Music Test Review #1

What were the years of the baroque era?

Which composer is known as “The March King”? 

 Which composer’s death signifies the end of the baroque era? 

Name the 4 instrument families:

What clef in music if for lower pitched instruments, such as tuba, trombone, and double bass?

What was the original purpose of music in movies? 

Composers left the patronage system in the romantic era. Whose approval did their success depend on now?

What type of music is Wagner most well-known for? 

Which composer’s music all included the piano? 

Which film composer wrote for movies such as: Star Wars, Harry Potter, ET, and Indiana Jones? 

Who wrote The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra? 

If you hear this instrument it is almost always from the baroque era: 

Which new type of music was invented in the early 1900s from blues and ragtime? 

What ballet did Igor Stravinsky write that incited a riot? 

 What composer wrote the famous piece of music Water Music? 

Which composer wrote the piece of music Rhapsody in Blue? 

How many symphonies did Beethoven write? 

What famous song came from the last movement of Beethoven’s final symphony?

What were the years of the modern era?

What were the years of the classical era?

What were the years of the romantic era?

Which composer only lived to be 35, but still managed to write over 600 different pieces of music in his career? 

What does the term baroque mean? 

Which composer wrote 1812 Overture and The Nutcracker? 

 What new woodwind instrument was invented during the romantic era by Adolf Sax? 

What style of performing was from the baroque era that is similar to jazz and rap? 

By the end of his life Beethoven was almost completely ________________.

What was the center of music during the classical era? 

What famous piece of music did Gustav Holst write based off Astrology? 

What was now necessary for an orchestra because there were more people and the music became more complex? 

 What composer wrote the famous piece of music The Four Seasons?

Going to a new key was a new idea from the classical era, what is the word for this?

What new type of ensemble came out of the modern era?

 What composer wrote the famous piece of music Canon in D? 

This new form of music to come out of the classical era is an extended multi-movement work for orchestra. What is it?

This was used in baroque music by the harpsichord and cello providing the bass of the composition

 What composer wrote the famous piece of music Toccata and Fugue in d minor? 

Which composer was thought to be the “next Beethoven”? 

Who was known as the “Father of the String Quartet” and wrote 104 symphonies in his career? 

What clef in music is for higher pitched instruments, such as flute, violin, and trumpet?