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Post-Test
Worksheet Questions
1. Listen to the music clips and answer the questions that follow.
1. What musical instruments or voices do you hear?
Voices without instruments
2. Where do you think this piece of music was intended to be performed?
In a church or other religious setting
3. In what historical period was this piece probably composed?
The Renaissance
4. What musical instruments or voices do you hear?
A large orchestra that includes strings with brass and woodwind instruments
5. What can you say about the meter of this section of this piece?
, There is no regular pattern that accents a particular beat
6. In what historical period was this piece probably composed?
The early twentieth century
7. What musical instruments or voices do you hear?
Bowed string instruments
8. What meter do you hear?
I hear a regular pattern that accents every other beat (duple meter).
9. Where do you think this piece was intended to be performed?
In a royal palace to entertain an imperial family
10. In what historical period was this piece probably composed?
The classical period
,11. What musical instruments or voices do you hear?
A solo piano
12. Where do you think this piece was intended to be performed?
Riverboats, homes, and nightclubs
13. What is the general style of this music?
Ragtime from the 1890s
14. What types of musical instruments or voices do you hear?
One plucked string, one bowed string, and one wind instrument
15. What is the general style of this music?
Traditional music of China
16. What musical instruments or voices do you hear in this section of the work?
A female singer accompanied by an orchestra
17. Where was this music probably intended to be performed?
In an opera house
18. In what historical period was this piece probably composed?
, The romantic period
19. What musical instruments or voices do you hear?
Orchestra with a solo piano
20. Where would you be most likely to hear this music played live today?
In a concert hall
21. In what historical period was this piece probably composed?
The classical era
Activity Type: Test
Learning Objective: Define ragtime
Learning Objective: Examine developments and trends in Renaissance music
Learning Objective: Examine developments and trends in classical music
Learning Objective: Identify stringed instruments
Learning Objective: Recognize examples of romantic operas
Learning Objective: Recognize male and female vocal timbres
Learning Objective: Recognize traditional instruments used in Asian music
Learning Objective: Recognize works of music from Asia
Topic: 20th-century music
Topic: Renaissance music
Topic: classical Chinese music
Topic: classical music
Topic: nonwestern music
Topic: opera
Topic: orchestra
Topic: ragtime
Topic: romantic music
Post-Test
Worksheet Questions
1. Listen to the music clips and answer the questions that follow.
1. What musical instruments or voices do you hear?
Voices without instruments
2. Where do you think this piece of music was intended to be performed?
In a church or other religious setting
3. In what historical period was this piece probably composed?
The Renaissance
4. What musical instruments or voices do you hear?
A large orchestra that includes strings with brass and woodwind instruments
5. What can you say about the meter of this section of this piece?
, There is no regular pattern that accents a particular beat
6. In what historical period was this piece probably composed?
The early twentieth century
7. What musical instruments or voices do you hear?
Bowed string instruments
8. What meter do you hear?
I hear a regular pattern that accents every other beat (duple meter).
9. Where do you think this piece was intended to be performed?
In a royal palace to entertain an imperial family
10. In what historical period was this piece probably composed?
The classical period
,11. What musical instruments or voices do you hear?
A solo piano
12. Where do you think this piece was intended to be performed?
Riverboats, homes, and nightclubs
13. What is the general style of this music?
Ragtime from the 1890s
14. What types of musical instruments or voices do you hear?
One plucked string, one bowed string, and one wind instrument
15. What is the general style of this music?
Traditional music of China
16. What musical instruments or voices do you hear in this section of the work?
A female singer accompanied by an orchestra
17. Where was this music probably intended to be performed?
In an opera house
18. In what historical period was this piece probably composed?
, The romantic period
19. What musical instruments or voices do you hear?
Orchestra with a solo piano
20. Where would you be most likely to hear this music played live today?
In a concert hall
21. In what historical period was this piece probably composed?
The classical era
Activity Type: Test
Learning Objective: Define ragtime
Learning Objective: Examine developments and trends in Renaissance music
Learning Objective: Examine developments and trends in classical music
Learning Objective: Identify stringed instruments
Learning Objective: Recognize examples of romantic operas
Learning Objective: Recognize male and female vocal timbres
Learning Objective: Recognize traditional instruments used in Asian music
Learning Objective: Recognize works of music from Asia
Topic: 20th-century music
Topic: Renaissance music
Topic: classical Chinese music
Topic: classical music
Topic: nonwestern music
Topic: opera
Topic: orchestra
Topic: ragtime
Topic: romantic music
