Instruments
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History
Music Bonus
100
This instrument is played by blowing air into a bag and then pushing it through pipes.
What is a bagpipe?
100
This composer wrote a book of dance music.
Who is Tielman Susato?
100
The name of a book of dance music written by Tielman Susato.
What is The Danserye?
100
This person created The Church of England to divorce his first wife.
Who is King Henry VIII?
100
This Renaissance instrument uses two strings to create a drone and a third to play a melody on using wooden kegs.
What is a hurdy gurdy?
200
This instrument is a precursor to the piano.
What is a harpsichord?
200
This composer mainly wrote motets.
Who is Giovanni Palestrina?
200
This madrigal was written by Thomas Morley.
What is "Sing We and Chant It".
200
This person invented the printing press.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
200
This brass instrument is circular shaped with a large bell.
What is a french horn?
300
This instrument is played by hitting strings with a hammer.
What is a dulcimer?
300
This composer mainly wrote madrigals.
Who is Thomas Morley?
300
This motet was written by Giovanni Palestrina.
What is "Sicut Cervus".
300
The nickname given to people who did not attend the Catholic Church.
Who are protestants?
300
This composer wrote the melody to "Here Comes the Bride".
Who is Richard Wagner?
400
This instrument is named for its snake-like shape.
What is a serpent?
400
This composer worked for the Catholic Church.
Who is Giovanni Palestrina?
400
This type of music is when more than one melody occurs and they are of equal importance.
What is polyphonic music?
400
During the Counter Reformation these began to be used in the Catholic Church.
What are instruments?
400
This composer wrote the opera Carmen.
Who is Georges Bizet?
500
This instrument is wooden and curved at the end.
What is a shawm?
500
These composers owned publishing businesses.
Who is Thomas Morley and Tielman Susato?
500
The Danserye would NOT have been performed by these.
What are singers?
500
The period of time when the Catholic Church lost many supporters.
What is the Reformation?
500
This composer wrote the music to The Nutcracker.
Who is Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
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