Chapter 10 Quiz

What is one way that the development of music printing altered the economics of music?

music became a commodity for the first time

In Book of the Courtier, what were Baldassare Castiglione's thoughts on music?

members of the upper and middle classes should be able to read musical notation

What is a characteristic of the villancico?

AAB stanza structure

syllabic text-setting

mostly homophonic

In villancicos, what is a copla?

a stanza

What were eclogues?

one-act pastoral plays

Which of the following describes the Italian frottola?

a strophic, syllabic, homophonic song in four parts that set existing poetry

Who was an important patron of the frottola?

Isabella d'Este

The typical Italian madrigal

is through-composed

One poet whose texts were frequently used in the madrigal was

Francesco Petrarca

Who was the principal composer of the early madrigal?

Philippe Verdelot

What two sentiments did Petrarch seek in his poetry?

pleasingness and severity

How did Adrian Willaert set Petrarch's lines "harsh and savage heart" and "sweet, humble, angelic face"?

with alternately harsh and sweet harmonies and textures

Which of the following aptly describes the typical midcentury madrigal?

they were for five voices with frequent alternations between homophony, imitation, and free polyphony

In his treatise Le istitutioni harmoniche, what emotions does Gioseffo Zarlino believe major thirds and major sixths communicate?

harshness and bitterness

Where did midcentury madrigalist Cipriano de Rore work?

St. Mark's in Venice

What is one compositional technique, previously forbidden, employed by midcentury and later madrigalists for the purpose of text expression?

direct chromatic motion

What was the most readily available way for women to win renown in music in the sixteenth century?

as singers

What is a madrigalism?

word-painting that is a close representation of the text

Who is among the later madrigalists?

Carlo Gesualdo

Which Italian genre of music contained "fa-la-la" refrains?

balletto

What was one thing about madrigals that greatly impacted future genres?

shaping all aspects of the music to express the text

Which describes the sixteenth-century air de cour?

French song for voice and accompaniment

What was musique mesurée?

French music that approximated ancient poetic meter

What is one important way that the Italian madrigal became fashionable in England?

a collection of Italian madrigals translated into English was published

Who was among the most prominent lute song composers?

John Dowland