WorksheetsClassical Genre Review 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 13mins
The word Renaissance means:
New life
Old times
Rebirth
Fun life
What does ornamentation do?
Makes music longer
Adds extra things to music to make it pretty
Puts ornaments on a tree
Makes music sound bad
What technological invention greatly affected the Renaissance era, making it easier for everyone to access music?
Electricity
The printing press
The mail service
The typewriter
Humanism rose in prominence during the renaissance. What is humanism?
Humanism is an intellectual movement that emphasizes human values rather than a spiritual being.
This music texture word describes songs with more than one melody at a time.
polyphonic
homophonic
monophonic
none of the above
Which type of Renaissance music refers to sacred music set to a church text?
Chansons
Motets
Masses
Minuet
During the Baroque era, music (amongst other art forms) was more "ornate". What does ornate mean?
Match the "ism" to its definition
Classicism
focus on making things clear and clean
Humanism
focus on one's self
Naturalism
focus on nature and science
Romanticism
emphasis on emotions and individualism
Put the eras of Classical Music in order from earliest to most recent
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic and Modern
Match the Composers to the Era
Chopin
Schumann
Mozart
Beethoven
Palestrina
Tallis
Handel
Bach
Who invented the music memorization system that we now use in the modern-day music staff?
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).
Renaissance
Masses
Baroque
Fugues
Classical
Concertos
Romantic
Nocturnes
Modern
Atonal Pieces
What is polyphony?
Polyphony is a musical texture with multiple independent melodies.
What is homophony in music?
Homophony is an instrument category
