The Rise of Instrumental Music

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. What was William Byrd's official title?

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. What is the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book?

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. Which of the following is the term for a Renaissance bowed string instrument played upright?

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. Unlike Byrd, Dowland was a Catholic-thus, he was forced to leave England and find favor in foreign courts.

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. Renaissance composers for instrumental music often invented a bass pattern which they repeated frequently throughout a composition in order to provide a stable foundation.

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. Notated music intended solely for instruments was not unheard of before the late Renaissance, but it's not until the 16th century that we find substantial quantities of such music.

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. Match the English monarch to their contribution to the nation's conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism

Henry VIII

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Edward VI

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Queen Mary

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Queen Elizabeth

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. Match the genre to its definition.

Pavan

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Galliard

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Fantasia

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. Listen to the following selection from Byrd's "Pavana Lachrymae." How can you tell that this is the second section (first variation of A)?

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