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Renaissance means _____________and it refers
to the period in history __________________
when there was an awakening of interest in the
ideas and culture of the Ancient Greeks and
Romans.
______________ is considered the birthplace of
this new movement.
The Renaissance was a period of great
_________________ and man started to
question his existence and looked for answers
outside of the church.
Perhaps the greatest development for the
expansion of ordinary music was the invention of
the ______________ by _________ in
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Now composers began to write music in
__________________, for 4 parts (Bass, Tenor,
Alto and Treble).
__________________ was the Queen of
England during the Renaissance.
In the 16th Century, ______________ (non
religious or “popular”) music came into being. It
was livelier and more rhythmic than the music of
the church.
The _________________ was one of these early
types of “music for fun”.
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The point to remember about the music of the
Renaissance is the
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_________. It is this combination of a number of
melodies overlapping by entering and leaving at
various times which separates Renaissance music
from that which comes later.
Instrument Quizz
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_______________ is the musical setting of the
Roman Catholic Church service.
A German hymn tune is called a
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________________ were sung by the choir
during services in Protestant churches.
A popular style in Venice was
________________ - meaning music for more
than one choir.
Renaissance sacred music was an
__________________ of the Gregorian Chant
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from the Medieval period, a style of music also
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instruments. The texts were the same as in
Gregorian chant: the Roman _____________
sung in _________________. Composers
continued to live as they had done in the Middle
Ages.
The number of professional musicians and
talented amateurs increased. This resulted in
____________________________.
In secular music, there are an amazing variety of
styles, which express every kind of human mood
and emotion. Some are very
____________________ using imitation, while
others are mainly chordal. The rhythms are clear
cut and borrowed from
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In England there were three kinds of madrigal:
the _____________________, the
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There are four important composers in this era.
Name each one and list two facts about each one.
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