History of Music

What composer is best known for "Symphony Fantastique"?

Niccolo Paganini was a piano virtuoso

Romantic music had extreme dynamic ranges

How many keyboard sonatas did Domenico Scarlatti write?

What was the name of the very first opera?

What was the final music period?

How old was Mozart when he first started composing music?

What was the pitch of the voice for a heroic role in an opera?

Where did Renaissance composers take inspiration from?

What does the word "atonal" mean?

The word "barroco" means oddly shaped pearl

What does Cantus Firmus mean?

Which of the following is a musical movement in the 20th century?

What was the first ever printer called?

What was the period of time called when the Baroque and Classical periods overlapped?

What is the fifth music period called?

What was the name of the music form that was a soloist playing with a large ensemble accompanying them?

When did the Medieval period begin?

Many of the popular operas still performed today were written in what century?

BONUS QUESTION: What is Miss Crow's cat's name?

Secular music was music NOT associated with the church

What were the earliest professional musicians called?

Where did jazz originate?

What was the name for the style when the accompanying part played chords broken up into arpeggio-type figures?

Antonio Vivaldi was a piano virtuoso

What does the word "programmatic" mean?

What was the very first musical period?

Minimalism and the use of electronics in music began in the 1980s

What nationality does the arabesque take inspiration from?

What is the name of the second musical period?

How many periods of music did Beethoven create for?

Who was known as "The Father of the String Quartet?"

How many songs were typically in a suite?

Classical music was very clear and simple

In the renaissance period, there was a flourish of music education

What is a short piece of sacred choral music, typically polyphonic and unaccompanied?

What does "Ars Nova" mean in Latin?

What is the fourth music period called?

What was the piano first called?

Which term means two or more voices singing at the same time?

What was the name of the music that sacred monks sang during Mass?

What is so special about Aleatoric music?

What was the music notation from the medieval period called?

Who created the paintings that inspired the composers in the Impressionism movement?

Which of the following is NOT a medieval instrument?

A symphony is a song meant for a small group of musicians

What was the third music period called?

What did Charles Ives use in his music?

Which of the following is a composition about nighttime?

Who was the first known female composer?