Review for Music History Test (grade 9)

A wall or ceiling painting is known as a __________

Which TWO of the following are composers from the Baroque era? (Pick one!)

Which of these instruments was NOT used to accompany battles and ceremonies in the Middle Ages?

Which invention made it easier to mass-produce and distribute music throughout Europe?

Beethoven had a unique and radical style for the time.

Which of the following composers is from the Renaissance era?

Music during the Classical period became less fanciful and cluttered than Baroque music.

What is Chamber music?

What does "Renaissance" mean?

This secular music form had poetic lyrics about life, beauty, and emotions

The bubonic plague (or Black Death) killed more than one-third of the European population in the Medieval era.

A "sackbutt" from the Renaissance era was a predecessor of which modern-day instrument?

Which instrument did minstrels often use to accompany their singing?

Which of the following composers is NOT from the Classical era?

The Baroque Period featured painting, architecture, music, and fashion, that was highly embellished or ornate.

What trials did peasants in the Medieval Period deal with?

Plainchant (or Gregorian chant) was sung _________________

How did composers make a living in the Classical era?

What was the MOST popular solo instrument in the Classical era?

Which of these words means "NON-religious"?

Which of these four musical eras came first?

Music in the Classical era was mostly....

Which two dances were often paired together in the Renaissance era?

These musicians travelled from castle to castle singing songs and performing tricks.

Which form was polyphonic and featured imitative counterpoint?

What is "an unaccompanied passage near the end of a piece that displays brilliant technique"?

What language was Gregorian chant in?

The Renaissance era is called so because it was when the artistic ideals of _____________________ were rediscovered.

During the Baroque period, the written melody was used as a guideline which was then improvised and ornamented over.

Organum is...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a virtuoso performer and composer during which era?

What type of music combined drama, scenery, costumes, and virtuoso musical skills?

From the Baroque to the Classical era, what happened to orchestras?