Musical Eras & Genres

Question 1

What is the period known as Antiquity?

Answer 1

500 BC - 500 AC

Question 2

What is the period known as Medieval?

Answer 2

500 - 1400 AD

Question 3

What music was popular during the Medieval Era?

Answer 3

monophonic (plain chant / plainsong)

Question 4

What is the period known as the Renaissance?

Answer 4

1400 - 1600 AD

Question 5

What music was popular during the Renaissance Era?

Answer 5

polyphonic voice lines
motet & madrigal
added bass instruments

Question 6

What is the time period known as Baroque?

Answer 6

1600 - 1750 AD

Question 7

What music was popular in the Baroque Era?

Answer 7

Counterpoint
Small orchestras (flutes, oboes, horns & violins)
Harpsichord
Organ

Question 8

What time period is known as Classical?

Answer 8

1750 - 1820 AD

Question 9

What music was popular during the Classical Era?

Answer 9

strings
opera
symphony
chamber music

Question 10

What time period is known as Romantic?

Answer 10

1820 - 1900 AD

Question 11

What music was popular during the Romantic Era?

Answer 11

more expressive
free form
middle class music education
nationalism

Question 12

What time period is known as 20th Century?

Answer 12

1900 - 2000 AD

Question 13

What system was used to catalog the compositions of J.S. Bach?

Answer 13

Bach Werke Verzeichnis (BWV)

Question 14

What numbering scheme was used to catagorize Mozart’s works?

Answer 14

Kochel Catalog

Question 15

Opera was developed in which Era?

Answer 15

Baroque Era

Question 16

Nationalism and folk music was popular in which Era?

Answer 16

Romantic Era

Question 17

What music style was popular in 20th Century Era?

Answer 17

rejection of common practice

Question 18

Reggae music originated in which Caribbean nation in the 1960’s?

Answer 18

Jamaica

Question 19

The style developed in the 1940’s with fast tempo and improv and was developed into modern jazz by Dizzy Gillepsie is known as what?

Answer 19

Bebop

Question 20

What is the genre of music that originated in the deep south, is considered both a form and a genre, and is based on rhymed simple narrative ballads?

Answer 20

Blues

Question 21

What is the genre of music that is also known as riverboat jazz, hot jazz, or lindy hop? A standard of this genre is “What the Saints Go Marching In”.

Answer 21

Dixieland

Question 22

What genre are religious popular songs characterized by strong vocals and are sentimental?

Answer 22

gospel

Question 23

What genre of music emerged from Detroit in the 1960’s and is considered a style of soul music with a pop influence?

Answer 23

Motown

Question 24

What genre of music is characterized by its syncopated or ragged rhythm, was popular between 1890 - 1920? It began as dance music in the red light districts. Scott Joplin is known for his “Maple Leaf Rag”,

Answer 24

Ragtime

Question 25

What genre was popular between 1940 - 1960 and was played by an ensemble with a lead vocalist or instrumentalist, rhythm section, ensemble or voices or wind instruments, or guitar?

Answer 25

Rhythm & blues

Question 26

What genre of music originated in the 1930’s, had Big Band instrumentation and a triplet feel?

Answer 26

Swing