CQA 3 Spring 2023

Which type of instrumental music is defined as solo parts alternated with a group of instruments?

A musical texture with independent melodies that stand alone.

Where did renaissance era composers get the words for their word paintings

Which Medieval style of music is defined as music with no strict meter or accompaniment sung by a unison choir

What is the term for Renaissance Era pieces defined as non-religious vocal works in several parts?

A period of rediscovered classical ideals of the ancient Greeks that inspired a rebirth of creativity.

Which style of opera featured stories about mythology, often about members of the courts as great mythological figures?

This secular form of plainsong was commonly sung by troubadours during the Medieval Era.

Which Baroque Era musical form is Vivaldi famous for writing?

Which texture of music grew in popularity during the Renaissance Era.

What was the structure for concertos that Vivaldi famously created?

The Prima Praticca is the term used for the music written in the style of which era?

The Second Praticca is the term used for the music written in the style of which era?

This era's name means "between the ages." It was given this name because it was an era of darkness between 2 golden ages

During which century did music notation (written music) first appear?

Those at the florentine Camerata believed which texture of music could clearly communicate words?

What is the term for a rich polyphonic composition consisting of a series of successive melody imitations?

Which texture of music was most common during the Medieval Era?

What is the second era in the history of western music?

What is the third era in the history of western music?

Where did Renaissance Era scholars and musicians get the inspiration for their works?

What is the fifth era in the history of western music?

Music without religious associations.

What is the sixth and final era in the history of western music?

What is the first era in the history of western music?

What is the fourth era in the history of western music?

What is the term for writing music that portrays the meaning of the words?

Which style of opera featured down-to-earth stories and comedy?

What was the one common trait in all Baroque Era music?

A musical texture with everyone singing in unison, everyone singing the same pitch at the same time.

What is the term for polyphonic choral compositions based on sacred texts from the Renaissance Era?

What does the term "court" refer to when talking about Medieval, Renaissance, and Classical music?

What is the musical term for the simple music accompaniment used in opera?

French Medieval performers who composed music and poetry that traveled entertaining in the palaces of the feudal lords.

What is the term for the musical texture in which harmony supports the melody?

How did the composers of the classical era approach their music?

What does the word "Renaissance" mean when translated from French to English?

Music dedicated to a religious purpose