The Medieval era of music took place during these dates.
What is 500-1450?
100
The Renaissance era of music took place during this time.
What is 1450-1600?
100
This composer lived during the end of the Baroque era and is considered by many to be the greatest composer of all time. (He composed the Brandenburg Concerto.)
Who is Bach?
100
Classical music can be characterized in these terms.
What is simple, balanced,not to loud or soft, symmetry?
100
A musician who is an exceptional performer.
Who is a virtuoso?
200
A type of singing with a simple, unaccompanied melody line and free rhythm.
What is plainsong or chant?
200
The spreading of new music and ideas flourished during the Renaissance because of this invention.
What is the printing press?
200
The term for a continuous bass line that is usually played by a cello, basson, harpsichord, or organ.
What is basso continuo?
200
This is the most popular kind of concert piece in the Classical Era.
What is the symphony?
200
Written music expresses the meaning of the words.
What is tone painting?
300
Greogorian Chant was named after this person.
Who is Pope Gregory I?
300
A musical group made up of one instrument of varying sizes.
What is a consort?
300
The addition of decorations or embellishments to the basic structure of a musical work.
What is ornamentation?
300
A group of four musicians: two violins, one viola, and one cello.
What is a string quartet?
300
He was one of the Romantic Eras greatest piano stars.
Who is Chopin or Liszt?
400
Medieval or Renaissance unaccompanied vocal music with two or more simultaneous melody lines.
What is a motet?
400
Unlike Medieval music, most Renaissance music featured this topic.
What is love?
400
Term used describe two or more seperate melodies within a common harmonic structure.
What is polyphony?
400
Haydn composed this song to wake up members of the audience who fell asleep during his concert.
What is the "Surprise Symphony"?
400
He was one of the great Art Song composers of the Romantic Era.
Who is Schumann or Schubert?
500
This female composer wrote O Ignis Spiritus Paracliti and is responsible for producing a great deal of chant.
Who is Hildegard Von Bingen?
500
During the Renaissance era composers began paying more attention to this aspect of music.
What is harmony?
500
A composition for orchestra and one or more solo instruments.
What is a concerto?
500
Beethoven revolutionized music by using this rhythmic/melodic fragment to serve as the basic element from which a larger and more complex piece is created. (Hint: Beethoven's 5th)
What is a motive?
500
A type of vocal music, written mostly in Germany during the 1800's. Also known as lieder.