WorksheetsMusic Appreciation Quiz #1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
This composer's music was mostly part of the Classical Era, but evolved into some Romantic. He also became deaf.
Hildegard von Bingen
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig Von Beethoven
Wolfgang Mozart
What is tempo?
How fast or slow music is.
How loud or soft music is.
How high or low music notes are.
What was the FIRST musical time period?
Renaissance
Classical
Middle Ages
Baroque
What is sacred music?
Music sung by Troubadours.
The music of the church.
Music sung in the courts.
Music that included the hurdy-gurdy.
What is secular music?
Music sung by monks.
Music performed during the Catholic Mass.
Music played outside of the church.
Music written by priests.
The texture of Renaissance music is:
Mostly Monophonic.
Mostly Polyphonic.
Mostly Homophonic.
Who were considered "The Big 3" composers of the Classical period?
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Handel
Beethoven
Palestrina
Haydn
Handel
Mozart
How were Classical melodies characterized?
They were tuneful and easy to remember.
They were made up of many trills and ornaments to make them fancy
They were made up of stepwise motion within a small range of notes.
What important instrument was invented during the Classical period?
The Hurdy Gurdy
The Organ
The Piano
The Guitar
What is an Oratorio?
A program in which a soloist sings for an hour.
A musical work where singers sing a story like an opera but without acting, costumes, or scenery,
A story sung by a troubadour about the goings on in the last town he traveled from.
Which composers belonged to the Baroque era? (select more than one)
Bach
Beethoven
Vivaldi
Mozart
During the Medieval Ages, where would one find most of the secular songs?
Music sung by Troubadours.
The music of the church.
Music sung in the courts.
Music that included the hurdy-gurdy.
Who do you think is the most interesting composer you've learned about so far, and why?
_______________ is written for only one voice or part.
Polyphonic texture
Homophonic texture
Monophonic texture
Melody & accompaniment texture
In a _____________________________ there is one melody, and all the voices and accompaniments move rhythmically together (all the voices has the same rhythm).
Polyphonic texture
Homophonic texture
Monophonic texture
Melody & accompaniment texture
Strings
Percussion
Woodwinds
Brass
strings
percussion
woodwind
brass
strings
percussion
woodwind
brass
string
percussion
woodwind
brass
string
percussion
woodwind
brass
string
percussion
woodwind
brass
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percussion
woodwind
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