The Preservation and Revival of Ancient Music

This quiz will test your knowledge of the preservation and revival of ancient music.

14 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the study of ancient music?

  1. Musicology
  2. Ethnomusicology
  3. Archaeomusicology
  4. Historical musicology
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the earliest known musical instrument?

  1. The flute
  2. The drum
  3. The lyre
  4. The trumpet
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the earliest known musical notation?

  1. The cuneiform script
  2. The hieroglyphs
  3. The musical staff
  4. The tablature
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the revival of ancient music?

  1. Musicology
  2. Ethnomusicology
  3. Archaeomusicology
  4. Historical musicology
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first person to revive ancient Greek music?

  1. Vincenzo Galilei
  2. Claudio Monteverdi
  3. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  4. Orlande de Lassus
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the ensemble that specializes in the performance of ancient Greek music?

  1. The Academy of Ancient Music
  2. The English Concert
  3. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  4. The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the festival that celebrates the revival of ancient music?

  1. The Early Music Festival
  2. The Boston Early Music Festival
  3. The Utrecht Early Music Festival
  4. The Bruges Early Music Festival
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the organization that promotes the study and performance of ancient music?

  1. The International Society for the Study of Early Music
  2. The American Musicological Society
  3. The Society for Ethnomusicology
  4. The College Music Society
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the journal that publishes research on the revival of ancient music?

  1. Early Music
  2. The Journal of Musicology
  3. Ethnomusicology
  4. The Journal of the American Musicological Society
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the website that provides information on the revival of ancient music?

  1. The Early Music Network
  2. The American Musicological Society
  3. The Society for Ethnomusicology
  4. The College Music Society
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the book that provides a history of the revival of ancient music?

  1. The History of Early Music
  2. The Cambridge History of Music
  3. The Oxford History of Music
  4. The Norton History of Music
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the documentary that explores the revival of ancient music?

  1. The World of Early Music
  2. The Sound of the Past
  3. The Music of the Ancients
  4. The Revival of Ancient Music
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the radio program that broadcasts the revival of ancient music?

  1. Early Music Live
  2. The Early Music Show
  3. The World of Early Music
  4. The Sound of the Past
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the podcast that discusses the revival of ancient music?

  1. The Early Music Podcast
  2. The History of Early Music Podcast
  3. The World of Early Music Podcast
  4. The Sound of the Past Podcast