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Music History part 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ballet became an independent dramatic form in the 18th and 19th centuries.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Who composed "The Sleeping Beauty"?

a)

Giacomo Puccini

b)

Gabriel Faure

c)

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

d)

Romeo and Juliet

3.

He fostered the American wind band tradition.

a)

Scott Joplin

b)

John Philip Sousa

c)

Igor Stravinsky

d)

Billie Holiday

4.

An African American piano style characterized by syncopated rhythms, popularized by Scott Joplin

a)

Naptime

b)

Lunchtime

c)

Nocturne

d)

Ragtime

5.

An early form of music playback technology.

a)

Paino roll

b)

Turkey Trot

c)

Maple Leaf Rag

d)

Strains

6.

The roots of this genre lie in African tradition and work songs

a)

Rigoletto

b)

Jazz

c)

Opera Buffa

d)

Opera seria

7.

He was associated with New Orleans-style jazz.

a)

Billie Holiday

b)

Scott Joplin

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Louis Armstrong

8.

Polyrhythm is -

a)

The simultaneous use of several rhythm patterns

b)

Syncopated rhythm

c)

Changing meter

d)

Polyphony

9.

Atonality is a music characteristics found during the 20th century. Atonality is -

a)

a conservative melodic form

b)

a through-composed form

c)

no tone

d)

consonance

10.

He composed hybrid works - uniting jazz elements and European concert tradition.

a)

Duke Ellington

b)

Igor Stravinsky

c)

George Gershwin

d)

Bella Bartok