Renaissance Period and Composers Practice Test

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Josquin des Prez

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Father of Musicians

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Orlando Di Lasso

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considered the most versatile and vigorously creative master of the madrigal and chanson

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John Dowland

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published "The First Booke of Songs and Ayres" on October 31, 1597

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Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina

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he was considered the greatest sacred choral composer in Europe.

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Pierre Certon

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he attended the very strict school at Notre Dame Cathedral where he got into trouble for playing ball, which was against the school's rules, as well as refusing to attend a church service.​

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Thomas Morley

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wrote "A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musik" in 1597, which was the most important English Treatise on musical performance and composition

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Tomas Luis de Victoria

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Was a Spanish composer of the late Renaissance and was the most famous composer of the sixteenth century in Spain.

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John Dowland

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greatest English composer of music and songs for the lute

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Missa Papae Marcelli
Options: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
What is it?

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Written by Giovanni Per Luigi da Palestrina; Song used for Mass; all of the above.

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Ave Maria (Motet)

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Josquin de Prez