Chapter 14 Quiz

Josquin Desprez
. Which painter based a famous work on an ancient sculpture owned by Lorenzo di Medici?

. Who was an important patron of Josquin?

. Josquin developed a new style of polyphony based on motives, or short musical themes, that he exchanged and imitated among the parts.

. While Josquin's music was little known during his lifetime, the printing press-invented shortly after his death-helped spread his fame posthumously.

. Place the types of musical texture in order from least to most complex.

Block parts-all four voices aligned vertically in homophony

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Pairings of voices

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Imitative counterpart involving all four voices

. Listen to the selection from Josquin's Ave Maria. What type of textural approach is on display?

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