Era Recognition
Major Composers
Musical Characteristics
Historical Connections
100
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l45DAuXYSIs What era is this from? Who is the composer? What is this musical piece called?
Classical Era, Mozart, Symphony No. 40
100
Which Renaissance composer is called the Father of Opera, who created and wrote some of the first operas?
Claudio Monteverdi
100
Which era had the rise of musical instruments and secular themes for the first time?
Renaissance Era
100
During which era was the Battle of Hastings in England?
Middle Ages
200
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAd3NpDi6Q What era is this from? Who is the composer? What is this musical piece called?
Baroque Era, Handel, Sarabande Music
200
Which Classical Composer wrote his first symphony at the age of 8?
Wolfgang Mozart wrote his first symphony at the age of eight in 1764 known as Symphony No. 1.
200
Which era included artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear and was encouraged by the Catholic Church?
Baroque Era
200
During which era was the French Revolution and War between the French and Indians?
Classical Era
300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAOTCtW9v0M What era is this from? Who is the composer? What is this musical piece called?
Romantic Era, Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
300
Which composer was a figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic Eras and was deaf?
Ludwig Beethoven
300
What era was consisted of emotional music, massive orchestras, large dynamics. and turned expression of intense feelings into music?
Romantic Era
300
During which era occurred the Boston Tea Party in 1773?
Romantic Era
400
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZZcarSb8o What era is this from? Who is the composer? What is this musical piece called?
Renaissance Era, Claudio Monteverdi, Duo Seraphim
400
Which baroque composer was a german orphan at the age of 10 and a father of 20 children?
Johann Bach
400
Which era has a lighter and clearer texture with a lower level of complexity and is mainly homophonic?
Classical Era
400
During which era was the ascension of Louis XIII to the French Throne and the 30 years war?
Baroque
500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dG-NUaq2o4 What era is this from? Who is the composer? What is this musical piece called?
Medieval Era, Guillaume Dufay, Vergene Bella
500
Which Modernist composer used new methods of musical compositions and strange pieces of music containing a-tonal scales?
Arnold Schoenberg
500
What era began with the fall of the Western Roman empire and merged into the Renaissance, which also used drums, bagpipes, harps, and recorders?
Middle Ages (Medieval)
500
During which era was devastating disease of Black Death?
Renaissance Era
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