FREE MISCELLANEOUS AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

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FREE MISCELLANEOUS AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

RENAISSANCE EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: What is a ballett?

Answer:

A dancelike song for several solo voices.

Question 2: What is word painting?

Answer:

Musical representation of specific poetic images

Question 3: What is a cappella?

Answer:

Choral music with no instrumental accompaniment, only vocals

Question 4: What is a lute?

Answer:

A versatile plucked string instrument with a body shaped like half a pear

Question 5: What is a madrigal?

Answer:

A piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.

Question 6: What is a motet?

Answer:

A polyphonic choral work set to sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass

Question 7: What is a polychoral motet?

Answer:

A motet for two or more choirs, often including groups of instruments.

Question 8: What is a mass?

Answer:

A polyphonic choral composition made up of 5 sections: kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, and agnus dei.

Question 9: What is the Venetian School?

Answer:

A group consisting of Adrian Willaert, Andrea Gabrieli, and Giovanni Gabrieli, who were among the finest composers of the Renaissance.