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Quiz based on general knowledge of music between the Middle Ages and the Classical era.
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1
Which composer is known for losing his hearing and continuing to compose?
Bach
Haydn
Beethoven
Mozart
2
Which family employed Haydn for thirty years of his career?
Vanderbilt
Addams
Rockefeller
Esterhazy
3
Which type of composition is similar to opera in form, without set, costumes, or acting?
oratorio
cantata
mass
4
Which country is considered the birthplace of opera?
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
France
5
Which of the following is
not
a keyboard percussion instrument?
timpani
marimba
glockenspiel
xylophone
6
Who composed
Orfeo
, the first great opera in 1607?
Purcell
Mozart
Monteverdi
7
Which composer is known for composing the
Surprise Symphony
?
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Handel
8
Most music during the Baroque period was performed in ___________ and ____________.
courts and churches
private homes and outdoor venues
convents and taverns
9
Renaissance means:
transition
beginning
rebirth
10
Mozart was a part of which secret society?
Illuminati
Freemasons
Knights of the Templar
11
Brass instruments are played by ___________ into the mouthpiece.
singing
buzzing
humming
12
Which composer is known for composing the opera Dido and Aeneas?
Purcell
Beethoven
Mozart
13
Music
is an organization of ______________ and _______________.
sound and silence
lyrics and beats
notes and rhythms
14
Which of the following is
not
a single reed instrument?
oboe
saxophone
clarinet
15
Which of the following is a high brass instrument?
tuba
baritone
trumpet
trombone
16
Hildegard von Bingen was a female composer of:
chant
opera
symphonies
17
Handel was best known for what type of composition?
opera
oratorio
symphony
18
Which of the following is secular music?
motet
madrigal
mass
19
Which of the following composers is German?
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
20
The Middle Ages occurred after the fall of which empire?
Galactic
Byzantine
Roman
21
Vivaldi taught music at:
a girls' Catholic school
a girls' boarding school
a girls' orphanage
22
Which composer helped transition the Classical era to the Romantic?
Handel
Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
23
Which opera was not written by Mozart?
Don Giovanni
The Magic Flute
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Fidelio
24
A bass line played throughout a piece typically by harpsichord or double bass is called:
organum
camerata
recitative
basso continuo
25
Which composer wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament?
Mozart
Beethoven
Corelli
Bach
26
Which composer had 20 children, four of which went on to become successful composers?
Bach
Mozart
Haydn
27
Which of the following is not an element of music?
rhythm
organum
harmony
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