Review - Renaissance

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Describe Word Painting.

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A musical device where composers use musical elements to reflect the text of a piece.

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What is Patronage? Options: A system where composers solely relied on the church for funding, The system in which composers were hired by churches or wealthy citizens to work for them, The process of composers earning money through selling tickets directly, The system where musicians independently funded their compositions

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The system in which composers were hired by churches or wealthy citizens to work for them

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What was Italy during this time?

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The cultural center of Europe during the 16th century

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What is a Mass?

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A polyphonic sacred work with five sections.

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What is Homophony? (Homphonic)

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A texture with one main melody supported by harmonies or chords.

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What were Lute Songs?

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Secular Pieces written for Solo voice and Lute

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What is a Motet?

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A polyphonic sacred work using texts other than the mass ordinary.

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Which is true about Instrumental Music? Options: Sacred music preserved extensively and intended for church use, Manuscripts created for educational purposes and kept in archives, Music written only for vocal ensembles, with no instrumentation, Music whose manuscripts were not preserved well, so few pieces have survived

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Music whose manuscripts were not preserved well, so few pieces have survived

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What was the Printing Press?

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Technology that allowed books and music to be mass-produced and widely accessible

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What is Humanism?

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A philosophy that values people rather than gods or deities.