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Music Through Time Quiz

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the dates of the Baroque period?

a)

1600-1750

b)

1650-1700

c)

1600-1800

d)

1750-1830

2.

Which of these periods came first?

a)

Romantic

b)

Classical

c)

20th/21st Century

d)

Baroque

3.

What are the dates of the classical period?

a)

1600-1750

b)

1750-1820

c)

1780-1910

d)

1700-1850

4.

What are the dates of the romantic period?

a)

1600-1750

b)

1700-1800

c)

1750-1820

d)

1780-1910

5.

What are the dates of the 20th/21st Century period?

a)

1800-1900

b)

1900-2000

c)

1900-Present

d)

2000-Present

6.

In which period was the harpsichord a popular instrument?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

19th/20th Century

7.

Around which year was the piano invented?

a)

1600

b)

1700

c)

1800

d)

1900

8.

Which period had the smallest orchestra?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

19th/20th Century

9.

In which period was Bach a key composer?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th/21st Century

10.

What is neoclassicism?

a)

When classical period composers made music that sounded like 20th century music

b)

When modern composers make music using characteristics of the classical period

c)

Really old music

d)

A style of musical composition that was popular in the Romantic period

11.

Who wrote the famous 'silent' composition: 4'33''?

a)

Steve Reich

b)

John Williams

c)

John Cage

d)

Miss Bailey

12.

How old was Mozart when he composed his first piece of music?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

7

d)

13

13.

In which period was minimalism a popular style of composition?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th/21st Century

14.

What is Mozart's first name?

a)

Steve

b)

Petor

c)

Wolfgang

d)

Johann

15.

In which period was Vivaldi a key composer?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th/21st Century

16.

In which period was Mozart a key composer?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th/21st Century

17.

In which period was repetition and imitation a key feature?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th/21st Century

18.

In which period were scales and sequences key features?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th/21st Century

19.

What are terraced dynamics?

a)

Music that gradually gets louder

b)

Music that gradually changes in volume

c)

A sudden change in dynamics

d)

No change in dynamics

20.

What is ornementation used for?

a)

To make music look pretty

b)

To decorate the melody

c)

To create interesting harmony

d)

To make the music fancy

21.

Which of the following is not a type of ornamentation used in Baroque music?

a)

Trills

b)

Turns

c)

Mordents

d)

Minimalism

22.

Who composed 'Four Seasons'?

a)

Tchaikovsky

b)

Mozart

c)

Bach

d)

Vivaldi

23.

What is a ground bass

a)

A note that is held for a long time

b)

A bass line that repeats throughout a piece

c)

A really low bass line

d)

A bass line played on a harpsichord

24.

In which period was Dido's Lament by Purcell written?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th/21st Century

25.

In which period was Beethoven a key composer?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th/21st Century

26.

In which period were Alberti Bass Lines a key feature?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th/21st Century

27.

In which period was 'Ode to Joy' written?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th/21st Century

28.

Which of the following shows a Rondo structure?

a)

AB

b)

ABA

c)

ABCDEFG

d)

ABACADA

29.

Which of the following shows a Binary structure?

a)

AB

b)

ABA

c)

ABCDEFG

d)

ABACADA

30.

In which period was Tchaikovsky a key composer?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th/21st Century

31.

In which period was rubato a key feature?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Romantic

d)

20th/21st Century

32.

Which famous Romantic piece of music, by Grieg, shares its tune with the 'Pi Song'

a)

Piano sonata K.545

b)

In the Hall of the Mountain King

c)

Four Seasons

d)

The Wedding March

33.

Which of the following is not an example of a 20th/21st Century composer

a)

John Williams

b)

Steve Reich

c)

John Cage

d)

Haydn

34.

Which of the following is not a popular style of 20th Century classical music?

a)

Minimalism

b)

Neoclassicism

c)

Glassicism

d)

Opera

35.

Why was Beethoven a remarkable composer?

a)

Because he was blind

b)

Because he was deaf

c)

Because he couldn't speak

d)

Because he was 115 years old when he died