Middle Ages
This German nun was the first woman composer from whom musical works have survived.
Who is Hildegard Von Bingen?
This renaissance invention enabled books and music to be mass-produced and accessible to the general public.
What is the printing press?
He was an Italian composer who was also an ordained Priest. His most notable employment was at a school where girls were taught the arts. His most famous concertos are "The Four Seasons".
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
An art style during the late baroque period and early classical period in which the baroque style's elaborate filigree, exaggeration, and ornamentation are replaced with softer lines and pastel coloring.
What is rococo?
A group of songs that are unified by a storyline or musical idea. The songs are meant to be played in order.
What is a song cycle?
The pitch symbols used in plainchant.
What are neumes?
A philosophy that focuses on the value of people, as opposed to gods and deities.
What is humanism?
The dates that we consider the beginning and end of the baroque era.
What is 1600-1750?
A form in which a tuneful main theme (A) returns several times in alternation with other themes (ex. ABACA)
What is Rondo?
The years that we consider the beginning and end of the Romantic era?
What is 1820-1900?
The years that we consider the beginning and end of the middle ages.
What is 450-1450?
A renaissance piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.
What is a madrigal?
A polyphonic composition based on one central theme, called a “subject.”
What is a fugue?
The most common form of the classical period, it consists of three main sections (Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation) and is the standard form for the first movement of a symphony.
What is a sonata?
A section of music that is used throughout a piece to represent a person, object, or idea.
What is a Leitmotif?
The Pope that standardized the Roman Catholic Church's liturgy and music.
Who is Pope Gregory I?
This musical device, in which composers reflect the text of a piece using musical elements, became widely used during the renaissance.
What is word painting?
A composition for instrumental soloist/s and orchestra, usually in three movements: fast, slow, fast
What is a concerto?
This composer was a child prodigy who left the patronage system to freelance in Vienna. Despite his short life, he composed an immense amount of work.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
A composition for solo voice and piano, originally written to be enjoyed at home.
What is an art song?
These musicians were an essential source of information and often sang songs composed by troubadours.
Who are minstrels?
The years that we consider the beginning and end of the renaissance.
What is 1450-1600?
A work for voices and instruments that is not staged, can vary in ensemble size, and may be secular or sacred.
What is a cantata?
The years that we consider the beginning and end of the Classical era.
What is 1750-1820?
When composers use folksongs, dances, legend or historical events to evoke the identity of their country.
What is nationalism?
French composer who wrote both secular and sacred music. His catalog is one of the largest surviving collections from the middle ages.
Who is Guillaume De Machaut?
A polyphonic sacred work made up of five sections.
What is a mass?
This is considered the world's first great opera, written by Monteverdi.
What is Orfeo?
This composer spent his entire career in the patronage system. Considered the father of the symphony, he composed 104 of them.
Who is Joseph Haydn?
This Romantic composer never performed or conducted his own pieces, unlike the composers before him. He is most well-known for his art song, “Erlkönig”.
Who is Franz Schubert?