Middle Ages
This type of sacred music consists of a single melodic line sung in Latin.
What is Gregorian Chant?
This period is known as the "rebirth" of art, learning, and culture.
What is the Renaissance?
This dramatic musical form combines singing, acting, and orchestral accompaniment.
What is opera?
The texture consisting of one melody with no harmony.
What is monophony?
This composer is associated with Gregorian Chant and Medieval sacred music.
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
The texture of music that contains only one melodic line.
What is monophony?
This invention helped spread music and musical notation throughout Europe.
What is the printing press?
This keyboard instrument is commonly heard in Baroque music.
What is the harpsichord?
The texture consisting of multiple independent melodic lines.
What is polyphony?
This French Medieval composer wrote both sacred and secular music.
Who is Guillaume de Machaut?
Most Medieval music was associated with this institution.
What is the Christian Church?
A secular vocal composition popular during the Renaissance.
What is a madrigal?
A composition featuring a soloist accompanied by an orchestra.
What is a concerto?
Music performed without instrumental accompaniment.
What is a cappella?
This Renaissance composer was known for expressive polyphony.
Who is Josquin des Prez?
This Medieval composer and abbess is one of the earliest known female composers.
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
This musical technique uses music to reflect the meaning of the lyrics.
What is word painting?
This Baroque composer wrote The Four Seasons.
Who is Vivaldi?
A large-scale religious work for choir, soloists, and orchestra without staging.
What is an oratorio?
This composer wrote the famous oratorio Messiah.
Who is Handel?
The term describing multiple independent melodies performed at the same time.
What is polyphony?
This composer is famous for his Renaissance sacred polyphony and masses.
Who is Palestrina?
This Baroque composer is famous for fugues and counterpoint.
Who is Bach?
A complex composition built around a main theme that is imitated by different voices.
What is a fugue?
This composer wrote The Four Seasons.
Who is Vivaldi?