The Four Periods Of Music History 2/10/14

Question 1

List the Four Periods of Music in order

Answer 1

Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary

Question 2

name the times of each period

Answer 2

Baroque 1600-1750
Classical 1750-1830
Romantic 1830-1900
Contemporary 1900-Present

Question 3

5 characterizations of the Baroque Period

Answer 3

1 polyphonic texture
2 use of ornamentation
3 improvisation (cadenzas/figured bass)
4 written for harpsichord, clavichord or organ
5 Terraced dynamics

Question 4

5 characterizations of the Classical Period

Answer 4

1 homophonic texture
2 harmonic structure easily recognizable
3 rests
4 alberti bass
5 sonata and sonatina forms

Question 5

4 characterizations of the Romantic period

Answer 5

1 music became more emotional
2 harmonies more complicated
3 lyric melodies
4 rythms more complicated

Question 6

8 characterizations of the Contemporary Period

Answer 6

1 major and minor tonalities
2 quartal harmony
3 bitonality
4 polytonality
5 atonality
6 irregular and changing meters
7 polyphonic texture
8 use of classical forms

Question 7

Antonio Soler place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 7

Baroque Period, Spain, 1729-1783

Question 8

Franz Haydn’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 8

Classical, Austria, 1732-1809

Question 9

G.F. Handel place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 9

Baroque, Germany, 1685-1760

Question 10

Clementi’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 10

Classical, Italy, 1752-1832

Question 11

Bela Bartok’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 11

Contemporary, Hungary, 1881-1945

Question 12

Domenico Scarlatti’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 12

Baroque, Italy, 1685-1757

Question 13

Henry Purcell’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 13

Baroque, England, 1659-1695

Question 14

Beethoven’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 14

Classical, Germany, 1770-1827

Question 15

Girolamo Frescobaldi’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 15

Baroque period, Italy, 1583-1643

Question 16

Kuhlau’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 16

Classical, Germany, 1786-1832

Question 17

Mozart’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 17

Classical, Austria, 1756-1791

Question 18

Georg Philip Telemann’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 18

Baroque, Germany, 1681-1767

Question 19

Carl Czerny’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 19

Classical, Austria, 1791-1857

Question 20

Edvard Grieg’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 20

Romantic, Norway, 1843-1907

Question 21

Antonin Dvorak’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 21

Romantic, Czechoslovakia, 1841-1904

Question 22

Robert Schumann’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 22

Romantic, Germany, 1810-1856

Question 23

Chopin’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 23

Romantic, Poland, 1810-1849

Question 24

Schubert’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 24

Romantic, Austria, 1797-1828

Question 25

J.S. Bach place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 25

Baroque, Germany, 1685-1750

Question 26

Brahms’ place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 26

Romantic, Germany, 1833-1897

Question 27

Norman Della-Joio’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 27

Contemporary, New York City, 1913-2008

Question 28

Prokofiev’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 28

Contemporary, Ukraine, 1891-1953

Question 29

Shostakovich’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 29

contemporary, russia, 1906-1975

Question 30

Kabalevsky’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 30

Contemporary, Russia, 1904-1987

Question 31

Aaron Copland’s place of birth, date of birth and date of death and what period

Answer 31

Contemporary, U.S.A., 1900-1990