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Music History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The term tonal harmony can be used interchangeably with ...

a)

Perfect Fifths

b)

Tertian Harmony

c)

Global Harmony

2.

Mozart met Bach in London. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Beethoven met Mozart in London. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Name the Four Periods of Music History we studied.

a)

Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Chant

b)

Folk, Rap, Disco, Musicals

c)

Slack Key, Hill Billy, Honky Tonk, Country

d)

Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century

5.

Beethoven went ___________ over his lifetime

a)

Blind

b)

Deaf

c)

Hair Loss

d)

Mute

6.

What was a commonality in the lives of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven?

a)

All painted art as well

b)

Used computers to compose music

c)

All taught by their father

d)

All came from non-musical families

7.

Bach's name written out in notes is

a)

Bb, A, C, B Natural

b)

B Natural, A, C, B Flat

c)

B Sharp, A, C, B Flat

d)

B Flat, A, C, B Sharp

8.

True or False Ravel was a French Composer who was fascinated by the music of Spain?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

In the Modern Period what was added to the musical composition not seen or heard before?

a)

Brass

b)

Strings

c)

Electronics

d)

Woodwinds

10.

Mozart worked in the Courts of

a)

Bavaria

b)

New York City

c)

London

d)

Italy

11.

Bach composed which pieces listed below? Choose all that apply.

a)

St. Matthews Passion

b)

The Art of the Fugue

c)

The Well Tempered Klavier

d)

Leipzig

12.

Opera's in the Modern Period were mostly about what subject like Madama Butterfly by Puccini for example?

a)

Two people that were in love that could not be together.

b)

Tall Skyscrapers

c)

Cats and Kittens

d)

The Band Rush

13.

One of the compositional style of 20th Century came from Viennese school of Serialism also called?

a)

Through Composed

b)

4 Part Harmony

c)

12 Tone

d)

Fugue

14.

Select two composers who gave rise to Nationalism in 20th Century music.

a)

Aaron Copland

b)

Jean Sibelius

c)

Katy Perry

d)

J.S. Bach

15.

This composer was cemented into greatness by his early symphonies?

a)

John Adams

b)

Palestrina

c)

Ludwig von Beethoven

d)

Boulez

16.

Small ensembles that did not adhere to the typical String Quartet came from what Period of Music History? Like solo flute with Percussion.

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th Century or Modern

17.

Bach's use of Harmony was not heard again until which period in Music History?

(a)  

18.

4'33" is by which composer?

a)

John Cage

b)

Taylor Swift

c)

Vivaldi

d)

Ozzy Osbourne

19.

What is unique about 4'33"?

a)

It is all improv by the musicians

b)

It is based on time with no musical sounds

20.

Mozart was

a)

a Prodigy

b)

an only child

c)

born in The United States

d)

lived to be 96