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WorksheetsHistory of Choral Music Test
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
In which period did music become about passion and emotion?
Classical
Baroque
Antiquity
Romantic
Mozart was the most famous composer from which one of these periods?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th C
Choose the correct order of the musical periods from oldest to newest.
Romantic, Baroque, Classical, 20th Century
Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century
Classical, Baroque, 20th Century, Romantic
20th Century, Romantic, Classical, Baroque
What does homophonic texture mean?
Complex and dissonant music.
Simple melodies played by multiple instruments with harmony that supports the melody.
Singular melody line.
Experimental textures.
Mozart, Beethoven and Bach were all famous...
Composers
Kings
Knights
Magicians
Two of the finest composers from the Baroque Period are
Bach and Handel
Mozart and Haydn
Mozart and Bach
Beetrhoven and Mozart
The composers of the Renaissance Era include
Giovanni Palestrina
Josquin des Prez
William Byrd
Francesco Landini
This Era is known with the rebirth of thinking and creativity
450 - 1450 CE
1450 - 1600 CE
1600 - 1750 CE
1750 - 1820 CE
"Kyrie Eleison, Christe Eleison, Kyrie Eleison" are the words used in Franz Schubert's Mass in G Major. Where do the lyrics derive from?
Liturgical Mass
The Gospel
New Testament
Old Testament
Choose the rockstars in the Baroque Period
Claudio Monteverdi
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frederich Handel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Which Era the four-part voices (SATB) is introduced?
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Choose the composers in the 20th and 21st Century Era
Arnold Schoenberg
Claude Debussy
Aaron Copland
Igor Stravinsky
Eric Whitaker
Which composer was more prominent for Italian opera in the "mid" 19th century?
Wagner
Rossini
Verdi
Weber
Which is not a characteristic of opera in the Romantic?
Dramatic Realism
Scenes
Virtuosity
Common characters
What is the time period given for Medieval Music?
1600-1750
400-1400
1750-1820
1400-1600
Which musical era featured Troubadours and Trouveres?
Baroque
Renaissance
Medieval
Sacred and Secular music is a feature of which Musical Era?
Baroque
Renaissance
Medieval
In which era which more instrumental pieces emerge?
Medieval
Baroque
Renaissance
The renaissance era was known for complex pieces and an emphasis on contrasts.
True
False
The following are Baroque composers except?
Henry Purcell
Johann Sebastian Back
William Byrd
George Frederick Handel
Opera, Orchestra and Concerto are musical styles from which musical Era?
Medieval
Baroque
Renaissance
During the Baroque era, music was written for nobility and for the ______________________________.
Public
Politicians
Lower class
Church
Stravinsky is from which era?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
Which era features music and art that is highly ornamental and decorative?
Baroque
Romantic
Jazz
Impressionism
The symphony as a musical form appeared during which era?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
Who is the most famous composer of the Baroque era?
Bach
Mozart
Beethoven
Schubert
Monophonic music was the dominant texture in which of these periods?
Classical
Medieval
Renaissance
Romantic
When was the Classical period?
1920-1945
1600-1750
1750-1830
1830-1920
Which is true about Romantic music?
Dramatic dynamic changes, freedom of form and reoccurring themes and melodies.
Simple melodies, crescendos and decrescendos, and homophonic textures.
Experimental forms, dissonant melodies and harmonies.
Highly ornamented melodies, simple dynamic changes with loud and soft.
Instrumental music of the Renaissance becomes more independent and was mostly used for ___.
dance
mass
social
What was the name of the famous composer during the Medieval Period?
Bach
MegaDeath
Hildegard von Bingen
Thomas Morley
Who wrote The Messiah?
Hildegard von Bingen
Franz Schubert
Thomas Morley
George Frederic Handel
What is the keyword for the Classical Period?
Emotion
Grand
Power to the People
Rebirth
What three famous composers were writing music during the Classical Period?
Bach, Beethoven, Mozart
Handel, Bach, Beethoven
Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn
Schubert, Mozart, Haydn
The instrumental style of music that was popular during the Romantic Period was...
Sonata Allegro
Program Music
Madrigal
Gregorian Chant
Where was most recorded music composed and used in the Medieval period?
The aristocracy
The church
The streets
The universities
What era could be summed up as "ANYTHING GOES" because they were all about experimentation and finding new sounds?
Baroque
Classical
20th & 21st Century
Renaissance
What does 'Renaissance' mean?
Rebirth
Renewal
Rent-a-donkey
Reviewing
What is the name of this notation?
Nemes
Neumes
Neumme
Names
Time signatures were created in which music period?
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
A lieder is German for ______________
something to drink
a type of measurement
song or "art song"
dramatization
The most famous chant of the Middle Ages was the _________________ chant.
Melodic
Homophonic
Gregorian
Symphonic
The combining of two or more musical lines is called ________________.
polyphony
homophony
heterophony
heptophony
Music based on a melody with harmonic accompaniment is called _________________.
polyphony
homophony
heterophony
heptophony
______________are a genre of songs that originated in the American south during the times of slavery.
Speeches
Slavery Songs
Freedom Songs
Spirituals
Put simply, the Negro ___________ genre has its roots in slave songs, while __________ music has its roots in the black church.
Gospel: Spirituals
Songs; Freedom
Spirituals; Gospel
Freedom; Songs
True or False: Call and Response - between the soloist and choir, or the preacher and congregation.
True
False
______________ music is all about overall sound, mood, and atmosphere, rather than specific harmonies and musical structure
Expressionist
Impresssionist
Simplistic
Realistic
_________________in music came as a reaction to the overly romantic and emotional music of the Romantic era.
Neoclassicism
Neopoliticism
Impressionism
Expressionism
Eric Whitacre, Aaron Copeland, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein are some of the American Composers of the ____________period
Renaissance
Classical
Romantic
20th-Modern Day
