Classical Connections Quiz

Renaissance

At the turn of the 16^th Century, music was changing in Europe and began moving into a new period known as the ____________________________

polyphony

Composers in the 1500’s began writing music with more than one voice or instrument playing at the same time called ___________________________

Baroque

In the 1600’s music and art were expanding into new, more exuberant style called _____________________

Bach

Three of the most famous composers of the 17^th century were George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Johann Sebastian _____________

fortepiano

The ______________________ was a forerunner of our modern piano, and was made in Germany.

Classical era

This period followed the Baroque with less complex and more balanced musical forms it was called the _________________________

Scarlatti

A composer by the name of ____________________________________ wrote more than 500 sonatas for keyboard in the mid 1700’s.

Colonial music

A less formal music created in rural homes in America is called __________________________________________

Mozart

The composer ______________________________ was considered a child prodigy because he began composing before he was 5 years old and wrote his first symphony at age 8.

exposition

development 

recapitulation

A sonata form has three sections, the _____________________, the ____________________________, and the _________________________.

Franz Joseph Haydn 

“Papa Haydn”

Another composer in the mid 1700’s was _______________________.  He went from being a homeless singer on the streets to a court composer.  People often called him ______________________________ because he was the father of the symphony.

Beethoven

At the age of 32, composer ____________________________________ learned he was going deaf.

Romantic

The late 1700’s to the late 1800’s was known as the ___________________ period.

Schubert

Composer Franz _______________________ wrote over 600 songs during this time period.

Rossini

Composer Gioachino ______________________ made a bold statement with his famous opera, William Tell, based on a play about a Swiss revolutionary.

music drama

Richard Wagner combined music, literature and visual art to create _______________________.

Tchaikovsky

Composer ____________________________________ composed several ballets, including The Nutcracker.

Julia Ward Howe

A social reformer, _______________________________, wrote the lyrics to the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”

Verdi 

Puccini

Italian Composers, Guiseppe _______________________ and Giacomo _______________________ brought opera to new levels of beauty.

Strauss 

German composer ________________________________ wrote the famous Also sprach Zarathustra (which was used in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey).

impressionists

Centered in Paris, a new movement of composers, called ________________________ combined textures of sound in their music to create the impression of an emotion or scene.

nationalism

Patriotic ideals were being expressed in the music of composers in other countries, during the late 1800’s, that resulted in a style called _____________________________

12-tone music

Arnold Schoenberg was most known for using ____________________________

The Rite of Spring

During the premiere of ____________________________________ the audience rioted.

neoclassicism

Music that combined the style of Mozart and other classical composers with new rhythms and harmonies was called _______________________________

Copland

Composer ____________________________ wrote sweeping symphonic works that celebrated America’s heritage.

Williams

Holst

Composers Ralph Vaughn ___________________ and Gustav ______________ collected folk tunes to create music with strong melodic flow and pastoral qualities

modernism

In the early 1900’s a new style called ________________________ was immerging in Paris.

Prokofiev

Composer ________________________ wrote Peter and the Wolf to introduce children to the instruments of the orchestra.