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