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The Middle Ages and Renaissance

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A fixed pattern of long and short notes that is repeated or varied is known as   show
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show the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris  
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Composers of organum based their pieces on   show
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show polyphony  
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The text setting of Gaude Maria virgo is   show
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Gaude Maria virgo is performed   show
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show Latin.  
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show True  
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Organum grew out of the improvisatory custom of   show
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show increased the number of voices to three and then to four.  
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show False  
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Polyphony was utilized to enhance worship on the most significant feast days in the church year.   show
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show True  
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The compilation of early polyphony is the   show
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show organum.  
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show False  
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The performance of Gaude Maria virgo is typical of the genre in that it is sung antiphonally. What does antiphonal mean?   show
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What was the single most important feature in the development of Western music?   show
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Which of the following is a true statement?   show
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show Notated polyphony emerged at the end of the Renaissance.  
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show Polyphonic music was sung by the church congregation.  
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show the lower voice  
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Who was Léonin’s successor?   show
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Who was the first leader of the Notre Dame School?   show
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show Léonin  
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show ancient Greek and Roman  
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show The Roman Catholic Church  
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Our understanding of the musical culture of ancient civilizations is limited by the small number of fragments of music that have survived.   show
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show They wrote sacred music.  
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show the Americas.  
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Which is true of trade during the Middle Ages?   show
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Which of the following is a true statement?   show
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show During the Renaissance printed music became available and music literacy spread.  
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Medieval and Renaissance musicians could find employment in which of the following professions?   show
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show All possible answers. taught and learned bought and sold is preserved  
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show Johannes Gutenberg.  
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show Many aspects of early music performance are open to speculation.  
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The Middle East had no influence on European musical styles.   show
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The Renaissance marks the passing of European society from a predominately secular society to a more sacred one.   show
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The beginning of the Middle Ages was marked by the   show
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The literature of ancient Greece and Rome was of little interest to artists and writers of the Renaissance.   show
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show the Virgin Mary.  
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show Pérotin.  
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Which did not occur in the later Middle Ages?   show
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show Tempo and dynamic markings were absent.  
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Which of the following statements is true of paintings and sculpture from the Renaissance?   show
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Which statement regarding music notation is true?   show
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show Leonardo da Vinci  
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show troubadours and trouvères  
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Women musicians in the Renaissance earned their living as   show
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During the later Middle Ages, polyphonic developments in sacred music carried over to the secular realm.   show
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show education  
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show palindromic structure  
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In the Western tradition, music historically has not been linked to mathematics and geometry.   show
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show rondeau  
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European contacts with _______ inspired new concepts of art.   show
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Which secular medieval musicians entertained audiences at the higher social levels?   show
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show True  
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Machaut’s own poetry often centers on the idea of   show
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show False  
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The Ars nova ushered in developments in ______ that transformed the art of music.   show
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show All possible answers. laments political and moral ditties love songs centered on the idea of "unrequited love."  
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The poet-musicians who flourished in the south of France were known as   show
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show True  
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Trouvères, medieval poet-musicians from the northern region of France, were members of   show
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What is the genre of Machaut’s Ma fin est mon commencement?   show
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show Ars antiqua  
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Where did Machaut work as a priest?   show
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Which is a true statement regarding Machaut’s songs?   show
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Which musical style appeared in the early 1300s in France and soon thereafter in Italy?   show
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show All possible answers. ballade rondeau virelai  
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show All possible answers songs of the Crusades politics unrequited love  
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show He was an influential composer of the Ars antiqua style.  
