Renaissance Period

2. first woman to have her music printed and published in Western Music history
4. Queen's Alman by Byrd features what instrument?
7. Who composed "Missa Prolationum"?
10. one of the first to compose opera
13. a polyphonic composition in which two or more melodies repeat each other at different points in the music
14. someone who supports an artist or musician financially
16. "Morir non puo il mio cuore" is an example of a __________.
18. bridged the gap between Renaissance and Baroque musical periods
19. a secular, polyphonic song based on poems, often about love
20. This composer wrote music using a variety of techniques from France, Germany, and Italy

1. one of the first composers to write style markings in the music
3. greatest English composer of his time
4. a musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment
5. double reed instrument with a cap over the reed; shaped like a walking stick
6. a sacred, polyphonic vocal composition that was usually unaccompanied
8. may have inspired Monteverdi to write his own "Duo Seraphim"
9. a group of instruments playing together
11. Italy was primed for the Renaissance for one reason- _________.
12. considered the greatest composer of the High Renaissance
14. one of the greatest composers of Catholic liturgical music of his time
15. He and William Byrd were the only composers granted the right by Queen Elizabeth I to publish music in England
17. the most important string instrument family of the Renaissance