Classifying Music Quiz!

Question 1

Western Classical music ranges from around the year 1000 up to the present

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Which style of music we learned about early in the semester is in some Modern-period music?

Accepted Answer

minimalism

Question 3

True or false: popular music is designed to appeal to a wide audience

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Which type of music is NOT one of the major three categories we talked about?

Accepted Answer

Modern

Question 5

BONUS: Hildegard von Bingen was a

Accepted Answer

11th-century famous composer and mystic

Question 6

Vocal and choral music in the Renaissance was most often

Accepted Answer

polyphonic

Question 7

Global music can be categorized by

Accepted Answer

Ethnic origin

Question 8

The 9th century refers to the years

Accepted Answer

800-899

Question 9

Around the year 1600, the first __________ was written.

Accepted Answer

opera

Question 10

What historical period comes immediately AFTER the Baroque period?

Accepted Answer

Classical

Question 11

What is the oldest historical period in western music?

Accepted Answer

Medieval

Question 12

What historical period comes immediately BEFORE the Romantic period?

Accepted Answer

Classical

Question 13

The Latin mass included all of the following movements except for

Accepted Answer

Ave Maria

Question 14

The Romantic period was all about passion and emotion and individual experience.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

In the Baroque period, artists and composers were interested in

Accepted Answer

contrast

Question 16

Music of the Classical period contained more

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 17

What period comes immediately BEFORE the Modern period?

Accepted Answer

Romantic

Question 18

What is the translation of the Latin a cappella?

Accepted Answer

in the chapel

Question 19

In the Medieval and Renaissance periods, most music was commissioned by and written for

Accepted Answer

the Catholic Church

Question 20

BONUS: Which of these is NOT an element of music we learned about in class?

Accepted Answer

Form

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