Music History Quiz

Medieval period begins with?

• Fall of the Byzantine Empire

• Disintegration of Roman Empire

• Rise of the Ottoman Empire

• Discovery of America

NOT a reason for scarcity of Medieval Music?

• Music was frowned upon by the church

• Lack of musical instruments

• Limited written records

• Music was only for the elite

Rhythm of Medieval Sacred music based?

• Melody

• Text

• Harmony

• Instrumentation

NOT a Medieval composer?

• Vincenzo Galilei

• Hildegard von Bingen

• Guillaume de Machaut

• Leonin

NOT a Medieval stringed instrument?

• Lute

• Harp

• Shawm

• Vielle

Medieval music notation?

• Staff notation

• Neumes

• Tablature

• Solfège

Priest and performer who wrote chorale style hymns?

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Martin Luther

• John Calvin

• Thomas Tallis

Renaissance music?

• Monophony in most music

• Polyphony in most music

• Homophony in most music

• Atonality in most music

NOT a renaissance wind instrument?

• Recorder

• Vielle

• Crumhorn

• Sackbut

Royal figure and composer during the renaissance?

• King Louis XIV

• Henry VIII

• Charles I

• Philip II