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European music history for 6th grade #music #baroque #bach #mozart #classical #beethoven
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1
What is a characteristic of Classical Music?
Music was sad
Music was only for the church
Lots of movement and trills
Music was "light" like a floating feather
2
Which of the following statements is
false
?
Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria
Mozart created 621 pieces of music in his lifetime
Mozart wrote his first opera when he was 12 years old.
Mozart had 20 children
3
What is an example of an instrument from the woodwind family?
Drums
Violin
Flute
Trumpet
4
Who is the "father of the fugue"?
Bach
Pachelbel
Mozart
Haydn
5
When was the Classical Period?
1820-1910
1600-1750
1750-1820
1400-1600
6
Who wrote Canon in D?
Mozart
Bach
Haydn
Pachelbel
7
What is a crescendo?
To gradually get louder
To gradually get softer
To slow down
To get faster
8
What is tone color?
To speed up
The sound quality of an instrument
To gradually get softer
To gradually get louder
9
What is the pattern for Theme and Variations?
A A1 A2 A3...
A B C D
A B A B C B
A B A C A
10
What does accelerando tell you to do in music?
To get louder
To get softer
To speed up
To slow down
11
Which of Beethoven's Symphonies was the first to include a choir and orchestra together?
Symphony no. 10
Symphony no. 9
Symphony no. 1
Symphony no. 5
12
What is an opera?
A play in which all the words are sung
Music for an orchestra
Vocal music for the church
a song in which the main melody repeats itself like a round.
13
Who is the "father of the symphony"?
Mozart
Bach
Haydn
Beethoven
14
Which composer became completely deaf before writing his last symphony?
Mozart
Beethoven
Pachelbel
Bach
15
Where in the world is this history from?
Europe
Asia
America
Africa
16
Why does naming a time period after an "oddly-shaped pearl" make sense?
The Baroque Period was full of movement
Music was shiny like a pearl necklace
Pearls were very popular at this time
Music was "light" like a feather
17
How can music from the Romantic Period be described?
Dramatic and full of emotion
An oddly-shaped pearl
Easy listening
Light as a feather
18
When was the Romantic Period?
1750-1820
1600-1750
1400-1600
1820-1910
19
What is ornamentation?
Music for organ
A play in which all the words are sung.
Trills and grace notes
Music for an orchestra
20
Why did music become a larger form of entertainment in the Classical Period?
The Queen demanded it
People were bored
The Middle Class expanded
The saxophone was invented
21
What does
form
tell us about music?
The time signature
What key the song is in
What instruments are used
The pattern of melodies in a song
22
What is the pattern for a rondo form?
A B A C A
A A1 A2 A3...
A B A B C B
A B C D
23
What does the term "Romantic" refer to?
love letters
Valentines Day
"running wild" with ideas and creativity
Art that has meaning
24
When was the Baroque Period?
1400-1600
1750-1820
1600-1750
1990-2016
25
What is a concerto?
music for an orchestra
A song in which the main melody is stated and then repeated
A play in which all the words are sung
A solo for any instrument with the orchestra backing it up
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What is a symphony?
Music for the church
A song for an orchestra
A song for piano
A solo for violin
