Unit 2: Middle Ages & Renaissance

Question 1

'Renaissance' means......

Accepted Answer

Rebirth

Question 2

The cathedral at ___________ ___________ had a group of composers that worked to write new polyphonic music.

Accepted Answer

Notre Dame

Question 3

Religious communities called ___________ fostered the extensive development of worship music.

Accepted Answer

Monasteries

Question 4

Plainchant and Gregorian Chant are the same type of music.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which composer is representative of pure vocal polyphonic Renaissance music?

Accepted Answer

Palestrina

Question 6

What does 'troubadors' and 'trouveres' mean?

Accepted Answer

Finders, Inventors

Question 7

The Great Book of Organum contained music for holidays.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Which madrigal was more lighthearted and humorous?

Accepted Answer

English

Question 9

Who was the most important composer of the Ars Nova movement?

Accepted Answer

Machaut

Question 10

Troubadors and trouveres wrote about current events.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

What genre is Josquin known for?

Accepted Answer

Motet

Question 12

The idea of writing music down is called ___________.

Accepted Answer

Notation

Question 13

Renaissance society was becoming more sacred.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

The Medieval Era began when Rome fell in __________ AD.

Accepted Answer

476

Question 15

Which group was in South France?

Accepted Answer

Troubadors

Question 16

Which composer is known for writing many Renaissance dances?

Accepted Answer

Tielman Susato

Question 17

Which group was in North France?

Accepted Answer

Trouveres

Question 18

Who was the most important English madrigal composer?

Accepted Answer

John Farmer

Question 19

Troubadors and trouveres wrote about unrequited love.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

What is the musical texture of Plainchant?

Accepted Answer

Monophonic

Question 21

The madrigal is the most important secular genre of the era.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Notating polyphony allowed music to become more planned.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

What kind of music did Leonin and Perotin write?

Accepted Answer

Organum

Question 24

Hildegard of Bingen composed Gregorian chant.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

Who was the most important Italian madrigal composer?

Accepted Answer

Jacques Arcadelt

Question 26

What is the single most important feature in the development of Western music?

Accepted Answer

Polyphony

Unit 2: Middle Ages & Renaissance

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Unit 2: Middle Ages & Renaissance

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