Sacred
polyphony
Madrigals
Palestrina
Miscellaneous
100
He nailed 95 theses to the door to start the reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
This was the most powerful and stable plicitical division in Western Europe, hence why it was a cultural center.
What is Burgundy?
100
Why madrigals were initially composed.
What is the performers enjoyment?
100
Palestrina worked for this denomination.
What is Catholic?
100
Meaning of the word "Renaissance"
What is "Rebirth?"
200
The newly formed Lutheran church put mass into this language for the first time.
What is German?
200
He was the foremost composer of the Burgundy school of music.
Who is Josquin des Prez?
200
The Italian Madrigal of the 16th century had up to this number of parts.
What is six?
200
Palestrina's two jobs.
What are organist and furrier?
200
A very famous artist in the Renaissance period.
Who is Michelangelo?
300
This church formed in England.
What is the Anglican church?
300
The two rulers of Burgundy that allowed music to flourish.
Who are Philip the Good and Charles the Bold?
300
Three of the topics that madrigals were often about.
What are love, desire, humor, satire, politics, or pastoral scenes?
300
Three composers that studied Palestrina's style of writing later.
Who are Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms?
300
A very famous writer in the Renaissance period.
Who is Shakespeare?
400
This is one form of music that the Lutherans started to compose.
What is a chorale?
400
Josquin des Prez studied under this Renaissance composer.
Who is Johannes Ockeghem?
400
Using musical elements to emphasize the text of the song
What is word painting?
400
Palestrina's most famous work
What is the Pope Marcellus Mass?
400
The main genre of instrumental music in the Renaissance.
What is dance music?
500
Starting in this year, the Catholics formed a counter-reformation.
What is 1545?
500
The Burgundy school helped start this school of thought, which was the central musical practice of the renaissance.
What is the Franco-Flemish school?
500
This introduced nonsensical syllables such as "fa la la".
What is the English madrigal?
500
The reason Palestrina composed in a more pure, restrained style.
What is the Council of Trent?
500
Names of two English Madrigal composers.
Who are Thomas Morley, Thomas Weelkes, Orlando Gibbons, John Farmer
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