Medieval/Renaissance Music Quiz

Question 1

What were the names of Medieval secular artists who sang about love in France?

Accepted Answer

Troubadours

Question 2

Which of the following is a wind instrument similar to the present day trombone?

Accepted Answer

sackbut

Question 3

How is Medieval secular music NOT similar to modern popular music?

Accepted Answer

They both sing about religion.

Question 4

Which of the following is a string instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped body?

Accepted Answer

lute

Question 5

Which of the following is a short, polyphonic, choral work with Latin text?

Accepted Answer

motet

Question 6

When did the musical Renaissance Period occur?

Accepted Answer

1400-1600

Question 7

What type of music did Leonin & Perotin compose?

Accepted Answer

sacred, polyphonic organum

Question 8

Which religion had the largest influence on Western music during the Medieval Period?

Accepted Answer

Catholicism

Question 9

Which of the following is a percussion instrument used to inform townspeople of events?

Accepted Answer

bells

Question 10

Which language was most sacred music sung in?

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 11

Which of the following is plain chant sung in the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

Gregorian Chant

Question 12

When did the Medieval era occur?

Accepted Answer

400-1400

Question 13

Which of the following featured 5 or 6 voice parts singing poetic text?

Accepted Answer

madrigal

Question 14

Sacred is defined as...

Accepted Answer

religious music written for the church

Question 15

Guillaume de Machaut...

Accepted Answer

wrote the first setting of the Mass Ordinary

Question 16

Which of the following is a percussion instrument with a round frame and jingles?

Accepted Answer

tambourine

Question 17

Which of the following is a double-reed wind instrument similar to the oboe?

Accepted Answer

shawm

Question 18

John Dowland

Accepted Answer

wrote secular music for lute and piano

Question 19

Which term refers to worldly, non-religious music?

Accepted Answer

secular

Question 20

Thomas Weekles...

Accepted Answer

wrote over 500 madrigals

Question 21

Which word means two or more parts being played/sung at once?

Accepted Answer

polyphonic

Question 22

Palestrina...

Accepted Answer

wrote over 700 pieces during the Renaissance

Question 23

What invention led to the further spread of music during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Gutenberg printing press

Question 24

Hildegard von Bingen...

Accepted Answer

was a nun and a woman composer of the Medieval Period

Medieval/Renaissance Music Quiz

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Medieval/Renaissance Music Quiz

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