Week 5 Quiz (Chs 25-28)

What was the first book published in North America? a. Bay Psalm Book b. The New England Psalm-Singer c. the Bible d. None of the answers shown here.

a. Bay Psalm Book

Where was William Billings born? a. North America b. England c. Germany d. France

a. North America

Bach's last demonstration of contrapuntal mastery was a. The Art of Fugue. b. A Musical Offering. c. The Well-Tempered Clavier. d. the Brandenburg Concertos.

a. The Art of Fugue.

What did the recorder, oboe, and flute have in common during the Baroque? a. The were all made of wood. b. They were all made of metal. c. They were all made in Italy. d. They had nothing in common.

a. The were all made of wood.

A fugue is a contrapuntal composition in which a single subject is the focal point that unifies the work. a. True b. False

a. True

Bach composed the famous set of works known as the Brandenburg Concertos. a. True b. False

a. True

In the first movement, Spring, both the poem and music evoke birds, a stream, and thunder and lightning. a. True c. False

a. True

Stradivarius, Guarneri, and Amati were famous makers of violins during the Baroque era. a. True b. False

a. True

The fugue is based on the principle of imitation. a. True b. False

a. True

Vivaldi was an ordained priest. a. True b. False

a. True

The Baroque suite included a German dance called a(n) a. allemande. b.courante. c. sarabande. d. gavotte.

a. allemande.

What is the MOST common form of the individual movement in a suite? a. binary b. variations c. sonata d. rondo

a. binary

A concerto is an instrumental a. form based on the opposition between two dissimilar bodies of sound. b. genre in several movements for a soloist or small ensemble. c. form based on the opposition between two similar bodies of sound. d. genre based on the opposition between a small group of solo instruments and orchestra.

a. form based on the opposition between two dissimilar bodies of sound.

The ________ is a keyboard form based on the principle of voices imitating each other. a. fugue b. prelude c. suite d. toccata

a. fugue

In a fugue, the technique of moving the subject by the same intervals but in the opposite direction is called a. inversion. b. retrograde. c. retrograde inversion. d. augmentation.

a. inversion.

The ________ form in a concerto is loosely based on the alternation between orchestral statements and virtuosic passages for the soloist. a. ritornello b. cadenza c. refrain d. sinfonia

a. ritornello

The system in which syllables were used to memorize intervals between notes is called a. solfège. b. Sacred Harp singing. c. heterophony. d. sight singing.

a. solfège.

A group of short dances performed by a diverse array of instruments is called the sarabande. a. True b. False

b. False

Billings's four-part compositions generally placed the main melody in the soprano. a. True b. False

b. False

Gaspar Fernandes and William Billings often collaborated on musical works. a. True b. False

b. False

The Four Seasons is program music because it uses word-painting. a. True b. False

b. False

William Billings made his living exclusively from his musical compositions. a. True b. False

b. False

What do Stradivarius, Guarneri, and Amati have in common? a. They were all Baroque composers. b. They were all instrument makers. c. They were all famous musicians during the Baroque era. d. They all performed with Handel.

b. They were all instrument makers.

What is a toccata? a. a set of variations on a repeated harmonic pattern b. an improvisatory, virtuosic keyboard work c. a movement based on strict counterpoint d. a four-movement keyboard work containing a fugue

b. an improvisatory, virtuosic keyboard work

During the Baroque era string instruments used what material for strings? a. steel b. gut c. twine d. silk

b. gut

Vivaldi was music master at a. St. Mark's in Venice. b. the Conservatorio dell'Ospedale della Pieta in Venice. c. St. Peter's in Rome. d. the Church of the Virgin Mary in Milan.

b. the Conservatorio dell'Ospedale della Pieta in Venice.

The typical solo concerto has ________ movements. a. two b. three c. four d. six

b. three

What of the following characterizes the villancico by Fernandes? a. images of Christianity mixed with those of the Aztec religion b. an ensemble refrain c. All answers shown here. d. a frequent short-long rhythm

c. All answers shown here.

Which of the following were musical developments in seventeenth-century America? a. Polyphonic settings of sacred music began to appear. b. Singing schools began teaching music. c. All answers shown here. d. Shape-note singing was developed.

c. All answers shown here.

Which of the following is the title of a set of forty-eight preludes and fugues by Bach? a. the Brandenburg Concertos b. A Musical Offering c. The Well-Tempered Clavier d. The Art of Fugue

c. The Well-Tempered Clavier

In a fugue, the areas of relaxation where the subject is not heard are called a. answers. b. countersubjects. c. episodes. d. strettos.

c. episodes.

The ________ is a keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by quills. a. organ b. piano c. harpsichord d. clavichord

c. harpsichord

The Alla hornpipe movement from Water Music is characterized by a. lively duple meter. b. binary form. c. instrumental groups exchanging motivic ideas. d. all of the above

c. instrumental groups exchanging motivic ideas.

What images are evoked in Spring, the first movement of The Four Seasons? a. birds b. a stream c. thunder and lightning d. All answers shown here.

d. All answers shown here.

Which of the following characterizes Vivaldi's Four Seasons? a. The concertos are based on poems. b. The concertos are structured in three-movement forms. c. The concertos convey pictorial images. d. All answers shown here.

d. All answers shown here.