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History of Choral Music Test

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which period did music become about passion and emotion?

a)

Classical

b)

Baroque

c)

Antiquity

d)

Romantic

2.

Mozart was the most famous composer from which one of these periods?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th C

3.

Choose the correct order of the musical periods from oldest to newest.

a)

Romantic, Baroque, Classical, 20th Century

b)

Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century

c)

Classical, Baroque, 20th Century, Romantic

d)

20th Century, Romantic, Classical, Baroque

4.

What does homophonic texture mean?

a)

Complex and dissonant music.

b)

Simple melodies played by multiple instruments with harmony that supports the melody.

c)

Singular melody line.

d)

Experimental textures.

5.

Mozart, Beethoven and Bach were all famous...

a)

Composers

b)

Kings

c)

Knights

d)

Magicians

6.

Two of the finest composers from the Baroque Period are

a)

Bach and Handel

b)

Mozart and Haydn

c)

Mozart and Bach

d)

Beetrhoven and Mozart

7.

The composers of the Renaissance Era include

a)

Giovanni Palestrina

b)

Josquin des Prez

c)

William Byrd

d)

Francesco Landini

8.

This Era is known with the rebirth of thinking and creativity

a)

450 - 1450 CE

b)

1450 - 1600 CE

c)

1600 - 1750 CE

d)

1750 - 1820 CE

9.

"Kyrie Eleison, Christe Eleison, Kyrie Eleison" are the words used in Franz Schubert's Mass in G Major. Where do the lyrics derive from?

a)

Liturgical Mass

b)

The Gospel

c)

New Testament

d)

Old Testament

10.

Choose the rockstars in the Baroque Period

a)

Claudio Monteverdi

b)

Johann Sebastian Bach

c)

George Frederich Handel

d)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

11.

Which Era the four-part voices (SATB) is introduced?

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

d)

Classical

12.

Choose the composers in the 20th and 21st Century Era

a)

Arnold Schoenberg

b)

Claude Debussy

c)

Aaron Copland

d)

Igor Stravinsky

e)

Eric Whitaker

13.

Which composer was more prominent for Italian opera in the "mid" 19th century?

a)

Wagner

b)

Rossini

c)

Verdi

d)

Weber

14.

Which is not a characteristic of opera in the Romantic?

a)

Dramatic Realism

b)

Scenes

c)

Virtuosity

d)

Common characters

15.

What is the time period given for Medieval Music?

a)

1600-1750

b)

400-1400

c)

1750-1820

d)

1400-1600

16.

Which musical era featured Troubadours and Trouveres?

a)

Baroque

b)

Renaissance

c)

Medieval

17.

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

a)

Baroque

b)

Renaissance

c)

Medieval

18.

In which era which more instrumental pieces emerge?

a)

Medieval

b)

Baroque

c)

Renaissance

19.

The renaissance era was known for complex pieces and an emphasis on contrasts.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The following are Baroque composers except?

a)

Henry Purcell

b)

Johann Sebastian Back

c)

William Byrd

d)

George Frederick Handel

21.

Opera, Orchestra and Concerto are musical styles from which musical Era?

a)

Medieval

b)

Baroque

c)

Renaissance

22.

During the Baroque era, music was written for nobility and for the ______________________________.

a)

Public

b)

Politicians

c)

Lower class

d)

Church

23.

Stravinsky is from which era?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

Modern

24.

Which era features music and art that is highly ornamental and decorative?

a)

Baroque

b)

Romantic

c)

Jazz

d)

Impressionism

25.

The symphony as a musical form appeared during which era?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

Modern

26.

Who is the most famous composer of the Baroque era?

a)

Bach

b)

Mozart

c)

Beethoven

d)

Schubert

27.
Music of the church is known as ____________ music.
a)
Sacred
b)
Classical
c)
Gregorian
d)
Secular
28.

Monophonic music was the dominant texture in which of these periods?

a)

Classical

b)

Medieval

c)

Renaissance

d)

Romantic

29.

When was the Classical period?

a)

1920-1945

b)

1600-1750

c)

1750-1830

d)

1830-1920

30.

Which is true about Romantic music?

a)

Dramatic dynamic changes, freedom of form and reoccurring themes and melodies.

b)

Simple melodies, crescendos and decrescendos, and homophonic textures.

c)

Experimental forms, dissonant melodies and harmonies.

d)

Highly ornamented melodies, simple dynamic changes with loud and soft.

31.

Instrumental music of the Renaissance becomes more independent and was mostly used for ___.

a)

dance

b)

mass

c)

social

32.

What was the name of the famous composer during the Medieval Period?

a)

Bach

b)

MegaDeath

c)

Hildegard von Bingen

d)

Thomas Morley

33.

Who wrote The Messiah?

a)

Hildegard von Bingen

b)

Franz Schubert

c)

Thomas Morley

d)

George Frederic Handel

34.

What is the keyword for the Classical Period?

a)

Emotion

b)

Grand

c)

Power to the People

d)

Rebirth

35.

What three famous composers were writing music during the Classical Period?

a)

Bach, Beethoven, Mozart

b)

Handel, Bach, Beethoven

c)

Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn

d)

Schubert, Mozart, Haydn

36.

The instrumental style of music that was popular during the Romantic Period was...

a)

Sonata Allegro

b)

Program Music

c)

Madrigal

d)

Gregorian Chant

37.

Where was most recorded music composed and used in the Medieval period?

a)

The aristocracy

b)

The church

c)

The streets

d)

The universities

38.

What era could be summed up as "ANYTHING GOES" because they were all about experimentation and finding new sounds?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

20th & 21st Century

d)

Renaissance

39.

What does 'Renaissance' mean?

a)

Rebirth

b)

Renewal

c)

Rent-a-donkey

d)

Reviewing

40.
Which famous Christmas show did Tchaikovsky write?
a)
Christmas Eve
b)
A Christmas Carol
c)
The Nutcracker
d)
The Messiah
41.

What is the name of this notation?

a)

Nemes

b)

Neumes

c)

Neumme

d)

Names

42.

Time signatures were created in which music period?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Baroque

c)

Classical

d)

Romantic

43.

A lieder is German for ______________

a)

something to drink

b)

a type of measurement

c)

song or "art song"

d)

dramatization

44.

The most famous chant of the Middle Ages was the _________________ chant.

a)

Melodic

b)

Homophonic

c)

Gregorian

d)

Symphonic

45.

The combining of two or more musical lines is called ________________.

a)

polyphony

b)

homophony

c)

heterophony

d)

heptophony

46.

Music based on a melody with harmonic accompaniment is called _________________.

a)

polyphony

b)

homophony

c)

heterophony

d)

heptophony

47.

______________are a genre of songs that originated in the American south during the times of slavery.

a)

Speeches

b)

Slavery Songs

c)

Freedom Songs

d)

Spirituals

48.

Put simply, the Negro ___________ genre has its roots in slave songs, while __________ music has its roots in the black church.

a)

Gospel: Spirituals

b)

Songs; Freedom

c)

Spirituals; Gospel

d)

Freedom; Songs

49.

True or False: Call and Response - between the soloist and choir, or the preacher and congregation.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

______________ music is all about overall sound, mood, and atmosphere, rather than specific harmonies and musical structure

a)

Expressionist

b)

Impresssionist

c)

Simplistic

d)

Realistic

51.

_________________in music came as a reaction to the overly romantic and emotional music of the Romantic era.

a)

Neoclassicism

b)

Neopoliticism

c)

Impressionism

d)

Expressionism

52.

Eric Whitacre, Aaron Copeland, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein are some of the American Composers of the ____________period

a)

Renaissance

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th-Modern Day