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WorksheetsWestern Art Music Eras: Baroque to Impressionist
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
When was the Baroque Era?
1600-1750
1750-1850
1500-1600
1450-1650
Which composer wrote the Messiah? (Includes the Hallelujah Chorus)
Bach
Vivaldi
Handel
Who wrote The Four Seasons? (We listened to these in class)
Bach
Vivaldi
Mozart
Handel
The Baroque Period can be described as...
energetic and bouncy
flowing and simple
complex and fancy
What two things were not included in the Baroque orchestra?
Violins and cellos
Chairs and women
Harpsichords and women
Men and chairs
The Classical Period lasted from...
1750-1820
1600-1800
1820-1910
1750-1950
Compared to Baroque, what was different about the Classical Period of music?
The orchestras used harpsichords.
Musicians always used trills, turns, and appoggiaturas.
Musical phrases were neat and balanced.
The music was fancier than Baroque music.
What is the piano's true, full name?
Pianochord
Pianoforte
Pianofarte
Pianomonica
Who among the following is a famous composer from the Classical Period?
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Bach
Lichtenstein
Who is called the "Daddy of String Quartets"?
Vivaldi
Beethoven
Bach
Haydn
Select all answers that apply: Which instruments were used in a Classical orchestra?
Harpsichord
Clarinet
Piano
Trumpet
Bongos
When was the Romantic Period?
1600-1750
1700-1800
1820-1910
1750-1950
Choose the word that best exemplifies the Romantic Period.
Dramatic
Structured
Balanced
Fancy
Carl Maria von Weber was the Romantic composer responsible for...
Writing a piece of music that used real cannons
Organizing a seating chart for the orchestra
Inventing dynamite
Select all answers that apply: The orchestra in the Romantic Period could be described as...
Bigger than a Classical orchestra
Smaller than a Classical orchestra
Louder than a Classical orchestra
Less expressive than a Classical orchestra
Select all answers that apply: What musical elements were used to express emotion in the Romantic Period?
A wide range of dynamics (very soft-very loud)
Structured phrases and steady beats
Sudden changes in tempo (speed)
Ranges from high to low pitches
Which of the following options ONLY lists Romantic composers?
Brahms, Bach, Handel
Mozart, Chopin, Monteverdi
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Haydn
Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Chopin
When was the Impressionist Period?
1750-1820
1600-1750
1870-1910
1910-2010
During the Impressionist Period, composers...
Experimented and created new sounds with the instruments they already had
Learned how to play all of the instruments
Built new instruments
Did not use instruments in their orchestras
The Impressionist Period...
Was all about raw emotion
Introduced opera as an art form
Was meant to paint a picture or an atmosphere in the mind of the listener
Organized music into clear phrases
Which scale was widely used by Impressionist composers?
Minor scale
Whole-tone scale
Chromatic scale
Major scale
Claude Debussy composed a dreamy piece called:
La Mer
La Isla
La livre
La Vache
The Impressionist Period was the beginning of an explosion of...
New instruments
Many musical styles/genres
Religious music
Music that was confined to one continent
