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- 1. Multiple Choice
Renaissance music generally was...
Instrumental
Mystical & spiritual
The Roman Catholic Church's official music
More secular than sacred
- 2. Multiple Choice
Counterpoint consists of...
A single melody
Two or more melodies with the same rhythm
Two or more independent melodies
Two or more melodic lines with the same pitch
- 3. Multiple Choice
The best known Renaissance sacred music composer was...
Palestrina
Janequin
Monteverdi
Machaut
- 4. Multiple Choice
Homophony is...
Melody with no accompaniment
Two or more melodic independent lines
All the parts play a similar rhythm at the same time
Counterpoint
No answer is correct
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which one was not a Spanish composer of the Renaissance period?
Palestrina
Juan del Encina
Mateo Flecha
Cabezón
- 6. Multiple Choice
One of the most important composers of religious music during the Renaissance was...
Machaut
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Janequin
John Dowland
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which one is not one of the secular vocal forms from Spain?
Villancico
Romance
Ensalada
Madrigal
- 8. Multiple Choice
The Renaissance trombone was called...
Sackbut
Serpent
Shawm
Rackett
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is a Crumhorn?
A horn with no valves
A Recorder
A single reed instrument
A double reed instrument
- 10. Multiple Choice
This is a...
Hurdy gurdy
Lute
Vielle
Viola da braccio
- 11. Multiple Choice
Name this Renaissance instrument:
Recorder
Rackett
Shawm
Crumhorn
- 12. Multiple Choice
The dulcian belongs to which instrument family?
Strings
Woodwind
Brass
Percusion
- 13. Multiple Choice
The guitar and the vihuela were the most important instruments in the Renaissance period.
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was the pavane?
A musical instrument similar to the guitar
A large choir that performed in church
A type of music with several singers all singing in harmony
The walking dance where the dancers showed their costumes
- 15. Multiple Choice
A Galliard is a slow and stately dance.
True
False
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