** music**

Which statement is true with regard to the characteristics of Renaissance music?

A) Renaissance music mainly comprised sacred Latin text set to monophonic melodies.
B) Renaissance music presented the ethereal voice of the church.
C) Renaissance music did not express an extreme contrast of gestures.
D) Renaissance music was polyphonic, lighter, and cheerful.
E) Renaissance music is set in a triple meter and has strong, fast beats.

Respuesta :

The Renaissance musical period saw an increasing demand for music as entertainment because of the emergence of the bourgeois class. There was a flourishing system of musical education and the churches allowed the training of many singers and composers.

Question: Which statement is true with regard to the characteristics of Renaissance music?

Answer: D) Renaissance music was polyphonic, lighter, and cheerful.