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The Renaissance era of music took place during these dates.

1450-1600

100

The spreading of new music notation and ideas flourished during the Renaissance because of this invention.

Printing press

100

Non-religious music

Secular music

100

He was typically classified as one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance. Composed Ave Maria

Josquin Des Prez

100

A string instrument introduced in the Middle Ages, but became popular in the Renaissance with a pear shaped body.

Lute

200

What forms of music received greater emphasis during the renaissance?

(Vocal or instrumental)

Instrument Music

200

This is a piece for several solo voices set to a short poem

Madrigal

200

Most important type of secular vocal music in the Renaissance

Madrigal

200

An example of a keyboard instrument during the Renaissance

Organ

200

These type of people were expected to be trained in music

Educated

300

The Middle Ages took place during these dates

450-1450

300

Unlike Medieval music, most Renaissance music featured this topic.

Love

300

Sacred music played in a Catholic church service

Mass

300

3 examples of wind instruments used during the Renaissance

Recorder, shawm, crumhorn, trumpet, sackbut, cornamuse

300

A piece with 1 line and no accompaniment

Monophonic

400

This style of music became more popular during the Renaissance.

Secular Music

400

When singers sing without instruments

A capella

400

Term used to describe two or more separate melodies within a common harmonic structure

Polyphony

400

The first name of composers Palestrina and Gabrieli

Giovanni

400

This register was used for the first time in vocal music of the Renaissance era

Bass

500

Name 3 Church Modes

Dorian

Hypodorian

Phrygian

Hypophrygian

Lydian

Mixolydian

Hypolydian

Hypomixolydian

500

Combination of multiple notes played simultaneously

Harmony

500

A composition for three or four voices used in both secular and sacred settings

Motet

500

This piece, composed by desPrez, was named after a Catholic prayer. It became one of the most influential and benchmark choral selections

Ave Maria

500

The modern version of this instrument uses 3 valves and is a member of the brass family.

Slide Trumpet