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Music History Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which period was music dominated by vocal, percussive and basic woodwind instruments?

a)

Classical

b)

Romantic

c)

Antiquity

d)

Baroque

2.

In which period did polyphonic texture dominate music?

a)

Classical

b)

Antiquity

c)

Baroque

d)

Romantic

3.

In which period was the harpischord developed?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th C

4.

In which period was the piano developed?

a)

Antiquity

b)

Romantic

c)

Classical

d)

Baroque

5.

The name of the person that developed the piano from a harpsichord was...

a)

Mozart

b)

Beethoven

c)

Bartollomeo Christofori

d)

Einstain

6.

The average amount of players in the Baroque orchestra was

a)

over 50

b)

around 30

c)

over 250

d)

around 80-100

7.

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

a)

Classical

b)

Medieval

c)

Renaissance

d)

Romantic

8.

Castrato was the term given to a man who could

a)

Dress as a woman and perform female roles

b)

Sing high due to practising

c)

Sing high due to certain anatomical changes

d)

Sing very low

9.

In which period did Concert Halls get built?

a)

Romantic

b)

Baroque

c)

Antiquity

d)

Classical

10.

What is the name of the most famous violin maker from the Classical period

a)

Bartollomeo Christofori

b)

Stradivarius

c)

Mozart

d)

Beethoven

11.

In which period did music become about passion and emotion?

a)

Classical

b)

Baroque

c)

Antiquity

d)

Romantic

12.

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

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th C

13.

The recorder was part of the orchestra in which of the following periods?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th C

14.

Which instrument was given most of the melodic material due to being able to play both in the low and higher register from the Baroque to the 20th Ce

a)

Flute

b)

Saxophone

c)

Recorder

d)

Violin