Listening to Western Music 8th Edition by Craig Wright - Test Bank Instant Download - Complete Test Bank With Answers Sample Questions Are Posted Below Multiple Choice 1. In which three countries was the Renaissance particularly influential? a. Italy, France, and England b. England, Spain, and Greece c. …
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Sample Questions Are Posted Below
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1. In which three countries was the Renaissance particularly influential?
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2. The literal meaning of the term “Renaissance” is “rebirth.”
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3. Identify the culture that provided the primary inspiration for writers, artists, and architects during the Renaissance.
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4. What does “humanism” mean?
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5. This temperamental and egotistical composer, described by one Renaissance writer as the musical equivalent of Michelangelo, was so talented that he could demand twice the salary of his gifted peers.
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6. Select the response that best defines the term “motet.”
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7. Which composition is an example of a Renaissance motet?
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8. Which term designates a composition sung by a choir without instrumental accompaniment?
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9. The process by which one or more musical voices, or parts, enter and duplicate exactly for a period of time the music presented by the previous voice is known as:
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10. Identify the composer and title of the listening example.
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11. Which statement best describes the listening example?
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12. Which statement best describes the listening example?
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13. __________ spent nearly his entire career working at major churches in Rome. His serene musical style came to epitomize the restrained spirit of the Counter-Reformation.
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14. The Counter-Reformation was a reactionary movement in the Roman Catholic church that sought to stem the tide of the Protestant Reformation by cleansing the church of abuses and establishing a more conservative, pious environment.
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15. The Council of Trent, influenced by the music of __________, decided to retain polyphony in music composed for the Mass.
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16. When adult male singers use their head voice to produce a high, soprano-like sound, the result is called:
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17. What is a castrato?
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18. The composers Josquin and Palestrina both spent a portion of their careers working in the Sistine Chapel of the pope.
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19. Identify the composer and title of the listening example.
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20. Which phrase best describes the texture of the example?
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21. Which Renaissance wind instrument was the predecessor of the modern oboe?
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22. Identify the incorrect statement regarding the madrigal.
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23. When music artfully depicts, or even mimics, the text, the result is called:
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24. Which composer wrote a madrigal in honor of Queen Elizabeth?
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25. Which phrase best describes the contrasting textures heard during the listening excerpt?
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26. Identify the incorrect statement about Renaissance musical style.
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27. Which genre of composition was not used during the Renaissance?
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28. What was the primary idea about music developed by the philosophers and musicians of ancient Greece and Rome that Renaissance composers found particularly influential?
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29. What technological invention appeared around 1460 that had a revolutionary impact on the transmission of information?
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30. Why did composers of sacred music turn increasingly to the motet as their preferred genre of composition?
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31. Compare the relationship between music and text of Achantarm’er and As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending. Explain the manner in which one composition allows the text and music to exist on independent levels and how the otherhas the music more fully underscore the meaning of the text.
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32. Discuss how Palestrina’s setting of the “Kyrie” in his MissaPapaeMarcelli fulfilled the guidelines for sacred polyphony issued by the Council of Trent.
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33. Describe how Josquin’s motet Ave Mariaexemplifies the style of Renaissance music using appropriate ideas from the Checklist of Musical Style: Renaissance at the end of the chapter. Discuss at least three traits from the topics of melody, harmony, rhythm, color, texture, and form.
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34. Discuss gender regulations regarding musical ensembles during the Renaissance. In what ways did musicians of the period compensate for the lack of female voices?
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35. Renaissance composers sought to infuse their vocal compositions with the spirit and meaning of the text. Describe the manner in which Weelkes’ AsVesta Was from Latmos Descending suggest the general mood of the text as well as specific words or phrases.
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36. Compare the “Kyrie” sections of Machaut’s Messe des Nostre Dame and Palestrina’s MissaPapaeMarcelli. Consider meter, texture, and harmony.
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