Year 10 Periods of Music History

Question 1

What is the Concertino?

Accepted Answer

The Soloist

Question 2

Which composer was popular during the Baroque period?

Accepted Answer

JS Bach

Question 3

What is a concerto?

Accepted Answer

A piece for soloist and orchestra

Question 4

What is the Ripieno?

Accepted Answer

The remainder of the baroque orchestra

Question 5

Who wrote this piece?

Accepted Answer

Schubert

Question 6

In which period was the Clarinet introduced?

Accepted Answer

Classical

Question 7

What is programme music?

Accepted Answer

music that describes a scene or tells a story

Question 8

Who wrote this piece?

Accepted Answer

Haydn

Question 9

What period of music is this piece from?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 10

What is a monophonic texture?

Accepted Answer

A single line of music

Question 11

What is a polyphonic texture?

Accepted Answer

Many different melodies interweaving with each other

Question 12

What period of music history fell between the years of 1750-1820

Accepted Answer

Romantic

Question 13

2) Which period of musical history featured the harpsichord?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 14

Which type of music refers to that which is of the church?

Accepted Answer

sacred

Question 15

Which term refers to singing without instrumental accompaniment?

Accepted Answer

a cappella

Question 16

This form of music was expressive & written for solo voice and piano.

Accepted Answer

lied

Question 17

In this Period of Music homphony became an important part of compositions.

Accepted Answer

Classical

Question 18

Who were two famous composers in the Classical Period?

Accepted Answer

Mozart and Beethoven

Question 19

Which refers to music that combines singing, instruments, dancing & drama?

Accepted Answer

opera

Question 20

What is the musical technique, chromaticism?

Accepted Answer

When pitches are used to create tension

Question 21

The texture of Baroque music is generally homophonic

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

What period of music is this piece from?

Accepted Answer

Romantic

Question 23

Which of the following statements is not true of the music of the classical period?

Accepted Answer

The basso continuo was the nucleus of the instrumental ensemble

Question 24

What period of music does this string quartet belong to?

Accepted Answer

Classical

Question 25

What musical period featured the use of ornamentation?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 26

An extended large-scaled composition distinguished by harmonious composition refers to:

Accepted Answer

Symphony

Question 27

This type of music reflects one's pride in a country's historical and legendary past.

Accepted Answer

nationalism

Question 28

What is a cadenza?

Accepted Answer

A virtuosic passage where the soloist shows off.

Question 29

What is the best description of the music of the Baroque Period?

Accepted Answer

Grand and Dramatic

Question 30

Music from the Romantic period is described as...

Accepted Answer

Personal and emotional

Question 31

This type of form was popular in the Baroque period

Accepted Answer

Fugue

Question 32

Who wrote this piece of music?

Accepted Answer

Chopin

Question 33

What is an etude?

Accepted Answer

A piano piece to practice a specific skill

Question 34

How can music from the Romantic Period be described?

Accepted Answer

Dramatic and full of emotion

Question 35

Orchestras were smaller in the Romantic period than the Classical period.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 36

Polyphony, dance suites, ornamentation and oratorio are prevalent in what style period?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 37

What are the dates of the Classical Period?

Accepted Answer

1750-1820

Question 38

Which composer wrote music during the Classical Period?

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 39

Which type of music is composed of a small group of instruments designed to play in a room?

Accepted Answer

Chamber Music

Question 40

Art songs and Lied were popular during this period of music history.

Accepted Answer

Romantic

Question 41

What period of music history fell between the years of 1600-1750?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 42

Who were two famous composers in the Baroque Period?

Accepted Answer

Bach and Handel

Question 43

During this period of music chamber music &string quartets were popular forms of music.

Accepted Answer

Classical

Question 44

What is ritornello form?

Accepted Answer

passages for the tutti with passages for the soloists

Question 45

What is the best description of the music of the Romantic Period?

Accepted Answer

Emotional and Story-like

Question 46

What is polyphony?

Accepted Answer

2 or more melodic lines being sung at the same time

Question 47

What is a Lied?

Accepted Answer

Solo voice sung in German with piano

Question 48

A composition featuring a solo instrument accompanied by the symphonic orchestra is:

Accepted Answer

Concerto

Question 49

What is it called when there are no crescendos or diminuendos in a piece of Baroque?

Accepted Answer

Terraced dynamics

Question 50

Which composer wrote during both the Classical and Romantic Periods?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 51

Classical chamber music is designed

Accepted Answer

For small rooms

Question 52

Which composer had the greatest success in writing Lieder?

Accepted Answer

Franz Schubert

Question 53

What period of music is this piece from?

Accepted Answer

Classical

Question 54

Chromatic melody was used during the Romantic period to express:

Accepted Answer

emotion and feeling.

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