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Music History

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The period that had a lot of improvisation, ornaments and florish is:

a)

Renaissance

b)

Baroque

c)

Classical

d)

Romantic

e)

Modern

2.

Renaissance means

a)

Re-construction

b)

Re-birth

c)

Re-born

d)

Re-do

3.

Mozart is a composer from the:

a)

Baroque period

b)

Renaissance period

c)

Classical period

d)

Modern period

e)

Romantic period

4.

On the romantic period...

a)

Composers could only write sacred music

b)

Composers started to write about what they wanted

c)

A lot of different styles were created

d)

Composers used only poliphony

5.

Johann Sebastian Bach is a composer from which period?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Baroque

c)

Classical

d)

Romantic

6.

This is the period when music started to be treated as business and technology came to change it completely

a)

Baroque

b)

Romantic

c)

Modern

d)

Contemporary

e)

Classical

7.

Classical period music is

a)

Dark and complex

b)

Full of ornaments

c)

Full of emotions

d)

Light and simple

e)

Confusing

8.

A lot of different sub-styles were created on this period and music from the same period started to sound different from each other

a)

Romantic

b)

Modern

c)

Classical

d)

Baroque

e)

Renaissance

9.

The correct order of Music History Periods is:

a)

Baroque - Renaissance - Classical - Romantic - Contemporary - Modern

b)

Renaissance - Baroque - Romantic - Classical - Modern - Contemporary

c)

Renaissance - Baroque - Classical - Romantic - Modern - Contemporary

d)

Renaissance - Classical - Baroque - Romantic - Modern - Contemporary

10.

R&B, rock, pop and soul are styles that belong to which period?

a)

Modern

b)

Romantic

c)

Contemporary

d)

Classical

11.

Check 2 composers from the Romantic period that we listened to:

a)

Beethoven

b)

Mozart

c)

Liszt

d)

Bach

e)

Jackson 5

12.

Check 3 characteristics that better describe the Classical period:

a)

Light

b)

Dark

c)

Clean

d)

Simple

e)

Complex

13.

1 - Classical period goes from 1900-1950

2 - Romantic period is when the orchestras got bigger

3 - Beethoven is an example of a Modern composer


The correct sentences are:

a)

1, only

b)

2, only

c)

2 and 3 only

d)

1 and 2 only

14.

Check all that apply.

On the Renaissance period:

a)

Women couldn't sing at church

b)

No instruments were allowed at church

c)

Music was divided into Sacred and Secular

d)

Music was simple and monophonic

e)

Music was mainly poliphonic