Renaissance Music Crossword
Across
- 8. Italian music theorist who wrote le institutional harmoniche and lived from 1517 to 1590
- 9. a religious and political movement that challenged the Catholic Church and Pope
- 11. music in which the same melody is begun in different parts in succession
- 12. a keyboard instrument that plucks the strings
- 15. language spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region
- 16. Italian composer known for his use of the printing press and lived from 1450 to 1521
- 17. an ensemble that is made up of a single instrument family
- 18. Franco-Flemish composer and music theorist that lived from 1397 to 1474
- 19. melodies or harmonies in a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, attractions and directionality
- 20. English composer that lived 1539 to 1623
- 22. historical period between 1400 to1600 AD that was a rebirth of ancient culture and knowledge
- 23. melodies or harmonies that relate to 7 notes scales related to emotions
Down
- 1. a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium thereby transferring the ink
- 2. invented the printing press 1439
- 3. English composer that helped develop the triadic sound and lived from 1390 to 1450
- 4. repeating a melody in a different instrument or voice
- 5. a musical composition (or part of one) consisting of or resembling a harmonized version of a simple stately hymn tune
- 6. Italian composer who is best known for being culmination of Renaissance Music and lived from 1525 to 1594
- 7. a dramatic work set to music for singers and instrumentalists
- 10. middle to upper class perceived as being materialistic
- 13. Italian composer, string player, choir leader, and priest who lived from 1567 to 1657
- 14. a group of musicians who perform together
- 21. distance between two pitches