Middle Ages and Renaissance Overview

Question 1

What "widened the circulation of music?"

Accepted Answer

Printing Press

Question 2

Which of these people was not from the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Plato

Question 3

Musical activity was controlled primarily by the ______ in the Renaissance.

Accepted Answer

Nobility, Courts

Question 4

Which of these phrases best describes the rhythm of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Gently flowing

Question 5

The texture within a Renaissance piece may vary.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Why did the church "frown on instruments" in the MA?

Accepted Answer

Pagan association

Question 7

After what year did the church begin to allow organs and bells?

Accepted Answer

1100

Question 8

Which of these major historical events happened during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 9

From where did many famous Renaissance composers come?

Accepted Answer

Flanders

Question 10

Having a descending scale for the words "comes down from above" is an example of this technique

Accepted Answer

Word Painting

Question 11

The Renaissance is often known as the "golden age of..."

Accepted Answer

A capella

Question 12

Who was a famous female composer of the MA?

Accepted Answer

Hildegard de Bingen

Question 13

Renaissance music is considered mild and relaxed because it uses

Accepted Answer

Consonance

Question 14

What body controlled learning of all types during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Catholic church

Question 15

What are the dates of the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

450 - 1450

Question 16

Who was trained in music during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Every educated person

Question 17

Renaissance melodies tend to move by small intervals.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

What is another name for the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Medieval Period

Question 19

Which of these was more important in the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

vocal music

Question 20

Who thought the organ caused people to act as though "in a theater not a place of worship ?

Accepted Answer

Saint Aethelred

Question 21

Homophonic music in the Renaissance was primarily used in sacred music.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

What are the dates of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

1450-1600

Question 23

Which of these elements were present in MA notation?

Accepted Answer

Pitch

Question 24

Which register was used for the first time in the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Bass

Question 25

The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly homophonic.

Accepted Answer

False

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