Important Composers, Places, & Events
Invented by ____________, the phonograph was the first machine to record sound waves onto a rotating wax cylinder.
Who was Thomas Edison?
This musical term best describes music in which there is melody and accompaniment.
What is homophony or homophonic texture?
1150 A.D.
What is the beginning date for the "Ars Antiqua" period?
This technological advancement during the Renaissance helped to widen the circulation of musical notation.
What was the Printing Press?
Finish the phrase "if it ain't Baroque..."
What is don't fix it?
This important document was nailed to the castle door in Wittenberg, Germany; beginning the protestant reformation.
What is Martin Luther's 95 theses?
This property of sound refers to an instruments' tone color.
What is timbre or tone color?
1750 A.D.
What is the beginning date for the "Classical" period?
The most popular type of musical and theatrical public entertainment in the early 20th century.
What is Vaudeville?
This is the total number of songs featured on Apple Music as of 2022.
A) 35 million B) 80 million C) 100 million
What is 100 million?
Other wise known as "new art," this time period in music history ushered in many new advancements in music understanding and practice.
What is Ars Nova?
The name given to 20th century music which does not contain a "key" center.
What is atonality or a-tonal music?
The beginning date for the Renaissance period.
What is 1450 A.D.?
Created during the 20th century, this new musical genre incorporates sounds not normally associated with being musical (i.e. trash can lids, broken glass, car horns, random objects in piano etc.).
What is Experimental Music?
This was the name of the first song performed in outer space.
A) Happy Birthday B) Row Your Boat C) ABC Song
What is Happy Birthday?
Hailed as J.S. Bach's greatest musical achievement, this "how to" book helped Baroque composers create complex music from simple melodies.
What is Art of the Fugue?
Started by Ludwig van Beethoven during the Romantic era, this type of musician performed music to satisfy an inner need rather than a commission.
The ending date for the Romantic period.
What is 1900 A.D.?
This large movement of African Americans contributed to jazz music reaching northern cities such as Chicago and New York during the early 20th century.
What was The Great Migration?
In what century did the first music streaming service begin?
A) 19th B) 20th C) 21st
What is the 19th? The first streaming service was in 1897. It was called the telharmonium.
This early American composer created the sound of Ragtime music with such hits as The Maple Leaf Rag.
Who is Scott Joplin?
This musical texture features several independent melodic lines performed simultaneously.
What is Polyphony or Polyphonic texture?
The beginning date for the Baroque period.
What is 1600 A.D.?
Used during the Renaissance, a madrigal is a secular vocal song for this many voices.
What is 3-4 voices?
What insects have been shown to like music?
A) Spiders B) Termites C) Beetles
What are Termites? Australian scientists have shown that termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.