Music History Review Challenge

Question 1

Which answer has 4 of our history eras in order, from earliest to latest?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic

Question 2

This type of music was named after a Pope who, while not a musician, standardized sacred music

Accepted Answer

Gregorian Chant

Question 3

What texture was dominant during the Medieval Era?

Accepted Answer

Monophonic

Question 4

How many years long was the Medieval Era?

Accepted Answer

900

Question 5

In what city did the Renaissance start?

Accepted Answer

Florence

Question 6

Using unconventional ideas and techniques to create a specific art is what?

Accepted Answer

Impressionism

Question 7

Which era of music history did music seem to get less complicated instead of more?

Accepted Answer

Classical

Question 8

What was the dominant texture in the classical era of music?

Accepted Answer

Homophonic

Question 9

A harmonic, moving bass line played by a piano or harpsichord is known as:

Accepted Answer

Basso Continuo

Question 10

What is the most important development in the History of Music?

Accepted Answer

Polyphony

Question 11

What era does this music sound like it is from?

Accepted Answer

Romantic

Question 12

In what year did the Renaissance end?

Accepted Answer

1600

Question 13

Classicism is...

Accepted Answer

Use of traditional standards to achieve simplicity

Question 14

What era does this music sound like it is from?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 15

Which two composers never met, despite being born in the same year and only 90 miles apart?

Accepted Answer

Bach and Handel

Question 16

Which composer's works spanned both the Classical and Romantic Eras?

Accepted Answer

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Question 17

What is a Madrigal?

Accepted Answer

Acapella, secular, around 5 parts

Question 18

This type of music is not considered sacred, and is created for recreational purposes:

Accepted Answer

Secular Music

Question 19

Which of these composers was the first American-born classical composer?

Accepted Answer

Charles Ives

Question 20

"The Erlking" is an example of what kind of form?

Accepted Answer

Leider

Question 21

What was the invention in the 1400's that revolutionized how information was shared?

Accepted Answer

Printing Press

Question 22

This is the era when the orchestra first formed:

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 23

Where did Charles Ives seem to get ideas for his Avant Garde music?

Accepted Answer

His childhood experiences

Question 24

Which of these is representative of music in the Baroque Era?

Accepted Answer

Use of ornamentation

Question 25

What two families of instruments grew in the orchestra after the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Percussion and Brass

Question 26

What is dissonance?

Accepted Answer

When two or more notes sound bad together

Question 27

What type of people were the only source of secular music in the Medieval Era?

Accepted Answer

Troubadours

Question 28

Which composer was given away to the church as a child as part of a tithe?

Accepted Answer

Hildegard of Bingen

Question 29

What does the term "Baroque" mean?

Accepted Answer

Pearl of irregular shape

Question 30

What era does this music sound like it is from?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 31

What era does this music sound like it is from?

Accepted Answer

Classical

Question 32

What year did the Classical Era End?

Accepted Answer

1820

Question 33

What texture of music was dominant throughout the Renaissance Era?

Accepted Answer

Polyphonic

Question 34

Who led the Reformation against the Church during the Renaissance Era?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 35

Which composer had a difficult childhood, never found requited love, and went deaf?

Accepted Answer

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Question 36

Which is performed by a singer with piano or orchestra accompaniment, sets a scene or a story?

Accepted Answer

Lieder

Question 37

What is performed on stage with costumes, actors, an orchestra, lots of singing, and a story?

Accepted Answer

Opera

Question 38

In what year did the Baroque era end?

Accepted Answer

1750

Question 39

Which of these composers both performed for royalty and wrote his first symphony at age 6?

Accepted Answer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 40

Which composer was known more for his organ skills than his composing when he was alive?

Accepted Answer

Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 41

In which era did dissonance begin to be used intentionally as a tool?

Accepted Answer

Romantic

Question 42

Why did music move from Baroque elements to Classical elements

Accepted Answer

The growing belief that Baroque was "all style no substance"

Question 43

How does Romantic era music sound when compared to Classic era?

Accepted Answer

Most music was more dramatic and exciting

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