RENAISSANCE: CHARACTERISTICS
True or False: Playing instruments was a highly esteemed skill during the Renaissance.
True
Catholics composed in ___ while Protestants composed in ___.
Latin; vernacular language
What was the time frame of the Baroque period?
1600-1750
True or False: Zarzuela has both spoken & sung parts.
True
How many instruments can a Sonata be written for?
1-9
What changed during the Renaissance about how people felt about instrumental music?
During the Middle Ages, it was only used to accompany singing, but during the Renaissance, people began to enjoy instrumental music on its own.
Where were funeral masses very common?
Spain!
Whose death marked the end of the Baroque period?
J.S. Bach
What is an interlude, and what did it serve for?
Part of the opera; it it instrumental music between two acts, and it allowed the audience & the artists to rest
What happens during a Concert?
There is a confrontation or dialogue between the instruments of an orchestra
Who were the luthiers?
People that build instruments professionally
What type of mass was a Cantus firmus?
A mass based on a Gregorian Chant
True or False: Baroque music was very simple.
False; it was very reloaded & “fancy” (remember the trills)
What is an Oratory?
Religious music that had all of the same parts of an opera except the ballet
What are the two types of concerts?
Solo (one instrument faces the rest of the orchestra) and Grosso (all of the instruments face or dialogue amongst themselves)
Which invention made it cheaper and easier to distribute music?
The invention of the printing press in 1440
What type of Italian secular music was the origin of the opera?
Madrigal
What group of people began to sing in public during the Baroque period?
Women
What were the only themes of a Passion?
The death and resurrection of Jesus
What were the four compulsory dances of a Suite?
Allemande, Courante, Zarabanda, and Giga