Music History Test #3 (Composers)

Program music is music that tells a story and is explained inside a concert program.

Period in history when the arts, particularly music, were more concerned with expressing feelings rather than form.

A story told by singing that has a theme from Scripture is called Oratorio.

A harpsichord is a keyboard instrument in which the strings are plucked by quills.

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Chamber music is music written for a small group of instruments to be played in a small music room.

An overture is music written as an introduction.

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A concerto is a composition written for solo instrument and orchestra.

A prodigy has unusual skill at a very young age.

A stately polish dance is a polonaise

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Opera is a drama or play in which talking is replaced by singing.

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A time in history from about 1750-1800 when music was very neat and orderly.

A period in history from about 1600-1750, when all of the arts were very ornate and fancy.