HWM - Ch. 7-11 The Renaissance

The term burden refers to

All of the following demonstrate ways in which composers projected the texts they set to music EXCEPT

The Italian villanella is characterized by all of the following stylistic features EXCEPT

All of the following are characteristic of Palestrina’s style EXCEPT

Luther and Calvin both advocated singing simple sacred polyphony in the home for education and entertainment.

Luther believed in the educational & ethical power of music. This demonstrates his appreciation of

Josquin’s fame as a composer during his lifetime can be attributed in part to which of the following?

The English method of improvising polyphony on a given chant is called

Why was Italy such an important region for musical patronage in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

All of the following musical developments began during the sixteenth century EXCEPT

The development of an international musical style in the fifteenth century can be attributed to the

The Protestant Reformation started in which country?

Music of the 15/16th centuries viewed as a unified repertory due to the consistent use of what compositional technique?

Mean-tone temperaments 3rds sound consonant, this demonstrate what aspect of Renaissance thinking?

Which of the following is an example of humanism?

Catholic music from the generation active ca. 1520–1550 is frequently characterized by

When all the voices of a polyphonic work are reworked & adapted to a new polyphonic context is called?

As the Renaissance progressed, composers increasingly favored musical structures based on

Which phrase best describes the meaning of the term humanism?

The idea of musically linking Mass movements began with composers working in

Europe emerged as a world power during the Renaissance for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Luther and his colleagues used all of the following as the sources for the new chorale repertory EXCEPT

In the Renaissance, how were women most likely to receive musical instruction?

William Byrd’s Sing Joyfully unto God is an example of which genre?

More music from the 15th century survives with composers names on them. What explains this?

In Renaissance music, cadences/contrasts of texture made composition clear. This is similar to what aspect of art?

The Council of Trent banned composers from writing imitation (parody) masses.

Victoria’s Missa O magnum mysterium is a paraphrase Mass.

The Calvinist Church had its origins in which country?

Which 15th century invention grew amateur music-making and the rise of music literacy in the sixteenth century?

The word used to describe a poem about the idealized world of shepherds and rustic figures in beautiful landscapes is

Which does NOT describe an anthem?

The music of composers active ca. 1480–1520 reveals

Why, beginning in the late fifteenth century, did composers abandon the formes fixes?

Which of the following genres always includes a refrain?

Which Renaissance invention was essential for the spread of Protestant ideas?

Josquin’s Missa Pange lingua incorporates which compositional technique?

Which phrase best describes chromaticism?

Du Fay’s early chansons include rapid subdivisions of the beat. This can be associated with what musical style?

Morley’s Sing we and chant it is an example of which genre?

Many aspects of European culture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were influenced by the

All of the following can be found in Dunstable’s sacred works EXCEPT

Lyric chansons of the first half of the sixteenth century are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

A versatile composer, Orlande de Lassus was master of Flemish, French, Italian, and German styles

A Lied is a polyphonic setting of a secular text in what language?

Two genres characterized by rustic poetry and purposely simple music, but designed for aristocratic audiences, were

By the mid-fifteenth century, composers rarely composed isorhythmic motets. Why did they abandon this genre?

The development of music printing contributed to all of the following EXCEPT the

In the Renaissance, most musicians also served as

Which compositional feature distinguishes Ockeghem’s and Busnoys’s from preceding generation? the preceding generation?

In the mid-fifteenth century, the principal polyphonic compositions were all of the following types EXCEPT

The madrigal originated in which cities in the 1520s?