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European Music

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Question Image

Match the following styles of music with their country of origin

a)

Italy

1.

Opera

b)

Czech Republic

2.

Polka

c)

Hungary

3.

Romani Folk Music

d)

Spain

4.

Flamenco

e)

Ireland

5.

Celtic

2.

What country is represented by the number 1? Origin of Flamenco music.

a)

Russia

b)

Italy

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Spain

e)

Germany

3.

Common Instruments: full orchestra with powerful and expressive singers

a)

Symphonies

b)

Operas

c)

Chamber Music

d)

Polka

4.

What country is number 3? Origin of the bagpipe

a)

Ireland

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

United Kingdom

e)

Russia

5.

Common Instruments in this style of music: accordion, clarinet, trumpet, tuba, and drums.

a)

Opera

b)

Polka

c)

Romani

d)

Flamenco

e)

Celtic

6.

What country is number 5? Origin of opera music

a)

Spain

b)

Russia

c)

Italy

d)

France

e)

Germany

7.

Common Instruments in this style of music: violin, accordion, guitar, double bass, and cimbalom, tambourines and drums

a)

Opera

b)

Polka

c)

Romani

d)

Flamenco

e)

Celtic

8.

What physical feature is at 1?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Danube River

c)

English Channel

d)

Rhine River

e)

Alps Mountains

9.

Common Instruments in this style of music: guitar, cajón (a box drum), handclaps (palmas), and occasionally castanets.

a)

Celtic

b)

Romani

c)

Flamenco

d)

Polka

e)

Opera

10.

What is the name of the country marked on the map? Home of polka music

a)

Czech Republic

b)

Hungary

c)

Germany

d)

Spain

e)

Ireland

11.

Common Instruments in this style of music: fiddle, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, accordion, bodhrán (a frame drum), and guitar.

a)

Polka

b)

Romani

c)

Opera

d)

Celtic

e)

Scottish

12.

Which country is this? Home of Celtic Folk Music

a)

Ireland

b)

United Kingdom

c)

Norway

d)

Scotland

e)

Spain

13.

Common Instruments in this style of music: bagpipes, fiddle, accordion, tin whistle, guitar, and bodhrán (drum).

a)

Celtic

b)

Scottish

c)

Polka

d)

Flamenco

e)

Romani

14.

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.

a)

Celtic

b)

Polka

c)

Romani

d)

Flamenco

e)

Opera

15.

Match the instrument to the correct picture

a)

1.

Cimbalom

b)

2.

Accordion

c)

3.

Cajón

d)

4.

Bodhrán

e)

5.

Castanets

16.

Match the following

a)

Vibrato

1.

slight, rapid variation in pitch/OPERA

b)

Palmas

2.

handclaps/ FLAMENCO

c)

Gaelic

3.

often used in Celtic music

d)

Bagpipes

4.

originated in Scottish music

e)

Oboe

5.

double-reed instrument from France

17.

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.

a)

Clarinet

b)

Saxophone

c)

Tuba

d)

Oboe

18.

Secular means

a)

music is intended for non religious audience

b)

music serve as particular religious people

19.

The cimbalom, the instrument pictured here, belongs to which family?

a)

String

b)

Brass

c)

Woodwind

d)

Percussion

20.

The concertina (pictured here) is considered what instrument family?

a)

String

b)

Brass

c)

Woodwind

d)

Percussion