MUS 152 final review
Which excerpt is a variation from Mozart's Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, maman"?
14:05-15;33
The dates given in this course for the Classical period are: Select one: 1820 - 1910 1450 - 1600 1600 - 1750 1750 - 1825
1750 - 1825
Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? 3:27-7:19 Select one: Disjunct Conjunct Repeated tones The excerpt features all three
The excerpt features all three
Which of the following choices is the defining characteristic of polyphony? Select one: The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines The presence of many melodic lines of music regardless of their relationship The sequential arrangement of separate melodic lines The interrelation of melodic lines played in unison
The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines
Which description of the excerpt is correct: 0:00-3:39 There is no melodic contour in this example The melodic contour moves upward and then downward The melodic contour only moves upward The melodic contour only moves downward
The melodic contour moves upward and then downward
The following excerpt is consonant 0:00-2:56
false
The following excerpt represents melody by itself without harmonic accompaniment. 1:16-6:50 Select one: True False
false
The following excerpt is most likely from a/an: 1:36-3:40 Select one: Suite Opera Symphony Sonata
opera
A melody consists of a succession of: Select one: Timbres Textures Rhythms Pitches
pitches
The following example features a steady pulse played by the bass. 00:00- 5:59 true or false
true
The following excerpt is consonant 0:00-0:52 true or false
true
The following excerpt is dissonant. 0:00-2:49 Select one: True False
true
The following excerpt is from the overture to William Tell by Rossini. 0:00-12:04 Select one: True False
true
The following musical excerpt is from the Classical period. 0:00-3:41 Select one: True False
true
The great European churches and cathedrals of the Medieval period were important to the development of Western music Select one: True False
true
The sense of beat in this example is unstressed throughout. 00:00- 4:32 true or false
true
The symphony had its origins in the overture, which was the introductory music for Italian opera. Select one: True False
true
Venit ad Petrum was often used as the cantus firmus for the mass. Select one: True False
true
The dates for the Medieval period are generally considered to be: Select one: 1100 - 1400 AD 1450 - 1600 AD 500 - 1450 AD 1050 - 1275 AD
500 - 1450 AD
One difference between a Renaissance Mass and a motet is: Select one: A Mass is sacred, a motet is secular A Mass has only step-wise melodies and unmeasured rhythm. Both the melody and rhythm of a motet are more irregular. A Mass is always based on a specific text that is part of the liturgy of a given day. A Mass is sung unaccompanied, a motet has instrumental accompaniment
A Mass is always based on a specific text that is part of the liturgy of a given day.
Suppose you are listening to the first movement of a symphony written in the Classical period. You have heard the first section, in which two themes were introduced, and a second section, in which segments of those themes were expanded and developed. What would you expect next? Select one: A varied repeat of the first section with a return of the two original themes The introduction of new, contrasting material A set of variations on the first theme in a new key An exact repeat of the first section to end the movement
A varied repeat of the first section with a return of the two original themes
The tempo in this example could be described as: Rubato Ritardando Accelerando Consistently largo
Accelerando
This music example illustrates a chord played one note after another. This is called: 0:00-1:52 Select one: Sliding Plucking Bowing Arpeggio
Arpeggio
The composer pictured above is best known for taking older forms and styles and redefining them in modern ways. Antonin Dvorak was inspired by his Hungarian Dance No. 1. What is this composer's name? 0:00-3:02 Select one: Brahms Mahler Tchaikovsky Schubert
Brahms
