In which period(s) of music history did musicians compose masses?

a) the medieval
b)the renaissance
c)the baroque
d)all of the above

B) the Renaissance

Explanation:

    The Renaissance period was characterized, in Western European history, above all by the enormous interest in knowledge and culture, particularly the many ideas of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

    Composers became much more interested in profane music (non-religious music), including writing pieces for instruments no longer used only to accompany voices. However, the greatest Renaissance musical treasures were composed for the church in a style described as choral or polychoral polyphony and sung without accompaniment of instruments.

    Renaissance music is of polyphonic style, that is, it has several melodies played or sung at the same time.

i believe the answer is: a.  abstract forms were often used to represent human figures.

representing human figures in abstract forms is often used in the geometric period, not hellenistic  period.   during the hellenistic  period,   aesthetic value derived from creating arts which mimic the actual shape of a certain object or individuals.

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