Those Crazy Italians
Instruments (But Not The Torture Kind)
It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's A SHMRG
Today's Program Is Brought To You By The Letter "M"
Potpourri (But Not The Smelly Kind)
100

What Vatican Council reviewed all activities of the Roman Catholic Church?

What is The Council of Trent

100
A Renaissance instrument that existed during that time period in what we would today call a "family"

What is The Recorder

100

Renaissance music has a fuller sound than Medieval music, and features more diverse _________

What is Styles or Genres

100

It is the music for the entire Catholic worship service

What is The Mass

100

Martin Luther's problems with Catholic doctrine eventually led to this historic religious rebellion

What is the Protestant Reformation

200

He produced the first printed music in the Western world

Who is Ottaviano Petrucci

200

How Renaissance instruments are grouped together

What is by Consorts

200

The use of a change of harmony or melody to express a word or emotion in the text of a song

What is Word Painting

200

A religious song that is not used in the Catholic worship service

What is Motet

200

The Papacy relocating to Rome made this Italian city the center of musical interest

What is Venice

300

Besides music printing, this Italian "invention" forever changed how music was performed

What is Dynamics
300

Renaissance stringed instrument that is the ancestor to the modern guitar

What is The Lute

300

Type of language more commonly used in Renaissance music than ever before

What is The Vernacular

300

True or False: Motets derive their texts solely from the Bible

What is False

300

Most Renaissance instrumental music was written for this social activity

What is Dancing

400

Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli were not father and son, but related in this way

What is Uncle and Nephew

400

A Renaissance instrument that could play low bass notes, named after the form the Devil took in Genesis

What is the Serpent

400

The "voices" which are treated melodically by Renaissance composers

What is All Voices

400

Venetian cathedral where the Gabrieli's created polyphonic choral and instrumental music

What is St. Mark's

400

The language used in a Motet

What is Latin

500

The choir lofts in St. Mark's cathedral have one of these instruments in each one

What is an Organ

500

How consorts of instruments are defined

What is by Loud and Soft

500

Rhythmic elements in Renaissance music are based on this compositional practice

What is Imitation

500

These Madrigals tend to be more serious in nature

What are Italian Madrigals

500

The system of servitude employment by the church and aristocrats that enabled arts and culture to thrive

What is Patronage