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Music History Review
Lisa Evans
In what era would you hear a
Concerto Grosso consisting of a small
group of soloists pitted
against a larger section being performed
at a court concert?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
Correct! 
A Concerto Grosso was
developed during the
Baroque Time Period!
Madrigals are pieces for several
solo voices set to a short poem,
usually about love which uses
plenty of word painting. In what
era was this form developed?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
In what era would you hear a
fugue which is a polyphonic
composition based on one
main theme?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
An estampie is an example of
instrumental music written
during what era?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
What late 17th Century
English composer is buried
beneath the organ in
Westminster Abbey?
Purcell
Palestrina
Vivaldi
Please try again! 
Music Directors had to provide
Church cantatas for every Sunday
and holiday.
What famous composer
during this era wrote about 295
with 195 cantatas still in
existence?
Machaut
Handel
Bach
Instruments like the sackbut,
the shawm, the recorder, and
the lute are popular during
what era?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
What era witnessed the
development
of the opera which is a
drama that
is sung to orchestral
accompaniment?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
The Notre Dame Mass is the first
polyphonic treatment of the mass
ordinary written by Guillaume de
Machaut during what era?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
CORRECT! Machaut is the
composer of the Notre Dame
Mass written for 4 voices.
What composer wrote the Messiah
in just 24 days? The first
performance was a benefit for
people in debtor’s prison.
Handel
Monteverdi
Vivaldi
SORRY! Vivaldi is
incorrect.
Please try again! 
CORRECT! Handel wrote the Messiah.
In fact, to increase the capacity of
audience members, women were asked
not to wear hoop-skirts and men were
asked to leave their swords at home for
the premier.
The focal point for music in Venice
was at St. Mark’s Cathedral. The
composers of this time period were
called the Venetian school. What
Era are they from?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
SORRY! The Baroque
is incorrect!
Please try again! 
CORRECT! Venetian school composers
are from the Renaissance. These composers
often wrote choral pieces that contained
parts written exclusively for instruments.
They also tended to write music in
homophonic texture.
The End