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FREE MISCELLANEOUS AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT
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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.