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1. Musical developments in the Renaissance period were aided by

discoveries in the New World
the development of parchment
the development of the printing press

2. The dates for the Renaissance Period in music are generally considered to be

1390-1610
1300-1500
1420-1600

3. Michael Praetorius's Terpsichore is a collection of

English madrigals
Spanish Cantigas
instrumental dance pieces

4. Petrucci published the Harmonice musices Odhecaton A in

1500
1501
1502

5. Which statement best summarizes the view of music in the Renaissance era?

It moved from an artistic, rhetorically expressive medium to a mathematically-oriented procedure
It moved from a mathematically-oriented procedure to an artistic, rhetorically expressive medium

6. During the Renaissance era, financial support and patronage for music

decreased
increased
remained about the same as during the Middle Ages

7. During the Renaissance period,

sacred music became more nationalistic and regional in style
sacred music was international in style
composers turned their attention to secular music and ignored sacred music

8. Io non compro pił speranza is

a motet by Dufay
an aria by Monteverdi
a frottola by Cara

9. A leading French composer of the early Renaissance was

Claudio Monteverdi
John Dunstable
Guillaume Dufay

10. Dufay is probably best known for his

cantus firmus Masses
madrigals
instrumental works

11. Johannes Ockeghem's Missa prolationum was

based entirely upon plainchant
a parody Mass
based entirely upon canons

12. An outstanding characteristic of Josquin's musical style is

the careful treatment of texts
an emphasis on instrumental forms

13. Josquin used the melody of L'Homme arme as cantus firmus for

1 Mass setting
2 Mass settings
3 Mass settings

14. In developing the German Mass, Luther collaborated with

Walther and Cruger
Rupff and Walther
Cruger and Josquin

15. Lamento della Ninfa is

a madrigal from Monteverdi's 8th book of madrigals
an aria from L'Orfeo
a motet by Palestrina

16. All of the following are operas by Monteverdi except

Arianna
Il ritorno d'Ulisse
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

17. The Pope Marcellus Mass can be viewed as an example of Palestrina's

ability to satisfy musical demands of Roman Catholic church authorities in the 16th century
ability to weave secular styles into church music
disregard for textual clarity

18. The form of the14th-century madrigal was

strophic with a refrain
strophic without a refrain
through-composed

19. The form and style of the 16th-century madrigal

had much in common with the 14th-century madrigal
had little in common with the 14th-century madrigal
resembled the motet

20. Which of these two composers were leading madrigalists of the early stage (ca. 1525-1560) ?

Gesualdo and Monteverdi
Willaert and de Monte
Arcadelt and Verdelot

21. Which of these two composers were leading madrigalists of the middle stage (ca. 1560-c. 1590) ?

Gesualdo and Monteverdi
Willaert and de Monte
Arcadelt and Verdelot

22. Which of these two composers were leading madrigalists of the late stage (ca. 1590-1620) ?

Gesualdo and Monteverdi
Willaert and de Monte
Arcadelt and Verdelot

23. Musica transalpina was a collection of

cantus firmus Masses
16th-century dances
Italian madrigals translated into English