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Periods of Music History

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sacred Music is music created for:

a)

Dancing

b)

The Church

c)

Special Events

d)

Kings

2.

Secular music is music written:

a)

By the Church

b)

About anything other than the church

c)

For special events

d)

For Kings

3.

Which music had more of a strong beat you could dance to?

a)

Sacred Music

b)

Secular music

4.

Monophonic music is music with

a)

1 part only

b)

Several parts happening at once

5.

Polyphonic Music is written:

a)

1 part only

b)

Several parts happing at once

6.

Where in the world did the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Periods take place?

a)

America

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

Middle East

7.

What period of music did the great composer Hildegard von Bingen compose in?

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

8.

Was music of the Renaissance mostly:

a)

Choral (sung)

b)

Instrumental

c)

A good mix of both

9.

What period of music was the first to use the Orchestral Strings (violin, viola, cello, bass) as we know them today?

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

10.

Recorders, drums, Lutes and Hurdy Gurdy were the main instruments of this era:

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

11.

Agriculture and livestock (food) allowed more people to live in one place and was a main reason for the “re birth” of this era:

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

12.

William Byrd and Giovanni Gabrielli were the main composers of what era?

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

13.

What period happened 1400-1650?

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

14.

What period happened from 500-1400AD?

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

15.

What period happened from 1600-1750?

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

16.

What musical period happened during the Industrial Revolution and had rich businessmen that took the place of kings and the church in supporting music?

a)

Romantic Era

b)

Classical Era

c)

Baroque Era

17.

In what period did J.S. Bach write his masterpieces?

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

18.

A "Concerto" is:

a)

A multi movement work for orchestra and soloist

b)

A multi movement work for orchestra

c)

A song that is sung

d)

A tiny concert

19.

In what era did George Frederick Handel write his "Halleluiah Chorus"

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

20.

In what era did orchestras reach their largest size with most musicians and the largest number of instruments?

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

d)

Romantic

21.

In the Classical Period the piano replaced the Harpsichord in popularity:

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The term "Prodigy" refers to an adult genius. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Haydn and Mozart were both composers in the Romantic Era: True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Programmatic music, popular in the Romantic Era, tells a very specific story or series of events. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Hildegard von Bingen wrote "The Nutcracker" Ballet. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Romantic Music often had the theme of "Longing" for the past. Of a place or time that can't be visited again. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Ludwig von Beethoven was a composer that bridged between two musical periods. What were those two periods that he composed in?

a)

Medieval and Renaissance

b)

Baroque and Medieval

c)

Classical and Romantic

28.

What musical period had operas and ballets written about magic and fantasy such as "The Nutcracker"?

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Romantic

29.

What musical period did Mozart define the musical style through his symphonic and operatic compositions?

a)

Medieval

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

30.

A "Chamber" Orchestra is smaller in size than a Symphony Orchestra. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False