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100
Name one instrument used during the Renaissance.
What is the lute, the tenor viol, the organetto,the rebec, tenor recorder, harpsichord, crumhorn, trumpet, or drums.
100
Who influenced the music development in the Roman Catholic Church?
Who is Giovanni Palestrina?
100
Music not written for church.
What is secular music?
100
True of False? Renaissance music was only played in churches.
What is false? Sacred music was only in the church.
100

This was created to help the distribution of music.

What is the printing press?

200
No instruments, but just voices in a song is called:
What is capella?
200
First dramatic opera was written by _________.
Who is Claudio Moteverdi?
200
Music written for church.
What is sacred music?
200
Music of the Renaissance took place from the ______'s to the ________'s
What is 1400, 1600.
200

True or false, music notation in the Renaissance generally were written in score form.

What is false?
300
The most common instrument during the Renaissance.
What is the lute?
300

Wrote many madrigals including 6 books and wrote with chromaticism. 

Who is Carlo Gesualdo?

300
Polyphonic
What is a combination of 2+ independent melodies or musical parts?
300
Monteverdi's most famous opera.
What is L'Orfeo?
300
Number of books of madrigals Monteverdi composed.
What is 9?
400
What composer began to score music for specific instruments.
Who is Monteverdi?
400
English composer known for composing sacred music.
Who is Thomas Tallis
400
About love ♥_♥
What is madrigal?
400
True or False? There were dynamic markings written on the music. (dynamics markings say whether you should play/sing louder or softer)
What is false?
400

She was the wife of Carlo Gesualdo who had an affair with someone and was murdered by her husband.

Who is Maria D'Avalos?

500
The _________ is similar to the piano
What is the harpsichord?
500
English composer known for early compositions for the Anglican church.
Who is William Byrd?
500

This form of music was born in Italy at the end of the Renaissance. It involves multiple voices and has instrument accompaniments.

What is opera?

500

During the Early Renaissance, the ________ was the lowest voice.

What is the melody?

500

This demonstrated the text in the music notation.  

What is word painting?
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