Which of the following terms does not refer to a basic musical texture? Select one: Homophony Cacophony Monophony Polyphony
Cacophony
During the Renaissance, what was the name composers gave to the original chant used as the basis for the main melody in a composition? Select one: Chanson Cantus firmus Madrigal A cappella
Cantus firmus
The dance-like characteristics of the following piece indicate that it was written by: 0:00-2:55 Select one: Rachmaninoff Mussorgsky Chopin Paganini
Chopin
The Renaissance was the Golden Age of: Select one: Compositions for large choral ensembles Compositions for solo voice and instrumental ensemble Choral composition for small ensembles Vocal music accompanied by large instrumental ensembles
Choral composition for small ensembles
The rhythm of the following example suggests that the piece was composed during the Classical period. The rhythm may be described as having a: 0:50-5:53 Select one: Clear pulse and meter with regular, dance-like rhythms Strong pulse with irregular meter and syncopation Regular pulse with forward drive supported by the basso continuo Weak pulse with unmeasured rhythm
Clear pulse and meter with regular, dance-like rhythms
The following excerpt is most likely from a: 1:02-4:20 Select one: Concerto Sonata Suite Symphony
Concerto
Does the following excerpt feature more disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? 00:31-7:49 Select one: The excerpt features all three Conjunct Repeated tones Disjunct
Conjunct
The trumpet melody in the following excerpt can be best described as: 3:27-7:19 Select one: Narrow range Disjunct Repeated tone Smooth
Disjunct
The following excerpt comes from a famous aria in one of Mozart's most enduring operas. Identify the opera in question. 0:00-5:45 Select one: The Marriage of Figaro The Magic Flute Don Giovanni The Abduction from the Seraglio
Don Giovanni
Which of the following is not a composer from the Romantic period? Select one: Franz Schubert Eugene Delacroix Antonín Dvorák Richard Wagner
Eugene Delacroix
Which of these examples is a recitative? Select one: Example A 0:00-4:48 Example B 0:00-1:17 Example C 0:18-1:36
Example B 0:00-1:17
Which of the following excerpts is not from the Baroque period? Select one: Example A 0:00-2:33 Example B 0:00-9:48 Example C 0:00-5:53
Example C 0:00-5:53
Which of the following examples represents secular music? Select one: Example C 0:08-2:17 Example B 0:00-4:32 Example A 0:00-3:36
Example C 0:08-2:17
Which excerpt most likely represents theme and variations form? 0:00-15:33 Select one: Excerpt A Excerpt B Both excerpts represent theme and variations form Neither excerpt represent theme and variations form
Excerpt A
Which excerpt is an example of a gradual, or one of the responses to the reading of the epistle during the Mass, composed by Leonin? Select one: Excerpt B 0:00-4:32 Excerpt C 0:00-3:53 Excerpt A 0:00-2:09
Excerpt A 0:00-2:09
Which excerpt provides an example of rubato? Select one: Excerpt B 4:50-7:19 Excerpt A 0:00-2:55
Excerpt A 0:00-2:55
Which piece is not from a Renaissance mass? Select one: Excerpt C 0:00-10:26 Excerpt A 0:00-3:06 Excerpt B 0:00-5:19
Excerpt A 0:00-3:06
Listen to the following two examples from a piece in rondo form presented in the text. Which excerpt represents the Theme? Select one: None of the two excerpts represent the Theme Excerpt A 0:00-4:25 Excerpt B 0:21-4:25 Both excerpts represent the Theme
Excerpt A 0:00-4:25
Which one of the following excerpts belongs to a large choral work from the classical period? Select one: Excerpt A 0:13-3:18 None of the above Excerpt C 0:00-2:39 Excerpt B 0:18-3:46
Excerpt A 0:13-3:18
Which of the following madrigals is by Carlo Gesualdo? Select one: Excerpt C 0:00-3:49 Excerpt B 0:00-3:56 Excerpt A 0:00-4:00
Excerpt B 0:00-3:56
Which excerpt is from Ordo virtutum, a morality play by Hildegard von Bingen? Select one: Excerpt C 0:00-8:53 Excerpt B 0:00-4:27 Excerpt A 0:00-2:35
Excerpt B 0:00-4:27
Which of the following pieces is a madrigal is by Thomas Weelkes? Select one: Excerpt C 0:00-3:49 Excerpt B 0:00-12:15 Excerpt A 0:00-3:56
Excerpt C 0:00-3:49
