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WorksheetsPeriods of Music History
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Sacred Music is music created for:
Dancing
The Church
Special Events
Kings
Secular music is music written:
By the Church
About anything other than the church
For special events
For Kings
Which music had more of a strong beat you could dance to?
Sacred Music
Secular music
Monophonic music is music with
1 part only
Several parts happening at once
Polyphonic Music is written:
1 part only
Several parts happing at once
Where in the world did the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Periods take place?
America
Europe
Asia
Middle East
What period of music did the great composer Hildegard von Bingen compose in?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
Was music of the Renaissance mostly:
Choral (sung)
Instrumental
A good mix of both
What period of music was the first to use the Orchestral Strings (violin, viola, cello, bass) as we know them today?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
Recorders, drums, Lutes and Hurdy Gurdy were the main instruments of this era:
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
Agriculture and livestock (food) allowed more people to live in one place and was a main reason for the “re birth” of this era:
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
William Byrd and Giovanni Gabrielli were the main composers of what era?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
What period happened 1400-1650?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
What period happened from 500-1400AD?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
What period happened from 1600-1750?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
What musical period happened during the Industrial Revolution and had rich businessmen that took the place of kings and the church in supporting music?
Romantic Era
Classical Era
Baroque Era
In what period did J.S. Bach write his masterpieces?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
A "Concerto" is:
A multi movement work for orchestra and soloist
A multi movement work for orchestra
A song that is sung
A tiny concert
In what era did George Frederick Handel write his "Halleluiah Chorus"
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
In what era did orchestras reach their largest size with most musicians and the largest number of instruments?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
Romantic
In the Classical Period the piano replaced the Harpsichord in popularity:
True
False
The term "Prodigy" refers to an adult genius. True or False?
True
False
Haydn and Mozart were both composers in the Romantic Era: True or False?
True
False
Programmatic music, popular in the Romantic Era, tells a very specific story or series of events. True or False?
True
False
Hildegard von Bingen wrote "The Nutcracker" Ballet. True or False?
True
False
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?
True
False
Ludwig von Beethoven was a composer that bridged between two musical periods. What were those two periods that he composed in?
Medieval and Renaissance
Baroque and Medieval
Classical and Romantic
What musical period had operas and ballets written about magic and fantasy such as "The Nutcracker"?
Medieval
Renaissance
Romantic
What musical period did Mozart define the musical style through his symphonic and operatic compositions?
Medieval
Classical
Romantic
A "Chamber" Orchestra is smaller in size than a Symphony Orchestra. True or False?
True
False
