Category - Eras 2/2

Question 1

(Practice Paper 3 #1)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Composers from this era employed word painting as an expressive devide in their madrigals

Answer 1

Renaissance

Question 2

(Practice Paper 3 #2)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Plainchant was an important genre in this era.

Answer 2

Middle Ages

Question 3

(Practice Paper 3 #3)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Binary and ternary forms were often used in dance suites from this era.

Answer 3

Classical

Question 4

(Practice Paper 3 #4)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

The sonata cycle served as the primary form for instrument music.

Answer 4

Classical

Question 5

(Practice Paper 3 #5

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Figured bass provided the sturcutre for guided improvisation.

Answer 5

Baroque

Question 6

(Practice Paper 3 #6)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Representative composers include Josquin des Prez and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

Answer 6

Renaissance

Question 7

(Practice Paper 3 #7)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Trouveres and troubadours cultiviated the monophonic chanson.

Answer 7

Middle Ages

Question 8

(Practice Paper 3 #8)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Opera buffa and Singspiel flourished.

Answer 8

Classical

Question 9

(Practice Paper 3 #9)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Composers employed ritornello form in concertos.

Answer 9

Baroque

Question 10

(Practice Paper 3 #10)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

The Strum und Drang literary movement influenced composers of this era.

Answer 10

Classical

Question 11

(Practice Paper 3 #11)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

The sackbut and shawm are among the haut (loud) instruments used in this area.

Answer 11

Middle Ages

Question 12

(Practice Paper 3 #12)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Modal counterpoint of this era often employes continuous imitation.

Answer 12

Renaissance

Question 13

(Practice Paper 3 #13)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Representative composers include Franz Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Answer 13

Classical

Question 14

(Practice Paper 3 #14)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Instrumental music from this era was often written for consorts of instruments.

Answer 14

Renaissance

Question 15

(Practice Paper 3 #15)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

The polytextual motet was clutivated in this era.

Answer 15

Middle Ages

Question 16

(Practice Paper 3 #16)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

The new style of monody led to the development of opera.

Answer 16

Baroque

Question 17

(Practice Paper 3 #17)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Leonin and Perotin were leading composers of the Notre Dame School.

Answer 17

Middle Ages

Question 18

(Practice Paper 3 #18)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Representative composers included Jean-Philippe Rameau and George Frideric Handel.

Answer 18

Baroque

Question 19

(Practice Paper 3 #19)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

The Council of Trent banned the use of secular cantus firmus..

Answer 19

Renaissance

Question 20

(Practice Paper 3 #20)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

The solo concerto of this era often featured a double exposition.

Answer 20

Classical

Question 21

(May 2017 #1)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

The polytextual motet was c ultivated in this era.

Answer 21

Middle Ages

Question 22

(May 2017 #2)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Slow introductions were somtimes used in sonta-form movements.

Answer 22

Classical

Question 23

(May 2017 #3)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Basso continuo provided the harmonic framework for compositions in this era.

Answer 23

Baroque

Question 24

(May 2017 #4)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Points of imitation were used in sacred vocal works in this era.

Answer 24

Renaissance

Question 25

(May 2017 #5)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Rhythmic modes were used by composers of Notre Dame School.

Answer 25

Middle Ages

Question 26

(May 2017 #6)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

A single “affect” or “affection” was usually projected through an entire composition or movement.

Answer 26

Baroque

Question 27

(May 2017 #7)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Instrumental music was often written for consorts of instruments.

Answer 27

Renaissance

Question 28

(May 2017 #8)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Important genres included the symphony and the string quartet.

Answer 28

Classical

Question 29

(May 2017 #9)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Music publichsing as an industry was initiated in this era.

Answer 29

Renaissance

Question 30

(May 2017 #10)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Instruments from this era were classified as haut (outdoor) or bas (indoor).

Answer 30

Middle Ages

Question 31

(May 2017 #11)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Solo concertos in this era often featured a double exposition.

Answer 31

Classical

Question 32

(May 2017 #12)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Opera buffa and Singspiel flourised.

Answer 32

Classical

Question 33

(May 2017 #13)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

The Council of Trent banned the use of secular cantus firmus.

Answer 33

Renaissance

Question 34

(May 2017 #14)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

The first complete polyphonic setting of the Mass Ordinary was composed in this era.

Answer 34

Middle Ages

Question 35

(May 2017 #15)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

the sonta cycle was employed in a number of genres.

Answer 35

Classical

Question 36

(May 2017 #16)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

The multinational nature of dance suites reflected the cosmopolitan tone of this era.

Answer 36

Baroque

Question 37

(May 2017 #17)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

The Mannheim School greatly influenced composers of this era.

Answer 37

Classical

Question 38

(May 2017 #18)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Word Painting was an important feature of madrigals in this era.

Answer 38

Renaissance.

Question 39

(May 2017 #19)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Church music in this era was often monophonic.

Answer 39

Middle Ages

Question 40

(May 2017 #20)

Identify the historical era (Middles Ages, Renassiance, Baroque or Classical) most closely associated with each of the following statement.

Ground bass often provided the basic structure for arias in this era.

Answer 40

Baroque.