Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
100
Sacred music sung by monks and nuns for church services.
What is chant?
100
Gutenberg's invention that changed the world.
What is the printing press?
100
A dramatic play set to music.
What is opera?
100
New keyboard instrument that plays loud and soft. (full name)
What is the pianoforte?
100
The defining characteristic of Romantic music.
What is emotional?
200
Music that has only one melodic line.
What is monophony?
200
The standard church service set to music.
What is a "mass"?
200
Church organist and the most famous Baroque composer
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
200
Philosophical, scientific, and political movement that shaped the time period of Classical music.
What is the Enlightenment?
200
Dramatic song about a boy who dies in his father's arms.
What is "Erlkönig" or "The Earl King."
300
Music that has two or more melodic lines.
What is polyphony?
300
Keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked.
What is a harpsichord?
300
Italian for "song," shows off the singer's voice.
What is an aria?
300
Word for challenging music that means "requiring great skill."
What is virtuosic?
300
Composer of Symphonie Fantastique.
Who is Hector Berlioz?
400
The singer who led chants.
What is a cantor?
400
Polyphonic song, usually based on a love poem.
What is a madrigal?
400
A piece for solo instrument or small group of instruments.
What is a sonata?
400
Child prodigy who wrote over 600 pieces of music.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
400
Composer of many ballets including "Sleeping Beauty" and "The Nutcracker."
Who is Tchaikovsky?
500
A polyphonic song where each melody has different words.
What is a motet?
500
The philosophy based on scientific study, a reaction to Medieval superstition.
What is Humanism?
500
Composer of "Canon in D"
Who is Pachelbel?
500
Composer who began losing his hearing at age 26.
Who is Ludwig Van Beethoven?
500
A short piece that sets a certain mood or style.
What is a "character piece"?
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