classical music test

Question 1

The word 'music' comes from the old Greek word 'mousike,' named after the goddesses of sailing and warfare.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

The Renaissance started in the 1300s in Italy. Why was it called the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

It was a rebirth with new ideas about art, music, and learning.

Question 3

Musique Concrete and Electronic Music were both made by manipulating ____.

Accepted Answer

Recordings

Question 4

Instrumental music (only for instruments) was the most common form of music before the Renaissance.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

All Nationalist music was Romantic music that had been claimed as part of a nation's musical identity.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What did Impressionist composers try to accomplish?

Accepted Answer

Express moods and emotions; create mental image for listeners.

Question 7

Serial composers based their music on ______.

Accepted Answer

A series of numbers.

Question 8

Another name for the time period of Classical Music was the ____ _____.

Accepted Answer

Industrial Revolution

Question 9

Cave paintings show that music has been created throughout ______.

Accepted Answer

human history

Question 10

During what period did composers first write music for public concerts?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 11

Troubadours, Trouveres, and Minnesingers were ______.

Accepted Answer

traveling musicians

Question 12

Neo-Classical music followed Romantic Music. Why did Neo-Classicists want to return to Classical forms?

Accepted Answer

They were tired of the overly-dramatic Romantic music.

Question 13

In ancient Rome, music was played mostly by _____.

Accepted Answer

slaves

Question 14

Lowercase "classical" music is instrumental concert music from only the Romantic and Baroque periods.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Classical (uppercase) refers to music from an exact time period.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Who was the first Romantic composer?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 17

During the Middle Ages, only monks sang music in church.

Accepted Answer

True

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