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The increased use of imitation and polyphony is closely related to which period of music history?
What is Renaissance?
What is imitation?
This Baroque genre combined music, drama, scenery, and singing
What is opera?
This composer is associated with the madrigal and famous for his Ave Maria
Who is Josquin des Prez?
Several independent melodic lines sounding together
What is polyphony?
This religious event had a major impact on sacred music during the Renaissance
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This composer is often considered one of the most important early composers of opera
Who is Monteverdi?
The use of instruments with sacred music occurred in what time period?
What is Baroque?
This Renaissance genre is primarily a sacred vocal composition
What is Motet?
What is the Renaissance?
The period of music where music became increasingly focused on dramatic expression and contrast
What is the Baroque period?
This type of music features religious texts
what is sacred?
The Renaissance genre was generally secular and often used poetry about love, nature, or everyday life
What is Madrigal?
A compositional device where music is used to illustrate the meaning of the text
What is word painting?
This composer is known for composing Messiah
Who is Handel?
This event led to a separation from the Catholic church and the installation of Protestant faiths
What is the Reformation and Counter- Reformation?
This composer is strongly associated with Renaissance sacred music
Who is Palestrina?
The period of music after the Renaissance
What is the Baroque period?
This composer is most closely associated with Catholic sacred music
Who is Palestrina?
This type of music features non-religious texts, poetry, or political themes.