1. The term Renaissance comes from the word____
which means "rebirth",
"revival" and "rediscovery".
2. The music of the period was significantly influenced by the developments which
define the Early Modern period: the rise of______
thought; the recovery of the
literary and artistic heritage of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; increased
innovation and discovery; the growth of commercial enterprises; the rise of
a bourgeois class; and the and the Protestant Reformation.
3. Demand for music as entertainment and as a leisure activity for educated
amateurs increased with the emergence of a_____
class.
4. The invention of the______
in 1439 made it cheaper and easier to distribute
music and music theory texts on a wider geographic scale and to more people.
5._______
was the prominent instrument of the Renaissance era.