Classical Music History

Question 1

How would you describe music from the 20th Century?

Accepted Answer

Experimental and progressive

Question 2

The death of which composer in 1750 marks the end of the Baroque period?

Accepted Answer

Bach

Question 3

What is the term for religious music?

Accepted Answer

Sacred

Question 4

What was the 2nd time period that lasted from 1450-1600 A.D.?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 5

How would you describe music from the Renaissance Period?

Accepted Answer

Harmonious and blended

Question 6

How would you describe music from the Classical Period?

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Organized and balanced

Question 7

How would you describe music from the Romantic Period?

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Emotional and intense

Question 8

Which Renaissance instrument was similar to the piano but was played with plucked strings?

Accepted Answer

Harpsichord

Question 9

What is the term for music that features a soloist performing with an orchestra?

Accepted Answer

Concerto

Question 10

How would you describe music from the Baroque Period?

Accepted Answer

Fancy and flashy

Question 11

Which period is characterized by vocal music with many complex and independent parts?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 12

Which of Beethoven's nine symphonies contains the famous "Duh-duh-duh Duhhhh!" figure?

Accepted Answer

five

Question 13

What invention during the Renaissance period made music more accessible to people?

Accepted Answer

The printing press

Question 14

What was the 5th time period that lasted from 1820-1910 A.D.?

Accepted Answer

Romantic

Question 15

What was the 4th time period that lasted from 1750-1825 A.D.?

Accepted Answer

Classical

Question 16

Which period is characterized primarily by Gregorian chant?

Accepted Answer

Medieval

Question 17

What is the name for a small orchestra (hint: common in the Renaissance Period)?

Accepted Answer

Chamber Orchestra

Question 18

This composer popularized the symphony genre. (He wrote more than one hundred!)

Accepted Answer

Haydn

Question 19

What kind of music is created using all the pitches in a scale and sounds unpredictable?

Accepted Answer

12-Tone Music

Question 20

What was the 3rd time period that lasted from 1600-1750 A.D.?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 21

In which period did string music become very popular?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 22

How could you describe music from the Medieval Period?

Accepted Answer

Haunting and hollow

Question 23

What is the term for non-religious music?

Accepted Answer

Secular

Question 24

What kind of music uses a picture or painting to inspire the music?

Accepted Answer

Program music

Question 25

Which of these composers is from the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Palestrina

Question 26

What was the 1st time period that lasted from 450-1450 A.D.?

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Medieval

Question 27

Who is recognized as the "bridge" between the Classical and Romantic periods?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 28

What is the theatrical musical form that uses singing to tell a story with orchestra music?

Accepted Answer

Opera

Classical Music History

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Classical Music History

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