Music Appreciation
An opera is a large-scale drama that is sung
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Clarity in the Classical era was provided by repetition and the frequent use of sequence (a pattern repeated at a higher or lower pitch). These devices created balanced structures that were easily accessible to the listener
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While in Leipzig, Bach directed a group of university students known as the collegium musicum.
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The Moonlight Sonata evokes what new expressive style?
Romantic
Click or tap on the line of text that corresponds with the second musical phrase of Tonight from West Side Story.
Tonight, tonight, I'll see my love tonight, and for us, stars will stop where they are.
A descending ground bass helps underscore the sorrow in Dido's lament.
True
What is "Thy hand, Belinda," as sung by Dido in Purcell's opera?
a recitative
Sextuple meter is also known as ___________meter.
compound duple
Test your understanding of melody. In the following example, what is the range of the melody sung by the male singer?
moderately wide (
In his career, Wagner abandoned the idea of separate arias, duets, ensembles, choruses, and ballets, instead developing an "endless melody" that was molded to the natural inflections of the German language.
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In nineteenth-century Italy, audiences favored both the opera seria and opera buffa styles and the use of bel canto singing.
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Which of the following characters sing in the "Un dì" quartet in Verdi's Rigoletto?
Correct Answer(s) Rigoletto Gilda Duke Maddalena Incorrect Answer(s)
Opera buffa was rich in angular and dissonant melodies. T/F
False
Programmatic forms were not used by the Impressionists.
False
The divertimento and the serenade are opera genres. T/F
False
The last movement of Haydn's Trumpet Concerto features an extensive cadenza. T/F
False
Match the instrument(s) that Wagner used to portray each person or idea in the closing of scene 3 of Act III in Die Walküre.
Loge Correct label: trombones Siegfried Correct label: brass magic sleep Correct label: harps magic fire Correct label: woodwinds and French horns
Which French painter is credited with starting the Impressionistic movement with his painting Impression: Sunrise?
Montet
Beethoven gave the nickname Moonlight to his own piano sonata. T/F
False
Beethoven, in his Moonlight Sonata, follows typical formal molds in all of the movements. T/F
False
J. S. Bach was raised as a Catholic.
False
Which of the following operas by Verdi is NOT based on a Shakespeare play?
La Ttraviata
Match the characteristics to the musical style.
Romantic Correct label: chromatic harmonies Correct label: expansive wide-ranging melodies Classical Correct label: balanced, symmetrical melodies Correct label: diatonic harmonies
Haydn, Mozart, and their successors understood the term sonata as an instrumental work for one or_______ instruments consisting of _______ or four contrasting movements.
two, three
Which of the following DOES NOT describe the sonata in the Classical era?
intended for performance by a large ensemble
Which best describes the tempo of the third movement of the Moonlight Sonata?
presto agitato
For which setting did Mozart write Eine kleine Nachtmusik?
public outdoor entertainment
Match each definition to the genre it best describes.
recitative Correct label: a kind of musical declamation or speech aria Correct label: a song, usually of a highly emotional nature overture Correct label: an orchestral introduction libretto Correct label: the text/script of an opera
Match the musical term with its functional grammatical parallel.
sentence Correct label: phrase period Correct label: cadence
Which of the following best describe the sonata in the Classical era?
sometimes designed for amateur performance considered the most significant in the keyboard literature sometimes used by composer-performers as show pieces
Which of the following best describes the form of the fourth movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony?
sonata-allegro form with a long coda
The character of Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni is sung by which voice type?
soprano
Which of the following are examples of thematic development?
syncopating the rhythm of the theme altering the harmony underneath the theme altering the melodic outline of the theme
The second movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is in what form?
theme and variation.
Let's try out your understanding of some terms relating to melody by listening to this familiar musical theater song, Tonight from West Side Story. Here's the text to help you follow along. Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night, tonight there will be no morning star. Tonight, tonight, I'll see my love tonight, and for us, stars will stop where they are. Today the minutes seem like hours, the hours go so slowly, and still the sky is light. Oh moon, grow bright, and make this endless day endless night. Now try out your understanding of terms related to melody in the activity below. Which term describes the range of this melody?
wide
Debussy was influenced by the non-Western scales and instruments he encountered at the Paris World Exhibition of 1889
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Edvard Grieg provided incidental music for a play by Henrik Ibsen about a lazy and prideful youth named Peer Gynt and his various misadventure
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In The Nutcracker, the timbre of the celesta enhances the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
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In a comparison of the Classical and Romantic styles, Classical melodies were characterized by symmetry, while Romantic melodies were characterized by chromaticism.
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In composing opera, a composer often works with a librettist, who supplies the text for the various recitatives, arias, and choruses and provides the story's main threads and subplots.
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In the last section of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" antique cymbals are introduced.
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Most instrumental works of the Classical era follow a scheme of tempos and formal ideas known as the multimovement cycle.
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The Nutcracker takes place is Christmas party
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The idée fixe, which means "fixed idea," is varied throughout Symphonie fantastique through a process known as thematic transformation.
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The libretto for Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas is based on The Aeneid.
