Music History Spring 2019

What is an ensemble.

Which one of the following dialects were used in the early church?

What instrument families are in a full orchestra?

Name a composer from the Medieval Era.

What does monophonic mean?

Andante is walking speed.

Before 36,000 BCE, what two instruments were carved out of bones ?

What vocal parts are traditionally sung by men in a choir?

Reading was considerably more important than singing in the Renaissance Era.

In the Classical Era, what instrument did the piano replace from the Baroque Era?

What is the highest vocal part, when in comes to pitch, in a choir.

What was Mozart's first opera?

Music and drama can purge negative emotions.

What is the time period for the Baroque period?

When is the listening exam?

What does the word "mousika" mean?

Who hired William Byrd into her court?

Cuneiform was the first known form of writing in Ancient Mesopotamia.

Give an example of a woodwind instrument.

When is the written test?

Gregorian Chant was the most popular at the time of the Medieval Era.

The nine daughters of Zeus were the goddesses of creativity.

Give an example of a string instrument.

Give an example of a brass instrument.

What made patronage shift away from the Church and into Royal Courts?

St. Gregory the Great (Pope Gregory I) reigned from 590-604.

George Frederick Handel was born in 1685 in Halle, Germany.

Name a composer from the Renaissance Era.

Mozart died when he was seventy.

Give an example of a percussion instrument.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s family produced how many generations of professional musicians?

Symphonies are large compositions for orchestra, generally in three or four movements.

Music as a performing art was calleda. Instrument b. Spongebob c. Melosd. Counterpoint

Renaissance is known as a time of rebirth in learning, science, and the arts throughout Europe.

Chant dialects included Russian, British , and Australian languages.

Name a composer from the Baroque Era.

Josquin des Prez was born in...

In the Medieval Era, most Church leaders were known as ____________.

Name a composer from the Classical Era.

Dance was a social expectation.