Instruments Through the Ages
Baroque Composers
Renaissance
Baroque Music
Music Odd Facts
100

This instrument, common in the Renaissance, looks like a flute but plays vertically.

The Recorder.

100

This composer's death in 1750 marked the end of the Baroque Era.

Johann Sebastian Bach.

100

The word Renaissance means the "__________" of art, science, and culture in Europe.

Rebirth.

100

The word Baroque means _____, decorated, and ornate.

Fancy

100

True or False - In the Renaissance, most music was vocal

True

200

The Harpsichord was popular in the Baroque Era, but this keyboard instrument had not yet been invented.

The Piano.

200

This German composer wrote the famous  Messiah including the "Hallelujah" Chorus.

George Frederic Handel.

200

What invention helped spread music and ideas during the Renaissance?

The Printing Press.

200

This keyboard instrument was popular in the Baroque Era - before the piano was invented.

The Harpsichord

200

This Baroque instrument made sound by plucking strings instead of using hammers.

The Harpsichord.

300

This plucked string instrument was popular in the Renaissance, often used for solo music and song accompaniment. 

The Lute.

300

Baroque music was often written for what two types of groups?

Royalty and Church.
300

The technique where music reflects the meaning of the words is called what?

Word painting.

300

A new type of music began in the Baroque Era. What is it called?

Opera!

300

What is the name for a steady bass line with chords, common in Baroque music?

The Basso Continuo.

400

This huge instrument can be wrapped around an entire church playing music throughout.

The Organ.

400

Which instrument family was perfected during the Baroque Era?

The String Family (especially the violin).

400

Name any two common Renaissance instruments.

Lute, Harpischord, Recorder, or Harp.

400

Baroque composers loved to decorate their music with fancy flourishes called?

Ornaments.

400

Which Baroque composer's music is often called the foundation of Western music study today?

Johann Sebastian Bach.

500

The early version of the Violin was called what?

The Viol.

500

What major period of music followed the Baroque Era?

The Classical Era.

500

This new texture appeared in the Renaissance, with two or more different melodies happening at the same time.

Polyphony.

500

Compared to Renaissance Music, Baroque music was much more complex, often using this texture of many overlapping melodies.

Polyphony.

500

Which Renaissance philosophy emphasized individual freedom and learning instead of only Church authority?

Humanism.

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