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Western Art Music Eras: Baroque to Impressionist

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the Baroque Era?

a)

1600-1750

b)

1750-1850

c)

1500-1600

d)

1450-1650

2.

Which composer wrote the Messiah? (Includes the Hallelujah Chorus)

a)

Bach

b)

Vivaldi

c)

Handel

3.

Who wrote The Four Seasons? (We listened to these in class)

a)

Bach

b)

Vivaldi

c)

Mozart

d)

Handel

4.
What instrument is this?
a)
Piano 
b)
Clavichord 
c)
Harpsichord
d)
Organ
5.

The Baroque Period can be described as...

a)

energetic and bouncy

b)

flowing and simple

c)

complex and fancy

6.

What two things were not included in the Baroque orchestra?

a)

Violins and cellos

b)

Chairs and women

c)

Harpsichords and women

d)

Men and chairs

7.

The Classical Period lasted from...

a)

1750-1820

b)

1600-1800

c)

1820-1910

d)

1750-1950

8.

Compared to Baroque, what was different about the Classical Period of music?

a)

The orchestras used harpsichords.

b)

Musicians always used trills, turns, and appoggiaturas.

c)

Musical phrases were neat and balanced.

d)

The music was fancier than Baroque music.

9.

What is the piano's true, full name?

a)

Pianochord

b)

Pianoforte

c)

Pianofarte

d)

Pianomonica

10.

Who among the following is a famous composer from the Classical Period?

a)

Mozart

b)

Tchaikovsky

c)

Bach

d)

Lichtenstein

11.

Who is called the "Daddy of String Quartets"?

a)

Vivaldi

b)

Beethoven

c)

Bach

d)

Haydn

12.

Select all answers that apply: Which instruments were used in a Classical orchestra?

a)

Harpsichord

b)

Clarinet

c)

Piano

d)

Trumpet

e)

Bongos

13.

When was the Romantic Period?

a)

1600-1750

b)

1700-1800

c)

1820-1910

d)

1750-1950

14.

Choose the word that best exemplifies the Romantic Period.

a)

Dramatic

b)

Structured

c)

Balanced

d)

Fancy

15.

Carl Maria von Weber was the Romantic composer responsible for...

a)

Writing a piece of music that used real cannons

b)

Organizing a seating chart for the orchestra

c)

Inventing dynamite

16.

Select all answers that apply: The orchestra in the Romantic Period could be described as...

a)

Bigger than a Classical orchestra

b)

Smaller than a Classical orchestra

c)

Louder than a Classical orchestra

d)

Less expressive than a Classical orchestra

17.

Select all answers that apply: What musical elements were used to express emotion in the Romantic Period?

a)

A wide range of dynamics (very soft-very loud)

b)

Structured phrases and steady beats

c)

Sudden changes in tempo (speed)

d)

Ranges from high to low pitches

18.

Which of the following options ONLY lists Romantic composers?

a)

Brahms, Bach, Handel

b)

Mozart, Chopin, Monteverdi

c)

Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Haydn

d)

Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Chopin

19.

When was the Impressionist Period?

a)

1750-1820

b)

1600-1750

c)

1870-1910

d)

1910-2010

20.

During the Impressionist Period, composers...

a)

Experimented and created new sounds with the instruments they already had

b)

Learned how to play all of the instruments

c)

Built new instruments

d)

Did not use instruments in their orchestras

21.

The Impressionist Period...

a)

Was all about raw emotion

b)

Introduced opera as an art form

c)

Was meant to paint a picture or an atmosphere in the mind of the listener

d)

Organized music into clear phrases

22.

Which scale was widely used by Impressionist composers?

a)

Minor scale

b)

Whole-tone scale

c)

Chromatic scale

d)

Major scale

23.

Claude Debussy composed a dreamy piece called:

a)

La Mer

b)

La Isla

c)

La livre

d)

La Vache

24.

The Impressionist Period was the beginning of an explosion of...

a)

New instruments

b)

Many musical styles/genres

c)

Religious music

d)

Music that was confined to one continent