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Grade 9 Baroque - 1600-1750
Music of the Baroque period tended to be:
  1. A Capella
  2. Soft
  3. Highly Ornate
Grade 8 Music History
5 singers together are a quartet.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Twentieth Century and Modern - 1900-2000
The way music is organized is called
  1. Form
  2. Melody
  3. Chords
  4. Harmony
Grade 4 Baroque - 1600-1750
Put the periods of classical music in the correct order from earliest to latest.
  1. modern, romantic, classical, baroque
  2. romantic, baroque, modern, classical
  3. classical, modern, baroque, romantic
  4. baroque, classical, romantic, modern
Grade 9 Baroque - 1600-1750
The text of an opera or dramatic work is called:
  1. The Lyrics
  2. The Story
  3. The Libretto
Grade 9 Baroque - 1600-1750
The approximate time frame of the Baroque music period is:
  1. 1750-1820
  2. 1600-1750
  3. 1400-1600
Grade 9 Baroque - 1600-1750
A staged drama that is set to music is an:
  1. Oratorio
  2. Opera
  3. Obstacle
Grade 6 Baroque - 1600-1750
During what era of music did Johann Sebastian Bach live and compose music in?
  1. Romantic
  2. Classical
  3. Modern
  4. Baroque
Grade 9 Baroque - 1600-1750
The Baroque period was before the Renaissance:
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Renaissance - 1400-1600
What does the word Renaissance mean?
  1. Rebirth
  2. Re-awakening
  3. Renewal
  4. All of the Above
Grade 9 Classical - 1750-1830
Beethoven primarily earned a living as a?
  1. Concert Violinist
  2. Concert Organist
  3. Concert Pianist
Grade 9 Baroque - 1600-1750
Handel's most famous work is an oratorio titled:
  1. Water Music
  2. Palestrina
  3. Messiah
Grade 9 Baroque - 1600-1750
This composer is best known as the inventor of opera:
  1. C. Monteverdi
  2. G.F. Handel
  3. H. Purcell
Grade 4 Romantic - 1830-1910
Emotion, drama and passion describe what type of musical period?
  1. Classical
  2. Modern
  3. Romantic
  4. Renaissance
Grade 9 Baroque - 1600-1750
Which composer(s) is not from the Baroque period?
  1. Bach
  2. Palestrina
  3. Handel
  4. Mozart
  5. Both B & D
Grade 9 Music History
During the middle ages, who controlled and owned most art and music?
  1. The Catholic Church
  2. The Roman Empire
  3. The Greek Godessess
Grade 9 Classical - 1750-1830
The timeline of the Classical period was roughly:
  1. 1600-1750
  2. 1750-1820
  3. 1820-1900
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