Medieval And Renaissance Music
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This is a quiz with 7 multiple-choice questions. It is about music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Questions and Answers
- 1.1. Who was Gregorian Chant named for?
- A.
Gregory Peck
- B.
Guido the monk
- C.
Pope Gregory the Great
- 2.What was one type of medieval music that was secular (worldly)?
- A.
Mass music
- B.
Estampie
- C.
Gregorian chant
- 3.What class of people in the Middle Ages was most likely to compose music?
- A.
Clergy
- B.
Nobility
- C.
Peasantry
- 4.What are two musical innovations that came with the Renaissance period?
- A.
Polyphonic texture (multiple melodies sung at once)
- B.
Dancing added to the music in church
- C.
Electrical instruments in secular songs
- D.
Printed music, rather than hand-scripted
- 5.Some instruments of the Renaissance were . . .
- A.
Dulcimer and flugelhorn
- B.
Bladderpipe and sacbut
- C.
Sousaphone and psaltery
- 6.The Renaissance form of a cappella secular music, generally about love, is called . . .
- A.
Mass
- B.
Motet
- C.
Madrigal
- 7.The new Renaissance middle class used what as a status symbol?
- A.
Musicianship
- B.
Fancy cars
- C.
Hot tubs
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