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Middle Ages
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Baroque
Classical
Romantic
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Sacred music sung by monks and nuns for church services.
What is chant?
100
Gutenberg's invention that changed the world.
What is the printing press?
100
A dramatic play set to music.
What is opera?
100
New keyboard instrument that plays loud and soft. (full name)
What is the pianoforte?
100
The defining characteristic of Romantic music.
What is emotional?
200
Music that has only one melodic line.
What is monophony?
200
The standard church service set to music.
What is a "mass"?
200
Church organist and the most famous Baroque composer
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
200

The father of the String Quartet

Who is Franz Joseph Haydn?

200
Dramatic song about a boy who dies in his father's arms.
What is "Erlkönig" or "The Earl King."
300
Music that has two or more melodic lines.
What is polyphony?
300
Keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked.
What is a harpsichord?
300
Italian for "song," shows off the singer's voice.
What is an aria?
300
Word for challenging music that means "requiring great skill."
What is virtuosic?
300
Composer of Symphonie Fantastique.
Who is Hector Berlioz?
400

The original pre-existing chant upon which a polyphonic sacred work is based.

What is Cantus Firmus?

400
Polyphonic song, usually based on a love poem.
What is a madrigal?
400

A musical form that alternates between a large group of players and a small group of 1-4 soloists.

What is Ritormello Form?

400
Child prodigy who wrote over 600 pieces of music.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
400
Composer of many ballets including "Sleeping Beauty" and "The Nutcracker."
Who is Tchaikovsky?
500

The time period at the end of the Middle Ages that saw the rise of secular music, along with greater rhythmic possibilities.

What is the Ars Nova?

500

A polyphonic vocal work based on sacred text.

What is a Motet?

500

Composer of "Dido and Aeneas"

Who is Purcell?

500
Composer who began losing his hearing at age 26.
Who is Ludwig Van Beethoven?
500

A very short musical theme that represents a character, object, or location.

What is a "leitmotif" or "idee fixe"?