Renaissance
This is what Renaissance literally translates to.
What is "rebirth"?
The creators of the violin were rather uninspired when taking that instrument's name from this Renaissance-era instrument.
What is the viol?
This is what Mr. Keller's title would have been if he was alive in the Renaissance.
What is a choirmaster?
The title of "greatest Renaissance composer" generally goes to this French man.
Who is Joaquin des Prez?
This peculiar technique involves making the music reflect the lyrics themselves in some way or another.
What is text painting?
The Renaissance lasted for these years - in this class, at least.
What is 1400-1600
Rather than being danced to or serving a sacred purpose, this form of music was purely for the listening ear.
What is Madrigal?
Polyphonic music reached its peak with this piece of music, featuring 40 distinct voice lines at once.
What is Spem in Alium?
It's no wonder that this composer has one of the largest Catholic liturgical catalogs of all time - after all, he was the master of music for the Vatican.
Who is Giovanni Palestrina?
Thomas Tallis was well-regarded for this specific form of polyphonic technique.
What is contrapuntal?
While the Renaissance was all over Europe, this country is generally considered to be its epicenter, or birthplace.
What is Italy?
Some composers begin grouping songs by using similar instruments in a piece of music, and it gains this 'unique' title
What is consort music?
Composer Giovanni Gabrieli was the first to add style markings in his music, including these symbols that control the music's volume.
What is dynamics?
While there were plenty of English composers, this man is one of only two that was allowed to publish his music.
Who is Tallis/Byrd?
This invention is what allowed music to become more popular during the Renaissance. Now, it wasn't just for listening - you could read it!
What is the printing press?
A philosophy that believed in the importance of humans and the capacity for human reason, this ideology carried the Renaissance.
What is humanism?
By turning a song like "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" into this type of music, even a group as small as this class can create polyphony.
What is a canon/round?
This form of music is three things: sacred, a cappella, and polyphonic
What is a motet?
This Master of Motets was knighted twice by the Pope. I'm still not sure how that's possible.
Who is Orlando de Lassus?
Music may have been performed everywhere, but this is where you could usually hear the lute.
What is the royal court?
This is merely one of the reasons why John Green argued that the Renaissance didn't actually happen in his Crash Course video.
What is:
1. The people didn't know it was happening at the time
2. It was only the Renaissance for the rich
3. Europe was actually scientifically behind several other civilizations
Instead of trying to play this instrument for the King, Bentley was executed for wasting the court's time.
What is the lute?
Although sacred music was always this way, secular music began being almost entirely this during the Renaissance.
What is vocal?
Beyond giving us style markings in music, we also credit this composer with the foundation of the modern orchestra.
Who is Giovanni Gabrieli?
The most noticeable difference between a lute and guitar is this fact about its fret board.
What is 'it's turned at a 90 degree angle'?