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Classical Music History Review
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Let's see how much we remember from ALL of the eras we studied!
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The most important orchestral form of the Baroque time was....
Concerto
Symphony
Baroque Suite
Prelude and Fugue
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This composer wrote Symphonie fantastique for a woman he became obsessed with... Featuring witches & beheadings?
Berlioz
Mussorgsky
Beethoven
Wagner
3
Which keyboard instrument gradually replaced the Harpsichord in the Classical era?
Clavichord
Pipe organ
Harp
Piano
4
Dance music forms in the Renaissance could be called...
Galliard
Allemande
Pavane
Branle
5
What musical advancements happened in the Baroque time?
Major and minor tonalities were explored
Figured bass accompaniment developed
Basso continuo was developed
Tuning system was standardized
6
Baroque (from Portuguese) means...
oddly shaped pearl
oddly shaped melon
oddly shaped nugget
oddly shaped diamond
7
Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Bellini
Da Vinci
Michaelangelo
Titian
8
Who painted this Renaissance masterpiece?
Michaelangelo
Boticelli
Raphael
Da Vinci
9
Medieval music was mainly monophonic. Renaissance texture was mostly...
Homophonic
Unison
Polyphonic
Monophonic
10
One of the most important inventions in the Renaissance was...
The printing press
The phonograph
The first automobile
The organ
11
Who cut off the legs of his piano to hear the string vibrations?
Beethoven
Bach
Berlioz
Brahms
12
Vocal music in the Medieval period was called?
Polyphonic Chant
Gregorian Chant
Mongolian Chant
Gargantuan Chant
13
Which of these composers was NOT famous in the Romantic era?
Berlioz
Tchaikovsky
Debussy
Cage
14
The Classical era saw this MAJOR development in orchestral music
Standardizing of the orchestra
Standardizing of chamber ensembles
Standardizing of instrument tuning
Standardizing of choral parts
15
Which period of music was reliant on emotion, adventure and imagination?
Classical
Renaissance
Modern
Romantic
16
In the Medieval period, who employed the musicians and artists?
Wealthy patrons
Priests
Other civilians
The church
17
Who composed Clair De Lune?
Mahler
Debussy
Strauss
Schubert
18
Which Baroque composer wrote program music? Hint - 4 Seasons...
Vivaldi
Bellini
Bach
Handel
19
Who is the most recorded Classical composer in HISTORY?!
Mozart
Haydn
Bach
Beethoven
20
The musical centre for the Renaissance was where in Europe?
Italy
Spain
France
Greece
21
What language began creating the music words we use to play/sing today? Such as Forte, Mezzo Forte, etc...
Italian
Spanish
Russian
French
22
Who was allowed to sing in the church in the Medieval time?
Men
Women
Children
Goats
23
Which composer was was a virtuosic musician of the Baroque time?
Mozart
Beethoven
Handel
Bach
24
Which instrument was the most prominent in the Medieval time?
Harpsichord
Organ
Clavichord
Keyboard
25
The Classical period promoted the idea of prosperity through education, called....
The Age of Rebirth
The Age of Aristocracy
The Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Classicism
26
There were 3 important M words in the Renaissance. What forms of music were they?
Madrigal
Motet
Mass
Muffin
27
Who wrote their first musical composition at age 5?
Handel
Beethoven
Wagner
Mozart
28
Keyboard music in the Baroque time was HUGE! Identify at least 1 keyboard instrument.
Clavichord
Organ
Viol
Harpsichord
29
The first secular music was created by French nobles. They were called...
Trouveres
Transformers
Teachers
Troubadours
30
In the Baroque era what was happening in society?
Einstein created E=mc2
Discovery of the laws of motion - Newton
Dinosaurs still roamed the earth
Galileo confirms the earth is round
31
The most popular instrument for the Renaissance period was the...?
Clavichord
Lute
Harmonica
Recorder
32
Who was NOT a composer from the Baroque time?
Handel
Mozart
Beethoven
Bach
33
The 2 most important composers of the Classical period were...
Brahms
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Beethoven
34
The word renaissance means?
Requirement
Resonance
Rebirth
Redo
35
How many symphonies did Beethoven write before he passed away?
9
41
100
7
36
The Classical period began with the death of which composer?
Death of Haydn
Death of Bach
Death of Mozart
Death of Handel
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Baroque music was known for being...
Extravagant
Ornate
Flamboyant
Grand
