Important Composers, Places, & Events
Who was Josquin des Prez?
This musical term best describes music in which there is melody and accompaniment.
What is homophony or homophonic texture?
1150 A.D.
What is the beginning date for the "Ars Antiqua" period?
This technological advancement during the Renaissance helped to widen the circulation of musical notation.
What was the Printing Press?
Finish the phrase "if it ain't Baroque..."
What is don't fix it?
This important document was nailed to the castle door in Wittenberg; beginning the protestant reformation.
What is Martin Luther's 95 theses?
This property of sound refers to an instruments' tone color.
What is timbre or tone color?
1750 A.D.
What is the beginning date for the "Classical" period?
Created during the Medieval era, this small box is known as the most boring musical instrument ever created.
What is the Hurdy Gurdy?
This is the total number of songs featured on Apple Music as of 2022.
A) 35 million B) 80 million C) 100 million
What is 100 million?
Other wise known as "new art," this time period in music history ushered in many new advancements in music understanding and practice.
What is Ars Nova?
The name given to 20th century music which does not contain a "key" center.
What is atonality or a-tonal music?
The beginning date for the Renaissance period.
What is 1450 A.D.?
The preferred musical texture of the Renaissance.
What is polyphony?
This was the name of the first song performed in outer space.
A) Happy Birthday B) Row Your Boat C) ABC Song
What is Happy Birthday?
Hailed as J.S. Bach's greatest musical achievement, this "how to" book helped Baroque composers create complex music from simple melodies.
What is Art of the Fugue?
Started by Ludwig van Beethoven during the Romantic era, this type of musician performed music to satisfy an inner need rather than a commission.
The ending date for the Romantic period.
What is 1900 A.D.?
This large movement of African Americans contributed to jazz music reaching northern cities such as Chicago and New York during the early 20th century.
What was The Great Migration?
In what century did the first music streaming service begin?
A) 19th B) 20th C) 21st
What is the 19th? The first streaming service was in 1897. It was called the telharmonium.
This early American composer created the sound of Ragtime music with such hits as The Maple Leaf Rag.
Who is Scott Joplin?
This instrument is used to tune a professional orchestra.
What is the Oboe?
The beginning date for the Baroque period.
What is 1600 A.D.?
The only birthday date jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong ever recognized.
What is July 4th, 1900?
What insects have been shown to like music?
A) Spiders B) Termites C) Beetles
What are Termites? Australian scientists have shown that termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.