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History of Music Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these means to gradually slow down?

a)

Decrescendo

b)

Ritardando

c)

Atempo

d)

Sforzando

2.

What instrument listed belongs to the brass family?

a)

Flute

b)

Glockenspiel

c)

French horn

d)

Bassoon

3.

What is "surface rhythm?"

a)

The most obvious rhythm

b)

The fastest rhythm performed

c)

The rhythm of the melody

d)

The rhythm of the highest-pitched instrument

4.

What does crescendo mean?

a)

Become louder

b)

Become quieter

c)

Become faster

d)

Become slower

5.

What is the script to an opera called?

a)

Playbook

b)

Script

c)

Lied

d)

Libretto

6.

What is an aria?

a)

A solo song

b)

Sung dialogue

c)

An instrumental prelude

d)

Part of a symphony

7.

What is the instrumental opening music of an opera called?

a)

Aria

b)

Recitative

c)

Overture

d)

Sonata

8.

Which of these denotes a solo performance with an accompanying orchestra?

a)

Aria

b)

Symphony

c)

Sonata

d)

Concerto

9.

What kind of leid is sung with constantly changing music?

a)

Through-composed

b)

Strophic

c)

Modified-strophic

d)

Aria

10.

What is the lowest male voice part?

a)

Tenor

b)

Alto

c)

Bass

d)

Contralto

11.

Which composer wrote more leider than the others?

a)

Schubert

b)

Liszt

c)

Schumann

d)

Brahms

12.

A collection of connected leider is called a(n)

a)

Leid

b)

Leid book

c)

Song Cycle

d)

Opera

13.

A free-flowing, virtuosic break when only the soloist plays in a concerto is called...

a)

Cadenza

b)

Sonata

c)

Coda

d)

Movement

14.

Which of these is the most likely to have 4 movements?

a)

Opera

b)

Leider

c)

Symphony

d)

Concerto

15.

Which of these features a solo instrumentalist?

a)

Symphony

b)

Opera

c)

Chamber Ensemble

d)

Sonata

16.

(Any answer is correct)

The answer to the Quizizz breakout lock is Groovy

a)

Cool

b)

Got it