Music History Quiz

The Classial Era in music lasted from

• 1450 - 1600

• 1600 - 1750

• 450 - 1450

• 1750 - 1820

The relative thinness or thickness of sound and types of music layers is known as

• Gregorian Chant.

• polyphony.

• texture.

• monophonic.

Who wrote Gregorian chants?

• Hildegard von Bingen

• all of these anonymous priests, monks, and nuns

• Pope Gregory I

• Anonymous priests,monks , and nuns

In music, the Middle Ages refers to music composed between the years

• 450 - 1450

• 1820 - 1900

• 1600 - 1750

• 1450 - 1600

Which composer is not part of the Baroque era?

• Antonio Vivaldi

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• George Frederik Handel

• Johann Sebastian Bach

Which of the following best describes a fugue?

• An imitative contrapuntal form built on one or two themes

• A form of classical fusion

• A bass line

• An imitative contrapuntal form built on one theme

When one note of music is set to each syllable of text, it is known as

• vibrato.

• melismatic.

• choral music.

• syllabic.

Which musical texture consists of two or more separate melodies of equal importance at the same time?

• monophonic

• homophonic

• polyphonic

• syllabic

The Renaissance Era in Music spans the years

• 1450 - 1600

• 450 - 1450

• 1600 - 1750

• 1820 - 1900

The primary vocal, choral, and dramatic genre of the Classic period was

• the concerto.

• the oratorio.

• the opera.

• the cantata.