Music Periods One

The two main forms of sacred music in the Renaissance were:

Monteverdi's masterpiece, the earliest operatic work, was called what?

The Classical ideals followed the characteristics of what Greek God?

What is the sudden change from volume to another used in the Baroque era?

The libretto is the __________ of an opera.

Which of these are characteristics of a madrigal?

What is a requiem?

What word means "the modern or common language" in which madrigals were sung?

What term refers to the music reflecting the poetry it is based on?

How young was Mozart when he started playing piano?

"Baroque" translates to what?

During the Baroque period, music centered around the ________ and _________ scales.

How did performers embellish Baroque music?

Which of these instruments were not found in a Baroque or Classical orchestra?

Haydn's Symphony No. 94, which used sudden dynamic changes, was known as:

This Baroque form was made famous by Bach and involves melodies chasing each other.

What is the name of the large group in a Concerto Grosso?

What composer is considered the "father of modern music" because of the rules he created?

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of the Baroque oratorio?

How many movements were in a Classical period symphony?

The orchestra in the classical period was _______________ compared to the Baroque orchestra.

Beethoven and Mozart both studied with what Classical composer?

Which of these words are NOT used to describe the Baroque period?

What two composers were the most prominent with creating motets in the Renaissance?

Which part of an opera imitates speech?

What invention made copying music and books cheaper?

What physical handicap did Beethoven suffer from?

A capella refers to what type of choral music?

Haydn is famous for composing what Classical period form?

The texture of the Renaissance music is mainly what?

What intellectual movement in the Renaissance focused on human life and human accomplishments?

Which form below was from the Classical period?

What ancient culture were Classical ideals based on?

What type of music from the Renaissance was for non-religious purposes?

Sacred music from the Renaissance was performed in what language?

What is the literal meaning of the word Renaissance?

Which of these were NOT characteristics of the Classical period?

Handel wrote a famous oratorio called The __________________.

Which is the formula for the Rondo form?

What string instrument, shaped like half a pear, was popular during the Renaissance?

The concerto grosso featured what two groups?