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Music History

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Baroque Era

a)

1600-1750

b)

1600-1759

c)

1685-1750

d)

1685-1759

2.
Which composer went deaf?
a)
Beethoven
b)
Vivaldi
c)
Stravinsky
d)
Rachmaninoff
3.
Which famous Christmas show did Tchaikovsky write?
a)
Christmas Eve
b)
A Christmas Carol
c)
The Nutcracker
d)
The Messiah
4.
When was the Baroque Era?
a)
1875-1925
b)
1970-2000
c)
500-800
d)
1600-1750
5.
What instrument was classical music usually played on?
a)
A piano
b)
A  harpsichord
c)
A Keytar
d)
A Marimba
6.

In which period did polyphonic texture dominate music?

a)

Classical

b)

Antiquity

c)

Baroque

d)

Romantic

7.

In which period was the piano developed?

a)

Antiquity

b)

Romantic

c)

Classical

d)

Baroque

8.

The average amount of players in the Baroque orchestra was

a)

over 50

b)

around 30

c)

over 250

d)

around 80-100

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.

During the Baroque era, music was written for nobility and for the ______________________________.

a)

Public

b)

Politicians

c)

Lower class

d)

Church

14.

What was the most popular keyboard instrument during the Baroque era?

a)

Piano

b)

Organ

c)

Harpsichord

d)

Clavichord

15.

During which era did Mozart live?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

Modern

16.

Stravinsky is from which era?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

Modern

17.

The symphony as a musical form appeared during which era?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

Modern

18.

The Romantic era dates from about. . . . .?

a)

1600-1750

b)

1000-1500

c)

1800-1900

d)

1900-present

19.

The type of composition know as "sonata" became popular during which era?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

Modern

20.

Dissonance is a characteristic of the music from this era:

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

Modern

21.

Franz Liszt was a famous pianist and composer during which era?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

Modern

22.

When was the 20th Century period in music history?

a)

1920-1945

b)

1830-1920

c)

1750-1830

d)

1600-1750

23.

What are the characteristics of Baroque music?

a)

Simple melodies

b)

Loud and soft dynamics

c)

Highly ornamented

d)

All of the above

24.

Which is a characteristic of Classical music?

a)

Highly ornamented

b)

Simple melodies

c)

Clarity

d)

Polyphonic texture

25.

What does homophonic texture mean?

a)

Complex and dissonant music.

b)

Simple melodies played by multiple instruments with harmony that supports the melody.

c)

Singular melody line.

d)

Experimental textures.

26.

Which composer straddled the Classical and Romantic periods?

a)

Mozart

b)

Haydn

c)

Beethoven

d)

Tchaikovsky

27.

Which is true about Romantic music?

a)

Dramatic dynamic changes, freedom of form and reoccurring themes and melodies.

b)

Simple melodies, crescendos and decrescendos, and homophonic textures.

c)

Experimental forms, dissonant melodies and harmonies.

d)

Highly ornamented melodies, simple dynamic changes with loud and soft.

28.

Two of the finest composers from the Baroque Period are

a)

Bach and Handel

b)

Mozart and Haydn

c)

Mozart and Bach

d)

Beetrhoven and Mozart

29.

What kind of leid is sung with constantly changing music?

a)

Through-composed

b)

Strophic

c)

Modified-strophic

d)

Aria

30.

A collection of connected leider is called a(n)

a)

Leid

b)

Leid book

c)

Song Cycle

d)

Opera

31.

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

a)

Opera

b)

Leider

c)

Symphony

d)

Concerto