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1
What genre is this?
Organum
Renaissance motet
Renaissance madrigal
Gregorian chant
2
What genre of music is this?
Gregorian chant
Medieval motet
organum
3
What time period comes after the Renaissance period?
Baroque period
Medieval period
Middle Ages
Rococo period
4
What type of instrument usually plays fugues?
keyboard instruments
brass
woodwinds
string instruments
5
What genre is?
chorus
aria
recitative
motet
6
What is the biggest difference between Renaissance motets and madrigals?
All the above
Motets are sung in Latin
Madrigals are sung in the vernacular
Motets are sung with religious text
7
This is a good example of:
virtuosic organ music
polyphonic music
a fugue
all of the above
8
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named after famous artists from which time period?
Renaissance
Medieval
Middle Ages
Baroque
9
This is a good example of:
polyphonic music
text painting
All of the above
Renaissance madrigal
10
What famous figure is credited for having chants collected, codified and named after him?
Machaut
Pope Gregory
Bach
Palestrina
11
What time period was polyphonic music prevalent in? Check all that apply
Renaissance period
Dark Ages
Baroque period
Medieval period
12
What time period would you hear a virtuoso performance by a singer or instrumentalist?
Medieval period
Baroque period
Renaissance period
Middle Ages
13
What is terrace dynamics?
gradual slowing down
sudden change from loud to soft or soft to loud
gradual increase in volume
accelerating of the beat
14
Which composer wrote The Messiah?
Handel
Pachelbel
Vivaldi
Bach
15
What genre of music is Guillaume de Machaut known for writing?
fugues
plainchant
madrigals
medieval motets
16
Which period was known for its light, highly ornamental, frilly music?
Baroque
Renaissance
Medieval
Rococo
17
What language was Gregorian chant sung in?
French
Latin
English
Italian
18
Palestrina is the most well known composer from this time period:
Middle Ages
Renaissance period
Baroque period
Medieval period
19
Handel is a composer from which time period?
Middle Ages
Renaissance period
Baroque period
Medieval period
20
What Baroque instrument is considered king of all instruments?
Harpsichord
Trumpet
Organ
Piano
21
What is this a good example of?
An aria
Dance music
Terrace dynamics
Renaissance music
22
The 3 main characteristics of the Baroque period are:
humanism, intellectualism and exploration
grandiose dimensions, religious intensity and love of drama
restraint, community and scholasticism
23
What time period was the traditional choir voices established? (soprano, alto, tenor, bass)
Middle Ages
Medieval
Baroque
Renaissance
24
What time period does Palestrina and Weelkes belong in?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
Rococo
25
What is the earliest form of polyphony?
Madrigal
Motet
Organum
Gregorian chant
26
Vivaldi, Bach, Pachelbel and Handel belong to which period?
Middle Ages
Baroque period
Renaissance period
Rococo period
27
The 4 main components of an oratorio are:
lyrics, meter, religious theme, string ensemble
choir, winds, harpsichord, strings
costumes, set, choir, soloists
orchestra, recitative, aria, chorus
28
What time period were the Four Seasons violin concertos written in?
Middle Ages
Baroque period
Renaissance period
Medieval period
29
Bach played the organ and wrote music for:
the King
the Lutheran Church
the Catholic church
the Nobility
30
The Messiah is an ____________
Opera
Oratorio
Motet
Madrigal
31
What is the term used when musical gestures depict or reflects the lyrics?
Plainchant
Text painting
Organum
Madrigal
32
What time period does this "frilly" music belong to?
Rococo
Medieval
Baroque
Renaissance
33
What genre is this?
Renaissance madrigal
Organum
Renaissance motet
Gregorian chant
34
What are the primary keyboard instruments in Baroque time? Click all that apply
organ
marimba
piano
harpsichord
35
What were the two main vocal genres in the Renaissance period?
chant and organum
opera, oratorio
motet and madrigal
aria, recitative
36
Main instruments of the renaissance period are:
lute and recorder
flute and guitar
organ and harpsichord
lyre and drums
37
What time period was monophonic music prevalent in?
Late Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages
Renaissance period
Baroque period
38
What genre from the Baroque period has a virtuoso instrumental soloist accompanied by a small ensemble?
fugue
dance music
solo concerto
concerto grosso
39
Why does Baroque music make for good wedding music?
Strong rhythmic drive
Terrace dynamics
None of the above
Homophonic music
40
Homophonic texture was developed in which time period?
Medieval
Baroque
Middle Ages
Renaissance
