A characteristic of High Renaissance music,as heard in the Pange lingua Mass,is the contrasting of ________ and ________.

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The Pange lingua Mass exemplifies the High Renaissance style of music, which features a contrast between homophony (chordal texture, often with a clear melody supported by accompanying harmonies) and polyphony (multiple independent melodies). The use of imitative polyphony and non-imitative polyphony, as in option A, and points of imitation and monophony, as in option C, are both specific techniques within polyphonic writing and do not represent the overall characteristic contrast in High Renaissance music. Monophony, as in option B, is not commonly heard in High Renaissance music, which typically features multiple voices.

A Characteristic of High Renaissance Music,as Heard in the Pange