Music of Europe Test Review

Italy has played a significant role in the history of European music.

"Monody" was a music form for what combination?

The early 1960s British popular music included: blues rock, heavy metal music, progressive rock, punk rock, and dubstep

What language is spoken in Scotland?

What is the currency used in Ireland?

These Italian innovations have strongly influenced European classical music:

The signature instrument of the region of Asturias, Cantabria and Galicia is:

This song type is a dance-song with a marked rhythmic movement, commonly associated with the paean.

Folk music is not the same across England, it is influenced by each different region.

The development of opera occurred in the late:

The instruments in this music from Aragon include the castanets, guitar, bandurria, tambourines and sometimes the flute.

How did Irish music become popular in the fifties?

Germany claims some of the most renowned composers, singers, producers and performers of the world.

This tradition-based music, is preserved and passed on orally through families.

Cabaret is a form of:

Traditional Scottish instruments consist of:

Music that has lyrics having to do with religion is called?

This song is often regarded as Australia's unofficial national anthem:

The phonautograph, earliest known music recording device was made in:

By the 18th century, the cities of Vienna, Dresden, Berlin and Mannheim had become the center for what type of music?

This song type is sung in honor of Apollo and Athena, and expressed the hope or thanks.

This song type is processional that praised a god. They were usually sung on the road to an altar or shrine.

In which continent is Ireland located?

What American music is popular in Scotland but doesn't have many opportunities to play with international musicians?

In the 16th century, Renaissance music was sponsored by the King and the Church.

The ancient Greek believed that “the fundamental interconnectedness of all things in the universe” was called?

One of the German musicians we learned about is

This song type is the earliest formal type in Greek music, and addresses a god, either directly or indirectly.

Italian music was mostly sacred until about the 18th century.

Who was regarded as one of the most influential Baroque composers in Europe?

This song type is sung in at festivals, performed especially in dedication to Dionysus the god of wine.

Music is an important part of:

Flamenco is from:

The bagpipe is a traditional Irish instrument.

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas.

What two instruments are staples in the Russian Folk Orchestra?

What is the capital of Ireland?

Who was an English composer?

Carmen is a French:

Indigenous Australian music is unique, and dates back more than:

This instrument is played with vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone while using circular breathing.

The distinctive themes and origins of Australia's "bush music" or "bush band music" can be traced to the songs sung by:

Plato believed that dangerous music was music that:

Le Chat Noir is a:

What great composer wrote 9 symphonies and was completely deaf by 44, finally dying at age 57?

What do you call a Scottish kinship group that has a shared identity?

All of these are percussion instruments in Russia EXCEPT:

How has traditional Irish music survived over the centuries?

The oboe is a traditional Irish instrument.

The following were invented or born in Italy:

The Ancient Greeks believed that creative thought were governed by the Muses. Which of the following was NOT?

Which of the following is the best way to describe the Greek concept of “ethos”?

Hector Berlioz was from what period?

In the 17th century, the focus was on these types of music:

The very first French opera was performed in the:

Bach wrote preludes, cantatas, fugues, concertos for harpsichord, violin and wind, and orchestral suites.

When Afro-Cuban dance styles arrived in the 19th and early 20th centuries to Barcelona this music and dance form began

Music in Medieval England, from the the 5th - 16th century, was diverse but included more sacred music.

Art songs of the 17th century expanded the use of what instrument?

The Italian style of classical music probably first reached Scotland by?

English folk music has produced or contributed to several cultural phenomena, including....

Many music instruments, such as the violin and piano, were invented in Italy.

What is the national animal of Scotland?

Carl Orff was a German composer and music educator, best known for his contribution to

Castile, Madrid and León are known for:

England is part of?

What Russian instrument name means "to babble or talk"?

British popular music is not part of the art/classical music or Church music traditions.

This music has always been a way to express local identity and address cultural, political and social issues:

Polyphonic music is?

Ballad printers became established in what century in Dublin?

Baroque music was played by J.S. Bach, but it originated in

Music of Spain can be categorized into regions.

Indigenous Australian music refers to the music of:

Found throughout Spain, the friction-drum is played by pulling on a rope which is inside the drum it is called a:

Valencia, a region in Spain, does "ball de bastons" dances. What kind of dance is that?

This British group is regarded as the most influential band of all time.

There was popular music in Scotland during the late Middle Ages, but the only song to survive from this period was

Navarre and La Rioja are small northern regions with rich dance and dulzaina (shawm) traditions.

Scotland is internationally known for its?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed at least how many pieces of music?

The earliest surviving opera written by a woman was discovered during the 17th century in Poland.

The Beatles were part of the _________ Invasion.

The United Kingdom has been a major producer and source of musical creation, drawing its influences from?

This musician is grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs" of music.

France has produced many prominent Romantic composers.

All of these are forms of music performances EXCEPT

Australia is both an island and a country.

R&B soul music had a significant impact on Australia's music, although is wasn't played on the radio due to racism.

Music that has lyrics having to do with topics such as everyday life and music for dancing is called?

All of the following are periods of music history EXCEPT:

All of these are Polish folk dances EXCEPT:

John Dowlan and Thomas Campion were best-known and most respected as composers of what songs?

Schumann is one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. What did he first study?

What was a traditional English instrument?

Symphony, concerto, and sonata are forms of Italian dances.

Later Bush Song lyrics included the experiences of: