HAVPA Test 4

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

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

In Renaissance music, what is the cantus firmus?

Which of the following was a Renaissance dance?

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

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

The commedia dell'arte typically included female actors.

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

What does "Baroque" mean?

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

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

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

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

Where was William Shakespeare born?

Who was Martin Luther?

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

Common-practice tonality uses "useful" dissonance

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

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

Leonardo da Vinci was a(n) ____.

What is the earliest opera that is still frequently performed?

Renaissance is a religious movement against the Catholic Church.

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

1509-____ becomes King of England

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

What ended the Thirty Years' War?

Music in the Renaissance period was known as _____.

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

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

What were Renaissance court dances?

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

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

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

What is an oratorio?

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

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

Why was this painting controversial according to the Catholic church?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What was the commedia dell'arte?

What does Renaissance mean?

Michaelangelo Buonarroti painted the Sistine Chapel and The Last Judgement

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

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

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

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

1454-The Bible is first printed by ________.

Where was the Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis from?

What are the years encompassing the Renaissance Period?

Motet is a Renaissance musical form

The Thirty Years' War started as:

Which of the following comparisons are FALSE?

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

Which of the following is true of the Renaissance period?

____ was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright.

Which of the following was NOT a Renaissance dance?