Mugn final
Which statement is true?
"In order to effectively invoke another text, the artist or speaker needs to understand the original context of the word or phrase he or she is using."
Identify the event that did not occur during the Classical period:
-American Civil Rights Movement
Choose all answers that apply. The term Baroque:
-Originates from the Portuguese word "barroco" -Translates to "oddly shaped pearl" -Refers to art and music from 1600 to 1750
Which of the following events occurred in the Baroque Period? There can be more than one answer.
-The Scientific Revolution -The Thirty Years War
Which of these statements are true? There could be more than one answer.
-Theatre also became a place for Baroque audiences to learn about and contemplate current issues and events. -Baroque architecture began as an expression of the triumph of the Catholic Church and was built to express its wealth and power. -Much of the Art of the Baroque period was encouraged and sponsored by the Catholic Church.
A musical movement is:
A complete, self-contained section within a larger music composition.
A satirical cartoon mocking Berlioz's excessive instrumentation pictures him with which of these?
A large orchestra and a cannon
A Baroque suite is...
A multi-movement instrumental work based on rhythms of popular dances
The Baroque concerto is...
A piece that contrasts a soloist or group of soloists against an orchestra
Which statement is true about Kanye West's Blood on the Leaves?
A sample used in "Blood on the Leaves" is "Strange Fruit" by Nina Simone.
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?
A varied repeat of the first section with a return of the two original themes
What do we call music that is not associated with a particular story, image, object, or event?
Absolute
Hildegard had a great creative and scholarly mind, and can be credited with the following accomplishments:
All of the above
How does the musical notation of Guido of Arezzo differ from modern-day notation?
All of the above
In what ways can leitmotifs appear in various parts of a score or in a new scenes?
All of the above
Which one of the following statements is NOT true?
An aria follows speech rhythms while recitative is more melodious.
One of the most important keyboard works of the late Baroque period is:
Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
During the Baroque period, the musical feature that lent harmonic support to the main melodic line of a composition was called:
Basso Continuo
Which one of the following pairs of words or phrases represents the two main concepts behind Baroque music?
Basso continuo; The Doctrine of Affections
Which composer augmented traditional forms through increased length, number of movements, and intricacy of harmony, and added a chorus into the symphonic form?
Beethoven
Who is considered both a Classical and a Romantic composer:
Beethoven
Gregorian chant developed largely in the:
Benedictine monasteries of Italy
Musical notation was first developed because:
Catholic leaders wanted to standardize worship
The Renaissance period saw inventions and developments that:
Changed the physical and intellectual landscape of Europe.
Who composed L'Orfeo, a work that marks the beginning of opera as a major art form?
Claudio Monteverdi (composed L'Orfeo)
The first resounding public success in the history of English opera was: Dido and Aeneas (1689), the story of a doomed love affair between Aeneas (the hero of Virgil's Aeneid) and Dido (the queen of Carthage) was
Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
Which of the following characteristics are associated with the rococo style?
Elegance, delicacy, softness, and playfulness
The sections of the Classical sonata-allegro form are:
Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation
A fugue is a traditional form of composition in which all the parts enter at the same time using the same theme.
False
Beethoven transformed opera into an accessible, realistic art with approachable characters for contemporary audiences.
False
Following a Good Friday service in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Marcellus II praised the choir for singing complicated repertoire.
False
Haydn was a controversial figure.
False
Hector Berlioz's idée fixe is only heard once in his Symphonie Fantastique.
False
In the Baroque period, musicians were primarily worked free-lance.
False
John Williams is a composer who lived in the Romantic Period.
False
Mozart was a child prodigy who wrote for the piano, chamber music, and many symphonies, but he only wrote one opera.
False
Mozart's The Magic Flute does not embody Enlightenment ideals because it celebrates the aristocracy as morally superior.
False
The Kyrie is the second longest text of the Mass Ordinary and consists of 25 words.
False
The mythological story of "Orpheus" was only adapted musically by one composer.
False
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote comic operas intended only for the aristocracy.
False
From the following composers, select the one that best understood the intrinsic nature and potential of the piano as an expressive instrument:
Frédéric Chopin (understood potential of the piano)
In the Romantic period, what non-english term was given to "musical dramas" - a combination of all the arts?
Gesamtkunstwerk
One important composer from the Renaissance period was:
Giovanni da Palestrina (Renaissance)
Which composer is referred to as the "Father of the Symphony"?
Haydn (Farther of the Symphony)
Who composed what is known as "The Surprise Symphony"?
Haydn (Surprise Symphony)
The Renaissance may be described as an age in which:
Individualism, humanism, and secular values started to flourish once again.
Match the composers to the type of music they wrote.
