Author Question: The word canon has a number of meanings during the Renaissance. In addition to the textual meaning, ... (Read 59 times)

jake · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

The word canon has a number of meanings during the Renaissance. In addition to the textual meaning, another relates to?

a) an indication that the work in question is to be entirely improvised
b) an indication that the work in question, although secular in inspiration, is to be performed within a secular context
c) an indication that the work was written by a known composer
d) the concept of law or rule; generally, some indication bearing on musical performance

Question 2

What is the texture of this selection?

a) although homogenous, only the lower two voices are equally weighted
b) homogeneous with all four voices equally weighted
c) exceedingly heterogeneous
d) although homogeneous, only the top two voices are equally weighted