Quiz 8
Which of the following statements regarding the Renaissance is not true? A) Secular music was written for groups of solo voices and for solo voice with accompaniment B) Secular music contained more rapid changes of mood than sacred music C) A wealth of dance music published during the sixteenth century has survived D) Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for church use
D) Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for church use
A versatile plucked string instrument with a body shaped like half a pear, popular during the Renaissance, was the
lute
The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly
polyphonic
During the Renaissance every educated person was expected to
read musical notation, play a musical instrument, be skilled in dance
Renaissance melodies are usually easy to sing because
the melody usually moves along a scale with a few large leaps
The development of the English madrigal can be traced to 1588 and considered a result of
the publication in London of a volume of translated Italian madrigals
A capella refers to
unaccompanied choral music
In contrast to much Renaissance music, the ballett
used the syllables "fa-la" as a refrain, was mostly homophonic in texture, repeated the same music for each stanza of the poem
The expressive device used by Renaissance composers to musically pictorialize words from the text is called:
word painting
Thomas Weelkes's As Vesta Was Descending is notable for its
word painting
Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for
dancing
The Renaissance in music occurred between
1450-1600
Which of the following statements is not true of the Renaissance? A) Education was considered a status symbol by aristocrats and the upper middle class B) The Catholic Church was even more powerful in the Renaissance than during the Middle Ages C) Every educated person was expected to be trained in music D) Musical activity gradually shifted from the church to the court
B) The Catholic Church was even more powerful in the Renaissance than during the middle ages
Which of the following is not true A) Court dances were often performed in pairs: one dance being in a duple meter, the other in a triple meter B) The Renaissance orchestra had the same instruments as today's orchestra C) Renaissance musicians distinguished timbre between loud, outdoor instruments are softer, indoor instruments D) Composers did not specify which instrument should play in a composition, but used the performers that were available
B) The Renaissance orchestra had the same instruments as today's orchestra
Which of the following is not true of the intellectual movement of the Renaissance known as humanism? A) The madonna was treated as a beautiful young woman B) The humanists were basically atheistic in their beliefs C) The humanists were captivated by the pagan cultures of ancient Greece and Rome D) The humanists focused on human life and its accomplishment
B) the humanists were basically atheistic in their beliefs
Renaissance music sounds fuller than medieval music because A) composers considered the harmonic effect of chords rather than superimposing one melody above another B) the bass register is used for the first time C) the typical choral piece has four, five, or six voice parts of nearly equal melodic interest D) all of the above
D) all of the above
The Renaissance may be described as an age of A) curiosity and individualism B) exploration and adventure C) the "rebirth" of human creativity D) all of the above
D) all of the above
Many prominent Renaissance composers, who held important posts all over Europe, came from an area known at the time as
Flanders
The Renaissance is a cultural movement most closely connected with
Italy
The Renaissance madrigal is a
Piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love