Music: An Appreciation, Brief 7th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 2: Music In The Renaissance (1450-1600)

Multiple Choice

1
The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly
A)monophonic.
B)homophonic.
C)polyphonic.
D)heterophonic.
2
The dominant intellectual movement of the Renaissance was called
A)feudalism.
B)humanism.
C)classicism.
D)paganism.
3
A cappella refers to
A)unaccompanied choral music.
B)men taking their hats off in church.
C)singing in a hushed manner because one is in church.
D)any form of music appropriate for church use.
4
The musical representation of specific poetic images was known as
A)madrigal.
B)ballet.
C)word painting.
D)motet.
5
Renaissance melodies are usually easy to sing because
A)the level of musicianship in the Renaissance was not very high.
B)the music was mostly homophonic, so that one could sing it with a group.
C)there was a sharply defined beat, which kept the performers together.
D)the melody usually moves along a scale with few large leaps.
6
The reason Renaissance music sounds fuller than Medieval music is because
A)there is more dissonance.
B)there is more emphasis on the bass line.
C)it is sung a cappella.
D)there is not much emotion.
7
Which of the following statements is not true?
A)Josquin's compositions strongly influenced other composers, and were praised enthusiastically by music lovers.
B)Josquin spent most of his life in the province of Hainaut, today a part of Belgium.
C)Josquin's compositions include masses, motets, and secular vocal pieces.
D)Josquin's Ave Maria . . . Virgo serena uses polyphonic imitation, a technique typical of the period.
8
Palestrina's career centered in
A)the Netherlands.
B)Florence.
C)Naples.
D)Rome.
9
An attempt was made to purify Catholic church music as a result of the
A)music of Palestrina.
B)deliberations of the Council of Trent.
C)complaints of Desiderius Erasmus.
D)founding of the Jesuit order in 1540.
10
Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass sounds fuller than Josquin's Ave Maria because
A)Palestrina was a better composer.
B)it is set for six voices instead of four.
C)the recording engineer adjusted the levels differently.
D)All of the answers are correct.
11
Josquin Desprez was a contemporary of
A)Christopher Columbus.
B)Perotin.
C)Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
D)Henry VIII of England.
12
The Renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in
A)England.
B)France.
C)Italy.
D)Flanders.
13
A versatile plucked string instrument with a body shaped like half a pear, popular during the Renaissance, was the
A)lute.
B)recorder.
C)viol.
D)shawm.
14
The leading English composer of lute songs was
A)Thomas Weelkes.
B)John Dowland.
C)Luca Marenzio.
D)Carlo Gesualdo.
15
Thomas Weelkes's As Vesta Was Descending is notable for its
A)word painting.
B)completely homophonic texture.
C)instrumental accompaniment.
D)monophonic texture.
16
Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for
A)the concert hall.
B)religious worship.
C)dancing.
D)the piano.
17
The madrigal anthology The Triumphes of Oriana was written in honor of
A)Queen Anne.
B)King Henry VIII.
C)the goddess Diana.
D)Queen Elizabeth I.
18
The development of the English madrigal can be traced to 1588 and considered a result
A)of the Spanish armada.
B)of a decree by Queen Elizabeth.
C)of the writings of Shakespeare.
D)of the publication in London of a volume of translated Italian madrigals.
19
The _____________ is a stately dance in duple meter similar to the pavanne.
A)galliard
B)passamezzo
C)saltarello
D)minuet
20
During the Renaissance every educated person was expected to
A)play an instrument, dance, and read musical notation.
B)sing Gregorian chant.
C)be a composer.
D)All of the answers are correct.
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