Music History Quiz

What Western musical period had music written and performed primarily in the Catholic church?

How did the piano get its name?

Which period of music contained music that painted a mental picture for the listener?

Which of the following is a famous Baroque composer?

What composer was so popular with a young king that he spent too much money building a castle for him?

Women were not allowed in the Baroque orchestra

What school does Hancock share its Alma Mater melody with?

In what musical period were the two most influential composers from France?

What period of music was known for 'fancy' melodies with lots of trills, appogiaturas, and turns?

In which musical period did the orchestra grow substantially to a very large size?

What period is the music in this video from?

The Romantic period had music that was meant to elicit what from the listener

The piano could play louder and softer than the harpsichord.

In the classical period the conductor faced the audience

What period is the following piece from?

What composer lost his hearing in his 20s

What new scale did composers begin to use in the Impressionist period?

The Classical period was known for what type of melodies?

In the Baroque era the barber also had do perform this function.

What composer started composing in the Classical period but by the end of his life was writing Romantic music?

Franz Josef Haydn was known as which of the following?