Composers
John Dunstable was the leading English composer of the 16th century. True or False?
False, he was the leading English composer of the late 14th century.
The Musica transalpina was a collection of English polyphony translated to Italian. True or False?
False, Musica transalpina was a collection of Italian madrigals translated to English.
A canon is a type of polyphonic composition where multiple voices sing the same melody but start at different times, creating a harmonious and interwoven musical texture. True or False?
True
Juan del Encina wrote Oy comamos y bebamos. True or False?
True
What important invention lead to the rise of secular music?
Printing press
What was one of Binchois's compositions?
De plus en plus
What was a popular type of secular song developed in Spain during the Renaissance?
Villancico
Humanism is the use of human observation to develop new knowledge. True or False?
False, Humanism is the study of the potential and value of human beings, drawing inspiration from the classical world to inform contemporary thought, art, and society.
Thomas Weelkes and William Byrd were the two leading composers of English madrigals in the 16th century. True or False?
False, it was Thomas Weelkes and Thomas Morley. While Byrd was known to have written some madrigals, it was not the main focus of his works. William Byrd was best known for his sacred work.s
In a _____________ mass, the composer takes a pre-existing melody, usually a chant (such as a Gregorian chant), and reworks it throughout the various sections of the mass.
Paraphrase
The composer who bridged Renaissance music to Baroque is:
Claudio Monteverdi
What does "Burgundian style" consist of?
French, Italian, English
A musical technique that harmonizes the melody by having accompanying voices moved in parallel motion in 4th or 5th below is called:
fauxbourdon
Who led the Protestant movement in France?
Jean Calvin
Ockeghem's chansons were a blend of traditional and new features but he didn't write them in formes fixes. True or False?
False, while Ockeghem's chansons were indeed a blend of traditional and new features, he used the formes fixes, especially the rondeau form.
Name 2 composers of the new type of French chansons:
Claudin de Sermisy
Clément de Janequin
English music
A tablature is a method for adapting and arranging existing vocal works or instrumental works for solo instrumental work. True of False?
False, that method is known as intabulation. Tablature is a notational system telling where players should put their fingers on the strings.
Guillaume du Fay wrote Missa De plus en plus. True or False?
False, Du Fay wrote Missa Se la face ay pale. Jean de Ockeghem wrote Missa De plus en plus.
What were the 5 categories of instrumental music sorted into during the late Renaissance?
Dance music, variations, settings of existing melodies, arrangements of vocal music, and abstract instrumental works
Who wrote this composition: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
Martin Luther
While an imitation mass typically borrows and adapts themes or motifs from a single source, creating a sense of unity through these repeated elements, a parody mass:
reworks and transforms larger sections of polyphonic music, often retaining much of the original texture and structure across the various movements of the Mass.
Through-composed and madrigalisms are the same technique. True or False?
False, through-composed refers to when every line of poetry receives a different musical setting reflecting the rhythm and sense of the words. Madrigalisms are "word-painting" devices that depict texts with a musical image.
Luca Marenzio
Cipriano de Rore
Name three Italian secular songs that surfaced in the late Renaissance.
Frottola, lauda, villanella, balletto, canzonetta