Era Quiz: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic

Question 1

What dramatic element presents the protagonists, antagonists, and main dilemma?

Accepted Answer

Plot

Question 2

What does the term "Romantic" mean in relation to music?

Accepted Answer

Expressive and Emotional

Question 3

What is the main texture used in Classical Era music?

Accepted Answer

Homophonic

Question 4

Who is a composer who composed during the Romantic Period?

Accepted Answer

Franz Schubert

Question 5

Vivaldi wrote mostly about

Accepted Answer

Nature

Question 6

Romantic has a focus on the _______. This could be religious or just plain spooky.

Accepted Answer

Supernatural

Question 7

What splits a drama into two different sections with an intermission in-between?

Accepted Answer

Act

Question 8

Which country did most (not all) Romantic music come from?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 9

What form of music is Monteverdi known for further developing?

Accepted Answer

Opera

Question 10

A composer who composed ONLY during the Baroque period is:

Accepted Answer

Antonio Vivaldi

Question 11

Monteverdi is also known to have written a type of music called the:

Accepted Answer

Madrigal

Question 12

Who is one composer who composed during the Renaissance and Baroque Periods?

Accepted Answer

Claudio Monteverdi

Question 13

The term "Renaissance" means:

Accepted Answer

Rebirth

Question 14

If the text of a piece is religious, then it is considered to be:

Accepted Answer

Sacred

Question 15

Who's main job was as a music teacher at a girls' orphanage?

Accepted Answer

Antonio Vivaldi

Question 16

Classical era music is tightly linked to:

Accepted Answer

Kings, Queens, Dukes, and Counts

Question 17

The renaissance took place on the continent of:

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 18

Vivaldi's nickname was the:

Accepted Answer

Red Priest

Question 19

A piece of music that has multiple different parts all happening at the same time is:

Accepted Answer

Polyphonic

Question 20

A madrigal must be:

Accepted Answer

A cappella, polyphonic, and secular

Question 21

If the text of a piece is NOT religious, then it is considered to be:

Accepted Answer

Secular

Question 22

Romantic music was often written to mimic the actions of:

Accepted Answer

Non-human objects

Question 23

Classical music usually has a very recognizable and clear _________________.

Accepted Answer

Melody

Question 24

Large _____________ and a very wide range of ________________ were newly introduced in this era

Accepted Answer

Orchestras, Dynamics

Era Quiz: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic

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Era Quiz: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic

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