Composers
This composer was a nun who died young, and was thought to have inspired Claudio Monteverdi
Who is Caterina Assandra?
What are: Polyphonic, Vocal, and Sacred?
It might be described as "deafening," "hushed," or "accented."
What is Dynamics?
This instrument is carried by Orfeo in "L'Orfeo," and is a string instrument.
What is a lyre?
This invention of the late Medieval/Early Renaissance allowed for faster copying and printing of written materials like books and music.
What is the Gutenberg Printing Press?
This composer wrote the first opera, "L'Orfeo," which started a new era of composition.
Who is Claudio Monteverdi?
A genre of Renaissance music that is polyphonic, vocal, and secular.
What is a madrigal?
It might be described as "rushed," "snail-pace," or "steady"
This family includes the cornet, a wooden instrument with a cup-shaped mouthpiece played by buzzing.
What is brass?
These are two major components of publishing music, books, etc.
Printing and Selling
This composer was known for putting style markings in his music, and specifying instruments (usually strings) which led to the creation of the modern orchestra.
Who is Giovanni Gabrieli?
This philosophy started in the Renaissance and manifested by composers giving themselves credit for their compositions rather than writing anonymously.
What is Individualism?
It might be described as "polyphonic," or "monophonic," or as a type of instrument.
What is Timbre?
This family includes the transverse flute, an instrument played sideways.
What is woodwind?
These two English composers were the only Renaissance English composers allowed to publish music in England.
Who are Thomas Tallis and William Byrd?
This composer was extremely prolific, having written over 2000 pieces, and was knighted... twice!
Who is Orlando de Lassus?
This sub-set of polyphony involves two distinctive, yet complementary, melodies happening at the same time to create harmonies.
What is counterpoint?
It might be described as "exciting," "depressing," or "calming."
What is Mood?
This instrument originated in the Renaissance - it has a keyboard, strings, and is played by striking with hands AND plucking strings.
What is the harpsichord?
This woman composer was the first woman to publish music in Western Music History!
Who was Maddalena Casulana?
This composer was head of music at the Vatican Basilica, and is considered one of the greatest Catholic composers of all time.
Who is Giovanni Palestrina?
This is a new style of performance where actors sing for an entire story, along with a chorus and usually an orchestra.
What is Opera?
You can hear this specific timbre by listening for a bunch of singers singing words together.
What is choral or choir texture?
This instrument is an ancenstor to the modern violin, and part of the string family of the Renaissance.
What is the Viol (or Viola da Gamba?)
The name of the person who the printing press is named after.
Who is Gutenberg?