Music History srf1

How old was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he wrote his first symphony?

• 3 years old
• 8 years old
• 12 years old
• 15 years old

Which composer went deaf?

• Beethoven
• Vivaldi
• Stravinsky
• Rachmaninoff

Which famous Christmas show did Tchaikovsky write?

• Christmas Eve
• A Christmas Carol
• The Nutcracker
• The Messiah

When was the Baroque Era?

• 1875-1925
• 1970-2000
• 500-800
• 1600-1750

What instrument was classical music usually played on?

• A piano
• A  harpsichord
• A Keytar
• A Marimba

Two of the finest composers from the Baroque Period are

• Bach and Handel

• Mozart and Haydn

• Mozart and Bach

• Beetrhoven and Mozart

Sacred music is music written for

• religious purposes

• entertainment purposes

• functions like a graduation ceremony

• sad occasions

A performer who has great technical ability on an instrument is called a

• virtuoso

• soloist

• amateur

• novice

What term means the speed of the music?

• dynamics

• tempo

• register

• forte

What does Composer mean?

• A person who writes music

• A play with songs instead of spoken words

• Big pieces of music divided into smaller movements

• A performance art that tells a story through interpretive dance