History of the Orchestra Quiz 1

We listened to an Orchestral Suite by perhaps the greatest composer of the late Baroque, Johann S______ B____

When a instrumental soloist plays a rather showy piece with an orchestra, it's called a

Baroque and Classical brass instruments had valves and were able to play chromatic scales.

Monteverdi liked to specify exactly which instruments he wanted in his music.

This early French Romantic composer also did much to develop the art of orchestration, Hector _____

In the Renaissance, instrumental parts were interchangeable: they could often be played on a choice of instruments.

The clarinet was one of Bach's favourite instruments

An instrumental ensemble with both string and wind instruments was called a ______ consort.

Beethoven began to gradually expand the orchestra, particularly in 3 of his symphonies.. the 'Eroica' (No. 3) and?

We listen to part of Berlioz's most famous work, his incredibly original Symphonie ___________

Which of these are brass instruments?

Baroque music often has 1 or more instruments playing the bass line and a keyboard supplying harmony - the ____ section.

We listened to an extract of the 'Eroica' Symphony, notable for its use of...

Which of these are string instruments?

A standard classical orchestra usually has how many of each woodwind and brass instrument?

The introduction to his opera L'Orfeo (Orpheus) heavily features what kind of instruments?

Haydn wrote 104, Mozart 41 and Beethoven 9. What am I talking about?

The first great Baroque composer of operas was Claudio __________