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Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Baroque Era
1600-1750
1600-1759
1685-1750
1685-1759
In which period did polyphonic texture dominate music?
Classical
Antiquity
Baroque
Romantic
In which period was the piano developed?
Antiquity
Romantic
Classical
Baroque
The average amount of players in the Baroque orchestra was
over 50
around 30
over 250
around 80-100
In which period did Concert Halls get built?
Romantic
Baroque
Antiquity
Classical
What is the name of the most famous violin maker from the Classical period
Bartollomeo Christofori
Stradivarius
Mozart
Beethoven
In which period did music become about passion and emotion?
Classical
Baroque
Antiquity
Romantic
Mozart was the most famous composer from which one of these periods?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th C
During the Baroque era, music was written for nobility and for the ______________________________.
Public
Politicians
Lower class
Church
What was the most popular keyboard instrument during the Baroque era?
Piano
Organ
Harpsichord
Clavichord
During which era did Mozart live?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
Stravinsky is from which era?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
The symphony as a musical form appeared during which era?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
The Romantic era dates from about. . . . .?
1600-1750
1000-1500
1800-1900
1900-present
The type of composition know as "sonata" became popular during which era?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
Dissonance is a characteristic of the music from this era:
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
Franz Liszt was a famous pianist and composer during which era?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
When was the 20th Century period in music history?
1920-1945
1830-1920
1750-1830
1600-1750
What are the characteristics of Baroque music?
Simple melodies
Loud and soft dynamics
Highly ornamented
All of the above
Which is a characteristic of Classical music?
Highly ornamented
Simple melodies
Clarity
Polyphonic texture
What does homophonic texture mean?
Complex and dissonant music.
Simple melodies played by multiple instruments with harmony that supports the melody.
Singular melody line.
Experimental textures.
Which composer straddled the Classical and Romantic periods?
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Which is true about Romantic music?
Dramatic dynamic changes, freedom of form and reoccurring themes and melodies.
Simple melodies, crescendos and decrescendos, and homophonic textures.
Experimental forms, dissonant melodies and harmonies.
Highly ornamented melodies, simple dynamic changes with loud and soft.
Two of the finest composers from the Baroque Period are
Bach and Handel
Mozart and Haydn
Mozart and Bach
Beetrhoven and Mozart
What kind of leid is sung with constantly changing music?
Through-composed
Strophic
Modified-strophic
Aria
A collection of connected leider is called a(n)
Leid
Leid book
Song Cycle
Opera
Which of these is the most likely to have 4 movements?
Opera
Leider
Symphony
Concerto
