Question
Palestrina and Gabrieli: The Italians are Coming
Music: A.D. 450-1995
Name,
Date.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Use the clues below to complete the crossword puzzle. Answers to the clues can be
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3. The country that these composers came from.
1. The first composer to indicate dynamics.
4 Palestrina wrote 375 of these.
2. What a group of singers is called.
6. The period after the Renaissance.
4. Gabrieli wrote seven of these.
10. The Catholic church called for this, with regard to 5. The location where choirs sang.
music.
7. Multivoiced.
13. He wrote glorious mass settings.
8. Palestrina's middle name.
15. Together, Palestrina and Gabrieli composed over 9. Palestrina's and Gabrieli's first name.
120 of these.
11. Not one choir, but ...
. (two words)
17. What a piece of music a composer writes is called. 12. Two groups of instruments that Gabrieli con-
18. These composers typified the music of the
trasted.
Renaissance.
14. The period after the Middle Ages.
19. Gabrieli employed the use of large
in his 16. It tells you to play or sing softly or loudly.
compositions.
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Answer
1A. Italy
2D. Choir
3A. Palestrina and Gabrieli
4A. Masses
4D. Canzonas
6A. Baroque
7A. Polyphonic
8A. Luigi
9A. Giovanni
10A. Counter-Reformation
11A. Double choir
12D. Brass and strings
13A. Palestrina
14D. Renaissance
15A. Sacred music
16A. Dynamics
17A. Composition
18A. Renaissance
19A. Choirs