Across
- 2. is a large scale music drama that combines poetry, acting, scenery and acting.
- 5. is a secular music.
- 8. had a lighter, even comic tone and sometimes used duets, trios and large ensembles.
- 11. the favored genre at the courts of dukes and kings.
- 13. known as plainchant or plainsong.
- 14. a time when composers experimented with form, styles, and instrument.
- 16. the middle ages began with the fall of the__________.
- 17. lyrical songs
- 19. speech like declamations of the text.
- 20. the word renaissance in french means _______.
Down
- 1. follows the pavane which is lively and complicated.
- 3. two or more voices combined into a multi voiced texture.
- 4. ______age of polyphonic.
- 6. it means "the new music"
- 7. an era of exploration, scientific inquiry, and artistic awakening.
- 9. without musical accompaniment.
- 10. is a slow dance in an even meter where couples walk in pairs.
- 12. an instrumental number heard at the beginning of most operas.
- 15. is a dance that lively romp associated with the outdoors and performed in a circle.
- 18. people discovered that the __________ was round and that it revolved around the sun.
