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8th Grade Music History Review
8th Grade Music History Review
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Review of Music History from Early Music to 20th Century, including popular music.
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1
What greater work by Handel is the following excerpt from?
The Creation
Abraham
Moses
Messiah
2
What kind of opera is this?
Opera Seria
Opera Buffa
Opera Scandaloso
Opera Noioso
3
Which ballet was NOT composed by Tchaikovsky?
Romeo and Juliet
Swan Lake
The Nutcracker
The Rite of Spring
4
Which duo is NOT known for composing musicals?
Bernstein and Copland
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Gilbert and Sullivan
5
Schubert and Paganini are virtuosos, or people who have what kind of musical skill?
Good nunchuck skills
Good Rhythm Skills
Good Technical Skills
Good Emotional Skills
6
What kind of rock was not represented in the 1970's?
Grunge
Punk Rock
Disco
Glam Rock
7
Who composed a suite of songs about the different planets?
Percy Grainger
Leonard Bernstein
Dmitri Shostakovich
Gustav Holst
8
What kind of music does not have a "home note?"
Math music
Pattern music
Atonal Music
Diatonic Music
9
Which is an example of many of JS Bach's surviving organ pieces?
Brandenburg Concerto
Toccata and Fugue in d minor
The Well Tempered Clavier
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
10
The earliest written music came from which country?
Turkey
Italy
Egypt
Greece
11
What is the name of the idea that music does not need anything other than itself to be good?
Jazz Music
Aleatoric Music
Impressionist Music
Absolute Music
12
What is the difference between east coast rap and west coast rap?
East Coast is slow, West Coast is fast
East Coast is fast, West Coast is slow
East Coast is clean, West Coast is explicit
East coast is gangsta rap, West Coast is Manstream Rap
13
Which composer, nicknamed "The Red Priest", composed a Violin sonata based on the Four Seasons?
Antonio Vivaldi
JS Bach
Josef Haydn
George F. Handel
14
Which group was part of the British Invasion?
The Beach Boys
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
The Monkees
15
How should you sing when you see this sign?
Quiet
Super Loud
Medium
Super Quiet
16
Who set the first complete Mass to music?
Guillaume de Machaut
Hildegard von Bingen
JS Bach
Guido de Arezzo
17
What is a leitmotif?
a plot device for operas
the name of one of Puccini's operas
Musical representation of an idea, object, or person
an instrument created by Wagner
18
What two genres does this song "cross-over?"
Rap rock and Glam rock
Hip-Hop and Grunge
West Coast Rap and Pop-Rock
East Coast Rap and Folk Rock
19
Josquin des Prez wrote this song in 1485. What musical form does it use?
Rondo
Canon
Sonata
Symphony
20
Program music is the idea that...
Music should be programmed like computers.
All concerts should have detailed program notes.
Music should tell a story.
Music is to be performed in a certain order
21
What is the backbone of blues and rock and roll?
4 bar blues
12 bar blues
8 bar beat
10 bar groove
22
The Mighty Handful were concerned with Nationalist music for what country?
Czech Republic
Italy
America
Russia
23
What is the name of this famous Beethoven piece?
Ode to Joy
Symphony No. 5
Fur Elise
Eroica Symphony
24
Which of these groups did NOT work in "Hitsville, USA?"
Run-DMC
Stevie Wonder
The Temptations
The Jackson 5
25
Who is the most nominated film score composer of all time?
John Williams
Howard Shore
Danny Elfman
Hans Zimmer
26
What instrument is not in a String Quartet?
Cello
Violin
Harp
Viola
27
Which of these was an American Nationalist composer?
Igor Stravinsky
Arnold Schoenberg
Gustav Holst
Aaron Copland
28
What did Palestrina advocate for during the Council of Trent in 1545?
Removing music from Masses
More instruments in Mass Music
A return to Harmony in sacred Music
Having special music for Sunday Mass
29
Which of these is NOT an Element of Music?
Timbre
Tempo
Harmony
Mood
30
Hildegard composed music for what occasions?
Prayer
Performances
Masses
Holy Days
