Classical

Question 1

What do you know about the term ‘Classical Music’?

Answer 1

The term “Classical Music” has two meanings

1. The broader meaning includes all Western art music from the Medieval era to the 2000s.
2. The specific meaning refers to the music from the 1750s to the early 1820s

Question 2

What classical music periods do you know from the music timeline? Can you put these in chronological order?

Answer 2

Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary

Question 3

Renaissance means what in French?

What sounds and instruments were typical of this period?

Answer 3

Rebirth or revival

More expressive sounds, polyphonic harmonies and more instrumentation.

Intruments: Strings, percussion, early brass and early woodwind

Question 4

Romatic musicians including the great Chopin were famous for expressing?

Answer 4

Passion and energy in their music with less emphasis on structure

Question 5

What composers do you know from listening to them during this study?

Answer 5

Question 6

What instruments and types of sounds are commonly found in each of these classical periods?

Answer 6

Question 7

Baroque (1600-1750) is a period of music that introduced?

Answer 7

Less constraints than renaissance with larger families of instruments.

Question 8

During the Baroque period which of the many instruments used was extremely important?

Answer 8

The Harpsichord