Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Modern
100
This composer is associated with the Counter-Reformation
Who is Palestrina?
100
The fundamental and harmonic foundation of the Baroque music, consisting of a bass instrument and an instrument capable of playing chords
What is basso continuo?
100
One of the two genres that Haydn excelled in
What is symphony or string quartet?
100
His famous "Heiligestadt Testament" declared that his art kept him from committing suicide
Who is Beethoven?
100
Of a crisis of form, a crisis of tonality or a crisis of rhythm, this composer exemplifies a crisis of tonality
Who is Schoenberg?
200
This composer was the most well-known in his own time
Who is Josquin?
200
In Baroque opera, these people sang the female roles
Who are castrati?
200
His Orfeo was one of the first reform operas
Who is Gluck?
200
Improvements in instruments led to the perfection of technique by these performers
Who are virtuosos?
200
This American composer quoted hymns, patriotic songs & band works in a collage fashion
Who is Charles Ives?
300
The council in the Catholic Church which tried to counter the Reformation
What is the Council of Trent?
300
The city and place where Bach spent the final 27 years of his life
What is St. Thomas, Leipzig?
300
His New-England Psalm Singer was the 1st collection of music entirely composed in N. America
Who is William Billings?
300
This composer wrote criticisms under the names Eusebius and Florestan, contrasting personalities
Who is Schumann?
300
His opera "Salome" is based on Oscar Wilde’s play
Who is Richard Strauss?
400
The "Harmonice musice Odhecaton A" was the first of these
What is a printed collection of music?
400
The name of the form used for the 1st movement of Vivaldi’s concert
What is ritornello?
400
This ballad opera caused quite a stir when it opened in London in 1728
What is "Beggar's Opera"?
400
He conducted a revival of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Leipzig in 1829
Who is Mendelssohn?
400
"Gebrauchsmusik" or Music for Use was cultivated by this German composer
Who is Hindemith?
500
Of Dufay and Binchois or Obrecht and Ockeghem, this pair is of an older generation
Who are Dufay and Binchois?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Bach walked many miles to attend concerts by this Lubeck organist, known for his preludes
Who is Buxtehude?
500
The German version of comic opera – it featured spoken dialogue and folk-like melodies
What is Singspiel?
500
This composer studied the music of the Renaissance, evidenced by his use of hemiola and contrapuntal textures
Who is Brahms?
500
The French version of electronic music which uses altered real sounds
What is musique concrete?
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