| Define the term Renaissance as it applies to the arts and more specifically to music |
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| Renaissance is the rebirth of classical music centered in Greece and Rome. The music was only meant to be sung in church |
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| Discuss at least three sociocultural influences on Renaissance music |
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Renaissance: The church was where most of the music was planned
Humanism: People started relying on their values instead of religion
Reformation: Helped introduce more music |
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| Discuss at least three functions of Renaissance music |
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Church: At first music was only in the church and a capella (mostly)
Entertainment: Started being used in the streets to entertain bystanders
Dancing: Dancers and performers used music as accompaniment |
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| True or false: The Renaissance in music occurred between 1450 to 1600 |
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| The five parts of the Mass Ordinary are |
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| Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei |
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| The intellectual movement known as what focused on human life and its accomplishments |
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| Early renaissance composers came from an are of Europe known as |
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| The most influential patron of Renaissance music is |
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| True or false: Instrumental music became more important than vocal music in the Renaissance |
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| The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly what? |
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| Unaccompanied vocal music |
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| What are the two main forms of sacred Renaissance music? |
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| Palestrina’s career was centered where? |
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| True or false: Palestrina’s music included over 100 masses and some 450 other works |
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| An attempt was made to purify music in the Catholic Church as a result of what? |
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| True or false: During the Renaissance every educated person was expected to read music, play an instrument and be skilled in the dance |
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| Briefly describe the difference between the motet and the madrigal |
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| They are really similar except a motet gets its text straight from the Bible and is only meant for church and the madrigal is meant for entertainment and gets its text from folklore |
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| The Renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in which European country? |
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| Describe the term word painting and in what vocal form it was used |
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| A word painting is when the music paints a picture or how the piece is sung. It describes the words or text of the song |
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| True or false: Much of the music in the Renaissance could be either sung or played as indicated by the direction of the composer |
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| What is a versatile string instrument with a body shaped like a pear, popular during the Renaissance? |
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| Identify two popular dances of the Renaissance |
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| Who was the most important Italian Renaissance composer? |
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| Who was the leading proponent of the Reformation? |
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| The Reformation led to the establishment of what church? |
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| Most of Renaissance music was based on what technique? |
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| Briefly describe the five types of imitation used in the Renaissance |
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Canonic: Like a round
Inversion: Flip the melody
Retrogression: Backwards
Augmentation: Double the note value
Dimination: Half the not value |
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