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What is the basis for the story of The Ring of the Nibelung?
A Medieval German epic poem
Match the characteristics to the movement of the cantata Wachet auf (Sleepers, Awake) that they describe.
Bach: Wachet auf, No. 1 Correct label: Sopranos sing chorale melody. Correct label: Parts are sung by full SATB chorus (with orchestra). Bach: Wachet auf, No. 4 Correct label: Tenors sing chorale melody. Correct label: Sung by tenors only (with orchestra).
In terms of expression, emotional balance and restraint is typical of which style?
Classical
Who of the following composers wrote short lyric piano pieces in the Romantic era and who did not? Page 196 Chapter Quizzes
Correct Answer(s) Clara Wieck Schumann Felix Mendelssohn Franz Liszt Incorrect Answer(s) George Frideric Handel Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Which of the following were new instruments added to the Romantic orchestra?
Correct Answer(s) English horn piccolo contrabassoon Incorrect Answer(s) French horn viola
Which of the following are Romantic-era composers?
Correct Answer(s) Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Clara Wieck Schumann Incorrect Answer(s) George Sand Nedezhda von Meck
In which countries was nineteenth-century ballet favored as an independent dramatic form?
Correct Answer(s) France Russia Incorrect Answer(s) Ireland Sweden
From what traditions were the musicians in the "Mighty Five" seeking to free themselves?
Correct Answer(s) German symphonic traditions French ballet Italian opera Incorrect Answer(s) Russian part song
Which of the following correctly describe a part of Schubert's career?
Correct Answer(s) His music shows both Classical and Romantic traits. He sang in a prestigious choir in Vienna. He wrote more than 600 Lieder. Incorrect Answer(s) He did not write chamber music.
Which of the following is true of Impressionism?
Correct Answer(s) It was rebuffed by the academic salons of Paris. It developed in parallel with the Symbolist movement in poetry. It was initially a term denoting scorn of the new style. Incorrect Answer(s) It is mainly an Italian art form.
Who of the following were famous keyboard musicians during the Classical era?
Correct Answer(s) Maria Theresia von Paradis Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Maria Anna Mozart Incorrect Answer(s) Joseph Haydn
Which of the following is true about Hector Berlioz?
Correct Answer(s) Some of his works have a literary basis. He was a genius at orchestration. He won the Prix de Rome. Incorrect Answer(s) He was a German Romantic composer. His parents expected him to become a music composer.
Which of the following statements are true about the third movement of Haydn's Trumpet Concerto?
Correct Answer(s) There is an extended coda. There are two main themes. There is difficult passagework. Incorrect Answer(s) The trumpet does not play. It is in first-movement concerto form.
Which of the following verses are found in Mozart's Requiem? (Only the first two words are included for each verse)
Correct Answer(s) Tuba mirum Rex tremendae Dies irae Incorrect Answer(s) Ave Maria Stabat mater
Which of these authors wrote during the Romantic era?
Correct Answer(s) Walter Scott Victor Hugo Incorrect Answer(s) William Shakespeare
Maria Anna Mozart was which of the following?
Correct Answer(s) an accomplished pianist known as Nannerl Incorrect Answer(s) not related to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart a violinist
Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" features which of the following?
Correct Answer(s) homophonic texture "blue" chords chromaticism antique cymbals Incorrect Answer(s) accented rhythmic drive
which of the following are characteristics of Impressionist music?
Correct Answer(s) modal scales rich orchestral color unresolved dissonances Incorrect Answer(s) strict rhythms
Which of the following describe the Dies irae from Mozart's Requiem?
Correct Answer(s) text depicts a vision of Judgment Day written for soloists, chorus, and orchestra Incorrect Answer(s) text is in German written for string quartet
Match the type of staged dancing with the country with which it is associated.
Correct label: Itally--intermedio England-masque France-ballet de cour
Match each movement to the description Berlioz describes in the score for his Symphonie fantastique. The creatures of the underworld introduce the musician's eternal resting place
Correct label: Movement V A shepherds' duet inspires anxiety Correct label: Movement III The artist is punished for committing a crime of passion Correct label: Movement IV The young musician's passionate daydream about love and suffering Correct label: Movement I A dance in which the beloved is glimpsed for a moment Correct label: Movement II
Which term describes the contour of the opening phrase of Joy to the World?
Descending
Which of the following terms are used to describe a single note and which are not?
Describes a single note duration tone color Does not describe a single note contour range
Which of the following terms describe this musical excerpt and which one does not?
Describes the excerpt wavelike contour disjunct movement wide range Does not describe the excerpt moves by small interval
Who of the following was a painter during the Romantic Era?
Eugène Delacroix
Drag the labels into the tempo order of the movements of a Classical-era concerto.
First movement: fast; second movement: slow; third movement: fast
Drag the correct words to complete the sentence.
First-movement concerto form is sometimes described as a sonata-allegro form with a double exposition.
In which of the following cities did J. S. Bach work?
Weimar Leipzig Anhalt-Cöthen
Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert both composed song cycles.
True
Romantic Lied texts are written in German.
True
What nationality are Janissary bands?
Turkish