Probably the most influential composer of the Baroque era, and one of the greats throughout all of music history.
Who is Bach?
100
The name of a composer from the Classical era?
Who is Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn?
100
The most important element of music in the Romantic era.
What is emotion?
100
The ideal that less is more.
What is Minimalism?
200
The literal definition of the word "Baroque".
What is a misshapen pearl?
200
One who is incredibly gifted and talented at a very young age.
What is a prodigy?
200
This form of transportation gave composers and musicians the ability to travel and perform in other countries much more easily.
What is the railroad or train?
200
The arrival of jazz music sparked the rise of this popular instrument.
What is the saxophone?
300
The name of sung music of the Middle Ages.
What is Chant.
300
This musical form involves a combination of stage acting with singing.
What is Opera?
300
The symphony orchestra grew in importance during the Classical era. This elevated the importance and focus to this one member of the orchestra.
What is the conductor?
300
The Romantic era included the rise of the composer, and many came to popularity. Name 2 composers of the Romantic era.
Who are: Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, etc.
300
This compositional technique assigns a numeric value to each scale degree pitch, not to be repeated until each value has been used.
What is the 12-tone row, or Serialism?
400
This compositional device of the Renaissance included multiple independent moving at different times.
What is Polyphony?
400
The musical staff and letter names became popular devices in the Baroque period. The letter names of the following three notes are as follows:
What are B, E, and D?
400
Rather than music being used primarily for worship, or even for the rich and wealthy, music of the Classical era was to reflect _______ and/or _______.
What is nature and/or reality?
400
This invention provided the ability to record, preserve, and reproduce music.
What is the phonograph?
400
This 20th century musical device is used in the following example.
What is Electronic Music?
500
This composition belongs to this time period.
What is The Middle Ages? (also will accept Medieval)
500
Similar to opera, this musical form involves staged singing, but with no stage acting. Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" belongs to this form.
What is an Oratorio?
500
The ________ promoted an understanding of reason and the pursuit of self-fulfillment. It also promoted the idea that reason and science were more important than religion in the Classical time period.
What is The Enlightenment?
500
The name of the following tune from Beethoven's 9th Symphony.