WorksheetsEuropean Music
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Match the following styles of music with their country of origin
Italy
Opera
Czech Republic
Polka
Hungary
Romani Folk Music
Spain
Flamenco
Ireland
Celtic
What country is represented by the number 1? Origin of Flamenco music.
Russia
Italy
United Kingdom
Spain
Germany
Common Instruments: full orchestra with powerful and expressive singers
Symphonies
Operas
Chamber Music
Polka
What country is number 3? Origin of the bagpipe
Ireland
Spain
France
United Kingdom
Russia
Common Instruments in this style of music: accordion, clarinet, trumpet, tuba, and drums.
Opera
Polka
Romani
Flamenco
Celtic
What country is number 5? Origin of opera music
Spain
Russia
Italy
France
Germany
Common Instruments in this style of music: violin, accordion, guitar, double bass, and cimbalom, tambourines and drums
Opera
Polka
Romani
Flamenco
Celtic
What physical feature is at 1?
Mediterranean Sea
Danube River
English Channel
Rhine River
Alps Mountains
Common Instruments in this style of music: guitar, cajón (a box drum), handclaps (palmas), and occasionally castanets.
Celtic
Romani
Flamenco
Polka
Opera
What is the name of the country marked on the map? Home of polka music
Czech Republic
Hungary
Germany
Spain
Ireland
Common Instruments in this style of music: fiddle, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, accordion, bodhrán (a frame drum), and guitar.
Polka
Romani
Opera
Celtic
Scottish
Which country is this? Home of Celtic Folk Music
Ireland
United Kingdom
Norway
Scotland
Spain
Common Instruments in this style of music: bagpipes, fiddle, accordion, tin whistle, guitar, and bodhrán (drum).
Celtic
Scottish
Polka
Flamenco
Romani
This style of music originated in a VARIETY of places because of their traveling lifestyle. Because of this, different groups have distinct musical traditions, contributing to the rich diversity of that music style as a whole.
Celtic
Polka
Romani
Flamenco
Opera
Match the instrument to the correct picture
Cimbalom
Accordion
Cajón
Bodhrán
Castanets
Match the following
Vibrato
slight, rapid variation in pitch/OPERA
Palmas
handclaps/ FLAMENCO
Gaelic
often used in Celtic music
Bagpipes
originated in Scottish music
Oboe
double-reed instrument from France
Invented in Belgium in the 1800s, this instrument intended to combine the powerful sound of brass instruments like the trumpet with the versatility of woodwind.
Clarinet
Saxophone
Tuba
Oboe
Secular means
music is intended for non religious audience
music serve as particular religious people
The cimbalom, the instrument pictured here, belongs to which family?
String
Brass
Woodwind
Percussion
The concertina (pictured here) is considered what instrument family?
String
Brass
Woodwind
Percussion
