Grade 8 Music History
The Renaissance
These are the Vocabulary Words for our unit on The Renaissance. We will be playing a "Kahoot!" game to test your knowledge of these words.
Before we start to play "Kahoot!", take a moment to think about what these words mean to you:
The Renaissance
These are the Vocabulary Words for our unit on The Renaissance. We will be playing a "Kahoot!" game to test your knowledge of these words.
Before we start to play "Kahoot!", take a moment to think about what these words mean to you:
motet
Protestant madrigal |
composer
chorale chorus |
Reformation
wealth consorts |
Now that you have had a chance to think about these words, we are ready to play "Kahoot!" Click on the link below to open a new tab in "Kahoot!".
The Renaissance Worksheets
The Renaissance Listening Activities
Listening Selection #1: Sacred Music (music of the Church)
Agnus Dei from Missa la sol fa re mi by Josquin des Prez
Agnus Dei from Missa la sol fa re mi by Josquin des Prez
After listening to the following piece of music, please respond to the questions below on the paper provided.
Agnus Dei from Missa la sol fa re mi by Josquin des Prez | |
File Size: | 6240 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
#1. How is this music more complicated than the music of the Middle Ages?
#2. What seems more important-the music or the words? Why?
#2. What seems more important-the music or the words? Why?
Listening Selection #2: Secular Music (Popular Music)-Madrigals
Fair Phyllis by John Farmer
Fair Phyllis by John Farmer
After listening to the following piece of music, please respond to the questions below on the paper provided.
Fair Phyllis by John Farmer | |
File Size: | 1599 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
#1. Why do you think this song was popular during the Renaissance?
Listening Selection #3: Secular Music (Popular Music)-Instrumental Music
Three Dances: Ronde II by Tielman Susato
Three Dances: Ronde II by Tielman Susato
After listening to the following piece of music, please respond to the questions below on the paper provided.
Three Dances: Ronde II by Tielman Susato | |
File Size: | 1881 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
#1. Before you listen to this piece, list the instruments used during the Renaissance Period (from the worksheet).
#2. Using this list, what instruments do you think you hear in this piece of music?
#3. What do you think the purpose of this piece of music was? Why do you think this?
#2. Using this list, what instruments do you think you hear in this piece of music?
#3. What do you think the purpose of this piece of music was? Why do you think this?