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WorksheetsMusic Through Time Quiz
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
What are the dates of the Baroque period?
1600-1750
1650-1700
1600-1800
1750-1830
Which of these periods came first?
Romantic
Classical
20th/21st Century
Baroque
What are the dates of the classical period?
1600-1750
1750-1820
1780-1910
1700-1850
What are the dates of the romantic period?
1600-1750
1700-1800
1750-1820
1780-1910
What are the dates of the 20th/21st Century period?
1800-1900
1900-2000
1900-Present
2000-Present
In which period was the harpsichord a popular instrument?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
19th/20th Century
Around which year was the piano invented?
1600
1700
1800
1900
Which period had the smallest orchestra?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
19th/20th Century
In which period was Bach a key composer?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th/21st Century
What is neoclassicism?
When classical period composers made music that sounded like 20th century music
When modern composers make music using characteristics of the classical period
Really old music
A style of musical composition that was popular in the Romantic period
Who wrote the famous 'silent' composition: 4'33''?
Steve Reich
John Williams
John Cage
Miss Bailey
How old was Mozart when he composed his first piece of music?
3
5
7
13
In which period was minimalism a popular style of composition?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th/21st Century
What is Mozart's first name?
Steve
Petor
Wolfgang
Johann
In which period was Vivaldi a key composer?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th/21st Century
In which period was Mozart a key composer?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th/21st Century
In which period was repetition and imitation a key feature?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th/21st Century
In which period were scales and sequences key features?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th/21st Century
What are terraced dynamics?
Music that gradually gets louder
Music that gradually changes in volume
A sudden change in dynamics
No change in dynamics
What is ornementation used for?
To make music look pretty
To decorate the melody
To create interesting harmony
To make the music fancy
Which of the following is not a type of ornamentation used in Baroque music?
Trills
Turns
Mordents
Minimalism
Who composed 'Four Seasons'?
Tchaikovsky
Mozart
Bach
Vivaldi
What is a ground bass
A note that is held for a long time
A bass line that repeats throughout a piece
A really low bass line
A bass line played on a harpsichord
In which period was Dido's Lament by Purcell written?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th/21st Century
In which period was Beethoven a key composer?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th/21st Century
In which period were Alberti Bass Lines a key feature?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th/21st Century
In which period was 'Ode to Joy' written?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th/21st Century
Which of the following shows a Rondo structure?
AB
ABA
ABCDEFG
ABACADA
Which of the following shows a Binary structure?
AB
ABA
ABCDEFG
ABACADA
In which period was Tchaikovsky a key composer?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th/21st Century
In which period was rubato a key feature?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th/21st Century
Which famous Romantic piece of music, by Grieg, shares its tune with the 'Pi Song'
Piano sonata K.545
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Four Seasons
The Wedding March
Which of the following is not an example of a 20th/21st Century composer
John Williams
Steve Reich
John Cage
Haydn
Which of the following is not a popular style of 20th Century classical music?
Minimalism
Neoclassicism
Glassicism
Opera
Why was Beethoven a remarkable composer?
Because he was blind
Because he was deaf
Because he couldn't speak
Because he was 115 years old when he died
