Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical Era Review

Which composer was a child prodigy known for his operas whose last work was a requiem?

What is the lowest male voice

A song for many voices set to a secular poem combining homophonic and polyphonic textures

The degrees of loudness or softness in music is:

The following image is an example of what musical device?

What is the language of this excerpt?

Major composers of the Classical Period include J. S. Bach and G. F. Handel.

What time period does this piece originate from?

The Baroque Era lasted from approximately:

Monophonic Medieval music with melodies set to sacred Latin text without accompaniment is:

What is the title of this excerpt?

Which of the following musical devices is used in this excerpt?

Music with multiple independent musical voices or lines happening simultaneously is

The following image is an example of what musical device?

Which of the following was a composer of the Middle Ages?

Shifting of volume suddenly from one level to another is called:

Melodies in the Classical Era are characterized by balanced phrases to create tuneful melodies.

What is the timbre (tone color) of this excerpt?

A large-scale genre of sacred music involving overture, arias, recitatives and choruses

The following (pictured) is called:

What instrument(s) is this piece for?

What is the mode of this excerpt?

What is the mode of this excerpt?

Baroque music uses sudden contrasts of dynamics rather than gradual crescendos and diminuendos.

An instrumental genre in which one or more soloists play against a larger orchestra

Which of the following composers was NOT a composer of the Baroque Era?

The Middle Ages lasted from approximately

What type of music is this

SHMRG stands for Sound, Harmony, Melody, Rhythm, and Good Times. True or False

Which type of aria uses serious historical or mythological subjects?

A form in which a basic musical idea is repeated and changed in melody harmony, dynamics is:

A multi-movement composition for orchestra, lasting about 25 minutes in the Classical era is a:

What is the title of this musical excerpt?

Who is the composer of this piece of music?

Who is the composer of this piece?

What time period does this piece originate from?

Who wrote this piece of music

A stage play in which the drama is expressed through music is called a(n)

The Council of Trent was a conservative movement in the Catholic Church limiting musical ideas.

In the Papal (Catholic Church) choir, women sang soprano and alto while men sang tenor and bass

What is the following instrument?

Which composer was the first woman to receive permission from the pope to preach openly?

What is the genre of this piece?

Singing with one note for each syllabic is:

What larger work is this piece from?

Alto is the highest female voice. True or False.

Chord progressions that we hear today originated in the Baroque period. True or False

The following image is an example of what musical device?

A type of mass written in honor of the dead is a:

What is the meter of this excerpt?

Which of the following composers was NOT a composer of the Classical Era?

What is the title of this piece?

What time period is this piece from?

Male singers who were castrated to enable them to be able to sing the higher parts:

The piano is the primary instrument of the Baroque period. True or False.

What time period is this piece of music from?

Which of the following is not a member of the brass family:

Which composer continued to write music after going completely deaf?

What is the genre of this excerpt?

The four families of instruments are Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion. True or False.

What time period is this piece from?