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Music Appreciation
Renaissance/Baroque Period Test
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Music
Undergraduate 2
10/14/2014

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Renaissance - also known as the Golden Age Of? (2)
Definition
Acapella & Polyphony
Term
Age of Humanism? (Baroque or Renaissance)
Definition
Renaissance
Term
Most common media of Renaissance?
Definition
Voice.
Term
Renaissance, also known as....(2 words)
Definition
Rebirth, Renewal...
Term
Most common subject of the Renaissance?
Definition
People.
Term
Composed Music for the Roman Catholic Church. Composed Motets and Mass'. Composed Secular Music- songs.
Definition
Josquin Des Prez
Term

The Prince of Music.

Mainly Sacred.

Perfected Polyphony

Definition
Giovanni Palestrina
Term

One of the best composers of late Renaissance.

One of the 1st Masters of Opera.

Played Violin & Organ.

Definition
Claudio Monteverdi
Term

(Genre)

Started in Italy.

Secular.

4-6 Vocalists (usually singing their own line)(polyphony)

LOVE was the most common subject

Used for entertainment

wordpainting.

Influenced Opera

Definition
Madrigals.
Term
Bawdy. (means?)
Definition
Risque or Raunchy
Term

(genre)

Type of dance music (secular)

Instrumental

multi-sectional

medium = consort

genre of the piece "3 Dances"

Definition
Ricercar
Term

Extravagance

Flamboyance

Action & Motion

Drama

Elaborate Ornamentations

(all elements of?)

Definition
Baroque Period :)
Term
Phrase that is repeated (many times) on higher or lower pitches
Definition
Sequence
Term
Trill
Definition
Rapid alternation of 2 pitches
Term
Slur
Definition
Note added before main note. (happy bday)
Term
Rhythms were...
Definition
repitituous and continuous
Term
most common media of Baroque
Definition
instruments
Term
Most common instruments
Definition
violin, organ, harpsichord
Term

(Genre)

Polyphonic

Keyboard

1 movement

A genre to show off the composers ability

Definition
Fugue
Term

(Genre)

Music for lute or keyboard

Showed off the performers "chops"

Organ or Harpsichord

Definition
Toccata
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