Music History Final Exam

Musical Periods

100

1900-2000

Modern Music Period

167

1400-1600

Renaissance Period

300

400-1400

Medieval Music Period

400

1600-1750

Baroque Period

523

1700-1820

Classical Period

Give Me A Name: A Composer from the Musical Period

100

Baroque Period composer who wrote the Crab Canon in 15 minutes so his son could get a job

Bach

167

Romantic Period composer who was shy and only performed in the dark

Chopin

300

Classical Period composer who wrote Ode to Joy

Beethoven

400

Modern Period composer who believed that everything we do is music

Cage

523

Renaissance Period composer who killed his wife when he found she was having an affair

Gesualdo

An Instrument You Might Hear

100

This instrument is used in all music periods and involves stretching animal skin over a base and hitting it with a stick to make a sound

Drum

167

This instrument was not heard until the Romantic Period

Piano

300

This instrument was made from an animal bone in the ancient musical period and may be 60,000 years old

Flute

400

This instrument was used during the Baroque Period and involved playing with your hands and feet to push air through long pipes

Pipe Organ

523

This instrument with a funny name was used during the Renaissance Period and looks like a trombone

Sackbut

Name the Date

100

Renaissance Period

1400-1600

167

Classical Period

1700ish-1800ish

300

Baroque Period

1600-1750ish

400

Romantic Period

1800ish-1900ish

523

Ancient Music Period

40,000 BCE to 400 CE (AD)

A Short Description of the Music in this Period

100

Baroque

Fancy

167

Modern

No rules!

300

Romantic

Tells a story

400

Medieval

Monophonic/Sacred

523

Classical

Polyphonic/Secular