Prelude 2 quiz mus 100
Which of the following is a true statement
During the Renaissance printed music became available and music literacy spread
One of the major advancements in the Renaissance was the invention of printing, pioneered by
Johannes Gutenberg
Who of the following was a Renaissance visual artist
Leonardo da Vinci
Which is true statement regarding early music performances of medieval and Renaissance music
Many aspects of early music performance are open to speculation
Which is true of trade during the middle ages
Musicians and their works moved along trade routes
Which of the following statements is true of paintings and sculpture from the Renaissance
Painters explored the beauties of nature, painters and sculptors studied the nude human form as a thing of beauty, and the laws of perspective were applied to paintings
Two of the earliest named composers of organum from the NOtre Dame Cathedral were Leonin and
Perotin
Which is a true statement regarding early music notation
Tempo and dynamic markings were absent.
During the middle ages, all power came from which religious organization
The Roman Catholic Church
Which of the following is a true statement
The influence of European musical styles surpasses that of any of it languages or religions
In regards to the troubadours and trouveres, which of the following statement is not true
They wrote sacred music
Who were the most prominent performers of secular music in medieval France
Troubadours and trouveres
Which statement regarding musical notation is true
Western music notation was invented to further the goals of Christian worship
After the fall of COnstantinople to the Turks, ___ writings were brought to Europe in increasing number
ancient Green and Roman
Women musicians in the Renaissance earned their livings as
court singers
The beginning of the Middle Ages was marked by the
fall of the Roman Empire
The Renaissance marks the passing of European society from predominately secular society to a more sacred one
false
The literature of ancient Greece and Rome was of little interest to artists and writers of the Renaissance
false
The middle East had no influence on European musical styles
false
Medieval and Renaissance musicians could find employment in which of the following professions
instrument building, teaching, and copists
Which did not occur in the later Middle Ages
introduction to printing
Music as a commodity means that music
is preserved, taught and learned, bought and sold
During the Renaissance, lands new to the Europeans were discovered, including
the Americas
The most universally idealized woman in Western culture during the Middle Ages was
the Virgin Mary
Our understanding of the musical culture of ancient civilizations is limited by the small number of fragments of music that have survived
true
