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Classical Music Innovations Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge on innovations in the Classical genre.

A multiple-choice quiz by enchkevi. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
enchkevi

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
37,107

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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1499

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'Harmonics', written by this man has been called the best scientific treatise on music theory of the Greeks: Hint

Ptolemy

Plato

Pythagoras

Athenaeus

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Question 2 of 10

2. This man's reputation for teaching singers to learn new chants quickly won him an invitation from Pope John XIX to Rome to explain his method of teaching by singing syllables and his new system of using lines and spaces to designate pitch heights. Who was this man? Hint

Michael Praetorius

Boethius

Guido d'Arezzo

Hucbald

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Question 3 of 10

3. By obtaining exclusive privilege from the Venetian government in 1498, his publications form the most important body of printed music issued during the first 20 years of the sixteenth century. He developed a successful method of printing polyphonic music from movable metal type by multiple impression. Name this person. Hint

Ottaviano dei Petrucci

Johann Gutenberg

Josquin Desprez

Adrian Willaert

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Question 4 of 10

4. As a instrument maker at the court of Ferdinand de' Medici in Florence, this man began making a harpsichord that could play soft and loud. By 1700, he had completed at least one of the new keyboard instrument whose strings were activated by hammers instead of plectra. Who was this man? Hint

Arcangelo Corelli

Bartolomeo Cristofori

Francois Couperin

Alessandro Scarlatti

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Question 5 of 10

5. The Metronome, a device used for determining the tempo of a musical work, was patented by this man despite its' invention by Dietrich Winkel in 1812. Hint

John Constable

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Johann N. Maelzel

James Lyon

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 1840, this man was repairing an 'ophicleide' and wanted to hear what it would sound like with a clarinet mouthpiece instead of its cup shaped mouthpiece. The saxophone was created as an result. Name this man: Hint

Halary

Domenico Barbaia

Fanny Hensel

Adolphe Sax

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Question 7 of 10

7. As well as being known as one of the greatest virtuoso pianists, this composer is also credited with being the first to perform a solo piano recital by memory, and originating the symphonic poem: Hint

Hector Berlioz

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Franz Liszt

Johannes Brahms

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Question 8 of 10

8. This man composed and published many collections of songs suitable for teaching. He pioneered in music education by getting singing introduced in the public schools of Boston in 1837: Hint

Louis Gottschalk

Steven Foster

Lowell Mason

Arthur Sullivan

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Question 9 of 10

9. This virtuoso violinist had mastered the violin techniques of his time and developed a few techniques, such as ricochet bowing, left hand pizzicato, and double stops in harmonics, which other violinists had not been exposed to before: Hint

Niccolo Paganini

Georges Bizet

Vincenzo Bellini

Camille Pleyel

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Question 10 of 10

10. This composer was the first to write an orchestral part for the celesta, a keyboard metallophone patented in 1886: Hint

Franz Liszt

Mily Balakirev

Peter Tchaikovsky

Alexander Borodin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Harmonics', written by this man has been called the best scientific treatise on music theory of the Greeks:

Answer: Ptolemy

Ptolemy presented first the theoretical principles of music and applied the same ratios and proportions to astronomic features. The Greeks regarded music as a branch of mathematics and that the universe was bound together by mathematic-musical principles.

Answer: Guido d'Arezzo

Guido developed a workable system of sight-singing by syllables, based on his setting of the poem 'Ut Queant laxis'. Guido was also the first person to recognize the value of using staff notation to designate definite pitches.

Answer: Ottaviano dei Petrucci

Around 1490, Ottaviano dei Petrucci went to Venice to study printing techniques so that he might be able to print polyphonic music from movable type. He devised a workable method of printing polyphonic music from movable metal type and was the first to print tablatures the were accurate, cleanly printed and well spaced.

Answer: Bartolomeo Cristofori

Early Fortepianos were in wing-shaped outer cases patterned after Italian harpsichords. Cristofori's construction methods were sufficient for the demands made on the instrument throughout the 18th century.

5. The Metronome, a device used for determining the tempo of a musical work, was patented by this man despite its' invention by Dietrich Winkel in 1812.

Answer: Johann N. Maelzel

Malzel, while in Amsterdam in 1815, discovered a better design for the 'chronometer' that he had devised. The inventor, Dietrich Winkel, sued Malzel and won, although the device is still known as Malzel's Metronome.

Answer: Adolphe Sax

The ophicleide was the immediate ancestor of the saxophone, although its sound most closely matched the tuba.

Answer: Franz Liszt

He also is known for his piano arrangements and transcriptions of other major works by other composers.

8. This man composed and published many collections of songs suitable for teaching. He pioneered in music education by getting singing introduced in the public schools of Boston in 1837:

Answer: Lowell Mason

Between 1792 and 1872, Lowell Mason taught in singing schools and compiled and published collections of songs suitable for teaching, thus pioneering music education in America.

Answer: Niccolo Paganini

Virtuoso Niccolo Paanini dazzled the world with his exceptional technical skills and effective musical interpretation. He was known to use thin strings so that the upper strings would break and he would be able to complete a piece on one string.

10. This composer was the first to write an orchestral part for the celesta, a keyboard metallophone patented in 1886:

Answer: Peter Tchaikovsky

In the 'Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy', from the 'Nutcracker', Tchaikovsky featured the celesta. He had seen the instrument in Paris and was the first to write an orchestral part for it.

Source: Author enchkevi

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