The Ultimate Music History Quiz

Question 1

Operas were written by a(n)

Accepted Answer

Librettist

Question 2

Paris, France was the center of all baroque music.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Musicians enjoyed higher status and pay than ever before.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Music notation was not invented until 1900s

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Who developed Jazz and Patriotic music genres?

Accepted Answer

Americans

Question 6

Composers communicated their exact intentions by using musical terms.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

This period begins with the death of Bach and ends with the death of Beethoven.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

The Medieval-Middle Ages existed between 500-1400 AD

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Monophonic music contain single line melodies with accompaniment

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Claude Debussy was considered the first ________ composer.

Accepted Answer

Impressionist

Question 11

Musicians worked in towns, courts, and churches.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Which composer wrote Erlking?

Accepted Answer

Schubert

Question 13

Which composer was a prominent figure of the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 14

The Classical period took place from 1750-1820.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Secular music called madrigals and ballets were developed.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

According to John Cage, everything is music.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Secular music is based off

Accepted Answer

Non-religious text

Question 18

Which musical movement(s) took place?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 19

Motets contained text that were taken from which Old Testament book?

Accepted Answer

Psalms

Question 20

Classical period emulated the uncluttered style of the ancient Greeks.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What type of quartet was popular in the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

String

Question 22

Melodies were easy to sing with few large leaps.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

John Cage was a 20th century composer.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Patrons were abolished and churches became main benefactors for composers.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

The Baroque period took place from 1600-1750.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Sacred music uses religious text

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Baroque refers to highly decorated music and art.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

The mass was performed _______ during the Renaissance period.

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 29

Gregorian Chant is also known as “Plainsong” or “Plainchant”

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Orchestras in the Classical period were smaller than today’s orchestras.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

Johann Sebastian Bach lived during the Baroque period.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

“Descending from heaven” is an example of word painting.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

The piano began to replace which instrument?

Accepted Answer

Harpsichord

Question 34

Composer’s works have an individual sense of musical style and self-expression.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Troubadours were considered the ___________ of the Medieval/Middle Ages.

Accepted Answer

Rockstars

Question 36

Sacred music was abolished in the Renaissance period.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

The Romantic period took place from 1820-1900.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

The piano has thicker strings than the harpsichord.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

Atonality is when music does not belong to a particular key.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

The piano was originally called

Accepted Answer

Pianoforte

Question 41

Instrumental music was finally becoming important as vocal music.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

The rise of ________ music was the most significant musical development during the Renaissance period.

Accepted Answer

Instrumental

Question 43

What piano company was and is still extremely popular for making high quality pianos.

Accepted Answer

Steinway

Question 44

Patrons were wealthy people that hired composers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

Oratorios use secular/non-religious stories as text.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 46

The most popular instrument in the church was the

Accepted Answer

Organ

Question 47

Which of these is a “soft” instrument that women were able to play?

Accepted Answer

Harp

Question 48

Compositions were decreasing in length of performance.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 49

Opera was a new form of entertainment geared towards the lower-class.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 50

Baroque operas were intended for the viewing for aristocracy and nobility

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

Ornamentation was a form of improvisation.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 52

The Renaissance period took place from 1400-1600.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 53

The center of classical music was in _________, where all major composers lived and worked.

Accepted Answer

Vienna, Austria

Question 54

Medieval music was usually passed down through written tradition

Accepted Answer

False

Question 55

Extended techniques can be played using the following instruments:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 56

The modern-day piano was included in compositions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 57

Composers travelled all over ________ for the “Grand Tour” where they studied under other composers.

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 58

The child in Erlking survives at the end.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 59

20th century composers increased their use of dissonance and atonality.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 60

“The Star-Spangled Banner” is considered

Accepted Answer

Patriotic

Question 61

20th century music contains characteristics from the late Baroque period.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 62

Music in the 20th century took place from 1850-2000.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 63

Nowadays, the mass is performed in English.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 64

John Cage is known for his works “4’33” and “Water Walk”.

Accepted Answer

True

The Ultimate Music History Quiz

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The Ultimate Music History Quiz

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