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Middle School Music History Quiz
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1
Which Ancient civilization used and invented the pentatonic scale?
Mesopotamia
India
China
Egypt
2
Type of music for the church that didn't use costumes, props, or scenery:
Opus
Opera
Orion
Oratorio
3
Composer who was born in Germany, moved to Italy to study Law, and later moved to England:
Haydn
Handel
Mozart
Bach
4
Which Romantic composer wrote My Old Kentucky Home?
Francis Scott Key
Charles Ives
Stephen Foster
Scott Joplin
5
A piece composed for the keyboard:
Fugue
Toccata
Suite
Oratorio
6
The Romantic time period was all about which of the following?
Love
Hate
None of the above
Emotions
7
The time period in which concert ticket sales were first sold to the public:
Baroque
Romantic
Classical
Renaissance
8
A series of musical pieces is called
a suite
a scherzo
an opera
a concerto
9
Who was the Father of Music Theory?
Beethoven
Mozart
Bach
Pythagoras
10
Which composer composed the piece, "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"?
Vivaldi
Handel
Coplan
Bach
11
Performance where performers sing the storyline, wear costumes, and act on a stage:
Concerto
Oratorio
Symphony
Opera
12
Choose a Renaissance Composer from the following choices:
Handel
Mozart
Bach
Palestrina
13
Who composed the oratorio, "The Messiah", which contains the "Hallelujah Chorus"?
Haydn
Mozart
Vivaldi
Handel
14
Which composer is considered to be the Father of the Symphony?
Palestrina
Bach
Beethoven
Haydn
15
Which composer is from the Baroque time period?
Haydn
Beethoven
Handel
Gershwin
16
Which instrument was considered to be the king of all instruments in the Baroque Period?
sacbut
timpani
organ
piano
17
Which composer was a prodigy?
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
Copland
18
Music that is never played the same way twice is called
Chance Music
Weird music
Classical Music
Romantic Music
19
One word that describes the Baroque period would be which of the following:
Blue
Fancy
Dull
Boring
20
Choose an instrument from the Renaissance time period.
sacbut
trumpet
piano
trombone
21
Which composer was considered to be part of both the Romantic and Classical Time Periods?
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
Palestrina
22
Which composer was a freelance composer?
Bach
Buxtehude
Brahms
Beethoven
23
Which time period does not belong?
Baroque
Romantic
Renaissance
Ancient China
24
In the Medieval period, who sang Gregorian chant?
The King
Monks
Women and Men
Priests
25
Bach's vocation was a
Church Composer
Freelance Composer
Royal Composer
court composer
26
Stringed keyboard instrument from the Baroque period with pluckers for each string:
piano
organ
harpsichord
pianoforte
27
Who wrote the Nutcracker Suite?
Wagner
Gershwin
Prokovief
Tchaikovsky
28
Which of the following was a 20th Century Composer?
Cage
Handel
Bach
Palestrina
29
Sonata Form was created during which time period?
Classical
Baroque
20th Century
Romantic
30
Which composer went deaf later in life?
Bach
Beethoven
Vivaldi
Handel