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1
Q

Medieval

A

6th-14th c.

500-1400

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2
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Renaissance

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15th-16th c.

1400-1600

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3
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Baroque

A

17th-mid -18th c.

1600-1750

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4
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Chant

A

Medieval
Vocal: yes
Movements: N/A

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5
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Mass

A

Medieval/ Renaissance
Vocal: yes
Movements: yes

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6
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Motet

A

Medieval/ Renaissance
Vocal: yes
Movements: no

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7
Q

Madrigal

A

Renaissance
Vocal: yes
Movements: no

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8
Q

Opera

A

Baroque-Present
Vocal: yes
Movements: yes

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9
Q

Oratorio

A

Baroque
Vocal: yes
Movements: yes

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10
Q

Trio Sonata

A

Baroque
Vocal: no
Movements: 3

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11
Q

Concerto

A

Baroque-Present
Vocal: no
Movements: 3

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12
Q

Josquin des Prez

A

15th-16th c.
French
Renaissance

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13
Q

Giovanni Palestrina

A

16th c.
Italian
Renaissance
Religious Music

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14
Q

Claudio Monteverdi

A

16th-17th c.
Italian
Baroque

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15
Q

Jean-Baptiste Lully

A

17th c.
Italian in France
Baroque
Ballet

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16
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Pope Marcellus Mass

A

Palestrina
Renaissance
Mass

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17
Q

Spring

A

Vivaldi
Baroque
Concerto

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18
Q

Brandenburg Concertos

A

J.S. Bach
Baroque
Concerto

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19
Q

Henry Purcell

A

17th
English
Baroque

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20
Q

Antonio Vivaldi

A

17th-18th
Italian
Baroque
concerti

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21
Q

J.S. Bach

A

1685-1750
18th
German
Baroque

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22
Q

George Frederic Handel

A

18th
German
Baroque

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23
Q

The Art of Fugue

A

J.S. Bach

Baroque

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24
Q

The Well-Tempered Clavier

A

J.S. Bach

Baroque

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25
Q

Mass in B Minor

A

J.S. Bach
Baroque
Mass

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26
Q

Classical

A

Late 18th c.

1750-1800

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27
Q

Romantic

A

19th c.

1800-1900

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28
Q

Modern

A

Late 19th c.- present

1880-present

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29
Q

Sonata

A

Baroque/Classical/Romantic
Vocal: no
Movements: 3

30
Q

Symphony

A

Classical-present
Vocal: no
Movements: 4

31
Q

String Quartet

A

Classical-present
Vocal: no
Movements 4

32
Q

Lied

A

Romantic
Vocal: yes
Movements: no

33
Q

Symphonic Poem

A

Late Romantic
Vocal: no
Movements: 1

34
Q

Franz Joseph Haydn

A

18th c.
Austrian
Classical

35
Q

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A

1756-1791
18 c.
Austrian
Classical

36
Q

Ludwig van Beethoven

A

1770-1827
18-19th c.
German
Classical/Romantic

37
Q

Gioachino Rossini

A

19th c.
Italian
Romantic
Opera

38
Q

Franz Schubert

A

19th c.
Austrian
Romantic

39
Q

Symphony no. 40

A

Mozart
Classical
Symphony

40
Q

Symphony no. 41

A

Mozart
Classical
Symphony

41
Q

The Creation

A

Haydn
Classical
Oratorio

42
Q

Symphony no. 3

A

Beethoven
Classical/Romantic
Symphony

43
Q

Hector Berlioz

A

19th c.
French
Romantic
program music

44
Q

Felix Mendelssohn

A

19th c.
German
Romantic

45
Q

Fréderic Chopin

A

19th c.
Polish
Romantic
piano music

46
Q

Robert Schumann

A

19th c.
German
Romantic

47
Q

Franz Liszt

A

19th c.
Hungarian
Romantic

48
Q

Richard Wagner

A 
1813-1883
19th c. 
German 
Romantic 
Opera
49
Q

Symphony no. 5

A

Beethoven
Classical
/Romantic
Symphony

50
Q

Symphony no. 6

A

Beethoven
Classical
/Romantic
Symphony

51
Q

Symphony no. 9

A

Beethoven
Classical
/Romantic
Symphony

52
Q

Violin Concerto in E minor

A

Mendelssohn
Romantic
Concerto

53
Q

Giuseppe Verdi

A

19th c.
Italian
Romantic
Opera

54
Q

Johannes Brahms

A

19th c.
German
Romantic

55
Q

Pyotr (T)Chaikovsky

A

19th c.
Russian
Romantic

56
Q

Gustav Mahler

A

19th-20th c.
Austro-German
Romantic

57
Q

Claude Debussy

A

19th-20th c.
French
Modern

58
Q

Arnold Schoenberg

A

20th c.
Austrian
Modern

59
Q

Symphonie Fanastique

A

Berlioz
Romantic
Program Symphony

60
Q

Prelude to Tristan and Isolde

A

Wagner
Romantic
Overture

61
Q

Pictures at an Exhibition

A

Musorgsky

Romantic

62
Q

Prelude to an Afternoon of a Faun

A

Debussy

Modern

63
Q

Igor Stravinsky

A

20th c.
Russian
Modern

64
Q

Sergei Prokofiev

A

20th c.
Russian
Modern

65
Q

Dmitry Shostakovich

A

20th c.
Russian
Modern
Soviet Union

66
Q

Olivier Messiaen

A

20th c.
French
Modern

67
Q

Gyorgy Ligeti

A

20th c.
Hungarian
Modern

68
Q

John Adams

A

20th c.
American
Modern

69
Q

Rite of Spring

A

Igor Stravinsky
Modern
Ballet

70
Q

Pierrot Lunaire

A

Schoenberg

Modern

71
Q

Quartet for the End of Time

A

Messiaen

Modern

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