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tatements that describe texture in Renaissance music

Most music during the Renaissance was polyphonic. Texture could vary within a composition, from homophony to polyphony.

statements that describe texture in Renaissance music.

Most music during the Renaissance was polyphonic. Texture could vary within a composition, from homophony to polyphony.

True or false: Melodic lines in Renaissance music are rhythmically independent.

True

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the statements that describe the use of word painting in this recording of a work by Thomas Weelkes.

A duet sings "two by two." Fast, descending rhythms are used to represent "running." All the voices sing the word "together."

Select all the methods John Dowland uses to express sorrow and melancholy in Flow My Tears.

A minor key Descending melodic lines representing falling tears A slow tempo

statements that describe what happens in Josquin's motet Ave Maria . . . virgo serena.

A voice will enter while the preceding entry is in the middle of its melodic line. The composer uses polyphonic imitation. The four opening melodic phrases all use the same text.

Select all the statements that describe the use of word painting in this recording of a work by Thomas Weelkes.

All the voices sing the word "together." A duet sings "two by two." Fast, descending rhythms are used to represent "running."

all the ways that melody usually moves in Renaissance music.

Along a scale With few large leaps

statements that describe the texture of Renaissance music.

Choral Renaissance music used four to six vocal parts. The majority of Renaissance music was polyphonic. The different voices in Renaissance music imitate each other.

Instrumental music during the Renaissance was used primarily for what purpose?

Dancing

Select all the methods John Dowland uses to express sorrow and melancholy in Flow My Tears.

Descending melodic lines representing falling tears A minor key A slow tempo

The Triumphes of Oriana, by Thomas Weelkes, is an anthology of works that contains which of the following?

English madrigals in honor of "Oriana," or Queen Elizabeth I

Select all the instruments that were played by Renaissance musicians.

Harpsichord Shawm Lute

Select all the statements that describe the composer John Dowland.

He composed during the time of Shakespeare. He was a virtuoso performer of the lute.

Thomas Weelkes, who lived from circa 1575 to 1623.

He composed the madrigal As Vesta Was Descending. He lived at the same time as Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare. He was an English organist.

Select all the statements about Thomas Weelkes, who lived from circa 1575 to 1623.

He composed the madrigal As Vesta Was Descending. He was an English organist. He lived at the same time as Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare.

For what reason was Palestrina's music so highly regarded by church authorities?

His music had a clarify and calmness that was considered a model of polyphonic sacred music.

characteristic of renaissance music

It demonstrates a humanistic interest in language. It uses harmonies that help express the emotions of the words. It uses word painting to represent poetic images.

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the statements that apply to this recording.

It is a fast dance It known as a galliard. It is in triple meter.

Listen to the audio clip. Select all the statements that describe the recording

It is a passamezzo by Caroubel. It does not use percussion instruments. It is in duple meter. Nick Was HERE!

Select all the statements about the Renaissance lute.

It was used to accompany solo songs. It was popular in Renaissance homes. It was a string instrument shaped like a half pear.

Palestrina was an important ______ ______ composer.

Italian Renaissance

Renaissance composers made a distinction between only which types of instruments?

Loud and soft

Which instrument was popular during the Renaissance?

Lute

statements that explain the rising popularity of secular music during the Renaissance.

Many songs were written in many languages, thus reaching more people. The publication of song books provided more access. Educated people were expected to know how to sing and play instruments.

statements that describe the work of Josquin Desprez.

Martin Luther remarked that God had preached His Gospel through the music of Josquin Desprez. Desprez's masses, motets, and secular vocal works influenced other composers. Desprez's music was widely praised by music lovers.

Select all the statements that describe why instrumental music became more important during the Renaissance

Music was now written specifically for instruments. Certain forms were developed exclusively for instrumental music. Composers started to exploit the capacities of popular instruments.

An example of musical patronage during the Renaissance?

Musicians working for a court employer

Which is a dance of the Renaissance era in duple meter and with a stately tempo?

Passamezzo

Select all the statements that describe the rhythmic and melodic lines in Renaissance music.

Rhythm is gentle and flowing. Pitch patterns are relatively easy to sing. Each singer maintains an individual rhythm.

For what voices or instruments were madrigals written?

Several solo voices

Select all the statements that describe the Renaissance madrigal.

Thanks to music printing, madrigals were published by the thousands in Italy and later in England. Madrigal composers included Luca Marenzio, Carlo Gesualdo, and Thomas Weelkes.

Select all the statements that are characteristics of rhythm and melody in Renaissance music.

The beat is subtle because different melodies overlap each other. Imitation of the main melody is a common device used by composers. Each melodic line has rhythmic independence.

richer and more developed sounds in Renaissance music than medieval music.

The harmonies were fuller and more consonant. The bass register was employed for the first time.

Listen to the audio clip. For most of Flow My Tears, the lute is subordinate to the voice; however in the middle section, as heard in this excerpt, what happens?

The lute imitates the voice's upward leaps and so becomes more prominent than before.

What were the two main types of sacred music composed during the Renaissance?

The motet and the mass

elements common in Renaissance secular music.

The use of word painting The imitation of natural sounds

Select all the statements that apply to the Kyrie from Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass.

There are six voice parts. There are three different sections. The melodic shapes imitate the general shape of Gregorian chant melodies.

characteristics that the Renaissance motet and mass have in common.

They are performed by a chorus. They use polyphony. They are both sacred music.

statements that describe the changes that took place in musical patronage during the Renaissance.

Virtuoso women singers began singing in several Italian courts. Composers began to put their name on their compositions and expected to be compensated. Patronage increased in the courts of the nobility.

statements that describe the rhythmic and melodic lines in Renaissance music.

With few large leaps Along a scale

According to the Renaissance ideal, an educated person was discouraged from taking musical training or playing a musical instrument. True false question.

false

True or false: Josquin Desprez, one of the greatest Renaissance composers, wrote only religious works, such as motets and masses for the church. True false question.

false

In each of the three sections of the Pope Marcellus Mass, the music begins with a thin texture with only a few voices, then gradually adopts a ______ texture.

rich

Examples of word painting in a Renaissance song would be the use of downward scales to correspond to the word "descending" and ______ scales to correspond with the word "ascending."

upward