Music History Quiz #6

Question 1

Polyphony began when singers started improvising with parallel melodies, with emphasis on 4ths and 5ths intervals.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

20th century composers

Accepted Answer

Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky

Question 3

The period when musicians returned to more ordered forms and strict compositional rules and regulation.

Accepted Answer

Classical

Question 4

Music from the Baroque period played by an orchestra and a group of soloists. Often includes a harpsichord.

Accepted Answer

Concerto Grosso

Question 5

Nocturne means 'night piece' in German.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

3 Classical composers.

Accepted Answer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven

Question 7

Associated with Sonata Form.

Accepted Answer

development, recapitulation, exposition

Question 8

Grandfathers of American pop music.

Accepted Answer

George Gershwin, Andrew Lloyd Webber

Question 9

Combined the relatively traditional with the outrageously experimental; the 'ism" period.

Accepted Answer

Modern

Question 10

A concerto and concerto grosso are the same.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Composed for an orchestra with one solo instrument.

Accepted Answer

Concerto

Question 12

A symphony usually has 3 or 4 movements.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

A notable composer who suffered hearing loss in his early 20s.

Accepted Answer

Ludwig van Beethoven

Question 14

The Romantic Period had smaller orchestras.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Whereas the classical symphony follows form and structure very meticulously, the Romantic symphony doesn't.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Music was expressive, dramatic and orchestral; composed and played with a level of drama and emotionality.

Accepted Answer

Romantic

Question 17

Music written for and played by 4 instrumentalists: harpsichord, 2 violins and cello.

Accepted Answer

Trio sonata

Question 18

This form is derived from a 3 part ternary dance form

Accepted Answer

Minuet and Trio

Question 19

3 Romantic period composers.

Accepted Answer

Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, Franz Schubert

Questions 19