Music History Final Exam Review

Stradivarius made violins

Which of the following are classical composers?

Polyphony means the occurrence of many different voice parts rather than just one

Rite of Spring by Stravinsky cauasd a riot

What is an example of leitmotif?

Rock exploded into many subgenres

These were new instruments invented during the Romantic Period

The printing press was created during the

Who composed Swan Lake?

The British Invasion took place during rock n roll.

This was a giant music festival with many acts and musicians.

What characteristics describe the classical period

Requiem Masses were for weddings

Expression is an explanation of inner reality

Baroque music was

Who wrote the Wedding March?

Salieri killed Mozart

An opera is an example of a small musical

The Council of Trent was created to

This was the most important form of classical music

Why couldn't the string quartet find their composer?

He made the term "rock n roll"

There were many English composers during the Classical Period

Handel is English

A variety show is an example of neoclassicism

This was a quality of Romantic Music

Where was Clara Schumann born?

Richard Wagner was born in America

The piano was a very important instrument during the Middle Ages

Blues and Ragtime created

Opera began in France

He was a guitar virtuoso

Chopin was called "the Poet of the Piano"

The King of Rock is

How many symphonies did Beethoven write?

The Beatles are from the United States

First composer to go on a musical tour

Louis Armstrong played rock music

Oratorios are about Greek Myths

Impressionism is the effect produced on the feelings or senses

Dissonance means to make the music reflect the words or the texts

Felix Mendelssohn was German

Opera were very

What period came right before rock?

West Side Story was  

In strophic form, the melody is _______ in every line

Louis Gottschalk was a Jazz Composer

Virtuosos are talented soloists

The church was mad at Renaissance music because it was starting to incorporate instruments.

Through composed music changes according to the: 

Kochel Numbers are used to catalog Mozart's Music

Most of the power in the Middle Ages came from the 

This composer composed "Cricket" or "El Grillo"

Secular music means religious music

Schubert wrote the Erlking

Rise of the Valkyries was written by

Handel is buried in

Schubert played the viola

Most music during this time is mysterious because

Hallelujah Chorus was a section from

Bach was a virtuoso on what instrument?

Ragtime is a combination of folk songs and what?

Classical music was an allergic reaction to Baroque music