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Western Classical Music Recap

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which period of music spans the dates 1600-1750?

a)

Baroque Period

b)

Classical Period

c)

Romantic Period

d)

Modern Period

2.

Which period of music comes between Baroque and Romantic?

(a)  

3.

Select the Baroque composers...

a)

JS Bach

b)

Ludvig van Beethoven

c)

Edvard Grieg

d)

Antonio Vivaldi

4.

In which city was Beethoven born?

a)

Berlin, Germany

b)

Bonn, Germany

c)

Paris, France

d)

Bern, Switzerland

5.

Which country was Vivaldi from?

(a)  

6.

Which TWO of these were favourite instruments to compose for, for Bach, Handel and Vivaldi?

a)

Harpsichord

b)

Clarinet

c)

Violin

d)

Saxophone

7.

Complete the famous composer's name: Wolfgang (a)   Mozart

8.

Mozart was from which mid-European country?

a)

Australia

b)

Germany

c)

Austria

d)

Italy

9.

What is a symphony?

a)

Musical composition for one player

b)

Musical composition for two players

c)

A song for a musical

d)

A composition for the whole orchestra

10.

Which of these forms of music developed first in the Baroque period?

a)

Rock n Roll

b)

Opera

c)

Symphony

d)

Musicals

11.

Which of these woodwind instruments was a new member of the orchestra in the time of Mozart (classical period)?

a)

Flute

b)

Saxophone

c)

Bassoon

d)

Clarinet

12.

Which woodwind instrument is this?

a)

Flute

b)

Oboe

c)

Clarinet

d)

Bassoon

13.

Baroque music often has more than one independent melody playing at the same time. This is called (a)   texture.

14.

This city is really important to classical music. Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart, among many other composers, all worked here. What city is it?

(a)  

15.

Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven and many many other composers wrote lots of Concertos. Which definition best fits the word Concerto?

a)

A composition for the whole orchestra

b)

A composition for just one player

c)

A composition for a solo player, backed by the full orchestra

d)

A composition which is improvised

16.

Which words were used in the video last week to describe the music of Beethoven?

a)

heroic

b)

serious

c)

emotional

d)

passionate

17.

In which year was Fur Elise composed by Beethoven?

a)

1710

b)

1810

c)

1910

d)

2010

18.

In which year was Ludvig van Beethoven born?

a)

1670

b)

1700

c)

1770

d)

1800

19.

What type of musical ensemble is this?

a)

Violin group

b)

String quartet

c)

String quintet

d)

Orchestra

20.

Due to his growing deafness, Beethoven's music paved the way to a new style of music which reflected greater emotion and the composer's imagination. Which period of music did Beethoven create the way for?

a)

Romantic period

b)

Modern period

c)

Baroque period