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Music History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct order of the musical periods from oldest to newest.

a)

Romantic, Baroque, Classical, 20th Century

b)

Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century

c)

Classical, Baroque, 20th Century, Romantic

d)

20th Century, Romantic, Classical, Baroque

2.

Happy music would most likely be written in what key?

a)

Minor

b)

Melodic Minor

c)

Major

d)

Melodic Major

3.

Sad music would most likely be written in what key?

a)

Minor

b)

Melodic Minor

c)

Major

d)

Melodic Major

4.
During what time period did composers focus more on personal feeling/emotion in their music?
a)
Classical
b)
Baroque
c)
Romantic
d)
Antiquities
5.
Music of the church is known as ____________ music.
a)
Sacred
b)
Classical
c)
Gregorian
d)
Secular
6.
What time period was also known as the Age of Enlightenment because of its focus on literature and the arts?
a)
Classical
b)
Antiquities
c)
Neo-classical
d)
Contemporary
7.
The Medieval time period lasted from the year __________ to the year __________.
a)
800 to 1400
b)
450 to 800
c)
600 to 1250
d)
1400 to 1650
8.

In which period did polyphonic texture dominate music?

a)

Classical

b)

Antiquity

c)

Baroque

d)

Romantic

9.

Monophonic music was the dominant texture in which of these periods?

a)

Classical

b)

Medieval

c)

Renaissance

d)

Romantic

10.

Mozart was the most famous composer from which one of these periods?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th C

11.

When was the Baroque period?

a)

1600-1750

b)

1830-1920

c)

1750-1830

d)

1920-1945

12.

When was the Classical period?

a)

1920-1945

b)

1600-1750

c)

1750-1830

d)

1830-1920

13.

When was the Romantic period?

a)

1920-1945

b)

1750-1830

c)

1600-1750

d)

1830-1920

14.

When was the 20th Century period in music history?

a)

1920-1945

b)

1830-1920

c)

1750-1830

d)

1600-1750

15.

The word Baroque means ...

a)

Broken pearl

b)

Music

c)

Ornamentation

d)

Cracked object

16.

What does homophonic texture mean?

a)

Complex and dissonant music.

b)

Simple melodies played by multiple instruments with harmony that supports the melody.

c)

Singular melody line.

d)

Experimental textures.

17.

Which composer straddled the Classical and Romantic periods?

a)

Mozart

b)

Haydn

c)

Beethoven

d)

Tchaikovsky

18.

Which is true about Romantic music?

a)

Dramatic dynamic changes, freedom of form and reoccurring themes and melodies.

b)

Simple melodies, crescendos and decrescendos, and homophonic textures.

c)

Experimental forms, dissonant melodies and harmonies.

d)

Highly ornamented melodies, simple dynamic changes with loud and soft.

19.

World War II (1945) ended which of the musical periods?

a)

Romantic

b)

Baroque

c)

Classical

d)

20th Century

20.

Instrumental music of the Renaissance becomes more independent and was mostly used for ___.

a)

dance

b)

mass

c)

social