New Currents: National Styles

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. Which is NOT a feature of the madrigal?

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. For what Shakesepearean play did Thomas Morley write "It was a lover and his lass?"

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. What did Gesualdo of Venosa use to create unpredictable music that was both fragmented and spontaneous?

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. Ascending and descending phrases that suggest rising and falling, respectively, are examples of what technique?

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. Weelkes was eventually dismissed from his position as organist and choirmaster at Chichester Cathedral due to his chronic drunkenness.

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. The madrigal genre arrived in England in 1588, the year of the Spanish Army's defeat.

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. Match the national style of secular song to its nation of origin.

Lieder

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Villancicos

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Chansons

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Consorts

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Frottolas

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. Listen to the excerpt from Weelkes's As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending. What feature is intended to reinforce the longevity of Queen Elizabeth's reign?

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