Music in the Renaissance

What is the chronology of the Renaissance?

• 15th and 16th centuries

• 17th and 18th centuries

• 20th century

• 14th and 15th centuries

What new social class appears?

• Nobility

• Peasants

• Bourgeoisie

• Clergy

What happened in 1453?

• Colon discovered America

• Constantinople falls into the hands of Turks

• The Catholic Kings got married

• Rome becomes an empire again

What is the main consequence of the fall of Constantinople?

• Merchants came to Europe

• The bourgeoisie came to Europe

• Peasants came to Europe

• Philosophers and thinkers came to Europe

Humanism is a school of thought that believes that the human being is the center of the world

• True

• False

The main consequence of Luther's reformation was the split of the Church into Catholics and Protestants

• True

• False

What happened to secular music during the Renaissance?

• It was less important

• All the music was secular

• It was more important

• They didn't like secular music

What type of texture appeared in the Renaissance?

• Monophony

• Poliphony

• Accompanied melody

• Strict counterpoint

The strict counterpoint reduces the number of voices and texture must tend to homophony

• True

• False

In the Catholic sacred music, the text is written in...

• German

• Latin

• Italian

• French