Instruments
Secular Music
Sacred Music
Composers
Important Events
100

What is this instrument?


A Lute

100
  • Songs for small groups of voices without instruments were the most popular form of secular music. 

Madrigals

100

Sacred music was written for this establishment

The church

100

This composer gave his polyphonic music 'expression and flow.'

who is Josquin Des Prez

100

This explorer set sail in 1492

Who is Columbus

200

What is this instrument?


A crumhorn

200

Madrigals were typically written about this subject.

What is love.

200

There are this many vocal parts in a motet

What is 4

200

This composer is known as the "Prince of Music."

Who is Palestrina

200

This artist painted the Sistene Chapel from 1508-1512

Who is Michelangelo

300

What is the name of this string family?


The Viol Family

300

The king that is known for his love of madrigals

King Henry the VIII

300

True or false: Music now became more popular than words

True

300

How were Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli related

Uncle and nephew

300

This scientist establishes a theory that the Earth revolves around the sun

Who is Copernicus

400

The material that strings used to be made out of

Gut

400

What characteristics does a polyphonic song have?

More than one vocal line
400

A 'mass' has this many movements

what is 5

400

This composer was one of the first to write instrumental music

Who is Andrea Gabrieli

400

This person created the printing press in 1450.

Who is Gutenberg

500
  • The instrument where one hand cranked the wheel and the other pressed keys

The hurdy gurdy

500

Songs now had verses with repeated ________?

Choruses

500

Sacred music contained these themes

Religious themes

500

The Gabrieli's divided singers to be in different areas of a cathedral. This is called __________ music.

what is antiphonal
500

The Renaissance saw the rise of this people group.

What is the middle class