Music History

The Renaissance brought significantly increased amounts of harmony and polyphony into music.

Composers used music to "tell a story" during the Romantic Period.

The timeline for the Renaissance Period was:

The piano replaced the harpsichord in the Classical Period.

Orchestras doubled in size during the Romantic Period.

The modern concert band came from:

The timeline for the Modern Period is:

Beethoven was deaf his whole life.

The timeline for the Classical Period was:

The Modern Period saw the formation of the concert band as we know it.

Beethoven is considered by music historians as the "bridge" between the Classical and Romantic Periods.

Beethoven's most famous symphony from the Romantic Period is:

Composers in the Modern Period stayed with the same composing rules as the Classical composers.

Bach was a German composer whose music had great influence in the Lutheran Church.

The most common type of music in the Medieval Period was:

The timeline for the Romantic Period was:

Two prominent composers of the Baroque Period were Bach and Handel.

The Modern Period saw the birth of Rock N Roll.

Only the monks in the monasteries were allowed to write music in the Medieval Period.

The timeline for the Baroque Period was:

Who was the prominent composer in the MIDDLE Classical Period?

Haydn was Mozart's teacher and mentor.

Which instrument was NOT an early brass instrument from the Renaissance Period?

The recorder was NOT a popular instrument in the Renaissance Period.

The early ancestor to the modern Trombone was an instrument called the sackbut.

Baroque comes from the Italian word "barocco" which means:

The new form style introduced in the Classical Period was:

Composers in the Renaissance Period began using major and minor scales.

Composers in the Baroque period started using key signatures.

A famous woman who wrote music in the Medieval Period was an abbess named Hildegard von Bingen.

Who was the prominent composer in the EARLY Classical Period?

For what family did Haydn serve as court composer?

Which wind instrument started to come into use during the Romantic Period?

What was an instrument used in the Medieval Period?

What is the timeline for the Medieval Period?

Which form of music was NOT in the Renaissance Period?

Which instrument was introduced in the Baroque Period?

Which of the following was common in the Baroque Period?

Music historians agree that Bach's death did NOT mark the end of the Baroque Period.

Who was the prominent composer in the LATE Classical Period?

Which percussion instrument was introduced in the Baroque Period?