MUSI 1306 Unit 3 Test Review

One of the main sources of American popular music in the form of musical theater around 1900 was:

Broadway in New York City

Who was the earliest master of the lied?

Franz Schubert

Opera buffa refers to ________ opera.

Italian comic

Who are the two most important composers of the late Baroque period?

J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel

Who was NOT a Romantic composer?

Mozart

What was the first important center of jazz?

New Orleans

Who is traditionally associated with collecting and codifying the chants of the church?

Pope Gregory I

A composition of George Gershwin's that imports jazz and blues styles into the concert hall genres is:

Rhapsody in Blue

Many scholars say that, next to Beethoven, _______ had the greatest influence on 19th century composers.

Richard Wagner

Who was the leading composer of ragtime in the early 1900s?

Scott Joplin

All of the following are characteristics of the ensemble in the 18th century opera EXCEPT:

Sentiments are fairly static and consistent within one musical number

A song cycle is a:

group of songs with a common poetic theme or unifying story.

The predominant texture of Classical music is:

homophony

In church music, a short tune sung through many stanzas of text is a:

hymn

What is Louis Armstrong best known for?

imaginative breaks and variations on the trumpet

The two key features of jazz performance style are:

improvisation and highly developed syncopation

George Gershwin was known for:

including jazz in "serious" compositions

A coda:

is a closing section of a movement

The duet "La ci darem la mano" from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni:

is an example of the continuation of plot through musical set pieces (arias, duets, ensebles, etc.), a development in opera of the Classical era

Which best describes rhythm in the Baroque era?

it became more regular

which is NOT a characteristic of plainchant?

it is metered

Collective improvisation in early jazz was called:

jamming

Which allows a composer to show what a character is thinking even though something else is being said in the text?

leitmotiv

The text of an opera is called the:

libretto

The 19th century German genre consisting of a musical setting of a short poem for voice and piano is the:

lied

Most of the music of medieval times that has been preserved for us was written down by:

members of religious orders

The Classical style emerge in the _______ century.

mid-18th

Thanks to Pergolesi, Rousseau, and Mozart, the most progressive style of opera in the latter part of the 18th century was:

opera buffa

The most versatile medium for Classical composers was the:

orchestra

The rise of public concerts in the 18th century gave a special boost to the composition of:

orchestral music

Beethoven's performing instrument was the:

piano

The Classical use of dynamics was reflected in the popularity of the new instrument, the _________, in the Classical era.

piano

The favorite featured instrument of the Classical sonata was the:

piano

In his last style period, Beethoven composed mostly:

piano sonatas and string quartets

Music during the Enlightenment was meant to:

please and entertain

Pianists' or organists' improvisations for silent films of the 1910s and 1920s were often based on:

published catalogues of Romantic musical repertoire

In Verdi's operas the orchestra plays a greater role in _______ and a lesser role in ______.

recitatives; arias

The form diagrammed as A B A C A B A is ________ form.

rondo

In the Classical era, the string quartet was intended to perform in:

small, intimate gatherings

Another name for an A B A' form with an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation is _________ form.

sonata

The form of the first movement of Symphony No. 95 in C Minor is:

sonata

The form of the third movement of Symphony No. 95 in C Minor is:

sonata

Baroque dynamics generally:

stay the same throughout a movement

What are the two basic forms of lieder?

strophic and through-composed

Big band jazz is called:

swing

The 18th century public concert include principally:

symphonies and concertos

The major genre developed by Classical composers is the:

symphony

The string quartet has as many movements as the:

symphony

With which genre is Beethoven most closely associated?

symphony

When some of the accents in music are moved away from the main beats, we call this:

syncopation

Big bands were made up of ______ players.

ten to twenty five

The early history of Western music was dominated by:

the Christian church

The three main institutions where Baroque composers could make a living were:

the church, opera house, and the court

In sonata form, what is repeated in the recapitulation?

the first theme followed by all the other elements of the exposition

The quality most prized by Romantic artists was:

the integrity of the expression of individual feeling

Which is a musical innovation of the 18th century Western society?

the public concert

What is a Characteristic of ALL nationalistic music?

