The Bridge
Classical Era Vocab
Composers
American Classical Music
Miscellaneous
100

The two eras connected by the Bridge period

What are the Classical and Romantic eras?

100

The instrumental introduction to an opera

What is an overture?

100

Mozart

What is the Classical Era? 

100

Name one instrument used during the American Classical era

Answers may vary

100

The Baroque version of the piano

What is a harpsichord?

200

The beginning or the end:  the part of the Bridge era that was known for LIGHTER sounding music

What is the beginning? 

200

A large work for orchestra

What is a symphony?

200

J.S. Bach

What is the Baroque Era? 

200

This type of music emerged during the Revolutionary War

What is military music? 

200

Name a type of chant

What is direct, antiphonal, or responsorial? 

300

This Bridge composer was deaf

Who was Beethoven? 

300

Music for a small ensemble

What is chamber music? 

300

Perotin

What is the Medieval Era? 

300

The name of the small, high-pitched, flute-like instrument used in American Classical music

What is the fife? 

300

Madrigal or Motet:  The one that is sacred

What is motet?

400

This composer is known for his overtures, including the William Tell overture

Who was Rossini?

400

An instrumental work for a soloist or small ensemble

What is a sonata?

400

C.P.E. Bach

What is the Classical Era?

400

This style of music means "a narrative song"

What is a ballad?

400

Name an instrumental style of music

Answers may vary 

500

The German word for "song"

What is "lieder"?

500

This other vocabulary word often features a cadenza

What is a concerto? 

500

Giovanni Palestrina

What is the Renaissance Era?

500

Where was "lining out" used

Where is church? 

500

This composer wrote the oratorio "The Messiah"

Who was Handel?