Test 2 review Music appreciation

Lin-Manuel Miranda employed a technique that uses musical sounds to signify hidden meanings in a musical work. That technique is called ______.

Allegory

As an example of allegory, Lin-Manuel Miranda uses the harpsichord in the musical score of Hamilton to represent:

British rule before the revolution

True or Fales - Holst had a sincere interest in and passion for astrology, and this led to the creation of The Solar System Cycle.

False

True or False - Even Adolph Hitler believed that Wagner's operas should not be produced.

False

True or False - Holst became wealthy as a trombone performer in the middle part of his career.

False

True or False - John Williams was only influenced by specific historical compositions, rather than by style more generally.

False

True or False - Like the composer of the musical scores for Star Wars, Wagner randomly paired themes with objects and ideas.

False

True or False - Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) was a world-famous performer by the time he was 17 years old.

False

True or False - The Rite of Spring debuted as the sole ballet on the program and audience members at the premier loved the dancing and costumes.

False

True or False - The theme that represents Darth Vader (the "Imperial March") shares many of the same characteristics as the main theme, but it is in the major mode and uses simple harmonies.

False

True or False - Wagner shrunk the size of the orchestra for 'The Ring of the Nibelungs' in order to highlight characters with single instruments.

False

The composer who wrote the scores for the original Star Wars trilogy (among the best-known musical works created for the big screen) is _______.

John Williams

Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelungs derives from ______ mythology.

Norse

The composer of Hamelton found that________________ music was very useful because he could fit more words into a shorter span of time..

Rap

The theme that represents "Loge as fire" uses the following to represent fire:

Rising and falling dynamic levels and pitches to represent the unpredictable nature of fire spreading across the ground

Although Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker were very popular and are still widely performed today, he would have preferred to have been known for his ______.

Symphonies

"Wotan's Farewell" features one of the most significant powers of the leitmotif:

The ability to foreshadow events yet to come

Some of the musical characteristics of the "Main Theme" that tell us Luke Skywalker is a hero are:

the use of brass instruments, duple meter, steady tempo, major mode, and leaps to the upper tonic

Holst manipulated which characteristic of sound by utilizing women's voices in "Neptune":

Timbre

(True-False) Ballet as we know it today emerged in the second half of the 18th century.

True

(True-False) The composer of Hamilton wrote music and created a visual presentation intended to represent America in the current age.

True

(True-False) beginning in the late 18th century, Russian courts sought to establish their cultural credentials by importing Italian opera, and in the mid- 19th century they did the same with French ballet

True

True or False - "Mars" served as a model for John Williams's "Imperial March" theme in the Star Wars soundtrack.

True

True or False - In film, music that the characters can hear is called source music because the source of the sound is usually visible on screen.

True

True or False - It is possible that Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) has had a greater impact on the development of Western art music than any other composer.

True

True or False - Luke Skywalker's Theme (the "Main Theme") has more emotional depth than Darth Vader's theme because it is in a three-part form and features a string section.

True

True or False - Similarly to Star Wars, Wagner's 'The Ring of the Nibelungs' makes heavy use of themes that represent specific characters or ideas.

True

True or False - Some critics of Wagner's operas argue that we should no longer produce or listen to his operas because the composer's ideology is so repugnant that his art should be erased.

True

True or False - The Rite of Spring depicted pagan rituals and caused consternation among members of its Parisian audience at the premier.

True

True or False - The Rite of Spring does not tell a coherent story.

True

True or False - Wagner used leitmotifs to communicate information to an audience that is not included in the libretto or onstage action.

True

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934) was _____.

a British composer who wrote The Planets

The Rite of Spring was:

a ballet

The composer of the music for Star Wars was a session musician, so he:

already had a deep understanding of how music can shape the viewer's experience of drama

Stravinsky's introduction to The Rite of Spring made heavy use of:

duple meter

The technique of assigning a unique theme to each character, object, place, and idea in a drama is the use of ______.

leitmotif

A session musician is a musician who:

participates in recording sessions for television and film

Holst's "Mars" march was extremely unusual because it was in:

quintuple meter

In Star Wars, the musical themes are effective because they:

represent specific characters or ideas

The final scene (Act III, Scene 3) of The Valkyrie contains what four themes?

the appearance of Logo, the demigod of fire, Wotan's spear, a ring of fire, and Brunnhilde's sleep

Holst's work is an example of program music (instrumental music that tells a story or paints a picture), but he reversed the order of Mars and Mercury because:

the music he composed for Mars made a better opener for the work

Some of the happiest and most tuneful music in the show Hamilton is sung by the British King George. This fact is noteworthy because:

the text is sometimes disturbing and does not match the "Happy" music

In Star Wars: A New Hope, when the droids R2D2 and C3PO land on Tatooine, Williams utilized what four elements popularized by Igor Stravinsky?

A) High sustained notes in the strings and chromatic interjections from the bassoon and clarinet, B) Oscillating melodies in the winds, C) No conclusive musical gestures (cadences), D) Music that is neither the major nor minor mode

Ballet was reformed when Jean-Georges Noverre sought to make the art form more expressive and realistic by:

(Replacing heavy costumes with light, formed-fitting apparel, Doing away with masks, introducing the use of pantomime, introducing the use of facial expressions) All the above

in a musical technique called underscoring:

(the music is played by musicians in the scene, the characters understand that the music is meant to warn them, the music is there to change the scene) none of the above

Miranda's use of ______ may be likened to Wagner's use of leitmotifs because he uses musical ideas that harken back to earlier points in the work.

(the ring cycle, cycled motives, cyclical dynamics, cycled form) None of the above

In the European tradition, opera is a staged work of music theater that features these four components:

1) costumes, 2) dramatic plots, 3) props, 4) sets

Ballet's origins may be traced to European courts of the _____ centuries.

15th and 16th centuries

The "Sacrificial Dance" is in rondo form, best represented by:

A B A' C A'' C A'''

Tchaikovsky employed ______ in The Nutcracker, in which stereotypes are used to portray other cultures as mysterious or exciting.

Exoticism

(True-False) Tchaikovsky enjoyed ballet work because the composer was the highest in the hierarchy, above the scenarist and choreographer.

False