Chapter 7
Music and art of the Renaissance shared which of these characteristics?
An interest in the individual
The idea that music could be a social accomplishment came from
Ancient Greece
The Renaissance period is marked by an interest in _________
Ancient Greek Culture
Social factors influencing Renaissance music included
Europe's economic vitality
What is the seventh characteristic distinguish the music of Renaissance
increasing importance of effective text-setting
What is the fourth characteristic distinguish the music of Renaissance?
melodic and rhythmic congruity of lines
Which of these statements best describes women's role in Renaissance music-making?
Women were expected to learn music as part of a lady's education
What is the sixth characteristic distinguish the music of Renaissance?
occasional use of imitation
In Italy, the main patrons for music were ______________
the heads of small city states and the church
Temperament is ___________
tuning all pitches of a keyboard instrument to make thirds and sixths sound good
What are the dates of Renaissance in the history of Western art music ?
1450-1600
Aeolian and Ionian modes were
Added to the modal system by Heinrich Glareanus
What is the first characteristic distinguish the music of the Renaissance from that of the late Middle Ages?
Control of dissonance
For much of the Renaissance, musicians working in Italy had been trained in __________
France, the Netherlands, or Flanders
The main textures for the Renaissance were
Homorhythmic poloyphony and imitative counterpoint
Ottavio Petrucci is known ______
Publishing music using a three impression method
The Renaissance period of music comprises roughly which centuries?
The fifteenth and sixteenth
Court chapels were significant for music history because ___________
They hired musicians for both sacred and secular music
The theorist who first described counterpart that considered thirds sixths consonances was
Tinctoris
The primary audience for printed music was/were
amateur musicians throughout Europe and the Americas
The movement to embrace human knowledge was called __________
humanism
In the Renaissance , secular music was
composed by musicians who also composed church music
What is the third characteristic distinguish the music of the Renaissance?
equal importance of voices
What is the fifth characteristic distinguish the music of Renaissance?
four-part textures
What is the second characteristic distinguish the music of the Renaissance from that of the late Middle Ages?
predominantly consonant sonorities including sixth-third successions
Partbooks were
sets of books, one part to abook
