WorksheetsMusic Appreciation A Final Review
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner"?
a)
Johannes Brahms
b)
John Philip Sousa
c)
Frances Scott Keys
d)
Edvard Grieg
2.
Music that celebrates a composer's heritage/national music
a)
Minimalistic Music
b)
Nationalistic Music
c)
Classical Music
d)
Opera Music
3.
John Philip Sousa was best known as the (a) King
4.
What was important to composers/artists in the Romantic /20th Century?
a)
Individuality
b)
Pizzaz
c)
Lots of money
d)
Perfection
5.
Who was the first great conductor?
a)
Bernstein
b)
Wagner
c)
Berlioz
d)
Mozart
6.
Why was Tchaikovsky not considered part of the Russian Five?
a)
They hated him
b)
He made bad coffee
c)
He wrote horrible music
d)
He combined Russian music with Western Classical tradition
7.
Which Czech composer was inspired by Native American Music and African American Spirituals?
a)
Chopin
b)
Dvorak
c)
Smentana
d)
Sousa
8.
What American composer was inspired by cowboy tunes, hymns, and square dances?
a)
Sousa
b)
Ives
c)
Copland
9.
John Cage was known for what style of music?
a)
Minimalistic Music
b)
Chance Music
c)
Program Music
d)
Orchestra Music
10.
Musique Concrete is the practice of what?
a)
Using naturally occuring sounds in music
b)
Using electronics in music
c)
Pouring concrete to music
11.
Claude Debussy is best connect with what type of music?
a)
Impressionistic Music
b)
Chance Music
c)
Program Music
12.
Richard Wagner wrote what kind of music?
a)
Symphonies
b)
Operas
c)
Ballets
13.
True or False - Gesamtkunstwerk is the combination of all forms of art in an opera (art, dance, music, etc)<br />
a)
true
b)
false
14.
What is an art song?
a)
an opera
b)
a symphony
c)
a song for voice and piano
15.
Program music is associated with…
a)
a ballet
b)
a story, idea or scene from nature
c)
a legend or myth
16.
American patriotic music is typically inspired by
a)
War/political conflict
b)
Peace
c)
Economic collapse
d)
Holidays
17.
The artistic movement in which artists would push their emotions to the state of madness and then create art to reflect that state is called?
a)
Impressionism
b)
Chance Music
c)
Expressionism
d)
Minimalism
18.
The ancient Chinese were _____ with their instruments
a)
Read to
b)
Buried
c)
Drawn
d)
Painted
19.
The Hebrew people of ancient Israel wrote about their music
a)
true
b)
false
20.
Which of these is NOT an important Greek musical instrument?
a)
Aulos
b)
Lyre
c)
Kithara
d)
Drum
21.
The aulos is most like a _______
a)
Oboe/Clarinet
b)
Drum
c)
Guitar
d)
Harp
22.
The lyre is very similar to a ______
a)
Oboe/Clarinet
b)
Drum
c)
Guitar
d)
Harp
23.
A ______ is the modern version of a Kithara
a)
Oboe/Clarinet
b)
Drum
c)
Guitar
d)
Harp
24.
Which instrument was predecessor of a modern pipe organ?
a)
cornu
b)
lute
c)
hydraulis
25.
Gregorain chant is an example of monophonic music
a)
true
b)
false
26.
Why was the Notre Dame School so important?
a)
No one knows why
b)
The composers first developed polyphony
c)
They sang a lot of Gregorian chant<br />
27.
A madrigal was a type of ______ in the Middle Ages
a)
Sacred
b)
Secular
28.
Hildegard von Bingen and Guilluame de Machaut were two famous _________
a)
singers
b)
musicians
c)
composers
29.
The Baroque idea that only one specific feeling should be communicated throughout a piece of music
a)
The doctrine of love
b)
The doctrine of emotions
c)
The doctrine of the spheres<br />
d)
The doctrine of affections<br />
30.
A solo concerto was written for ___ soloist, a concerto grosso was written for a _______ of soloists
a)
1, 12
b)
1, group
c)
1, 1
31.
Who invented operas as we know them today?
a)
Bach
b)
Beethoven
c)
The Florentine Camerata<br />
d)
King Henry VIII
32.
Which of these is an example of opera form? Check all that apply
a)
Opera Buffa
b)
Opera Seria
c)
Ballad Opera
d)
Singspiel
33.
Wagner created what kind of opera?
a)
Serious and sad operas
b)
music drama (combined all the arts)
c)
comic operas
d)
soap operas
34.
The part of an opera that includes words is called a _______
a)
Aria
b)
Recitative
c)
Libretto
35.
Bach worked under the patronage system for most of his life
a)
true
b)
false
36.
Mozart never struggled as a free agent and died a very rich man
a)
true
b)
false
37.
Bach was amazing at the _____
a)
cello
b)
organ
c)
violin
d)
singing
38.
Classical music was simple and had thin, light textures
a)
false
b)
true
39.
Beethoven wrote some of his most enduring works (including "Ode to Joy" after he ______
a)
got married
b)
became king
c)
recovered from the measles
d)
lost his hearing
40.
Mozart and Beethoven both played this instrument
a)
cello
b)
violin
c)
piano
d)
guitar
41.
A group of art songs sung together in one sitting
a)
song cycle
b)
lieder
c)
opera
d)
symphony
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