music final study guide ig
The Beatles's influence on American rock music may be seen through later performers' use of _______.
"classical" and nonwestern instruments new electronic effects unconventional scales, chord progressions, and rhythms All answers are correct.
Classicism, as a stylistic period in Western music, encompassed the years _______.
1750-1820
Romanticism, as a stylistic period in Western music, encompassed the years _______.
1820-1900
The flowering of African American culture called the "Harlem Renaissance" spanned the years ______.
1917-35
The phrase Middle Ages refers to the period of European history spanning ______.
450-1450
What is a symphony?
A sonata for orchestra
What is a major difference between a cantata and an oratorio?
An oratorio is not intended for religious services.
Which statement is true about opera in Venice?
Between 1637 and 1700 there were seventeen opera houses in Venice.
Habañera from Carmen; george bizet
Carmen sings an aria, which is answered by the chorus.
the nutcracker, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Reed Pipes from Nutcracker Suite
John Williams composed the score for which of the following films?
E.T. the Extraterrestrial; Star wars; AND Indiana Jones
Beethoven's only opera is entitled ______.
Fidelio
Which of the following operas was not composed by Richard Wagner?
Fidelio
Composers in the classical period took middle-class tastes into account by doing what?
Flavoring their serious compositions with folk and popular music Writing comic operas that sometimes ridiculed the aristocracy Writing dance music for public balls All answers are correct.
harry potter song by john williams; What instrument performs the melody at the beginning of this excerpt?
French horn
The music the medieval monks sang was called _______.
Gregorian chant
very chaotic piece with strings by Georges Bizet In which order are the unique textures presented in this selection?
Homophonic, then monophonic
The saxophone solo is an example of which prominent feature of jazz?
Improvisation
What is program music?
Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene
When notating music for others to read, composers traditionally have used ____________ words to indicate dynamics.
Italian
Giovanni Palestrina, Renaissance Mass, agnus dei adagio op 11
KEEEEEkayyyyyehhhh eyyyy
Some of Puccini's operas feature exoticism, as in his use of melodic and rhythmic elements derived from Japanese and Chinese music in his operas ______.
Madame Butterfly and Turandot
the alleluia chant thing is
Monophonic Many notes are sung to relatively few syllables of text.
C jam blues by duke ellington has these instruments
Piano, bass, drums, and guitar
The librettos to The Ring of the Nibelung were written by ______.
Richard Wagner
The famous aria La donna è mobile is taken from Verdi's opera ______.
Rigoletto
We have a record of Beethoven's struggle with his musical material because he did what?
Showed his workflow in musical sketchbooks
Ludwig van Beethoven; Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, IV
Symphony
The famous riot in 1913 was caused by the first performance of Stravinsky's ballet ______.
The Rite of Spring
To what does dynamics in music refer?
The degree of loudness and softness
Who was Hildegard of Bingen?
The first woman composer to leave a large number of works that have survived Abbess of the convent at Rupertsberg A visionary and mystic active in religious and diplomatic affairs all answers correct
Which of the following about Vivaldi's La Primavera (Spring) from The Four Seasons is true?
The piece is an example of program music.
Leonard Bernstein; Tonight, from West Side Story
This music depicts several emotions at once. toniiight toniiight i see my love toniiight
The firebird, Stravinsky What instrument punctuates this selection with dramatic accents?
Timpani
Which of the following instruments were not normally included in the classical orchestra?
Trombones
Which of the following operas is not by Verdi?
Turandot
The idea of musical themes for characters (leitmotifs) was developed by which nineteenth-century composer?
Wagner
Nadezhda von Meck was ______.
a wealthy benefactress who provided Tchaikovsky with an annuity
The Renaissance may be described as an age of ______.
all answers correct if they're pretty much all good
West Side Story contains _______.
an unprecedented fusion of song and drama with electrifying violent choreography
George Frideric Handel; Hallelujah, from Messiah; an oratorio chorus The excerpt moves from monophonic to polyphonic to homophonic.
and he shall reign for ever and everrr, Hallelujah Hallelujah and ever and ever Hallelujah Hallelujah
estampie is a bopping litle lute dance song by
anonymous in middle ages It is in triple meter and has a strong, fast beat.
