Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic

There was only vocal music in the Renaissance

Gradual changes in dynamics were common in the Baroque era

A movement is a section of a larger piece of music that has a specific beginning, middle, and end.

Girls were allowed to study music in the Middle Ages.

An oratorio is acted out on stage. (Baroque)

Art of the Middle Ages was realistic.

The printing press was invented in the Renaissance.

Every educated person was expected to be trained in music in the Renaissance.

The first opera was written in the Baroque time period.

Religious art of the Middle Ages survived because the church had the money.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a composer of the Baroque era.

Martin Luther led the Catholic Reformation

Word painting is when the notes match the words. (Baroque)

Impressionism was specific.

Musical counterpoint began in the Baroque era.

There was no religious music during the Renaissance

The sackbutt is an ancestor of the trombone

The music of the Classical era expressed a lot of emotion.

Musical notation of the Middle Ages was the same as what we have today.

Archetecture of the Baroque period was plain.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a composer in the Classical era.

Emotions were emphasized in the Romantic time period

Expressionism was meant to shock the audience.

Compositions were usually short in the Romantic time period

There were a variety of instruments used in the Middle Ages.

Renaissance means "rebirth."

Music of the Middle Ages was only religious.

Symphonies of the Classical era typically have 5-8 movements.

Nationalism describes music focusing on a single instrument.

There were only male composers in the Middle Ages

Architecture of the Classical era was balanced

The church held the power in the Middle Ages.

The term "Baroque" was used to compliment the styles of this era.

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a composer of the Romantic time period.

The first movement of a sonata follows a ABCD pattern. (Classical)