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Music History up to the Classical Period
Music History up to the Classical Period
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We will explore musical periods, their composers, instruments and musical genres.
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1
Which classical German opera form is similar to the "Opera comique"?
Singspiel
Wagnerian music dramas
Musical
Reform opera
2
Which famous German composer premiered his version of "Carmina Burana" in 1937?
Carl Orff
Mozart
Mark Forster
Beethoven
3
The 13th century "Carmina Burana" song collection in Latin and middle-high German originated from which building?
cloister - Kloster
Kneipe
church
arena
4
The French aristocratic Troubador music led to the German "Minnesang" (12th-14th century).
False
True
5
The Renaissance music period started around 1600.
False
True
6
Which composer is not from the Baroque period?
Ludwig van Beethoven
J.S. Bach
Antonio Vivaldi
G. F. Händel
7
In which historic period did J. S. Bach live?
romantic period
renaissance period
classical period
baroque period
8
Music was the art of the muses, which were...
Gods who represented music and other arts like comedy/tragedy.
only women singers.
normal Greek people who liked to sing.
Greek gods who sang in a chorus led by Apollon.
9
The sonata form (Sonatenhauptsatztform) developed during the classical period.
False
True
10
This is the correct order of musical periods from earliest to latest.
Middle Ages - Renaissance - Baroque
Antique - Middle Ages - Renaissance
Baroque - Romantic - Classical
Baroque - Classical - Romantic
11
Which composer does NOT belong to the "Wiener Klassik" period?
Brahms
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
12
A frequency ratio deals with 3 different frequencies.
False
True
13
In which period did the musician/mathematician Pythagoras live?
Baroque - Barock
Renaissance
Middle Ages - Mittelalter
Ancient world - Antike
Prehistoric
14
The classical period in music was between...
1750 - 1820
1650 - 1750
1700 - 1800
1800 - 1900
15
The frequency ratio of an octave is 3:2.
True
False
16
What is the term for gaining knowledge about music based on archeological findings?
iconoclasm
symbolism
iconography
musicology
17
The classical symphony is a cyclical form with 2 movements.
True
False
18
What did Pythagoras research in the field of music?
dynamics
consonant and dissonant sounds
frequency ratios
triads and chords
19
A frequency is the number of vibrations per second of an elastic body.
False
True
20
Which Greek gods played instruments?
Zeus
Dionysus
Apollon
Hades
21
What is the first musical history period using written (notated) music?
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical Period
Antique - Antike
Prehistoric period
22
The Renaissance music period (1420 - 1600) is known for which aspects?
homophony
4-part chansons
vocal polyphony
Dance music with the lute
23
Which are musical aspects of the Middle Ages?
Minnesingers - Minnesang
Gregorian Chant - Gregorianik
clarinet music
Wandering musicians - Spielleuten
Neumes - Neumen
24
Find the Renaissance composers.
Georg Friedrich Händel
Giovanni Gabrieli
Claudio Monteverdi
J.S. Bach
25
Ancient music stems from which of these geographical areas:
All of these
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Near East
Sumeria
USA
26
These song genres were used during the Renaissance.
motet
madrigal
chorale
chanson
27
The prehistoric period began ...
ca. 1 thousand years ago
ca. 5 million years ago
ca. 2 thousand years ago
ca. 2 million years ago
