Music History: 1450-1910

Question 1

Most music was secular in the Renaissance, but during this era we start to see the rise of sacred music.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Johann Sebastian Bach invented the piano AND the system to tune it (equal temperament).

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

One of Brahms&#x27; most famous works is his "Lullaby," which has been featured in countless movies and TV shows.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

The most famous Wagner piece comes from The Ring Cycle entitled, "The Ride of the Valkyries."

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which of these is NOT a featured auditory characteristic of Romantic music?

Accepted Answer

Emotion

Question 6

Beethoven transitioned the Classical Era to the Romantic Era early in his life before he went deaf.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

The Classical Era started when Bach died in 1750, but ended in 1820 through transitional works from which composer?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 8

The Baroque Era started in the 17th century (1600s), and ended in the year Bach died, ________.

Accepted Answer

1750

Question 9

In the Classical Era, the concerto and the symphony were works primarily composed for orchestras.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Programme Music is _________ .

Accepted Answer

instrumental music that is about a specific place, item, person, or idea.

Question 11

Which of these sacred forms of music was sung primarily in Latin?

Accepted Answer

Mass

Question 12

Motets did not follow the mass ordinary, which is the specific formula of Latin texts used in every mass.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Baroque comes from the Portuguese, &#x27;barocca&#x27;, meaning flawed pearl. This term became synonymous with muted and boring.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

What is the literal meaning of the word "polyphony"?

Accepted Answer

More than one sound

Question 15

Richard Wagner was primarily known for his operas, which were scored for small chamber orchestras and were quiet.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Mozart wrote his first symphony at age ____, making him a child prodigy.

Accepted Answer

7

Question 17

Secular music in the Renaissance was primarilly written and performed in the courts of royalty and nobility.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Which of these is NOT a stylistic charateristic of Baroque performance?

Accepted Answer

Free Harmony: the process by which singers would create heterophonic music

Question 19

Tchaikovsky&#x27;s most famous ballet is:

Accepted Answer

The Nutcracker

Question 20

Josef Haydn taught composition to both Mozart and Beethoven.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

A nocturne is _________ .

Accepted Answer

a short piece featuring a lyrical melody with accompaniment

Question 22

The Renaissance is often known as the "golden age of _______ music."

Accepted Answer

vocal

Question 23

The Renaissance Era began in 1450 and spanned to about 1600.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Which of these instruments was NOT usually included in a string quartet?

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Question 25

Because Haydn wrote so many symphonies and exemplified their form, he is known as the "_______ of the Symphony."

Accepted Answer

Father

Question 26

Opera was invented during the Baroque era, attempted to imitate Roman drama, and everything was sung.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

A Baroque symphony is a large-scale work for orchestra. Orchestras at this time were comprised of which instruments?

Accepted Answer

Usually strings, but sometimes woodwinds

Question 28

A cantata is a collection of songs for choir and usually soloists similar to oratorio but without staging.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Wagner&#x27;s operas were so large that new versions of instruments were created as well as new classifications of voices.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Oratorios, like operas, were sung dramas but had no staging.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

The difference between a Baroque concerto and a Baroque concerto grosso is that _____.

Accepted Answer

Concerto grosso features a group of soloists, a concerto shows one soloist

Question 32

What Renaissance wind instrument is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Sackbut

Question 33

Which oratorio contains Handel's "Hallelujah" chorus?

Accepted Answer

The Messiah

Question 34

What kind of consort is pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Whole Consort

Question 35

Which of these sacred vocal music compositions was the most in fashion for choir in the Classical Era?

Accepted Answer

Chorale

Question 36

Which of these Sacred forms of music was NOT used by the Catholic church?

Accepted Answer

Chorale

Question 37

Which of these is NOT an aspect of Humanism in Renaissance art?

Accepted Answer

Depictions of whimsical nature

Question 38

The chorale was used in Protestant churches to encourage formation of chamber choirs to train virtuosi.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

Antonio Vivaldi originally sought employment as a(n) _______, and not a musician or composer.

Accepted Answer

Priest

Question 40

Which of these is NOT a Renaissance string instrument or instrument consort?

Accepted Answer

Guitar

Question 41

Chorales were written to be sung in the language of the commoner (German, English, French) instead of Latin.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

Johannes Brahms was fascinated by which Eastern European culture that inspired his compositions of Hungarian Dances?

Accepted Answer

Romani

Question 43

A Classical Era sonata was a piece written for solo instrument with what kind of accompaniment?

Accepted Answer

Keyboard or lute

Question 44

Tchaikovsky wrote in a style completely different from his Russian counterparts, aligning more with Western Europe.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

The word "renaissance," is the literal translation of the word "rebirth" in which language?

Accepted Answer

French

Question 46

Which of these is NOT typical of music written in the Classical Era?

Accepted Answer

Vocal percussion (boots AND cats)

Question 47

The "Hallelujah" Chorus comes from a concerto written by Georg Friederic Handel.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 48

In the Baroque Era, oratorios only sometimes had religious subjects.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 49

Which of these was NOT a key characterstic of Romantic music writing?

Accepted Answer

Existentialism: music that focused on why humans were created

Question 50

Wagner&#x27;s "The Ring Cycle" scores for how many players in the orchestra?

Accepted Answer

90

Question 51

An impromptu is _________ .

Accepted Answer

a short work meant to sound as if it were improvised

Question 52

The Classical Era was very similar to the Baroque Era in terms of architecture, fashion, art, and music.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 53

The Romantic Era was brought into being by Beethoven in the early 1800s, but ended in 1910 because ________ happened.

Accepted Answer

World War I

Question 54

Which of these characteristics is NOT a feature of Romantic Era music?

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Music History: 1450-1910

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Music History: 1450-1910

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