Medieval
What are the dates for the medieval era?
400-1400
What are the dates for the Renaissance era?
1400-1600
What are the dates for the Baroque era?
1600-1750
What are the dates of the Classical era?
1750-1820
What are the dates of the Romantic era?
1820-1900
What is the difference between secular and sacred music?
Secular music is outside of the church. Sacred music is music within the church.
Humanism, the printing press, and ________ brought about the Renaissance era.
The black death
Melodies in the baroque era were repetitive. True or false?
True
Classical music was chaotic and messy. True or false?
False, it was clean and precise.
Music in the classical era was focused more on logic. What was music in the Romantic era focused on?
Emotion
Polyphonic was the texture of most Medieval music. True or false?
False. It was monophonic.
What is the literal meaning of "Renaissance"
Rebirth
What is the texture in most Baroque music?
Polyphonic
Which composer wrote the most symphonies?
Hadyn
Tchaikovsky wrote this famous ballet that is always performed around Christmas. What is it called?
The Nutcracker
Who were the Troubadors?
Traveling French musicians.
What was the texture of most renaissance music?
Polyphonic
What are terraced dynamics?
Suddenly loud to soft, or suddenly soft to loud
Where was the center of classical music?
Vienna, Austria
Romantic music contained these types of harmonies that are unpleasant to the ear?
Dissonance
Who came up with Gregorian chant?
Pope Gregory I
Were ballet and madrigal secular or sacred genres of music?
Secular.
Describe the difference between oratorios and operas?
Oratorios are about religious subjects (sacred). Operas involve costumes and staging (secular).
Which composer bridges both the classical and romantic eras?
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Beethoven struggled with what medical condition?
Hearing loss/deafness