People & Discoveries
This Italian artist and inventor was famous during the Renaissance and painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci
Music with a single melodic line is called this
Monophonic
A sacred song for several voices used in the Renaissance, often with up to four independent vocal lines, is called a what?
Motet
This plucked-string instrument was very common in Renaissance music and often used for solo and ensemble playing
What is a Lute?
What name was given to traveling musicians like those who spread songs about love and chivalry?
What is a troubadour, trouver, or minstrel?
This astronomer used a telescope and discovered four large moons of Jupiter
Galileo
Music that has two or more melodies happening at the same time is called this
Polyphonic
True or False?: Madrigals are sacred songs used in church services
False
This wind instrument, often used in simple melodies and taught to students in class today, was common in the Renaissance
What is a Recorder?
This female troubadour is remembered for madrigals about love and has one surviving song called "A Chantar." What is her name?
What is Comtessa De Dia?
This English playwright wrote many plays and poems and is considered one of the greatest writers in the English language
William Shakespeare
Why did polyphony give composers more freedom?
Polyphony gave composers more freedom because they were able to create more music due to the multiple melody lines
Why did some church leaders worry about polyphonic sacred music?
They worried people could not understand the words due to the complex melodies
What is a consort?
What is a small group made up of instruments in all different sizes that played together?
Where would madrigals often be sung during the Renaissance? (Name two places or events)
What is a feast or a wedding?
This invention, developed around 1450, helped spread music and literature to the middle class by making sheet music widely available.
The printing press
What kind of music was used to accompany ballroom dancing and to entertain nobility?
What is Secular Instrumental Music?
Name one famous sacred piece or composer mentioned in the Powerpoint
Ave Maria, by Josquin Deprez
Name two other instruments from the Renaissance besides the lute and recorder
What is a krummhorn, viol, shawm, or small version of a trumpet and trombone?
Explain briefly why madrigals were similar to some popular music today.
What is Madrigals often had verses with repeated choruses
like popular music today?
Name one explorer mentioned in the Powerpoint who traveled during the Renaissance era
Christopher Columbus or Sir Frances Drake
The use of accompaniment with melody is called what?
Harmony
Describe two differences between sacred music and secular vocal music in the Renaissance
Sacred music: the words were more important than the melody. The lyrics were religious
Secular music: The melody was more important than the words. The lyrics were not religious
Explain how instrumental polyphonic pieces were used in Renaissance society
What is entertaining nobility and accompanying ballroom dancing?
Who composed the madrigal "Now is the Month of Maying"?
Thomas Morley