Exercises

about the Historical Music Periods (English)

1. What did the Greek buildings look like? Draw them. ¿CÓMO ERAN LOS EDIFICIOS DE LOS
GRIEGOS?
2. How did the Greeks dress? Draw their clothes. ¿CÓMO VESTÍAN?
3. Write the name of a very important temple. By who were they directed? ESCRIBE EL NOMBRE
DE UN TEMPLO IMPORTANTE
4. In what ways were Greek sculptures different from Egyptian sculptures? QUÉ DIFERENCIA
HABÍA ENTRE LAS ESCULTURAS GRIEGAS Y EGIPCIAS?
5. Were sports important? What were the games that they played called? ¿PRACTICABAN
DEPORTES LOS GRIEGOS?¿CÓMO SE LLAMABAN LOS JUEGOS?
6. Where did they play music? Draw how these places looked. ¿DÓNDE TOCABAN MÚSICA?
7. Was music important? ¿ERA LA MÚSICA IMPORTANTE?
8. What three other cultures belong to the Old Age? ¿QUÉ OTRAS TRES CULTURAL HABÍA EN LA
EDAD ANTIGUA?
9. What centuries are we talking about? DÍ LOS SIGLOS
10. Why did the Old Age end? POR QUÉ TERMINÓ?
11. What is the second period? CUÁL ES EL SEGUNDO PERIODO?
12. During which centuries did it last? SIGLOS
13. What does the social or feudal pyramid consist of? Draw the four classes that we see in it.
EXPLICA LA PIRÁMIDE FEUDAL
14. What were the peasants’ homes like? CÓMO ERAN LAS CASAS DE LOS CAMPESINOS
15. Where did the kings and nobles live? DÓNDE VIVÍAN LOS REYES Y NOBLES
16. Where were the monks or the clergy? What were the names of the two styles of churches?
DÓNDE VIVÍAN EL CLERO? QUÉ DOS ESTILOS CONOCES DE IGLESIAS?
17. What does the Roman church consist of? What form did it have? HABLA DE LAS ROMÁNICAS
18. What does the Gothic church consist of? What was it like? HABLA DE LAS GÓTICAS
19. What appeared at the end of the Middle Ages? Why? ¿QUÉ OCURRIÓ AL FINAL DE LA EDAD
MEDIA?
20. Give an example of a medieval king. DIME UN EJEMPLO DE REY MEDIEVAL
21. What did men wear to fight and not get hurt?¿QUÉ VESTÍAN PARA NO HERIRSE EN LAS
BATALLAS?
22. What was the name of the Spanish king? DIME UN REY ESPAÑOL MUY SABIO
23. Why is he famous in the music world? POR QUÉ SE LE CONOCE?¿QUÉ COMPUSO?
24. What was the name of the uncultured people who brought music to the cities? CÓMO SE
LLAMABA A LA GENTE SALTARINA, CANTANTE Y POBRE QUE IBA TRANSMITIENDO LA
MÚSICA POR LOS PUEBLOS?
25. What was the name of the greatest poets, noblemen, and kings? ¿CÓMO SE LLAMABAN LOS
GRANDES POETAS, NOBLES QUE A VECES ERAN REYES Y COMPOSITORES?
26. What music did the peasants listen to? ¿QUÉ MÚSICA LES GUSTABA A LOS CAMPESINOS?
27. What wars occurred between the Arabs and the Christians? Write its name. ¿QUÉ OCURRIÓ
ENTRE ÁRABES Y CRISTIANOS?
28. What is the third period called? TERCER PERIODO
29. During which centuries did it last? SIGLOS
30. What is the word that describes a new man who is interested in the sciences and the arts?
¿CÓMO SE LLAMA AL HOMBRE DEL RENACIMIENTO QUE LE GUSTA LAS CIENCIAS Y
LASARTES?
31. In what country was there marvelous art? DIME UN PAÍS QUE RESALTÓ
32. What two cities in this country stand out from the rest? DOS CIUDADES DE ESE PAÍS
33. Write the names of three artists. TRES ARTISTAS
34. What did people such as Leonardo and Michelangelo do? ¿QUE HACÍAN GENTE COMO MIGUEL
ÁNGEL O LEONARDO?
35. Who were the king and queen of Spain during this period? ¿QUIÉN ERAN LOS REYES DE ESPAÑA
EN ESTE PERIODO?
36. What was their grandson, who had a palace in Granada next to the Alhambra, named? ¿COMO
SE LLAMABA SU NIETO?
37. What problem kept the king and queen occupied during this time? ¿QUÉ PROBLEMA TENÍAN?
38. In what year were they able to resolve this problem? AÑO EN QUE LO RESOLVIERON
39. What great discovery happened? ¿QUÉ GRAN DESCUBRIMIENTO TUVO LUGAR?
40. Who made this discovery and during which year? AÑO Y QUIÉN LO DESCUBRIÓ
41. Which four, great musicians worked as chapel teachers for the king and queen? NOMBRA 4
COMPOSITORES DE ESTE PERIODO
42. What is a chapel and why did the king and queen want one? QUE ES UN MAESTRO DE CAPILLA
QUE TOCABA PARA LOS REYES
43. What was the white, pleated garment that people wore on their necks called? Draw one. ¿CÓMO
VESTÍAN EN ESTA ÉPOCA LOS REYES?
44. Which two great writers wore this garment and where were they from? DOS ESCRITORES
45. Write the name of the fourth period. CUARTO PERIODO
46. During what centuries did this period occur?SIGLOS
47. What does it mean for a king to have absolute power? ¿QUÉ SIGNIFICA PODER ABSOLUTO DE
LOS REYES?
48. Which French king was the best example of someone who oppressed the peasants with taxes?
DIME UN REY FRANCÉS ABSOLUTISTA
49. What did the peasants call him? Why? ¿QUÉ HICIERON LOS CAMPESINOS CON ELLOS Y POR
QUÉ?
50. What was the super palace that he built called? DIME EL NOMBRE DE SU PALACIO

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51. What was the name of the Spanish king who also ruled strictly?
52. And what was the name of his palace?
53. What was Baroque fashion like as concerns hair?
54. And what were the clothes like that women wore?
55. Which three great composers do you know from this period?
56. What keyboard instrument did they usually play?
57. Was Bach very famous at the end of his life?
58. Which great Spanish painter made portraits of Baroque princesses with mesa-camilla skirts?
59. What is the name of the fifth period?
60. During which centuries did it last?
61. What ended the abuse of the French king and queen?
62. What did towns get?
63. What three, great musicians do we know from this period?
64. What was the wig fashion like now?
65. Was Mozart very stupid? Why?
66. What work did he create at the end of his life that he was unable to finish?
67. Give the name of an opera.
68. What instrument did Beethoven play?
69. How did people style their hair during this period?
70. In which musical genre was Beethoven best known?
71. What is the next period?
72. What century does it belong to?
73. Explain one aspect of the clothing.
74. Write the name of one pianist and one opera composer.
75. Are passions important during this period?
76. What great military personality do we meet during this period?
77. What did he do when he conquered many territories?
78. Which Spanish painter was very rebellious?
79. What was the last period?
80. During which centuries did it last?
81. What is the most terrible event that happened during this period?
82. Name a dictator.
83. What new technologies or inventions were made during this time?
84. Write the name of a Spanish musician.
85. Write the name of a Spanish poet.