Music: An Appreciation, 10th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 2: Sacred Music in the Renaissance

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Which of the following statements is not true?
A)Josquin's compositions strongly influenced other composers, and were praised enthusiastically by music lovers.
B)Josquin spent most of his life in the province of Hainaut, today a part of Belgium.
C)Josquin's compositions include masses, motets, and secular vocal pieces.
D)Josquin's Ave Maria . . . Virgo serena uses polyphonic imitation, a technique typical of the period.
2
Palestrina's career centered in
A)the Netherlands.
B)Florence.
C)Naples.
D)Rome.
3
An attempt was made to purify Catholic church music as a result of the
A)music of Palestrina.
B)deliberations of the Council of Trent.
C)complaints of Desiderius Erasmus.
D)founding of the Jesuit order in 1540.
4
Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass sounds fuller than Josquin's Ave Maria because
A)Palestrina was a better composer.
B)it is set for six voices instead of four.
C)the recording engineer adjusted the levels differently.
D)All answers are correct.
5
Josquin Desprez was a contemporary of
A)Christopher Columbus.
B)Perotin.
C)Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
D)Henry VIII of England.
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