Musical Periods Listening Test

Test your knowledge in this 10 question musical periods listening test. Can you identify which of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern periods of music each clip belongs to? For bonus points, can you name the composer, title of piece, and year?

[@TheMusicologist]

Someone correctly pointed out that #9 is contentious, and will leave it up to you to decide which of two musical periods it might be...

[@yugominier4452]

Or we can say it's in pre-romantic style which is between classical and romantic eras even if I highly think Beethoven's sixth is more early romantic than classical

[@TheMusicologist]

@@yugominier4452 Yep, that was my way of thinking!

[@arcturaa]

i think it's classical, I can't tell the difference between romantic & classical

[@gregslawson5784]

This is fun! I have questions like this in my music quiz book, but I of course had to put it in words instead of music...

[@alphamale3141]

Great fun!! Thank you. I just subscribed.

[@compassmeby7255]

I have a choir test on this and they're all so difficult except for dark ages and Renaissance

[@patrickgazard8582]

Thanks for this, and for the answers, but no exam board is ever likely to accept Beethoven as a 'Romantic' composer - anything between 1750 and 1820 will always be classed as 'Classical', no matter what it sounds like.... it might be worth changing that answer I think.... the rest is great!

[@TheMusicologist]

A very good point, and you are quite correct of course. I’ll add an annotation to the video. For what it’s worth, at university level I suggest his Symphony No. 1 in 1800/01 was his transition towards Romantic, but like you say, Exam Boards might be more black and white...

[@patrickgazard8582]

@@TheMusicologist I agree - clearly The Pastoral has Romantic leanings, as does Beethoven himself, but as far as exam boards are concerned (certainly at GCSE at least) Beethoven = Classical!

[@cheapacreeps5677]

@@patrickgazard8582 i must interfere. Beethoven is both a classical composer and a romantic one. He lived in the classical era, his music shows some/many attributes of this era but he is also seen as the first romantic composer. He was also the first big one who broke with the rules and gave more on the articulation, the feeling of the music than its rhythmical correctness. He challenged the orchestras, pianists etc more than anyone before him and wrote pieces that other composers of his time wouldnt understand, we sometimes see it as revolutionary. So you can say that piece is classical or you can say its romantic.

[@ananthagastya2152]

@@cheapacreeps5677 concur; Romantic.

[@carolinea5792]

I agree! I don't think music eras should be defined by time, but by style. I consider Beethoven to be both, but certainly his most important pieces are more romantic in style.

[@frostblox668]

Thank you this is perfect for my exam

[@cheapacreeps5677]

Tbh, the second piece reminded me of Tchakovsky 1812 at first

[@azel6739]

thank you very much!

[@greedokenobi3855]

Had 5 of them right, halfway there lol

[@gregslawson5784]

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[@fungnancy9863]

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[@baconbaby356]

thx for the vid

[@tharangajanaki564]

Great

[@tylerhollins7522]

Okay number 7 threw me way off I said Medieval😂

[@arcturaa]

Had 4 right... I can't tell the difference between renaissance & medieval periods just from hearing the music

[@kihuu4055]

5. medieval music

[@kihuu4055]

8. Baroque music

[@kihuu4055]

10. Baroque music / bach violin concerto d minor bwv 1043

[@danaleonie7844]

Part 2?

[@Jess57]

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