language was Gregorian chant most often sung in?
French
English
Latin
Spanish
6
What is the difference between sacred and secular music?
Sacred music is always in Latin, secular in English
Secular is church music, sacred is everything else
Secular music is always in Latin, sacred in English
Sacred is church music, secular is everything else
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He was the most famous playwright of the Renaissance.
Christopher Columbus
William Shakespeare
Praetorius
Robert Morley
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"Bourgeois" refers to what?
the middle class
the upper class
the no class
the lower class
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What is true about a madrigal?
It is sung in unison
It is a sacred song written for the church
It has many parts, with women and men singing together
It was never very popular
10
What is a patron?
Someone who supports artists
someone who designs parsonages
someone who has many children
someone who keeps records
11
What invention in the mid-fifteenth century made it easier to be exposed to new music?
the flute
the tape recorder
the synthesizer
the printing press
12
Which pope was passionate about organizing and notating the music of the early church?
Pope John I
Pope Julius
Pope Gregory
Pope Paul II
13
What is polyphony?
Many melodies and parts performed all together
One part performed by everyone all together
14
Why did people of the Renaissance want to learn to play instruments and sing and dance?
the king made them
they could get very rich doing it
they wanted to be famous
they did not have TVs, radios, and DVD players
15
What were the dates of the Renaissance?
1400-1600
1600-1750
1750-1800
1900-2000
16
What was an early trombone called?
a krumhorn
a viel
a sackbut
a wheezer
17
Who were the most famous painters of the Renaissance period?
Rubens, Buffoli, Warhol and Turner
Dali, Vermeer, Picasso and Gaughin
Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Rembrandt
Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo
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What was a person called who traveled from place to place singing of love and battles?
a jouster
a juggler
a troubadour
a music man
19
What was an area of science that exploded during the Renaissance?
Anatomy
All of the above
Geography
Physics
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The word "Renaissance" means what?
Reorganize
Revolutionary
Recognize
Rebirth
