Instruments
Composers
Characteristics
Genres
Basic Information
100
What is slide trumpet?
100
Who is Josquin Dez Prez?
100
What type of music was more important; Vocal or instrumental?
Vocal
100
a polyphonic musical setting, for chorus, usually sacred.
What is Motet?
100
The time period of the Renaissance Era.
What is c. 1450-1600?
200
What is viol?
200
Who is Giovanni Pier Da Palestrina?
200
How many parts did choral music generally have?
4-6 Parts
200
Polyphonic, sacred, acappella, performed during an actual mass.
What is Mass?
200
The printing press was invented.
What was 1439?
300
What is Irish Harp?
300
Who is Thomas Weelkes?
300
What type of rhythm was most used in this time period?
gentle and flowing
300
More up-beat, homophonic & polyphonic, uses word painting.
What is Mandrigal?
300
Non-religious music.
What is Secular music?
400
What is cornet?
400
Several independent lines of music that work together.
What is polyphonic music?
400
The primary unit of beat.
What is whole tone?
500
Music characterized by the movement of accompanying parts in the same rhythm as the melody.
What is homophonic music?
500
Other name(s) for the Renaissance Era.
What is the Golden/Rebirth Age?