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Music History Review
Lisa Evans
In what era would you hear a Concerto Grosso consisting of a small
group of soloists pitted against a larger section being performed
at a court concert?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
Correct! A Concerto Grosso was developed during the Baroque Time Period!
Madrigals are pieces for severalsolo voices set to a short poem, usually about love which usesplenty of word painting. In whatera was this form developed?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
In what era would you hear a fugue which is a polyphonic composition based on one
main theme?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
An estampie is an example of instrumental music written
during what era?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
What late 17th Century English composer is buried
beneath the organ in Westminster Abbey?
Purcell
Palestrina
Vivaldi
Music Directors had to provide Church cantatas for every
Sundayand holiday.
What famous composerduring this era wrote about 295
with 195 cantatas still in existence?
Machaut
Handel
Bach
Instruments like the sackbut,the shawm, the recorder, andthe lute are popular during
what era?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
What era witnessed the development
of the opera which is a drama that
is sung to orchestral accompaniment?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
The Notre Dame Mass is the firstpolyphonic treatment of the massordinary written by Guillaume de
Machaut during what era?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
CORRECT! Machaut is the composer of the Notre DameMass written for 4 voices.
What composer wrote the Messiah in just 24 days? The first
performance was a benefit for people in debtor’s prison.
Handel
Monteverdi
Vivaldi
SORRY! Vivaldi is incorrect.
Please try again!
CORRECT! Handel wrote the Messiah. In fact, to increase the capacity of audience members, women were asked not to wear hoop-skirts and men were asked to leave their swords at home for the premier.
The focal point for music in Venicewas at St. Mark’s Cathedral. The
composers of this time period were
called the Venetian school. WhatEra are they from?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
SORRY! The Baroque SORRY! The Baroque is incorrect! is incorrect!
Please try again! Please try again!
CORRECT! Venetian school composers are from the Renaissance. These composers
often wrote choral pieces that contained parts written exclusively for instruments.
They also tended to write music in homophonic texture.
The End