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What musical period was characterized by experimentation and advancements in art, science, literature, and music?
The Classical Period
The Renaissance
The Modern Period
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What woodwind instrument was extremely popular during the Renaissance?
Recorder
Piano
Guitar
3
What was missing from a Baroque orchestra, compared to orchestras of today?
Women
Chairs
All of the above
A conductor
4
Which of the following are composers from the Romantic Period?
Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel
Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn
Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Brahms, and Schumann
5
What do we call a music theme that is meant to represent a person, idea, or situation?
Leitmotif
Symphony
Decrescendo
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What is a troubador
A traveling poet musician
A musical instrument
A breed of dog
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What word best describes music during the Baroque Period?
Monophonic
Fancy
Organized
8
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa during what musical period?
Baroque
Impressionist
Renaissance
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What were the strings of the gittern made from?
Steel
Plastic
Animal guts
10
Which composer was NOT a part of the classical period?
Beethoven
Hildegard von Bingen
Mozart
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What makes Baroque music fancy?
Ornaments like trills, turns, and appoggiaturas
Sharp, angry sounds
Fancy powered wigs
12
What piano-like instrument was popular during the Baroque Period?
Harpsichord
Marimba
Xylophone
13
What two famous ballets were written by Tchaikovsky?
Appalachian Spring and Rodeo
The Nutcracker and Swan Lake
Rite of Spring and The Firebird
14
Which Baroque composer was born in Germany, but later moved to England and worked for the King of England?
Beethoven
Mozart
Handel
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What continent were most of the composers from the Medieval period to the Classical period from?
Asia
North America
Europe
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Secular music is religious
False
True
17
Which Baroque composer wrote a song for each of the four seasons?
Vivaldi
Beethoven
Bach
18
During the classical period, the conductor of the orchestra faced the audience
True
False
19
What classical composer has 118 theories about how he died, including being poisoned by another composer?
Mozart
Beethoven
Salieri
20
Which baroque composer had 20 children?
Mozart
Bach
Handel
21
What musical period is characterized by music that was organized, balanced, and written under strict rules?
Baroque
Romantic
Classical
22
Which classical composer completely lost his hearing but continued to write music?
Haydn
Beethoven
Mozart
23
Which classical composer dies when he was only 35 years old?
Schubert
Beethoven
Mozart
24
What does the word Renaissance mean?
Emotional
Fancy
Rebirth
25
What was a violin called during the Medieval Period?
Snarfblat
Dulcimer
Fiddle
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What does the word "pianoforte" mean in Italian?
Soft-Loud
Up-Down
Slow-Fast
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What is the name of the famous collection of songs by Handel that contained text from the Bible?
The Celebration
The Messiah
Ride of the Valkyrie
28
What is a madrigal?
A brass solo
A sung poem with lyrics that were usually about love or nature
A religious chant
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What word best describes music during the Romanic Period?
Emotional
Fancy
Monophonic
30
What word describes medieval music that was sung one note at a time and without instrumental accompaniment?
Secular
Lullaby
Monophonic
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Music during the Medieval Period was mostly?
Written by the church
Written by famous composers
Written by royalty
