Music History Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Music Through the Ages
Test your knowledge of music through the ages with this Music History Quiz! See how many correct answers you can get out of 10.
1. Who is typically credited with having a major influence on Gregorian Chant?
Pope Gregory I
Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Palestrina
2. What is the Seikilos epitaph?
A Baroque music form
A fully complete musical composition from ancient Greece
The first electronic musical instrument
A type of medieval organum
3. Which school determined the course of 20th-century classical music and is known for twelve-tone technique?
School of polyphony
Gagaku music
Arnold Schoenberg's school
Igor Stravinsky's school
4. What kind of music is associated with the 8th-century Chinese yayue?
Gregorian chant
Gagaku music
Popular music
String quartet music
5. The term 'primitive music' is now outdated. What did this term historically refer to?
Medieval music
Renaissance music
Extinct preliterate cultures and uncontacted indigenous peoples
Gregorian chant
6. What marked a significant development in music during the 9th century?
The invention of the piano
The unification of chant traditions in favor of the Gregorian liturgy
The emergence of country music
The creation of electronic instruments
7. Which composer is known for his contributions to the Notre Dame school of polyphony?
8. Who explored the role of music in urban middle-class entertainment for Collier's Encyclopedia?
Robert Christgau
Allan Marett
Arnold Schoenberg
Pope Gregory I
9. What notation system is known as the earliest to be somewhat complete?
The English school
The Notre Dame school
Hurrian songs from Ugarit
The Seikilos epitaph
10. Which musical genre was primarily considered practical and unselfconscious in rural areas, according to Robert Christgau?
Symphonic music
Folk music
Gregorian chant
Opera