This is an example of a musical genre known as 0:00-4:24 Select one: Gregorian chant Lai Madrigal Virelai
Gregorian chant
The composer of this excerpt is... 0:00-3:43 Select one: Rondeau Anicius Boethius Guido d'Arezzo Guillaume de Machaut
Guillaume de Machaut
Which of the following were important composers in the Medieval period? Select one: Troubadour and Pope Gregory I Anicius Boethius and Guido d'Arezzo Schoenberg and Berg Hildegard von Bingen and Guillaume de Machaut
Hildegard von Bingen and Guillaume de Machaut
The texture of the following example from the Classical period can best be described as: 0:53-3:19 Select one: Monophonic Polyphonic Homophonic Mixed monophonic and polyphonic
Homophonic
Which type of musical texture is being utilized in this excerpt from Bach's St. Matthew Passion? 0:00-7:09 Select one: Polyphony Homophony
Homophony
Which type of musical texture is primarily represented in the following example? 0:00-14:06 Select one: Homophony Monophony Polyphony None of these options
Homophony
This excerpt demonstrates: 1:47-5:21 Select one: How dissonant harmonies create tension and instability throughout Consonant harmonies that give a feeling of stability throughout Dissonant harmonies at the end of the passage Mainly consonant harmonies disrupted by dissonance at the beginning of the passage
How dissonant harmonies create tension and instability throughout
One characteristic of this excerpt that suggests it might be from the Baroque Period is: 0:00-3:06 Select one: It contrasts a group of instruments with a solo instrument. It uses polyphonic texture. It has gradual changes in dynamics. Its texture is mainly monophonic.
It contrasts a group of instruments with a solo instrument.
Which statement does NOT apply to the following music example? 0:00-1:29 Select one: It is sung a cappella It has homophonic texture It has steady pulse It has strong, clear cadences
It is sung a cappella
Which one of these composers was considered a national hero in his homeland? Select one: Arnold Schoenberg William Walton Jean Sibelius Erik Satie
Jean Sibelius
This is an excerpt from a: 0:16-1:55 Select one: Cantus firmus Mass Motet Madrigal
Madrigal
According to the text, which of the following is not considered a form of program music? Select one: Mazurka Symphonic poem Concert overture Incidental music
Mazurka
Listen to the following example. 0:00-3:11 Which of the following types of texture does it represent? Select one: Cacophony Homophony Monophony Polyphony
Monophony
The musical texture that consists of a single melody without accompaniment is called: Select one: Polyphony Homophony Monophony Solophony
Monophony
The following difficult piece for the violin was written by one of the few musicians of the time who could play it. Identify this composer. 0:00-1:56 Select one: Chopin Liszt Rossini Paganini
Paganini
The texture of this example is... 0:00-3:43 Select one: Monophonic Homophonic Modulating Polyphonic
Polyphonic
The texture of this excerpt is: 1:30-2:55 Select one: Monophonic Homophonic The excerpt has no texture Polyphonic
Polyphonic
Which type of musical texture is primarily represented in the following example? 0;00-3:27 Select one: Homophony Monophony Polyphony None of these answers
Polyphony
The composer of the following music example could likely be... 1:36-3:40 Select one: Purcell Desprez Pérotin Machaut
Purcell
Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? 0:00-3:29 Repeated tones The excerpt features all three Conjunct Disjunct
Repeated tones
This movement from a piano sonata by Beethoven exemplifies: 0:00-4:25 Select one: Ternary form Rondo form Theme and variations Binary form
Rondo form
What common Classical period genre does this excerpt represent? 0:43-6:50 Select one: Chamber music Symphony Sonata Concerto
Symphony
Choose the description that best corresponds with this excerpt according to the course text. 0:18-5:14 Tension is created when the melody comes to rest on the tonic at the end of the phrase. Tension is released when the melody comes to rest on the tonic at the end of the phrase.
Tension is released when the melody comes to rest on the tonic at the end of the phrase.
