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1
The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly
A)monophonic
B)homophonic
C)polyphonic
D)heterophonic
2
Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for
A)the concert hall
B)religious worship
C)dancing
D)the piano
3
The dominant intellectual movement of the Renaissance was called
A)feudalism
B)humanism
C)classicism
D)paganism
4
The term "a capella" refers to
A)unaccompanied choral music
B)men taking their hats off in church
C)singing in a hushed manner because one is in church
D)any form of music appropriate for church use
5
Palestrina's career centered in
A)the Netherlands
B)Florence
C)Naples
D)Rome
6
The Renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in
A)England.
B)France.
C)Italy.
D)Flanders.
7
Renaissance melodies are usually easy to sing because
A)the level of musicianship in the Renaissance was not very high.
B)the music is mostly homophonic, so that one can sing it with a group.
C)there is a sharply defined beat.
D)the melody is usually conjunct with few large leaps.
8
Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass sounds fuller than Josquin's Ave Maria because
A)Palestrina was a better composer.
B)Palestrina's music is set for six voices instead of four.
C)the recording engineer adjusted the levels differently.
D)all of the above.
9
The madrigal anthology The Triumphes of Oriana was written in honor of
A)Queen Anne
B)King Henry VIII
C)the goddess Diana
D)Queen Elizabeth I
10
Thomas Weelkes's As Vesta Was Descending is notable for its
A)word painting
B)completely homophonic texture
C)instrumental accompaniment
D)monophonic texture







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