MUS 121 - Part 3 Renaissance Questions with CORRECT
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
which is an example of musical patronage during the Renaissance?
Answer:
musicians working for a court employer
Question 2:
examples of word painting in a Renaissance song would be the use of downward scales to correspond
to the word "descending" and __ scales to correspond with the word "ascending."
Answer:
upward
Question 3:
Renaissance choral music was usually performed __, meaning that singers were unaccompanied by
instruments.
Answer:
a cappella
Question 4:
select all the statements that describe the rhythmic and melodic lines in Renaissance music.
Answer:
pitch pattersn are relatively easy to sing, rhythm is gentle and flowing, each singer maintains an
individual rhythm.
Question 5:
select all the characteristics that the Renaissance motet and mass have in common.
Answer:
they are both sacred music, they are performed by a chorus, they use polyphony.
, Question 6:
true or false: according to the renaissance ideal, an educated person was discouraged from taking
musical training or playing a musical instrument.
Answer:
false
Question 7:
Question not clearly extracted from source.
Answer:
select all the characteristics of it uses harmonies that help express the emotions of the words,
Renaissance music. it uses word painting to represent poetic images, it demonstrates a humanistic
interest in language.
Question 8:
select all the activities that Josquin Desprez participated in.
Answer:
he was a master of renaissance music, he served in the papal choir in rome, he traveled widely, writing
music for different courts and chapels.
Question 9:
select all the statements that describe the texture of renaissance music.
Answer:
choral renaissance musice used four to six vocal parts, the majority of renaissance music was
polyphonic, the different voices in reanissance music imitate each other.
Question 10:
listen to the audio clip: which of the following best describes the music in this recording?
Answer:
this is a motet on the latin prayer "ave maria" with polyphonic imitation.
Question 11:
select all the ways that melody usually moves in renaissance music
Answer:
with few large leaps, along a scale
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
which is an example of musical patronage during the Renaissance?
Answer:
musicians working for a court employer
Question 2:
examples of word painting in a Renaissance song would be the use of downward scales to correspond
to the word "descending" and __ scales to correspond with the word "ascending."
Answer:
upward
Question 3:
Renaissance choral music was usually performed __, meaning that singers were unaccompanied by
instruments.
Answer:
a cappella
Question 4:
select all the statements that describe the rhythmic and melodic lines in Renaissance music.
Answer:
pitch pattersn are relatively easy to sing, rhythm is gentle and flowing, each singer maintains an
individual rhythm.
Question 5:
select all the characteristics that the Renaissance motet and mass have in common.
Answer:
they are both sacred music, they are performed by a chorus, they use polyphony.
, Question 6:
true or false: according to the renaissance ideal, an educated person was discouraged from taking
musical training or playing a musical instrument.
Answer:
false
Question 7:
Question not clearly extracted from source.
Answer:
select all the characteristics of it uses harmonies that help express the emotions of the words,
Renaissance music. it uses word painting to represent poetic images, it demonstrates a humanistic
interest in language.
Question 8:
select all the activities that Josquin Desprez participated in.
Answer:
he was a master of renaissance music, he served in the papal choir in rome, he traveled widely, writing
music for different courts and chapels.
Question 9:
select all the statements that describe the texture of renaissance music.
Answer:
choral renaissance musice used four to six vocal parts, the majority of renaissance music was
polyphonic, the different voices in reanissance music imitate each other.
Question 10:
listen to the audio clip: which of the following best describes the music in this recording?
Answer:
this is a motet on the latin prayer "ave maria" with polyphonic imitation.
Question 11:
select all the ways that melody usually moves in renaissance music
Answer:
with few large leaps, along a scale
