Any element of music (rhythm, melody, or harmony) that continually repeats is called ____________.

The __________ has horizontal lines and spaces from which musicians read musical notation.

Thirteenth-century musicians in France devised this to specify musical rhythm as well as pitch.

This Postmodernist composer is chiefly known for his music for film; indeed, so successful are his scores that only Walt Disney has received more Academy Award nominations. His style is best described as “romantically modern.” 

This composer wrote medieval chansons about love. 

Identify the term used in music notation to indicate the absence of sound.

This composer was famous as an organ virtuoso during his lifetime. He never traveled outside of his native country, Germany, and spent the last decades of his life in Leipzig as the cantor of Saint Thomas’s church and choir school. 

Because of its highly expressive character, this was the most important new genre to emerge during the Baroque period.

Beethoven’s music foreshadowed the musical style of the Romantic era. All the traits listed below are characteristic of the style of both Beethoven and the Romantic period, with the exception of:

Identify the term that is synonymous with Gregorian chant.