Music History Through the Renaissance

A form of plainchant that is unaccompanied and monophonic that was named after Pope St. Gregory the Great

What type of dance is this?

Monophonic music is a single voice or line of melody without harmonic accompaniment.

Multiple lines of music sung or played simultaneously

Influential Renaissance mass composer. His style focused on comprehensibility of the words

Who composed this famous motet, "Ave Maria?"

Who composed this piece?

“Ut re mi fa sol la” were the first syllables of each line of this chant by Guido d'Arezzo.

What are the approximate dates of the Medieval Era?

Who is well known as the greatest Renaissance composer? He pioneered the Renaissance polyphonic style of choral music.

This famous madrigal by Thomas Weelkes famously used word painting.

The music of ______________ was mostly monophonic and difficult to study because very little music survived.

This doctrine claims that music can influence the character and behavior of a person

This Italian monk created a system of musical notation so that singers no longer had to learn by rote.

An unaccompanied polyphonic choral composition using sacred latin text.

What musical era is this piece from?

What were the approximate dates of the Renaissance Era?

Secular multi-voice songs sung without accompaniment and popular in Renaissance Italy and England. Often love songs.

What is the earliest known full piece of music found in Turkey on stone tablets?

This saint and doctor of the Church composed at least 69 pieces based mostly on her visions.