Music Appreciation Quiz

What Baroque composer was known for pioneering the Opera?

Who was the next great symphony composer after Beethoven?

Maybridge invented the Phonograph.

Name three (3) influences for romantic composers.

Who was the greatest literary figure of the Renaissance

What is the term for two lines of melody played at the same time?

What famous American Band leader is an example of Nationalism?

Name the three (3) 20th century authors discussed.

What 1940’s singer pioneered what would become country music?

1) The time between approximate 600 AD to 1400 AD was period in music?

The first electric guitar was made from a log.

Which of the following singers could be defined as a Crooner?

What were the dates of the Baroque?

Teddy Roosevelt was the host of the Fireside Chats Radio show in the early 20th century.

What was the period of music prior to this period called (before 600 AD)?

Name and important female popular singer from BEFORE 1960?

Who invented the first electric guitar in 1931?

Alexander Graham Bell invented what?

Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?

“Also Sprach Zarathustra” by Richard Strauss was used in a famous 1980’s Movie about Space.

What important Romantic composer wrote Symphonie Fantastique?

Name two (2) Impressionist composers.

Finlandia is an example of what Romantic ideal?

Who was dubbed “the king of rock and roll”?

Early Romantic composers were discontent with what Classical ideal?

What famous classical period composer perfected our use of forms?

The first electric guitar was made from what?

The time between approximate 600 AD to 1400 AD was period in music?

Romantic composers were fascinated with what from the past?

1) Was the music from the Medieval period sacred or secular?

What happened to music when the Baroque period ended and the classical period began?

Most of the liturgical music was performed what type of musician?

Baroque is a derivation of what Italian word meaning bizzare?

Name two (2) famous late Romantic Period Authors.

How many symphonies did Haydn write?

What ensemble was formalized in the classical period?

What are the dates for the classical period?

Name two (2) famous Expressionist Artists.

What philosophical movement was going on in the Renaissance?

Name two (2) American Painters from the Romantic Period?

Bartok was an experimental composer who used folk music.

Who invented the moving picture?

What guitar company first publicly released the modern electric guitar?

Composers using folk music in the 20th century include:

What late Romantic composer was known for Opera?

What composer was known for pioneering the symphony?

What was the center of musical life during Antiquity (where was most music played)?

What 1940’s singer invented the log guitar?

Gabrieli was a Renaissance poet.

Music was being written down in the Renaissance period.

When was the Civil War?

Name three (3) late romantic composers.

What types of instruments were played at the across the antiquity period of music?

What composer during this time was known for pioneering the concerto?

First Radio Station used by the military.

Define Impressionism.

Expressionism is defined as music that expresses intense feelings and emotions.

Other than music, what are form was prominent during this time?

What composer bridged the Classical and Romantic Periods?

Hank Williams was an important 20th Century composer of film music.

How many symphonies did Beethoven write?

What were the dates of the Renaissance period in music?

Four (4) Renaissance Artists are Michaelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, and Splinter.

Name two (2) composers famous for writing for the piano.

Name the three (3) 20th century artists discussed.

What composer standardized musical theory and composition?

1) Name a rock BAND from the 1960’s.

What famous 1960’s British band began what was known as the British Invasion of Rock Music in the USA?

What were the chants sung in church called?

Composers experimenting with musical language in the 20th century:

What composer standardized musical theory and composition?

Name an important African American art form from the Romantic Period?

In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?