Baroque Period
The Baroque Period spanned these dates.
What is 1600-1750?
Many compositions during this period had a single melody with harmonic accompaniment
What is Homophonic Music?
The Romantic Period is not about 'love', it is more concerned with this.
What is expression?
Another name for music written during this period.
20th and 21st century music.
This Russian Composer wrote music for Ballets among other things. We often enjoy one of them at Christmas.
Who is Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
The type of music where harmony is created from multiple melodies.
What is Polyphonic Music?
The Classical Period spans across these years.
What is 1750-1825?
The Romantic period spans these years.
What is 1825-1900?
Percussive music focuses less on melody and more on this musical aspect.
What is Rhythm?
This early keyboard instrument used wind to produce sound.
What is the Organ?
This composer collected and wrote music for many of his family members, most notably, his wife, Anna Magdalena.
Who is J. S. Bach?
This composer was what we would call a child prodigy.
Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Music during this period took on new forms and started to have much more expression and this word that means expert or highly skilled.
What is Virtuoso or virtuosic?
Compositions in this period explore new harmonies, including atonality and polytonality, often resulting in a sound that has this name.
What is dissonance?
What is Nine?
The style of this period was a little "extra". We called it these two words.
What are Ornamented (or Highly Decorated) and Extravagant?
This composer eventually went deaf, but still continued to write amazing music even when he could no longer hear it.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
Both of this husband and wife duo (Robert and Clara) were composers.
Who are the Schumann's?
Aaron Copland and George Gershwin are two composers from this country.
What is the United States of America?
Melody Bober, Keith Snell, and Kevin Olson are all examples of this.
What are living composers?
This composer is known for the famous Oratorio he wrote that features the Hallelujah Chorus.
Who is George Fredric Handel?
This is the country where Haydn was born.
What is Austria?
Frederic Chopin was known for his large hands and beautiful Piano compositions. He was from this country.
What is Poland?
True or False: Contemporary composers continue to use styles and techniques from earlier time periods.
What is true?
Debussy wrote music that is categorized with the same style of painting as Monet.
What is impressionism?