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Middle School Music History Quiz
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1
Which composer was a prodigy?
Copland
Beethoven
Haydn
Mozart
2
Who composed the oratorio, "The Messiah", which contains the "Hallelujah Chorus"?
Mozart
Vivaldi
Handel
Haydn
3
Who was the Father of Music Theory?
Bach
Pythagoras
Beethoven
Mozart
4
Choose an instrument from the Renaissance time period.
trumpet
trombone
piano
sacbut
5
Which composer composed the piece, "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"?
Coplan
Handel
Vivaldi
Bach
6
The Romantic time period was all about which of the following?
None of the above
Love
Hate
Emotions
7
Which Ancient civilization used and invented the pentatonic scale?
Egypt
Mesopotamia
India
China
8
A piece composed for the keyboard:
Suite
Fugue
Toccata
Oratorio
9
Who wrote the Nutcracker Suite?
Gershwin
Wagner
Tchaikovsky
Prokovief
10
Which time period does not belong?
Renaissance
Romantic
Baroque
Ancient China
11
The time period in which concert ticket sales were first sold to the public:
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
12
Sonata Form was created during which time period?
Romantic
20th Century
Baroque
Classical
13
Stringed keyboard instrument from the Baroque period with pluckers for each string:
pianoforte
organ
harpsichord
piano
14
Music that is never played the same way twice is called
Chance Music
Weird music
Classical Music
Romantic Music
15
Which instrument was considered to be the king of all instruments in the Baroque Period?
timpani
organ
sacbut
piano
16
Which composer is from the Baroque time period?
Gershwin
Haydn
Beethoven
Handel
17
Which of the following was a 20th Century Composer?
Bach
Palestrina
Handel
Cage
18
Bach's vocation was a
Royal Composer
Church Composer
court composer
Freelance Composer
19
A series of musical pieces is called
a concerto
a suite
an opera
a scherzo
20
Which composer went deaf later in life?
Bach
Vivaldi
Handel
Beethoven
21
One word that describes the Baroque period would be which of the following:
Boring
Fancy
Dull
Blue
22
Choose a Renaissance Composer from the following choices:
Bach
Palestrina
Mozart
Handel
23
In the Medieval period, who sang Gregorian chant?
Women and Men
The King
Monks
Priests
24
Which composer is considered to be the Father of the Symphony?
Beethoven
Haydn
Palestrina
Bach
25
Which composer was considered to be part of both the Romantic and Classical Time Periods?
Beethoven
Palestrina
Mozart
Haydn
26
Performance where performers sing the storyline, wear costumes, and act on a stage:
Oratorio
Opera
Symphony
Concerto
27
Composer who was born in Germany, moved to Italy to study Law, and later moved to England:
Bach
Handel
Mozart
Haydn
28
Type of music for the church that didn't use costumes, props, or scenery:
Oratorio
Orion
Opus
Opera
29
Which Romantic composer wrote My Old Kentucky Home?
Charles Ives
Stephen Foster
Francis Scott Key
Scott Joplin
30
Which composer was a freelance composer?
Brahms
Beethoven
Buxtehude
Bach