HAVPA Test 4

Where was the Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis from?

What does Renaissance mean?

Which of the following is true of the Renaissance period?

What does "Baroque" mean?

Which of the following is NOT a member of the Professionals from commedia dell'arte?

Which of the following was a member of the Zanni from commedia dell'arte?

Renaissance is a religious movement against the Catholic Church.

The standard way of writing music was developed by the French, using a 5-line 4-space staff.

What was the commedia dell'arte?

The Thirty Years' War started as:

Who was Martin Luther?

Which Baroque composer stabbed himself in the foot and died from the infection?

Which of the following was NOT a Renaissance dance?

In Renaissance music, what is the cantus firmus?

Which of the following was NOT a member of the Florentine Camerata?

Where was William Shakespeare born?

Which of the following comparisons are FALSE?

What is an oratorio?

1519-1521 Ferdinand Magellan sails through Straits of Magellan around tip of ____ to Pacific

Which of the following is NOT a form of Renaissance music?

1497-____, the namesake of America, first sails to the Caribbean.

Figured bass was a way for the composer to tell the performer what notes to play in a chord.

Which of the following was a Renaissance dance?

Louis XIV founded the ____ of France, which established standards for the art of dance.

Who was the leading portrait painter in the Baroque time period?

What ended the Thirty Years' War?

Which of the following people is an important figure of the Renaissance period?

1431-Joan of Arc burned at the stake in ____ during the 100 Years War.

1480-____ begins, causing the death of thousands of Jews and non-Catholics.

Leonardo da Vinci was a(n) ____.

Northern European painters focused primarily on portraits & real-life during Baroque period.

George Frideric Handel was an international celebrity and the first "rock-star" musician.

1558-____ ascends to the throne of England at age 25.

Music in the Renaissance period was known as _____.

The commedia dell'arte typically included female actors.

In the Renaissance period, people changed their attitudes on themselves, humanity, and God.

1509-____ becomes King of England

What is the earliest opera that is still frequently performed?

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance period?

Which of the following are main characteristics of the Baroque period?

Artists did not have to rely solely on the Catholic Church for work during the Renaissance.

Caravaggio once killed a man in an argument over a score in a tennis game.

1497-____ sails around the Horn of Africa establishing a trade route to India and Asia.

Why was this painting controversial according to the Catholic church?

Catholic countries painters focused primarily on portraits & real-life during Baroque period.

____ was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright.

1454-The Bible is first printed by ________.

Ballet originated in the Italian Renaissance as a dance interpretation of _________.

What are the years encompassing the Renaissance Period?

What were Renaissance court dances?

Which of the following statements is FALSE about the life of Johann Sebastian Bach?

1582-____ becomes the official calendar of the Western world.

Leonardo da Vinci and Giovanni di Palestrina both served what wealthy patron?

1517-Martin Luther posts his 95 theses in protest of _____ and the selling of papal indulgences

Motet is a Renaissance musical form

Michaelangelo Buonarroti painted the Sistine Chapel and The Last Judgement

Who was first composer in the Baroque period to write sacred music for the Lutheran church?

Common-practice tonality uses "useful" dissonance

What was the home country for the Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo?

The chanson was a Renaissance secular piece of music in French.