Exam 3 Review

Terms and Facts

100

What influenced by, or written for, the church.

Sacred music

200

What is the texture of Gregorian Chant

Monophonic

300

How many violins are in a string quartet (classical era)

2

400

Which European country was at the center of music in the Baroque era?

Italy

500

What era of music overlapped with a period of time known as the Age of Enlightenment

Classical Era

Middle ages and Renaissance Genres of Music

100

What texture term is used to describe Organum

Polyphonic

200

Is a motet an example of sacred or secular music?

Sacred

300

What genre of vocal music popular in the Renaissance era was secular.

Madrigal

400

Which genre of music is defined as the collection of thousands of religious songs, sung in latin, that carry the theological message of the church. 

Gregorian Chant

500

What is the name of one of the most famous Gregorian Chants still used today

Dies Irae

Baroque and Classical Genres

100

This is a genre of music marked by the friendly exchange between a soloist, or group of soloists, and an orchestra.

Concerto

200

How many movements does a symphony have in the classical era?

4

300

This genre of music is when you have 2 or more soloists, called the concertino, working together against the orchestra, called the tutti.

Concerto Grosso

400

This is a genre of chamber music performed by a soloist, or soloist accompanied by the piano. 

Sonata

500

This is a genre of music made popular in the Baroque era where Polyphonic texture reigned supreme

Fugue

Middle ages and renaissance people

100

This individual was one of the most influential composers of Gregorian Chant in the Middle Ages.

Hildegard von Bingen

200

These are poets and musicians from Southern France

Troubadours

300

This is one of the most influential and successful composers of the Renaissance era. They also are known for being the music director at the Sistine Chapel in Rome. 

Josquin Deprez

400

This individual earned the nickname "The Savior of Church Music."

Giovanni Palestrina

500

This individual is credited with inventing organum and mensural notation.

Master Perotinus

Baroque and Classical People

100

This composer was considered a child prodigy, composing a massive amount of music before their untimely death at the age of 35.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

200

This composer helped make instrumental music popular in the Baroque Era. Wrote a collection of pieces called the Four Seasons. 

Antonio Vivaldi

300

This composer was the bridge between the Classical and Romantic eras. They had three distinct compositional periods, where each one helped progress music further and further into the future.

Ludwig van Beethoven

400

This composer earned the nickname "the Father of the Symphony" and "the Father of the String Quartet."

Franz Joseph Haydn

500

This composer is widely regarded as the most important composer ever, having changed the way music is written and understood. They were a virtuoso keyboardist and contributed works in every genre of music in the Baroque besides opera. 

Johann Sebastian Bach