Listen to the following example. 0:00-2:06 Which form does it represent? Select one: Strophic form Ternary form Binary form Rondo form
Ternary form
In the following example: 1:05-2:53 Select one: There are no repeated rhythm patterns The repeated rhythm is only in the melody The repeated rhythm pattern is part of the accompaniment The same rhythm is played in the melody and the accompaniment
The repeated rhythm pattern is part of the accompaniment
This composition is a clear example of: 0:00-17:17 Select one: Ternary form Rondo form Theme and variations form Binary form
Theme and variations form
Listen to this music example and answer the following question: What would be the typical expectation regarding the rest of the movements of this particular type of work? 0:41-1:29 Select one: The rest of the movements would be performed only by the orchestra. There may be other movements all of which would be performed exclusively by the choir a cappella. There may be other movements, some of which may introduce soloists. All the rest of the movements would be performed exclusively by a soloist.
There may be other movements, some of which may introduce soloists.
According to the text, which two essential factors do composers manipulate to hold the listener's interest? Select one: None of these options Change and contrast Unity and variety Structure and organization
Unity and variety
The following example is played on an instrument that was very popular during the Renaissance. That instrument is the: 0:00-5:54 Select one: Vihuela Harp Guitar Zither
Vihuela
From the word pairs, select the one that completes the following sentence correctly. Each measure contains a combination of strong and weak __________, which represent the underlying ____________ of the music. harmonies : beats harmonies : pulse beats : pulse beats : melody
beats: pulse
Which of the following examples represents sacred music? Select one: Example B 0:00-4:24 Example C 0:00-4:31 Example A 0:00-2:17
example B 0:00-4:24
Which excerpt suggests tempo rubato? 2:48-13:33
excerpt A
Which excerpt suggests a weak beat? 1:45-7:54
excerpt B
According to the course text, the pulse in this excerpt is strong and quite obvious. 00.:00- 7:49
false
According to the text, art of the Romantic period valued emotional restraint and clarity of form. Select one: True False
false
According to the text, binary forms are based on the principle of variation. Select one: True False
false
Beethoven is sometimes referred to as "The Father of the Symphony." Select one: True False
false
Consonant harmonies usually provide a feeling of tension. Select one: True False
false
The following excerpt represents melody with harmonic accompaniment. 1:19-6:50 true or false
false
The following excerpt represents monophonic texture. 0:00-0:59 Select one: True False
false
The following excerpt represents polyphonic texture. 0:00-5:54 Select one: True False
false
The following selection is from Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique. 0:00-8:27 Select one: True False
false
The smallest harmonic unit is made up of three pitches called a chord. true or false
false
Two simultaneous pitches of the same letter name and pitch (e.g., C, G, or D) constitute a harmony. Select one: True False
false
Usually, folk tunes, songs, spirituals, and hymns are not good examples of strophic form. Select one: True False
false
Please use the text field to enter your answer. This instrument, which was very popular during the Renaissance, is called a
lute
The proper musical term for 'decreasing the tempo' is __________. Select one: lento decrescendo ritardando rubato
ritardando
Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? 0:36-3:29 Select one: Disjunct Repeated tones The excerpt features all three Conjunct
the excerpt features all three
When a melody acquires significant importance within a given composition, it is called a: Select one: Theme Section Transition Wide-ranging melody
theme
The predominant meter of this example is: 00:00-2:53 Select one: Mixed and changing Nonexistent Duple Triple
triple
According to the text, ternary form uses a mixture of repetition and contrast. Select one: True False
true
In contrast to the Renaissance, where vocal and choral music took center stage, instrumental music established itself as the most significant genre of the Baroque period. Select one: True False
true
In general, operatic arias of the Romantic period, for example those by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), provide good examples of homophonic music. Select one: True False
true
In this musical excerpt, it is fair to say that each melodic phrase exhibits a melodic contour that moves in a downward direction. 0:00-11:36 Select one: True False
true