The baroque style was well suited to the ______.
aristocracy
Allegro
at a brisk lively tempo, cheerful
Adagio
at a slow tempo
Andante
at a walking pace, still slow, not as slow as adagio
ave maria by Josquin Desprez that doesn't sound like ave maria
aveeee aaaa uuuuu seeee
In contrast to fugues, baroque suites tended to have ____________ because they were based on dance steps.
balanced and symmetrical phrases
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, I; three short notes and one long note
beethoven DO DO DO DOOOO
The use of organs in church _______.
bothered the clergy because they distracted the listeners from worship
The lowest woodwind instrument in the orchestra is the ______.
contrabassoon
Arcangelo Corelli, Quadruple meter with dotted rhythms
couldn't find the name but it goes like da do. da do. da da da da da do. dadadadadaadaaaadaaa
Antonio Vivaldi, La Primavera (Spring), from The Four Seasons, I; Concerto and allegro
da da da da dada dAAAA you had a music box with this, ends weird with strings kinda headachy
An attempt was made to purify Catholic church music as a result of the ______.
deliberations of the Council of Trent
As Vesta Was Descending, word painting, thomas weelkes
dianas daaaarling, keep runningggg darliiiiing
edgard varese
did the weird spooky jumpscare piece
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major
do do do do dodododododo
John Dowland, flow my tears, uses a lute
down there nights shiiiine you no moooore, now nights are dark enough
Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony ______.
ends with a slow, despairing finale Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, also known as the Pathétique Symphony
Agnus dei by Guillaume de Machaut
from notre dame mass; is Solemn, yet elaborate
Scott Joplin; maple leaf rag
gives u animal crossing vibes
Symphonie fantastique, V: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath; trills and ornaments
hector berlioz
over the rainbow
homophonic, judy garland
Homophonic
ig means there's multiple instruments playing parts that aren't the same together?? primary part is supported by one or more additional strands that flesh out the harmony
When music is created at the same time as it is performed, it is said to be ______.
improvised
Today's movie scores may be regarded as examples of ______.
incidental music/ music used in a film or play as a background to create or enhance a particular atmosphere.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, I
kinda sounds like a tom and jerry song? has sharp points then pretty points
super sad piano song by chopin The tempo and mood of this music are ______.
largo and brooding
Guillaume de Machaut's compositions consist mainly of ______.
love songs with instrumental accompaniment
little old kinda like guitar thing by bach
lute suit n1 e minor, rhythmic melody short-short-long
Leonard Bernstein
mexicans; how you get all of them insiiide
A virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages was held by _______.
monks in monasteries
Short musical ideas or fragments of themes that are developed within a composition are called ______.
motives
Franz Schubert; German lied; Erlkonig
my fatherrr my fatherrr ess sheeetz tooo esstat
The word baroque has at various times meant all of the following except ______.
naturalistic
A baroque musical composition usually expresses ____________within the same movement.
one basic mood
monophonic
only one melodic line, with no harmony or counterpoint. There may be rhythmic accompaniment, but only one line that has specific pitches.
Monteverdi, an early baroque composer, strove to create music that was ______.
passionate and dramatic
A ____________ is an instrumental composition in several movements based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.
program symphony
Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas, Adagio
remember me, remember me, what aaaaaare forgeeeet my faaaaace
The compelling drive and energy in baroque music are usually provided by ______.
repeated rhythmic patterns
An African American dance music that fused blues, jazz, and gospel styles is known as _______.
rhythm and blues
The citizen's sense of national identity and patriotic feelings were intensified by ______.
romanticism, which glorified love for one's national heritage common bonds of language, culture, and history military resistance to Napoleon All answers are correct.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Minuet and trio; sereneade no 13
saw this in a video, think couple dancing and at the dididi part they jump and flail their feet
Aaron Copland; Simple Gifts, from Appalachian Spring
sounds like more boppin lord of the dance at one point
Along with his symphonies, Haydn's ___________ are considered his most important works.
string quartets
Liszt created the ______________, a one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.
symphonic poem
George Frideric Handel, For unto Us a Child Is Born, from Messiah; an oratorio
the priiince of peaaaace
Timbre is synonymous with ______.
tone color
An artistic trend of the 1890s, in which operas dealt with ordinary people and true-to-life situations, was known as ______.
verismo
Cool jazz ______.
was related to bop but was calmer and more relaxed in character
Vienna, when Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were active, ______.
was the fourth-largest city in Europe was the seat of the Holy Roman Empire had a population of almost 250,000 all answers correct
George Gershwin; Rhapsody in Blue
weird lego keyboard smash tom and jerry piece
Woodwind instruments are so named because they ______.
were originally made of wood