RENAISSANCE: CHARACTERISTICS
True or False: Playing instruments was a highly esteemed skill during the Renaissance.
True
Catholics composed in ___ while Protestants composed in ___.
Latin; vernacular language
The name of three dances in the Renaissance?
Branle, Pavana, gallarda
true or false: Gregorian Chant was created by The Pope Gregory I
False, Gregorian Chant is anonymous.
Tell mee the scale of guido D'arezzo
Ut re mi fa sol la
What changed during the Renaissance about how people felt about instrumental music?
During the Middle Ages, it was only used to accompany singing, but during the Renaissance, people began to enjoy instrumental music on its own.
Where were funeral masses very common?
Spain!
Classify the harpsichord
String pluked
The Gregorian Chant uses ........... in its notation.
Neumes
The religious music is written in (language)
latin
Who were the luthiers?
People that build instruments professionally
What type of mass was a Cantus firmus?
A mass based on a Gregorian Chant
Which is the name of the book of Castiglione?.
"El cortesano"
What does syllabic style mean in the Gregorian Chant?
One syllable matches with one sound
the organum is
first polyphonyc form and consists of adding a second voice to a gregorian chant.
Which invention made it cheaper and easier to distribute music?
The invention of the printing press in 1440
What type of Italian secular music was the origin of the opera?
Madrigal
Classify the clavichord
Percussive string
Which are the canonical hours?
Maitins, Laudes, Intermediate hours, vispers and completes.
two types of organs in the Middle Ages
portative and positive