Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical

Musical notation of the Middle Ages was the same as what we have today.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a composer in the Classical era.

The church held the power in the Middle Ages.

Martin Luther led the Catholic Reformation

Music of the Middle Ages was only religious.

Religious art of the Middle Ages survived because the church had the money.

Girls were allowed to study music in the Middle Ages.

There were a variety of instruments used in the Middle Ages.

Renaissance means "rebirth."

Every educated person was expected to be trained in music in the Renaissance.

The term "Baroque" was used to compliment the styles of this era.

There was no religious music during the Renaissance

Art of the Middle Ages was realistic.

An oratorio is acted out on stage. (Baroque)

The printing press was invented in the Renaissance.

A movement is a section of a larger piece of music that has a specific beginning, middle, and end.

The sackbutt is an ancestor of the trombone

Johann Sebastian Bach was a composer of the Baroque era.

There was only vocal music in the Renaissance

The music of the Classical era expressed a lot of emotion.

Word painting is when the notes match the words. (Baroque)

The first opera was written in the Baroque time period.

Symphonies of the Classical era typically have 5-8 movements.

Architecture of the Classical era was balanced

Gradual changes in dynamics were common in the Baroque era

Musical counterpoint began in the Baroque era.

Archetecture of the Baroque period was plain.

There were only male composers in the Middle Ages

The first movement of a sonata follows a ABCD pattern. (Classical)