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show Pythagoras  
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________ mean(s) "finders" or "inventors."   show
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show word-painting  
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show "Up and down he wandered"  
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Both Italian and English madrigals often feature word-painting.   show
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show monophony  
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show four  
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In addition to the Italian madrigal, what other genre arose from the union of poetry and music during the Renaissance?   show
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show were erotic  
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show Italy  
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show simple vocal style  
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show False  
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show True  
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show Italian  
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Which describes the performing forces of Monteverdi’s Si ch’io vorrei morire?   show
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Which of the following instruments was likely found in prosperous homes during the Renaissance?   show
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Sometimes humorous madrigals would have a refrain of syllables such as "fa la la."   show
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In regards to typical English madrigals, which statement is true?   show
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show through the use of madrigalisms  
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show False  
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The chief concern of the early madrigalists was to give pleasure to the amateur performer.   show
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The mood of Farmer’s madrigal Fair Phyllis is   show
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The text of John Farmer’s Fair Phyllis refers to real historical figures.   show
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Where did the madrigal first emerge as an important genre?   show
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Which of the following relate(s) to the genre of madrigal?   show
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Who of the following composers was influential in the later Italian madrigal tradition?   show
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_______ claimed "the text should be the master of the music, not the servant."   show
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Composers in the Renaissance often used ________ in one voice as a basis for elaborate ornamentation in other voices.   show
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Despite being of northern European birth, Josquin spent most of his career in   show
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show All possible answers. by using a full-chord sound by using a homorhythmic texture by using long note values  
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Humanism was inspired by ancient Greek and Roman cultures.   show
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show Latin  
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Josquin’s Ave Maria...virgo serena incorporates an older Gregorian chant   show
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show True  
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show The Renaissance was an age of unquestioning faith.  
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show True  
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Renaissance sacred music was generally performed with instruments.   show
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The Renaissance marks the passing of European society from a predominantly ______ to a more ______ one.   show
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show sixteenth century  
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show False  
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show each voice sings a different text in praise of the Virgin Mary.  
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The multivoiced sacred music of the Renaissance was sung by   show
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The predominant texture in Josquin’s motet Ave Maria...virgo serena is   show
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show the Virgin Mary.  
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show True  
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What is a cantus firmus?   show
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show All possible answers. fuller chords "sweeter" thirds and sixths carefully controlled dissonance  
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show abandonment of Gregorian chant  
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Which does NOT describe a Renaissance motet?   show
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show Unquestioning faith and mysticism.  
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Which meter did medieval musicians find especially attractive because it symbolized the perfection of the Trinity?   show
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show monophonic texture and sung in the vernacular  
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show False  
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show six  
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In the Catholic Mass, the parts that change according to the day belong to the   show
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Martin Luther and John Calvin believed   show
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show John Calvin  
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show St. Peter’s in Rome  
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Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass reflects the Catholic Church’s belief that heavenly sounds produced by trained professionals would be more spiritually powerful than the rough song of an untrained congregation.   show
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show a cappella.  
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Renaissance composers concentrated on the Ordinary for their musical settings of the Catholic Mass.   show
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show True  
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The Catholic Church’s effort during the early sixteenth century to recapture the loyalty of its followers through a return to true Christian piety is known as the   show
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The Gloria from Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass belongs to the Proper (the variable part of the Mass celebration).   show
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show Martin Luther.  
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show True  
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The sixteenth century has come to be regarded as the golden age of the ______ style.   show
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show True  
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What are the Ninety-Five Theses?   show
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What is the Mass?   show
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show The Catholic Church committee that met in response to the Protestant Reformation.  
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show He was a leading member of the Council of Trent.  
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Which part of the Mass Ordinary is not in Latin?   show
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Which statement does NOT describe the typical church choir of the Renaissance?   show
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Which was NOT an objection of the Council of Trent to the music in the church service?   show
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Which was a recommendation of the Council of Trent regarding music for the church?   show
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Which was the language of learning in the Middle Ages and Renaissance?   show
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show True  
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Early instruments were grouped into the same general families as modern ones.   show
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show dance  
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show False  
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show haut.  
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show True  
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Renaissance instruments that were appropriate for indoor performances were categorized as   show
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Specific instruments to be used were often identified in the musical scores for Renaissance dance music.   show
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Susato is considered a musical jack-of-all trades because he   show
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Susato was a member of the ______ city band, an esteemed group of five instrumentalists who performed regular town concerts.   show
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Susato’s Danserye is   show
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Susato’s Three Dances are examples of which kind of instrumental dance?   show
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show artwork and historical documents.  
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show True  
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show dances.  
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The ronde   show
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show True  
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Tielman Susato was well known for his work as a   show
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show Perform melodic embellishments.  
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show shawm  
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Which instrument is an early version of the trombone?   show
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show lute  
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Which of the following dance forms is found in sixteenth-century publications?   show
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show Books of dance music became available for amateur and professional players during the Renaissance.  
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Which was NOT a common percussion instrument from the Renaissance?   show
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