4 - Music Periods in History Trivia Flashcards

Learn about the Music Periods in History - composers, historical events, vocal forms and popular keyboard instruments. UltimateMusicTheory.com

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This Music Period was from approximately 1420 to 1600.

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Renaissance Period

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This Music Period was from approximately 1600 - 1750.

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Baroque Period

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This Music Period was from approximately 1750 - 1820.

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Classical Period

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This Music Period was from approximately 1820 - 1900.

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Romantic Period

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5
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This Music Period was from approximately 1890 - 1910.

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Impressionistic Period

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6
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This music period is from the 1900 to the present.

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Modern Period or Contemporary Period

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7
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Name the approximate dates of the Renaissance Period.

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1420 to 1600

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8
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Name the approximate dates of the Baroque Period.

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1600 - 1750

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9
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Name the approximate dates of the Classical Period.

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1750 - 1820

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10
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Name the approximate dates of the Romantic Period.

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1820 - 1900

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11
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Name the approximate dates of the Impressionistic Period.

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1890 - 1910

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12
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Name the approximate dates of the Modern Period or Contemporary Period.

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1900 to the present

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13
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Name the Music Period of the Famous Composers: Guillaume Dufay, Giovanni de Palestrina and Josquin des Prez.

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Renaissance Period

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Name the Music Period of the Famous Composers: Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi and Francois Couperin.

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Baroque Period

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Name the Music Period of the Famous Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti and George Frederic Handel.

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Baroque Period

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Name the Music Period of the Famous Composers: Franz Joseph Haydn, Muzio Clementi and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Classical Period

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Name the Music Period of the Famous Composers: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (C.P.E. Bach), Ludwig van Beethoven and Friedrich Kuhlau.

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Classical Period

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Name the Music Period of the Famous Composers: Hector Berlioz, Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann.

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Romantic Period

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Name the Music Period of the Famous Composers: Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms.

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Romantic Period

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Name the Music Period of the Famous Opera Composers: Guiseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner and Giacomo Puccini.

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Romantic Period

21
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Name the Music Period of the Famous Composers: Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

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Impressionistic Period

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Name the Music Period of the Famous Composers: Arnold Schonberg, Igor Stravinsky and George Gershwin.

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Modern (Contemporary or 20th Century) Period

23
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Name the Music Period of these Popular Keyboard Instruments: the clavichord, the harpsichord and the organ.

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Baroque Period

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Name the Music Period of this Popular Keyboard Instrument: the newly invented fortepiano.

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Classical Period

25
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Name the Music Period of this Popular Keyboard Instrument: the Pianoforte.

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Romantic Period

26
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Name the Music Period of these Popular Keyboard Instruments: the acoustic piano and the electronic keyboard.

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Contemporary (Modern or 21st Century) Period

27
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Name the Music Period of these Popular Vocal Forms: the cantata, opera, oratoria, chorale and mass.

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Baroque Period

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Name the Music Period of these Popular Vocal Forms: the Solo Song, Opera and Mass.

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Classical Period

29
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Name the Music Period of these Popular Vocal Forms: Lieder, Solo Art Songs, Opera, Music for Solo Voice and Orchestra.

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Romantic Period

30
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Name the Music Period for these Historic Events: the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution and the American Revolution.

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Classical Period

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Name the Music Period for these Historic Events: the great Depression, World War I and World War II.

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Modern (Contemporary or 20th Century) Period