Renaissance Music Final Review

Renaissance Music Final Review

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To what does a cappella refer?


Shawn & Gus's rendition of singing in the rain with Bongo drums

Instrumental music performed with vocal accompaniment.
A style of music that includes electronic instruments.
Vocal music performed without instrumental accompaniment.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the passamezzo?


A lively dance in triple meter

  • A stately dance in duple meter similar to the pavane


A type of Renaissance clothing.
A traditional Italian dish.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the Council of Trent attack the church music of the Renaissance?


It used secular tunes and theatrical singing.

  • It was based on Gregorian chant.


  • It was tiresomely monophonic.


  • It was too serene and otherworldly.


4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Besides the madrigal, the ________ was another type of secular vocal music that enjoyed popularity during the Renaissance.


lute song

motet

gaillard

cantata

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in this country ______.


Germany
France
Italy

Austria

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Renaissance motet?


  • A polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections


A polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass

  • A piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love


  • A dancelike song for several solo voices


7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lute songs are mostly __________ in texture.


polyphonic
monophonic

homophonic

imitative

boring

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