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1
What country did Granados come from?
Spain
France
Argentina
Portugal
2
What was the name of a famous opera by Mozart?
The Magic Flute
Fidelio
Rapunzel
Swan Lake
3
Which period does this piece belong to?
Contemporary
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
4
During the Romantic era, music was written to express the composers’ inner feelings.
False
True
5
Which period does this piece belong to?
Romantic
Contemporary
Baroque
Classical
6
What was the Heiligenstadt Testament?
Chopin's last letter to George Sand.
Prince Esterhazy's employment letter to Haydn.
A letter Beethoven wrote about his great sadness over losing his hearing.
The choral work that Mozart left unfinished before he died.
7
What is counterpoint?
The peak of a phrase.
Added embellishments that decorate the melody.
A section of the sonata form.
Two or more musical lines played at the same time.
8
What is Alberti bass?
A continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm.
The inventor of the double bass.
An accompaniment pattern in keyboard music.
A large-scale musical work for orchestra and voices
9
Which period does this piece belong to?
Romantic
Contemporary
Baroque
Classical
10
What is a motif?
A small set of notes that is used throughout a piece.
A love song.
A section of a sonata.
A Baroque dance.
11
What is a Polonaise?
Piano piece that evokes a Polish ballroom dance.
A very technically challenging piano piece.
An elegant couple dance that started in the 1700's in the French court
A longer, poetic piano work.
12
What period does this piece belong to?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Contemporary
13
Beethoven studied piano with Haydn.
True
False
14
Which period does this piece belong to?
Classical
Baroque
Contemporary
Romantic
15
What period does this piece belong to?
Romantic
Contemporary
Classical
Baroque
16
In the Classical Period, melodies are singable with clear phrases.
False
True
17
Of Schumann's alter-egos,
Eusebius
was quiet and sensitive, while
Florestan
was loud and excited.
False
True
18
What is double escapement action?
Allows for smoother legato.
Allows for faster repetitions of notes.
Builds strength in the finger muscles.
Allows for louder dynamics.
19
Which period does this piece belong to?
Contemporary
Romantic
Classical
Baroque
20
Which period does this piece belong to?
Baroque
Contemporary
Romantic
Classical
21
The _______ era is characterized by simplicity, clarity, and symmetry.
Baroque
Classical
Contemporary
Romantic
22
The harpsichord replaced the
pianoforte
in the Classical Period.
True
False
23
Which of these composers is
not
from the Classical Period?
Franz Joseph Haydn
Muzio Clementi
George Frideric Handel
Friedrich Kuhlau
24
What period does this piece belong to?
Baroque
Romantic
Contemporary
Classical
25
What is the order of sections in sonata form?
Recapitulation, Development, Exposition
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation
Exposition, Recapitulation, Development
26
Which period does this piece belong to?
Romantic
Classical
Contemporary
Baroque
27
What is the name of the court in which Haydn worked?
Esterhazy
Tudor
Romanov
Habsburg
28
What is program music?
Music composed purely as music.
Music that tells a story or represents something.
29
Clara Schumann was a pianist and a _______.
Composer
Novelist
Violinist
Cellist
30
Which of the following was
NOT
a compositional technique used by Schoenberg?
Twelve-tone technique
Prepared piano
Sprechstimme
Serialism
31
Which instruments make up the string quartet?
2 violins, viola, cello
2 violins, 2 cellos
piano, violin, cello, bass
piano, violin, viola, cello
32
The "Ode to Joy" theme is from Beethoven's _____ Symphony.
5th
9th
1st
3rd
33
Which period does this piece belong to?
Baroque
Contemporary
Classical
Romantic
34
What did Robert Schumann study in university?
Music Theory
Composition
Law
Medicine
35
In which country was Franz Joseph Haydn born?
Austria
Germany
Italy
France
36
How many books make up The Well-Tempered Clavier?
3
2
1
4
37
What does the word Baroque mean?
Clear crystal
Golden jewel
Broken vase
Oddly shaped pearl
38
Which period does this piece belong to?
Baroque
Contemporary
Romantic
Classical
39
The Classical Era sought to imitate ideals of what civilizations?
England and France
Spain and Portugal
Germany and Austria
Greece and Rome
40
Who wrote the Well-Tempered Clavier?
Frederic Chopin
J.S. Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Robert Schumann
41
Who makes up the First Viennese School?
Cage, Cowell, Messiaen
J.S. Bach, Handel, Scarlatti
Schoenberg, Webern, Berg
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
42
Which period does this piece belong to?
Baroque
Romantic
Classical
Contemporary
43
How many piano concertos did Beethoven compose?
10
15
9
5
44
How does the harpsichord work?
Strings are struck by brass tangents.
Strings are struck by leather-covered hammers.
Air passes through pipes of different sizes.
Strings are plucked with plectrums.
45
Which period does this piece belong to?
Baroque
Romantic
Contemporary
Classical
