You’re making a new playlist for your morning workout routine, and you decide to include some music from the Renaissance period. Match the appropriate piece with the description. 1. Standing stretches. Imitative polyphony. Alternating duple and triple meter.
a. “Three Dances from Terpsichore” (Michael Praetorius)
2. Seated stretches. Homophonic. Strophic.
b. “Fair Phyllis” (John Farmer) 3.
Walking. Polyphonic. Instrumental with percussion.
c. “Ave Maria” (Josquin des Prez)
4. Jogging. Cheerful. Quick tempo. English lyrics with word painting.
d. “Kyrie” (Palestrina)
5. Final stretches. Vocal music with blended voices. Little emphasis on the beat.
e. “Flow My Tears” (John Dowland)
Respond to the following based on your reading.
6. You get invited to a dinner party with a Renaissance theme. After the meal, your hosts begin to sing a polyphonic piece of vocal music with lyrics in English. What type of piece are they most likely singing?
7.The next piece of music performed at the dinner party has instrumental accompaniment. Although the sheet music has no instrument indicated, the performer decides to use the most common instrument of the time period. What instrument would the performer choose?