Instruments
This instrument, common in the Renaissance, looks like a flute but plays vertically.
What is "The Recorder"?
This composer was the first person to write music down that we know of- often credited to inventing musical notation.
Who is "Hildegard von Bingen"?
Where was music most consistently performed during this era?
The Catholic Church
The word Renaissance means the "__________" of art, science, and culture in Europe.
What is "Rebirth"?
Which family of instruments became very popular and standardized during this era?
What are "The String Instruments"?
A bizarre instrument from Medieval times that would play a drone while turning a crank.
What is "the hurdy-gurdy"?
This composer was one of the most popular musicians in the Renaissance due to his ability to write very fun secular music AND very beautiful sacred music.
Who is "Josquin des Prez"?
The name of the monophonic singing that was often performed in churches for worship
What is "plainchant"?
The technique where music reflects the meaning of the words
What is "Word Painting"?
What Portuguese phrase can "Baroque" be translated into?
What is "a misshapen or broken pearl"?
This indirectly plucked string instrument was popular in the Renaissance, often used for solo music and song accompaniment and only played at one volume.
What is "the harpsichord"?
This composer's music is often called the foundation of Western music study today?
Who is "Johann Sebastian Bach"?
What major world event took place between the Medieval era and Renaissance?
What is "The Black Death" or "Bubonic Plague"?
Name one of the two possible full-time musical employers at the time:
Who are "The Bourgeois" or "The Church"?
Name a Baroque dance:
Ex. Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue, etc..
This huge instrument can be wrapped around an entire church playing music throughout.
What is "the organ"?
Name two medieval instruments:
What are "the lute, the lyre, the hurdy-gurdy, wooden flute, etc.."
Which Renaissance philosophy emphasized individual freedom and learning instead of only Church authority?
What is "Humanism"?
What genre of musical opener was invented during the Baroque?
What is "the overture"?
Sounds like this
What is the "natural horn"?
partial credit for "French horn"
Monophonic, Homophonic or Polyphonic?
https://youtu.be/Jn4h13tfivo?list=PLIM80LedT3h_SsX-k0YG53xETT0gPP_mB&t=30
What is "homophonic"?
What is the name of this genre invented during the Renaissance?
What is "Opera"?
What is this polyphonic music called that Bach mastered the writing of with his "Inventions"?
What is "counterpoint"?
Acceptable: Fugue