1. How do the musical developments of the Renaissance compare to what you already know of the period? 2. What are the different forms of Renaissance music? 3. What are some of the general characteristic of Renaissance music? 4. How did composers of the early Renaissance merge the individual musical characteristics of the different European countries into an international Style? 5. Describe how imitation was fully established as the major technique used by composers to create coherent musical works. 6. Describe how and why composers began to use homophony in their compositions during the late Renaissance. 7. What role did music play in the deliberations of the church reformers during the counter-Reformation? Explain how the ideas of the Baroque era compare to that of the Renaissance? What popular ideals might have caused these differences” How does the music of the Baroque era compare to that of the Renaissance? What popular ideals might have caused these differences? What is “Monody” and how was it used in the composition of music of the early Baroque? Why are Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach considered so importantly to the development of Western music? What were their most significant contributions?
