Quiz

RENAISSANCE ASSESSMENT!

1. It was the re-birth basically of the arts, advances in science, etc. The Italians wanted a re-birth of their glorious past. 2. 1400-1600 3. A motet (most popular form of sacred music) uses up to four different vocal parts. its a short composition to Latin words (most always religious). __//Pange lingua// by Josquin des Prez is a Mass__ 4. Madrigals (the most popular form of secular music) are short compositions set to a one-stanza poem. they were made for small groups without instruments. they were an important part of special occasions. //As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending// by Thomas Weelkes. 5. String: Lute Woodwind: Shawm Brass: Sackbut Percussion: Tambour (?) 6. "Daphne" by Anonymous is a Galliard. "Kemps Jig" also by Anonymous is obviously some type of Jig. 7. The invention of the printing press made it possible for the music to be written down and accessible to everyone. 8. The rise of the middle class made it so the Nobility wasn't the only group of people with money. This meant that more people would travel to cities and spend more time seeing plays and concerts. and also because of the printing press the middle class learned to play music through books. 9. It is a secular piece of music. Has multiple male voices that are accompanied by instruments such as a recorder and some kind of tambourine or something like that. Has many different dynamics, steady Tempo and a pretty big crescendo at the end. definitely a happy feeling. Possibly something people would dance to. __Instrumental, Vocal/Instrumental, (repeated format) Polyphonic, Meter in 3.__ 10. Its a dance piece (pavane/Galliard). 11. Lute. And what sounds like a recorder or some type of woodwind instrument. Viol? 12. Sounds Sacred. Sung in English by a Solo male voice with other male voices in parts. no instruments. seems a little sad, almost like remembering someone who may not be around anymore for one reason for another. 13. It is believed that Henry VIII composed it for his lover. Often known as the song played by ice-cream trucks. It is interpreted that the song is about a woman who is promiscuous or a prostitute because the word green has sexual connotations.