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Baroque to Spirituals Music Style 21-22

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Practically EVERYTHING in the Baroque Era was overly decorated.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Who was perhaps the greatest Baroque composer

a)

Pope Gregory I

b)

Johann Sebastian Bach

c)

Donatello

3.

What is one word that could describe the Classical Era?

a)

complicated

b)

boring

c)

fancy

d)

simple

4.

The Classical Era (1750- 1820) lasted how many years?

a)

Over 1000 years

b)

200 years

c)

150 years

d)

70 years

5.

The Baroque period lasted roughly for _____ years.

a)

120

b)

130

c)

140

d)

150

6.

What is one word that best describes the Romantic Era?

a)

fancy

b)

expressive

c)

lovely

d)

rule following

7.

What is one word that could describe the 20th century music?

a)

experimental

b)

simple

c)

rule following

d)

beautiful

8.

What is a type of African-American music that expresses sadness and frustration?

a)

Blues

b)

R&B

c)

Popular

d)

Gospel

9.

The Romantic period lasted approximately from...

a)

the 1550s to the late 1600

b)

the 1770s to the mid-nineteenth century

c)

the early nineteenth century to the early twentieth century

10.

20th Century Music ran from the years...

a)

1800-2000

b)

1700-1900

c)

1600-1800

d)

1900- Present

11.

What did composers become increasingly during the 20th Century Period?

a)

Composers became experimental

b)

Composers became more restricted

c)

Composers became more focused on composing for orchestra

d)

Composers became stricter in compositions

12.
Mozart is to Classical as _________ is to Ragtime.
a)
Dizzy Gillespie
b)
Scott Joplin
c)
Beethoven
d)
Duke Ellington
13.
Jazz dance was created by African Amercians who were?
a)
very wealthy
b)
brought over from Africa to America in slave ships
c)
talented dancers
d)
celebrating
14.

African American culture brought their unique way of _____________, _____________, and _______________ to the United States.

a)

tapping, grooving, and dancing

b)

dancing, grooving, and singing

c)

singing, dancing, and drumming

d)

drumming, tapping, and dancing

15.

Jazz combines musical styles from these three (3) places

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

India

d)

Africa

e)

America

16.
Spirituals borrowed imagery from 
a)
the Bible
b)
the Constitution
c)
the laws
d)
the Declaration of Independence
17.
The purpose of using biblical allusions in spirituals was to
a)
hide the true meaning of the songs
b)
make sure the songs had a rhyme
c)
show the intelligence of the slaves
d)
make sure the children knew biblical stories
18.

What music forms were influenced by spirituals?

a)

blues and jazz

b)

rock, rock, and more rock

c)

country and blues

d)

reggae and hip-hop

19.

Spirituals are folk songs that originated among enslaved and oppressed African Americans .

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What did the Spirituals convey?

a)

the singers’ pain

b)

yearning for freedom

c)

rage against slavery

d)

all of the above

21.

Which of these would describe a hymn?

a)

same as a spiritual

b)

used to praise God

c)

speaks of freedom

d)

poetry

22.

Spirituals and hymns are the same thing.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

What is another name for traditional songs?

a)

blues

b)

jazz

c)

folk

d)

rag