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Classical Genre Review 1

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word Renaissance means:

a)

New life

b)

Old times

c)

Rebirth

d)

Fun life

2.

What does ornamentation do?

a)

Makes music longer

b)

Adds extra things to music to make it pretty

c)

Puts ornaments on a tree

d)

Makes music sound bad

3.

What technological invention greatly affected the Renaissance era, making it easier for everyone to access music?

a)

Electricity

b)

The printing press

c)

The mail service

d)

The typewriter

4.

Humanism rose in prominence during the renaissance. What is humanism?

a)
Humanism is a scientific theory that denies the existence of human emotions.
b)

Humanism is an intellectual movement that emphasizes human values rather than a spiritual being.

c)
Humanism is a political ideology that promotes authoritarian rule.
d)
Humanism is a religious movement focused on worshiping deities.
5.

This music texture word describes songs with more than one melody at a time.

a)

polyphonic

b)

homophonic

c)

monophonic

d)

none of the above

6.

Which type of Renaissance music refers to sacred music set to a church text?

a)

Chansons

b)

Motets

c)

Masses

d)

Minuet

7.

During the Baroque era, music (amongst other art forms) was more "ornate". What does ornate mean?

a)
Ornate means elaborately decorated or adorned.
b)
Simple and plain
c)
Unadorned and minimal
d)
Rough and unfinished
8.

Match the "ism" to its definition

a)

Classicism

1.

focus on making things clear and clean

b)

Humanism

2.

focus on one's self

c)

Naturalism

3.

focus on nature and science

d)

Romanticism

4.

emphasis on emotions and individualism

9.

Put the eras of Classical Music in order from earliest to most recent

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

d)

Classical

e)

Romantic and Modern

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
10.

Match the Composers to the Era

Categorize the following

Chopin

Schumann

Mozart

Beethoven

Palestrina

Tallis

Handel

Bach

Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
11.

Who invented the music memorization system that we now use in the modern-day music staff?

a)
Johann Sebastian Bach
b)
Ludwig van Beethoven
c)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d)
Guido of Arezzo
12.

Match the song type to the Classical music era (*note: this doesn't necessarily mean that this type was EXCLUSIVE to that period, but it was most popularized during that period).

a)

Renaissance

1.

Masses

b)

Baroque

2.

Fugues

c)

Classical

3.

Concertos

d)

Romantic

4.

Nocturnes

e)

Modern

5.

Atonal Pieces

13.

What is polyphony?

a)
A genre of music focused on rhythm only.
b)
A style of music with a single melody line.
c)

Polyphony is a musical texture with multiple independent melodies.

d)
A type of musical instrument.
14.

What is homophony in music?

a)
Homophony is a type of musical scale.
b)

Homophony is an instrument category

c)
Homophony is a musical texture with one main melody accompanied by chords.
d)
Homophony involves multiple independent melodies.