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Music History up to the Classical Period
Music History up to the Classical Period
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We will explore musical periods, their composers, instruments and musical genres.
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1
Music was the art of the muses, which were...
only women singers.
Greek gods who sang in a chorus led by Apollon.
Gods who represented music and other arts like comedy/tragedy.
normal Greek people who liked to sing.
2
What did Pythagoras research in the field of music?
triads and chords
dynamics
consonant and dissonant sounds
frequency ratios
3
Find the Renaissance composers.
Georg Friedrich Händel
Claudio Monteverdi
Giovanni Gabrieli
J.S. Bach
4
The classical period in music was between...
1650 - 1750
1700 - 1800
1800 - 1900
1750 - 1820
5
Which composer does NOT belong to the "Wiener Klassik" period?
Beethoven
Brahms
Haydn
Mozart
6
The Renaissance music period (1420 - 1600) is known for which aspects?
vocal polyphony
4-part chansons
Dance music with the lute
homophony
7
The 13th century "Carmina Burana" song collection in Latin and middle-high German originated from which building?
arena
Kneipe
cloister - Kloster
church
8
The prehistoric period began ...
ca. 2 thousand years ago
ca. 2 million years ago
ca. 5 million years ago
ca. 1 thousand years ago
9
The sonata form (Sonatenhauptsatztform) developed during the classical period.
True
False
10
In which historic period did J. S. Bach live?
baroque period
romantic period
renaissance period
classical period
11
Ancient music stems from which of these geographical areas:
Ancient Egypt
Sumeria
Ancient Greece
Near East
USA
All of these
12
What is the term for gaining knowledge about music based on archeological findings?
iconoclasm
musicology
symbolism
iconography
13
These song genres were used during the Renaissance.
madrigal
chorale
motet
chanson
14
A frequency is the number of vibrations per second of an elastic body.
False
True
15
The French aristocratic Troubador music led to the German "Minnesang" (12th-14th century).
False
True
16
Which Greek gods played instruments?
Hades
Zeus
Apollon
Dionysus
17
This is the correct order of musical periods from earliest to latest.
Middle Ages - Renaissance - Baroque
Baroque - Romantic - Classical
Baroque - Classical - Romantic
Antique - Middle Ages - Renaissance
18
Which composer is not from the Baroque period?
Ludwig van Beethoven
J.S. Bach
Antonio Vivaldi
G. F. Händel
19
Which famous German composer premiered his version of "Carmina Burana" in 1937?
Mark Forster
Mozart
Beethoven
Carl Orff
20
A frequency ratio deals with 3 different frequencies.
False
True
21
What is the first musical history period using written (notated) music?
Prehistoric period
Baroque
Classical Period
Antique - Antike
Renaissance
22
The frequency ratio of an octave is 3:2.
False
True
23
In which period did the musician/mathematician Pythagoras live?
Ancient world - Antike
Prehistoric
Baroque - Barock
Middle Ages - Mittelalter
Renaissance
24
The Renaissance music period started around 1600.
True
False
25
Which classical German opera form is similar to the "Opera comique"?
Musical
Singspiel
Reform opera
Wagnerian music dramas
26
Which are musical aspects of the Middle Ages?
Gregorian Chant - Gregorianik
Wandering musicians - Spielleuten
Neumes - Neumen
Minnesingers - Minnesang
clarinet music
27
The classical symphony is a cyclical form with 2 movements.
False
True
