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

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

This composer wrote medieval chansons about love. 

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.” 

Which answer best describes a “trill”?

This genre is a large-scale sacred composition including an overture, arias, recitatives, and choruses, but sung, whether in a theater or a church, without costumes, makeup, or scenery.

Find the composer not  representative of the Classical period.

Identify the term that is synonymous with Gregorian chant.

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:

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