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Remarkable Historical Classical Music Quiz!
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Based on Quaver's Quirky Quiz for #Music #Genres.
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1
Who is the following famous Classical Composer?
Tchaikovsky
Hammerstein
Mozart
Bach
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Why did the piano become more popular than the harpsichord?
Pianos were easier to roll around.
Pianos were cheaper than the harpsichords.
Harpsichords were too quiet and ugly.
Pianos could be played both soft and loud.
3
What made the Romantic Period different from the other eras in music?
There were fewer composers.
There were smaller orchestras.
There was more comedy.
There was more emotion.
4
Who was a famous impressionist painter who also experimented during this time?
Brunelleschi
Monet
Warhol
Da Vinci
5
A fugue is ____.
where you stop a tune in lots of different places.
where you end a tune in lots of different places.
where you start a tune in lots of different places.
where you punt a tune in lots of different places.
6
Who is this famous Baroque composer?
Mozart
Woof
Bach
Debussy
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The Impressionist Period in music was about creating _____.
fancy music
balance
atmospheres
passion
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Who was President of the United States during the Romantic Period?
Thomas Jefferson
Barack Obama
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
9
Debussy wrote his piece, "La Mer", about the ____.
trees
clouds
rain
sea
10
What two things were not included in the Baroque orchestra?
Cheese and crackers
Teeth and gums
Chairs and women
Violins and cellos
11
How would you describe the new whole tone scale used in the Impressionist Period?
Spooky and scary
Fancy and frilly
Imaginative and dreamy
Surprising and dreamy
12
Which keyboard instrument was most popular during the Baroque Period?
Accordion
Piano
Harpsichord
Synthesizer
13
Which unexpected person pulled teeth in the Baroque Period?
the barber
the policemen
the dentist
the butcher
14
Which two composers were the most influential in this period?
Phineas and Ferb
Debussy and Davel
Debussy and Ravel
Debussy and Mahler
15
Who came up with a seating chart for the orchestra?
Mozart
Carl Maria von Weber
Computers
Tchaikovsky
16
What happened to Beethoven later in his life?
He went blind.
He went deaf.
He got sick.
He became too shy.
17
The Impressionist Period lasted from ___.
1870-1910
1910-2010
1600-1750
1750-1820
18
What major invention was created during this period?
The helicopter
The light saber
The phone
The tyre
19
Which composer was like a modern day rock star?
Wagner
Mozart
Bono
Gerswhin
20
During the Impressionist Period, composers ____.
experimented and created new sounds with their instruments
built different instruments
did not use instruments in their own orchestras
learned how to play the instruments
21
The Romantic Period lasted from _____.
1820-1910
1750-1820
9/5/1923-12/10/1956
1999-2010
22
Who wrote a piece of music that featured cannons during this period?
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Chopin
Major Ponsonby Smyth
23
Which composer hurt his finger due to his own invention during the Romantic Period?
Bach
Tchaikovsky
Rachmaninoff
Schumann
24
The Classical Period lasted from ____.
1750-1820
1820-1910
March 5th-August 15th
2000-Present
25
Quaver described the Baroque Period as ______.
very plain
very smelly
very fancy
very dark
26
The Classical orchestra was ______.
the same size as the Baroque Period
nonexistent
bigger than the Baroque Period
smaller the the Baroque Period
27
A _________ was added to the orchestra at the end of the Baroque Period.
clarinet
ostrich
pan
viola
28
What was invented during the Romantic Period?
TV
Dynamite
Cheesecake
Cheese
29
The Baroque Period lasted from ___.
1750-1820
1600-1750
1900-1950
2010-2090
30
Compared to Baroque, what was different about the Classical Period of music?
Musical phrases were neat and balanced.
The orchestras had women players.
The music was more fancy than the Baroque Period.
Musical phrases were imbalanced and messy.
31
A melody can be described as the ____.
trill
verse
appoggiatura
tune
32
In the Classical Period, conductors faced the ___.
orchestra
mirror
harpsichord
audience
33
On the harpsichord, what device plucks the string to create notes?
A small boy
A goose feather
Gum
Plastic
34
Who is the "Daddy of String Quartets"?
Haydn
Vivaldi
Bach
Beethoven
