Chapter 15: Singing in Friendship: The Renaissance Madrigal
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which culture developed a complex tradition of social part song, in which separate musical lines
are combined into a harmonious whole?
a. Islamic c. Chinese
b. Western d. Indian
2. Which of the following was the most important secular genre of the sixteenth century?
a. the galliard c. the madrigal
b. the chanson d. the rondeau
3. Where was the madrigal first developed?
a. England c. France
b. Italy d. Germany
4. The late Renaissance madrigal came to full flower in the music of:
a. Claudio Monteverdi. c. Guillaume Du Fay.
b. Hildegard of Bingen. d. Josquin des Prez.
5. The syllables “fa la la” appeared in the refrains of secular music from _____.
a. Italy c. England
b. France d. Spain
6. Which of the following best describes the character of Farmer’s Fair Phyllis?
a. devotional and moralizing c. pastoral and light
b. courtly and idealized d. bombastic and heavy
7. What two important secular genres arose from the union of poetry and music?
a. the English ballad and French chanson
b. the French chanson and Italian madrigal
c. the Italian madrigal and the English ballad
d. the French chanson and Polish mazurka
8. The expressive device making the music directly reflect the meaning of the words is known as:
a. word-painting. c. virelai.
b. chanson. d. madrigal.
9. The Renaissance French chanson is an outgrowth of music developed by ______.
a. Hildegard c. Farmer
b. Machaut d. Shakespeare
10. John Farmer primarily worked in _______.
a. Dublin c. Venice
b. Rome d. Paris
11. Where did Farmer work as an organist and choir master?
a. Christ Church in Dublin c. St. Mark’s in Venice
b. Notre Dame in Paris d. St. Peter’s in Rome
12. Phyllis is a _______ in Farmer’s setting of Fair Phyllis.
a. shepherdess c. courtesan
b. milk maid d. seamstress
TOP: Renaissance Madrigal MSC: Factual
TRUE/FALSE
1. In many world cultures, secular songs tend to be polyphonic.
2. Italian madrigalists set words such as death, heaven, and stars with great expression.
3. English composers adopted the Italian madrigal and developed it into a native form.
4. The English madrigal flourished during the reign of Henry VIII.
5. Unlike Italian madrigals, Fair Phyllis has no word-painting.
6. John Farmer was born in Italy and then moved to London.
7. Madrigals such as Farmer’s Fair Phyllis were designed for professionals to perform to an
audience.
8. Women began to play prominent roles in the performance of music both in the home and at court
during the Renaissance.
9. Word-painting is an expressive device in which the music directly reflects the meaning of the
words.
10. Madrigal texts often included emotional words for weeping, sighing, trembling, and dying.
11. Claudio Monteverdi was one of the most artful and influential composers of the Italian madrigal
tradition.
ESSAY
1. Describe how so-called madrigalisms enhance the emotional content of Fair Phyllis.
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 3 REF: Essentials: pp. 73–76
TOP: Renaissance Madrigal MSC: Conceptual
2. Describe how the madrigal links music and poetry.