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Music Appreciation

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Johann Sebastian Bach?

a)

A famous sword fighter in China

b)

The man who wrote "Four Springs"

c)

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period

d)

He was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, impresario, and Roman Catholic priest.

2.

Who was the father to Johann?

a)

Johann Ambrosius Bach was a German musician

b)

A preist we know nothing about at all

c)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

d)

Ludwig van Beethoven a German composer

3.

Who was Antonio Vivaldi?

a)

He was the shortest composer we know of.

b)

He was an roman god that everyone worshiped

c)

He was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, impresario, and Roman Catholic priest.

d)

He had a job at the bakery near is home town then to became a terrible composer

4.

Who was George Frederic Handel?

a)

A man of great wisdom and courage that he got elected as the great ruler of London

b)

He was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London

c)

A man who was the greatest writing composer ever in rock music

d)

A man of constant cursing and bickering with the pope where he worked

5.

What type of music would you hear in the early 1700's in London?

a)

Rock n roll

b)

Religious operas

c)

Rap music

d)

Country type music

6.

how long did the Classical era last?

a)

70 years

b)

1100 years

c)

20 years

d)

5 years

7.

When did the classical era begin and end?

a)

1750-1820

b)

1680-1700

c)

1500-1700

8.

Who was Guido d'Arezzo?

a)

A man who made wheels for a living

b)

He is regarded as the inventor of modern staff notation that replaced neumatic notation

c)

The nicest man you will ever meet

9.

Who was Claudio Monteverdi ?

a)

he was one of the most important composers of the

early Baroque era

b)

He was an English man who became the first great composer from america

c)

He was the first man to use the Guido d'Arezzo's music notation

d)

The best composer in our history

10.

What type of music do we listen today?

a)

Polyphonic

b)

Homophonic

c)

Monophonic

11.

How many Operas did G. F. Handel make ?

a)

10

b)

40

c)

50

d)

30

12.

Who was Micheal Praetorius?

a)

A great actor that played in many musicals

b)

He was prolific and versatile composer during his time who is one of the greats in the music past time

c)

The worst composer of our past time

d)

The best organ player known to man

13.

How long did the the renaissance music last?

a)

250 years

b)

100 years

c)

50 years

d)

100 years and 89 days

14.

when did the medieval period start and end?

a)

600-900

b)

600-750

c)

400-1000

d)

450-1450

15.

How many times would you usually hear your favorite song in the early 1700's to late 1600's?

a)

A hundred times a year

b)

A few times in your lifetime

c)

Ten times everyday

d)

Once ever year