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Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Music

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A period looking back to the Golden Age of Greece and Rome.

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Classical

d)

Baroque

2.

A musical period where music is lighter and cheerful and instruments used are more on brass and percussions.

a)

Medieval Music

b)

Renaissance Music

c)

Classical Music

d)

Baroque Music

3.

Music is usually gloomy and monotonous

a)

Medieval Music

b)

Renaissance Music

c)

Classical Music

d)

Baroque Music

4.

Music shows balance between sound and voice and string instruments were used.

a)

Medieval Music

b)

Renaissance Music

c)

Classical Music

d)

Baroque Music

5.

Mass and Madrigal are vocal music of what musical period?

a)

Medieval

b)

Baroque

c)

Renaissance

d)

Classical

6.

Oratorio and Choral are vocal music of what musical period?

a)

Baroque

b)

Medieval

c)

Renaissance

d)

Classical

7.

A monotonic plainchant sang in churches during the Medieval period

a)

troubadour

b)

choral

c)

mass

d)

gregorian chant

8.

A music mainly and exclusively produced using musical instruments and recorded without vocals.

a)

orchestral music

b)

musical chant

c)

instrumental music

d)

vocal music

9.

A secular music more about chivalry and courtly love.

a)

troubadour

b)

oratorio

c)

madrigal

d)

mass

10.

A sacred musical composition that can be sung in acapella or with accompaniment

a)

troubadour

b)

oratorio

c)

madrigal

d)

mass

11.

A large scale musical composition usually of narrative religious themes

a)

troubadour

b)

oratorio

c)

madrigal

d)

mass

12.

Performed by 1 or more singers with or without accompaniment of musical instruments

a)

orchestral music

b)

musical chant

c)

instrumental music

d)

vocal music

13.

A type of French dance and musical composition during the Renaissance period

a)

estampie

b)

fugue

c)

bouree

d)

acapella

14.

Estampie is a textless monophonic musical work in what period?

a)

Medieval

b)

Baroque

c)

Classical

d)

Renaissance

15.

What type of music is the Gregorian chant?

a)

Madrigal Music

b)

Vocal Music

c)

Classical Music

d)

Instrumental Music

16.

It is a period of the Middle ages or "Dark ages"

a)

Medieval Period

b)

Baroque Period

c)

Renaissance Period

d)

None of the Above

17.

First type of notation used in Medieval period.

a)

Secular

b)

Neumes

c)

Gregorian Chant

d)

Sacred

18.

Who is the Italian theorist that developed the four-lined staff that is used as the musical notation during the Medieval period?

a)

Pope Gregory I

b)

Guido d’Arezzo

c)

Johann Sebastian Bach

d)

Thomas Morley

19.

What is the correct order of the 5 parts of the Ordinary Mass?

a)

Kyria, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus Firmus, Agnus Dei

b)

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Benedictus, Agnus Dei

c)

Kyrie, Agnus Dei, Gloria, Responsorial Psalm, Doxology

d)

Kyrie, Gloria, Psalm, Benedictus, Agnus Dei

20.

It means the period of looking back, rebirth, rediscovery and revival

a)

Medieval period

b)

Baroque period

c)

Renaissance period

d)

none of the above

21.

A form of secular vocal polyphonic music composition which originated from Italy.

a)

Mass

b)

Madrigal

c)

Gregorian chant

d)

Concerto

22.

Which of the following is defined as singing without instrumental accompaniment?

a)

Acapella

b)

through-composed

c)

unison

d)

chant

23.

Identify the composer in the picture

a)

Antonio Vivaldi

b)

George Friedrich Handel

c)

Thomas Morley

d)

Johann Sebastian Bach

24.

Identify the composer in the picture

a)

Antonio Vivaldi

b)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina-

c)

Thomas Morley

d)

Johann Sebastian Bach

25.

Is music that is separated from religion. It includes love songs, political satire, dances, and dramatic works.

a)

Secular music

b)

Sacred music

c)

Madrigal

d)

Neumes

26.

is music written and composed for church.

a)

Secular music

b)

Sacred music

c)

Madrigal

d)

Neumes

27.

is a form of vocal chamber music originated in Northern Italy. It probably comes from the Latin word “Matricale”, meaning “in the mother tongue”

a)

Secular music

b)

Sacred music

c)

Madrigal

d)

Neumes

28.

What kind of Madrigal music was sometimes danced as well as sung. It has a dance-like rhythm and the musical form is strophic- a 2 or more verses or stanzas set to the same music.

a)

ayre

b)

ballet

c)

Madrigal

d)

Madrigal proper

29.

Used in a great variety of instrumental music of the Medieval.

a)

harp

b)

lute

c)

bass

d)

flute

30.

A concerto referring to a presentation with full orchestra and a soloist.

a)

Concerto Grosso

b)

Solo Concerto

c)

Basso Continu

d)

Tutti

31.

Which of the statement is true about the Baroque Period?

a)

Known for the simplicity of the musicians

b)

music compositions are accessible

c)

Early composers favored homophonic texture

d)

melodies are less dynamic

32.

Believed and have marked the renaissance music

a)

the use of lute instrument

b)

the birth of Gregorian chant

c)

Start of secular music compositions

d)

Establishment of concertos

33.

Refers to the primary form of Sacred Vocal polyphony

a)

Motet

b)

Mass

c)

Madrigal

d)

Troubador

34.

A Baroque music style developed mainly by imitative counterpoint

a)

Fugue

b)

Toccata

c)

Oratorio

d)

Chorale

35.

The period also known as the Middle ages

a)

Medieval Period

b)

Renaissance Period

c)

Baroque Period

d)

Primitive Period

36.

The following statements are characteristics of a Gregorian Chant

a)

Plain song

b)

Free Tempo

c)

Used Neumes

d)

Polyphonic Texture

37.

Popular music during the latter part of the Medieval Period which is not bound by Catholic traditions

a)

Sacred Music

b)

Secular Music

c)

Instrumental Music

d)

Solo Music

38.

Most of the mass music's text were set to melismatic. Melismatic means ...

a)

One note set to one syllable

b)

Few notes set to one syllable

c)

one note to many syllable

d)

Many notes to one syllable

39.

What is the time period given for Medieval Music?

a)

1600-1750

b)

400-1400

c)

1750-1820

d)

1400-1600

40.

The following are Medieval instruments except?

a)

Dulcimer

b)

Lute

c)

Harpsichord

41.

John Dunstable was a Medieval Composer.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Which musical era featured Troubadours and Trouveres?

a)

Baroque

b)

Renaissance

c)

Medieval

43.

What is this instrument?

a)

Lyre

b)

Lute

c)

Dulcimer

44.

Which music era has this timeframe?

1400-1600

a)

Medieval

b)

Baroque

c)

Renaissance

45.

Choral music was very dominant during the Renaissance Era.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Sacred and Secular music is a feature of which Musical Era?

a)

Baroque

b)

Renaissance

c)

Medieval

47.

Which of the following styles in music does not belong.

a)

Psalms

b)

Motets

c)

Gregorian Chants

d)

Anthems

48.

The sackbut was introduced in which era?

a)

Medieval

b)

Baroque

c)

Renaissance

49.

Thomas Tallis wrote music in which musical era?

a)

Medieval

b)

Baroque

c)

Renaissance

50.

Germany was the focus for music in which era?

a)

Baroque

b)

Medieval

c)

Renaissance