Renaissance and Early Baroque Music History

Practice flashcards in fill-in-the-blank style covering music terms, historical figures, genres, and listening examples from the Renaissance and Reformation eras.

The technique that creates the English quality using 6ths and 3rds is called ___________.

Fauxbourdon

The term describing a worldly setting with lots of different cultures mixing together is ___________.

Cosmopolitan

The English quality characterized by 3rds and 6ths intervals, more defined singing parts, and music closer to today is known as ___________.

Contenance angloise

The technique where one motive is repeated in different octaves or ways is called ___________.

Imitation

A clear, block chordal movement that made text more intelligible for a broader public audience is ___________.

Homophony

Word-painting, such as music ascending when the lyric says 'Ascending' or one voice singing when the lyric says 'alone', is called a ___________.

Madrigalism

The 'Second Practice' style in which the harmony does not rule the words, but the words rule the harmony, is called ___________.

Seconda prattica

Paying money to the church to have sins revoked is known as buying ___________.

Indulgences

The intellectual movement defined as the study of humans and humanity is ___________.

Humanism

The composer who introduced the use of thirds and sixths to create a 'sweet' sound that defines modern harmony is ___________.

John Dunstable

The printer who developed 'triple impression' printing—precise but labor intensive—and secured a Venetian patent to protect the method was ___________.

Ottaviano Petrucci

The printer who used 'single impression' printing, which was more effective but caused wavy staff lines and imperfectly aligned blocks, was ___________.

Pierre Attaignant

The German theologist and head of the Reformation who opposed the Catholic Church and the sale of indulgences was ___________.

Martin Luther

The pope who wrote a letter on chant reform, blamed Notre Dame for unintelligible music, and chose Palestrina to rewrite chants was ___________.

Pope Gregory XIII

The meeting of clergymen who sought to bring people back to the Catholic church, doubled down on indulgence sales, and sought more accessible text was the ___________.

Council of Trent

Reforming the Catholic church to fit the needs of the people and making chants more accessible and easier to follow is known as the ___________.

Counter Reformation

The Italian singer who composed the first collection of solo songs with basso continuo titled 'Music Pieces in a New Style' was ___________.

Giulio Caccini

The group of humanists, musicians, poets, and intellectuals who met under Count Giovanni de'Bardi to discuss trends in the arts was the ___________.

Florentine Camerata

The creator of the printing press and movable type who printed the Gutenberg Bible was ___________.

Johannes Gutenberg

The theorist who criticized Claudio Monteverdi for breaking rules in his madrigal and not following proper theory was ___________.

Giovanni Artusi

A secular French song is known as a ___________.

Chanson

A mass that uses a 'head-motive' to signal the listener to that particular section of the Ordinary is a ___________.

motto-mass

A mass that is united with a single line is a ___________ mass.

Cantus firmus/Tenor

A multi-voiced piece with no accompaniment is called a ___________.

Motet

A secular Italian genre in the 1600s that is 'through-composed' is the ___________.

Madrigal

A form of madrigal that composes text all the way through so that each 'stroph' will not sound the same is called ___________.

Through-Composed

Chorale

4-voice church chant in Luther’s language and style, rewritten for young people to enjoy