Prelude 2: Music as Commodity and Social Activity

During the middle ages, which religious organization wielded the most power in regions formally under the rule of the Roman empire?

1. Government control of Law and order 2. Encouragement of education 3. Centralized government

Which two are the Renaissance artists

1. Leonardo da Vinci 2.Michelangelo

Which of the four was a potential job for a musician in the middle ages and Renaissance?

1. Music printer 2. Composer 3. Choirmaster 4. Organist

Which of the two provided Financial support for medieval and Renaissance musicians?

1. The church 2. Aristocratic courts

The Christian (The Roman Catholic) Church had very little power in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance True or False

False

The literature of ancient Greece and Rome was a little interest to artists and writers in the renaissance True or False

False

In the middle ages, the status of women was raised by the universal cult of who?

Mary, Mother of Christ

Which is NOT a development of the later Middle Ages?

Movable type music printing

During the renaissance, which lands did the Europeans explore?

The Americas

During the Middle Ages, which religious organization wielded the most power in regions formerly under the rule of the Roman Empire?

The Roman Catholic Church

Our understanding of the musical culture of ancient civilizations is limited by the few fragments of music that have survived.

True

Trade flourished in the later middle ages when a merchant class a rose outside of feudal society True or False

True

Which was the main European port for cultural exchange of eastern luxury's?

Venice

Which of the three was a result of the printing press?

1. Music books became available 2. Music books became affordable 3. Music literacy spread

The Middle Ages spans nearly one thousand years True or False

True

The beginning of the Middle Ages is marked by what event?

The fall of the Roman Empire