the use of folk music of each country

The first movement in most Classical symphonies is generally:

a moderate or fast movement in sonata form that sometimes has a slow introduction

The second movement in most Classical symphonies is generally:

a slow movement with beautiful, relaxing melodies

The singing style characterized by fast runs and scales, a large pitch range, cadenzas, and virtuosic displays of all sorts is:

coloratura

Increasingly, the focal point for the performance of Romantic music was the:

concert hall

The important new member of the Romantic orchestra was the:

conductor

The term Concerto comes from the Latin word Concertare, which indicates in the concerto grosso a:

contest between soloists and orchestra

Baroque composers were likely to think of themselves as:

craftspeople, creating a product on demand

The musical term for "from the beginning" is:

da capo

Which is NOT one of the standard Classical forms?

da capo form

From what condition did Beethoven suffer?

deafness

When themes are broken up, recombined, reorchestrated, extended, or played in new musical contexts, they are being:

developed

All of the following are characteristics of Beethoven's symphonic compositional style EXCEPT:

disregard for Classical forms

The tendency for Romanticism in music can be found in:

early film music

Opera arose around the year:

1600

The Baroque period spanned the years:

1600-1750

the blues emerged around:

1900

When the accents are moved slightly ahead of the beat, the effect is called:

beat syncopation

In the early 20th century, harmony:

became more dissonant

A style of opera developed by early Italian Romantic composers was called:

bel canto

How might a Classical composer help listeners become familiar with a theme in a composition?

by repeating it right away

In a typical early jazz band, the melody instruments included a:

clarinet

What happens in a rondo?

one theme is repeated again and again, with contrasting episodes interspersed

Drama set to music is:

opera

The most important genre in Baroque secular vocal music is:

opera

Italian comic opera was called:

opera buffa

Which is true of an oratorio?

An oratorio uses a chorus and soloists, as well as instrumentalists

Wagner was particularly against:

Arias

The composer most responsible for elevating music to a new level of respect during the Romantic era was:

Beethoven

Who had the greatest influence on early Romantic composers?

Beethoven

Which is NOT a movement of the Mass?

Cantus

Beethoven wrote music in both the ________ style and ________ style.

Classical; Romantic

Which is true of the use of dynamics in the Classical era?

Dynamics and gradual dynamic changes were specifically notated by composers.

Which ruler in the Classical era was known for his generous encouragement of music?

Emperor Joseph II

Which is true of most of Haydn's symphonies?

They usually include simple, cheerful melodies.

The Classical style developed principally in:

Vienna

What is the form of a blues song such as "If You Ever Been Down"?

a a b a a b and so on

The musical term for "voices alone" is:

a cappella

An aria is:

an extended piece for a solo singer having more musical elaboration and a steadier pulse than recitative

What is a concert overture?

an overture that is not connected to any following music, such as an opera

Which two instruments would most likely have played the basso continuo in a Baroque composition?

cello and harpsichord

A operatic number sung by two or more people is called an:

ensemble

In da capo form, more elaborate ornamentation occurs primarily in the _______ senction(s).

final A

There are ______ standard sections to the polyphonic Mass.

five

In a recitative, the rhythm:

follows the rhythm of speech

In which category is a symphonic poem different from a concert overture?

form

Miniatures were given all of the following types of titles EXCEPT:

formal titles such as sonata or rondo

Classical string quartets generally have _______ movements

four

Romantic treatment of form was:

free and spontaneous

The 18th century salon was a:

gathering in a home

In a Classical concerto, there is no ______ movement.

minuet

What was the result of the Classical practice of using standard forms?

music became more predictable for the listener

What did Wagner call his new style of opera in the 1850s?

music drama

How many people are needed to play a Classical sonata?

one or two

In the early 20th century:

there was no compositional norm

How many movements does a typical late Baroque concerto have?

three

A song in which the musical sections do not follow the verses of poetry, but are composed with new material from beginning to end, is said to be:

through-composed

"To rag" means:

to play syncopated rhythms with the right hand on the piano while the left hand stays on the beat.

What compositional practice by composers disappeared during the Classical era?

using the continuo to suggest the harmony

How are Classical themes "closed off"?

with multiple cadences