Renaissance Music Quiz

Renaissance means

• New Birth

• Re-Birth

• Post-Birth

• Ultra-Birth

A sacred, polyphonic vocal composition, usually unaccompanied is a

• Duet

• Trio

• Quartet

• Motet

What is a Madrigal?

• a group of instruments playing together

• a polyphonic composition in which two or more melodies repeat each other at different points in the music

• a secular, polyphonic song based on poems, often about love

• a musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment

A musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment is called

• homophony

• counterpoint

• consort

• madrigal

It can be assumed that the word "homophony" is the developement of what musical term that we know today

• articulation

• counterpart

• harmony

• melody

A consort is

• A group of instruments playing together

• Concert

• Collaboration

• Unison

A polyphonic composition in which two or more melodies repeat each other at different points in the music

• consort

• counterpoint

• motet

• homophony

The sackbut is known today as the

• trombone

• oboe

• When the quarterback is tackled with the ball

• bassoon

Who was the master of music at the Vatican and was one of the greatest composers of Catholic liturgical music of his time?

• GIOVANNI GABRIELI

• MADDALENA CASULANA

• ORLANDO DE LASSUS

• GIOVANNI PALESTRINA

Which of these statements is true about Claudio Monteverdi?

• He was one of the great contributors to opera and was one of the first to compose them

• He bridged the gap from the Renaissance Period to the Baroque Period

• All of the Above

• None of the Above