Music History

Choose the correct order of the musical periods from oldest to newest.

• Romantic, Baroque, Classical, 20th Century

• Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century

• Classical, Baroque, 20th Century, Romantic

• 20th Century, Romantic, Classical, Baroque

Happy music would most likely be written in what key?

• Minor

• Melodic Minor

• Major

• Melodic Major

Sad music would most likely be written in what key?

• Minor

• Melodic Minor

• Major

• Melodic Major

During what time period did composers focus more on personal feeling/emotion in their music?

• Classical
• Baroque
• Romantic
• Antiquities

Music of the church is known as ____________ music.

• Sacred
• Classical
• Gregorian
• Secular

What time period was also known as the Age of Enlightenment because of its focus on literature and the arts?

• Classical
• Antiquities
• Neo-classical
• Contemporary

The Medieval time period lasted from the year __________ to the year __________.

• 800 to 1400
• 450 to 800
• 600 to 1250
• 1400 to 1650

In which period did polyphonic texture dominate music?

• Classical

• Antiquity

• Baroque

• Romantic

Monophonic music was the dominant texture in which of these periods?

• Classical

• Medieval

• Renaissance

• Romantic

Mozart was the most famous composer from which one of these periods?

• Baroque

• Classical

• Romantic

• 20th C