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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 came up with a seating chart for the orchestra?
Carl Maria von Weber
Computers
Tchaikovsky
Mozart
2
The Classical orchestra was ______.
smaller the the Baroque Period
bigger than the Baroque Period
nonexistent
the same size as the Baroque Period
3
Debussy wrote his piece, "La Mer", about the ____.
sea
trees
clouds
rain
4
Which keyboard instrument was most popular during the Baroque Period?
Synthesizer
Harpsichord
Piano
Accordion
5
What two things were not included in the Baroque orchestra?
Cheese and crackers
Teeth and gums
Chairs and women
Violins and cellos
6
Who wrote a piece of music that featured cannons during this period?
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Chopin
Major Ponsonby Smyth
7
How would you describe the new whole tone scale used in the Impressionist Period?
Fancy and frilly
Surprising and dreamy
Spooky and scary
Imaginative and dreamy
8
Why did the piano become more popular than the harpsichord?
Pianos were easier to roll around.
Pianos could be played both soft and loud.
Pianos were cheaper than the harpsichords.
Harpsichords were too quiet and ugly.
9
A fugue is ____.
where you end a tune in lots of different places.
where you punt a tune in lots of different places.
where you stop a tune in lots of different places.
where you start a tune in lots of different places.
10
What major invention was created during this period?
The light saber
The phone
The helicopter
The tyre
11
Compared to Baroque, what was different about the Classical Period of music?
The music was more fancy than the Baroque Period.
Musical phrases were imbalanced and messy.
The orchestras had women players.
Musical phrases were neat and balanced.
12
The Romantic Period lasted from _____.
1999-2010
1820-1910
9/5/1923-12/10/1956
1750-1820
13
Who was President of the United States during the Romantic Period?
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Barack Obama
14
Who is this famous Baroque composer?
Mozart
Bach
Woof
Debussy
15
The Baroque Period lasted from ___.
2010-2090
1750-1820
1600-1750
1900-1950
16
The Impressionist Period lasted from ___.
1870-1910
1910-2010
1750-1820
1600-1750
17
What made the Romantic Period different from the other eras in music?
There was more emotion.
There were smaller orchestras.
There was more comedy.
There were fewer composers.
18
On the harpsichord, what device plucks the string to create notes?
A goose feather
A small boy
Plastic
Gum
19
In the Classical Period, conductors faced the ___.
orchestra
mirror
audience
harpsichord
20
Who is the "Daddy of String Quartets"?
Beethoven
Bach
Vivaldi
Haydn
21
During the Impressionist Period, composers ____.
learned how to play the instruments
built different instruments
did not use instruments in their own orchestras
experimented and created new sounds with their instruments
22
Quaver described the Baroque Period as ______.
very plain
very smelly
very dark
very fancy
23
The Impressionist Period in music was about creating _____.
passion
balance
atmospheres
fancy music
24
Which composer hurt his finger due to his own invention during the Romantic Period?
Bach
Rachmaninoff
Schumann
Tchaikovsky
25
The Classical Period lasted from ____.
2000-Present
1750-1820
1820-1910
March 5th-August 15th
26
Which two composers were the most influential in this period?
Debussy and Davel
Debussy and Mahler
Debussy and Ravel
Phineas and Ferb
27
Which unexpected person pulled teeth in the Baroque Period?
the policemen
the barber
the dentist
the butcher
28
A _________ was added to the orchestra at the end of the Baroque Period.
ostrich
pan
viola
clarinet
29
Who was a famous impressionist painter who also experimented during this time?
Da Vinci
Warhol
Brunelleschi
Monet
30
What happened to Beethoven later in his life?
He got sick.
He went blind.
He became too shy.
He went deaf.
31
Who is the following famous Classical Composer?
Tchaikovsky
Hammerstein
Bach
Mozart
32
A melody can be described as the ____.
verse
trill
tune
appoggiatura
33
Which composer was like a modern day rock star?
Bono
Gerswhin
Mozart
Wagner
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What was invented during the Romantic Period?
Cheesecake
Cheese
Dynamite
TV
