Medieval to Classical Periods Jeopardy

Listening Pieces

100

This piece is

Symphony No. 5 (Mvmt. I)

200

This piece is

Spring from The Four Seasons (Mvmt. I)

300

The composer of this piece is

Franz Joseph Haydn

400

The genre of this piece is

serenade OR chamber music

500

In its genre, this section of the piece is an example of

aria

Medieval and Renaissance Periods

100

the primary language of the Mass

Latin

200

Name ONE characteristic of monastic life in the early Middle Ages.

prayer, charity, hospital work, scholarship, quiet seclusion, teaching

300

Luther and Calvin believed that congregational singing should be in what language?

vernacular

400

How were references to death usually interpreted in madrigals?

erotic

500

The madrigal was the most important secular genre during what century?

16th c. / 1500s

Baroque Period

100

The ______ is a Baroque keyboard form based on the principle of voices imitating each other.

fugue

200

the orchestral introduction at the beginning of an opera

overture

300

The opening movement of Spring, from The Four Seasons, is in this form.

ritornello form

400

The libretto is the _____ of an opera.

text

500

the chief element that distinguishes the concerto from other instrumental genres

the contrast between two dissimilar bodies of sound

Classical Period (Haydn & Mozart)

100

A composer can fragment a theme by dividing it into smaller units called _______.

motives

200

In the Classical multi-movement cycle, the second movement is usually in this form.

theme and variations

300

The minuet and trio form could be described as which of the following: binary, ternary, strophic, through-composed

ternary

400

Haydn's principle patron was _______

Prince Esterhazy

500

In sonata-allegro form, the contrasting key is established by the statement of the _______.

second theme

Classical Period (Beethoven)

100

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata has this many movements

3

200

Name ONE instrument commonly used in a Classical sonata.

piano, violin, cello

300

Name ONE means by which Beethoven supported himself through his music.

teaching music lessons, publishing music, giving public concerts

400

Beethoven began to expand the possibilities of the symphony as a genre with this symphony

Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)

500

Beethoven described the opening motive of his Symphony No. 5 using this phrase

"fate knocking at the door"