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Music History Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following composers is from the Renaissance period?

a)

Beethoven

b)

Palestrina

c)

Foster

2.

A type of singing used in the medieval period, sung by monks, and monophonic is called

a)

Gregorian Chant

b)

Motet

c)

Symphony

3.

Which of the following was a leader of the Reformation, which changed music into the vernacular language?

a)

Bach

b)

Mozart

c)

Luther

4.

The Messiah was called a(n)

a)

Motet

b)

Oratorio

c)

Madrigal

5.

Which of the following was the Father of Music and ended the Baroque period in 1750 with his death?

a)

Bach

b)

Mozart

c)

Copland

6.

A church musical drama where all dialogue is sung but there are no scenery, props, or costumes is called

a)

opera

b)

oratorio

c)

play

7.

Which composer composed Minuet in G Major and G Minor?

a)

Palestrina

b)

Mozart

c)

Bach

8.

A musical piece composed for a keyboard instrument is called

a)

toccata

b)

Gregorian chant

c)

Keyboard piece

9.

Many melodies sounding at the same time is called

a)

minuet

b)

polyphony

c)

monophony

10.

Which composer composed the piece four minutes and thirty three seconds?

a)

Mozart

b)

Cage

c)

Palestrina

11.

Which of the following composers is from the Baroque Period?

a)

Bach

b)

Tchaikovsky

c)

Joplin

12.

Which of the following is NOT a music history time period?

a)

Baroque

b)

Revolutionary

c)

Classical

13.

Which composer lost his hearing by the end of his life, but was still able to continue composing?

a)

Beethoven

b)

Handel

c)

Bach

14.

Which of the following composed the Nutcracker Suite?

a)

Tchaikovsky

b)

Prokofiev

c)

Wagner

15.

A series of musical pieces is called

a)

an opera

b)

a suite

c)

a scherzo

16.

Mozart wrote music for which of the following instruments?

a)

harpsichord

b)

electric guitar

c)

saxophone

17.

Which of the following composers was considered to be a prodigy?

a)

Copland

b)

Gershwin

c)

Mozart

18.

A minuet is a(n)

a)

dance

b)

keyboard

c)

instrument

19.

The mechanism that enables a piano to sound when a key is struck is

a)

a hammer

b)

ice pick

c)

feather quills

20.

Which of the following was a 20th Century composer?

a)

Bach

b)

Gershwin

c)

Handel

21.

Which of the following composers is from the Renaissance period?

a)

Bach

b)

Mozart

c)

Palestrina

22.

Which composer wrote Toccata and Fugue in D Minor?

a)

Beethoven

b)

Bach

c)

Cage

23.

Which composer is considered to be the Father of the Symphony?

a)

Haydn

b)

Bach

c)

Beethoven

24.

Which composer wrote The Four Seasons?

a)

Haydn

b)

Vivaldi

c)

Tchaikovsky

25.

Bach's vocation was to compose for which of the following?

a)

Church

b)

King of Italy

c)

Schools

26.

Unison singing or one melody that sounds together is called

a)

Homophony

b)

Monophony

c)

Melody

27.

Music that tells a story is called

a)

program music

b)

ritornello

c)

story music

28.

Classical Composers emphasized simplicity, logic, and order.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Mozart began composing at a very early age.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

The Hallelujah Chorus is part of the Messiah.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Gregorian Chant is not sung by monks.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Haydn wrote The Nutcracker Suite.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Beethoven is often called the Father of the Symphony.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Bach was born, worked, and lived in German all of his life.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Handel composed The Messiah.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Beethoven was born totally deaf and composed a number of works for orchestra, piano, and chorus.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

A toccata is played on a trumpet.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Stephen Foster composed our state song, "My Old Kentucky Home".

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Mozart composed "Theme and Variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Haydn composed the Surprise Symphony.

a)

True

b)

False