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Palestrina is the most well known composer from this time period:
Medieval period
Renaissance period
Middle Ages
Baroque period
2
What time period were the Four Seasons violin concertos written in?
Middle Ages
Medieval period
Baroque period
Renaissance period
3
Which period was known for its light, highly ornamental, frilly music?
Renaissance
Baroque
Medieval
Rococo
4
What genre from the Baroque period has a virtuoso instrumental soloist accompanied by a small ensemble?
concerto grosso
dance music
solo concerto
fugue
5
What is the term used when musical gestures depict or reflects the lyrics?
Organum
Madrigal
Plainchant
Text painting
6
What language was Gregorian chant sung in?
Italian
Latin
English
French
7
What is the biggest difference between Renaissance motets and madrigals?
All the above
Motets are sung in Latin
Motets are sung with religious text
Madrigals are sung in the vernacular
8
Bach played the organ and wrote music for:
the Nobility
the Lutheran Church
the Catholic church
the King
9
Why does Baroque music make for good wedding music?
Homophonic music
None of the above
Terrace dynamics
Strong rhythmic drive
10
What genre of music is this?
organum
Gregorian chant
Medieval motet
11
What time period was the traditional choir voices established? (soprano, alto, tenor, bass)
Renaissance
Medieval
Middle Ages
Baroque
12
What time period does Palestrina and Weelkes belong in?
Renaissance
Middle Ages
Rococo
Baroque
13
What time period was polyphonic music prevalent in? Check all that apply
Baroque period
Renaissance period
Medieval period
Dark Ages
14
What time period comes after the Renaissance period?
Medieval period
Middle Ages
Baroque period
Rococo period
15
What time period does this "frilly" music belong to?
Rococo
Medieval
Baroque
Renaissance
16
What is this a good example of?
Dance music
An aria
Terrace dynamics
Renaissance music
17
What were the two main vocal genres in the Renaissance period?
aria, recitative
motet and madrigal
opera, oratorio
chant and organum
18
Main instruments of the renaissance period are:
lyre and drums
lute and recorder
organ and harpsichord
flute and guitar
19
What time period was monophonic music prevalent in?
Early Middle Ages
Baroque period
Renaissance period
Late Middle Ages
20
What type of instrument usually plays fugues?
woodwinds
brass
keyboard instruments
string instruments
21
What genre of music is Guillaume de Machaut known for writing?
medieval motets
madrigals
fugues
plainchant
22
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named after famous artists from which time period?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Medieval
Baroque
23
Homophonic texture was developed in which time period?
Middle Ages
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
24
What is terrace dynamics?
gradual slowing down
accelerating of the beat
sudden change from loud to soft or soft to loud
gradual increase in volume
25
What genre is?
chorus
recitative
aria
motet
26
The 4 main components of an oratorio are:
lyrics, meter, religious theme, string ensemble
choir, winds, harpsichord, strings
costumes, set, choir, soloists
orchestra, recitative, aria, chorus
27
What are the primary keyboard instruments in Baroque time? Click all that apply
harpsichord
marimba
piano
organ
28
This is a good example of:
a fugue
polyphonic music
all of the above
virtuosic organ music
29
What genre is this?
Renaissance madrigal
Gregorian chant
Organum
Renaissance motet
30
This is a good example of:
polyphonic music
All of the above
text painting
Renaissance madrigal
31
What Baroque instrument is considered king of all instruments?
Organ
Trumpet
Harpsichord
Piano
32
What is the earliest form of polyphony?
Organum
Gregorian chant
Motet
Madrigal
33
Which composer wrote The Messiah?
Vivaldi
Handel
Pachelbel
Bach
34
What famous figure is credited for having chants collected, codified and named after him?
Bach
Palestrina
Machaut
Pope Gregory
35
The 3 main characteristics of the Baroque period are:
humanism, intellectualism and exploration
restraint, community and scholasticism
grandiose dimensions, religious intensity and love of drama
36
Handel is a composer from which time period?
Baroque period
Renaissance period
Medieval period
Middle Ages
37
What genre is this?
Renaissance madrigal
Gregorian chant
Renaissance motet
Organum
38
Vivaldi, Bach, Pachelbel and Handel belong to which period?
Middle Ages
Renaissance period
Rococo period
Baroque period
39
The Messiah is an ____________
Oratorio
Madrigal
Motet
Opera
40
What time period would you hear a virtuoso performance by a singer or instrumentalist?
Baroque period
Middle Ages
Medieval period
Renaissance period