Jean-Baptiste Lully - tragedie lyrique Henry Purcell - English Opera Monteverdi - Stile Moderno
The Mass Ordinary includes the:
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei
With which librettist did Mozart transform opera into an accessible, realistic art with approachable characters for contemporary audiences?
Lorenzo da Ponte (librettist)
Which of the following were important composers of the Classical period?
Mozart and Haydn
Vincenzo Galilei, father of Galileo and member of the Florentine Camerata developed a new approach to the composition of vocal music. He argued that:
Polyphony was unable to express the dramatic needs of poetry, so homophony should be used instead.
According to Monteverdi, what is the difference between prima pratica and seconda pratica?
Prima pratica emphasized equality of voices whereas seconda practica emphasized a hierarchy of voices
The five movements of Hector Berlioz's Fantastical Symphony include which of the following?
Reveries-Passions, A Ball, ((Scenes in the Fields)), March to the Scaffold, Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
Which of the following statements best characterizes the "mood" of the Romantic period?
Rules and logic are less important than the free expression of human feelings. Humans can only "fully become" by exploring their inner feelings.
The Five was a group of nationalist composers who sought to incorporate elements of ______________ in their work.
Russian music (The five)
Which type of opera has the following characteristics: German language; Spoken Dialogue; Magical plots/elements
Singspiel
Which of the following is a distinguishing characteristic of Gregorian Chant from the Medieval period?
Smooth melodies sung a cappella with monophonic texture
The new style of opera called opera buffa that emerged during the Classical period. It differed from opera in previous periods because...
Stories were based on "real people," and the music was light and humorous.
Which group was credited with inventing the recitative?
The Florentine Camerata
A unifying factor for social, political, and cultural life in the Medieval period was...
The Roman Catholic Church
Which of the following choices is the defining characteristic of polyphony?
The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines
Intertextuality is best defined as:
The interconnection that occurs naturally and purposefully in works of art.
According to Danielle Hodge (2015), sampling is:
The process of reusing music from a prior context
Billie Holiday experienced much back lash from the authorities for performing the song Strange Fruit.
True
During the 19th century, there was new interest in rural folk culture, folk stories, folk poetry, folk dances, and folk songs.
True
During the Romantic period, choral music enjoyed its highest popularity since the Renaissance period.
True
Gregorian chant was first notated in the 11th century, but is in fact much older.
True
In 1517, Martin Luther published 95 theses, each of which recorded a complaint about the Catholic Church.
True
Leitmotifs are commonly used in film music.
True
Most Gregorian chants are not associated with a specific composer.
True
Opera buffa (comic opera) portrayed members of various social classes in humorous situations.
True
Palestrina was an advocate for the ars perfecta style of music composition.
True
Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass is a setting of the Mass Ordinary.
True
Strange Fruit was written by a Jewish white teacher named Abel Meeropol.
True
The 4th movement of Berlioz' Fantastical Symphony utilized musical topic, quotation, and mimesis.
True
The Pope convened the Council of Trent (1545-1563) to address the crisis that was arising as communities broke away from the Catholic Church.
True
Unlike most chant composers, the Benedictine Abbess Hildegard of Bingen wrote original texts for her chants.
True
When composing The Magic Flute, Mozart tailored his writing to the individual performers who were going to sing arias.
True
An important artistic product of the Romantic period was:
Vincent van Gogh's paintings
What do you call a piece of music where a violin soloist plays with an orchestra?
Violin Concerto
The famous and influential poet who wrote the text to Schubert's "Elf King" was:
Wolfgang von Goethe (wrote Elf King)
Strange Fruit is what type of song?
a protest song
Which of the following phrases best describes music of the Classical period?
balanced and well-constructed
Farinelli was a famous:
castrato
Life in the Baroque period was based on one's...
class
In music composition, mimesis is the process of:
creating imitation of real-world sounds
Strange Fruit was the first popular song to deal with race.
false
In 1562, the Council of Trent turned its debates to music. Their concerns included all of the following except:
music for worship was syllabic and homorhythmic
Around 1026, the Italian monk Guido of Arezzo became the first to ever record:
musical notation
When a composer uses familiar musical styles or clichés to communicate to a listener, it is referred to as the use of:
musical topics
In the European tradition, instrumental music that claims to tell a specific story or to otherwise communicate extra-musical information is referred to as:
program music
A string________________ is composed of two violins, one viola, and a cello.
quartet
In the Vienna of Schubert's time, music lovers supported an economy of small, in-home concerts known as:
salons
Differences between Hildegard's music and most Gregorian chants include all except for:
she adhered more strictly to rules regarding form and mode
Which of the following is a composition for an orchestra ensemble?
symphony
According to legend, Pope Gregory received the entire body of a chant from:
the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove
Luther complained about all of the following except for:
the use of participatory vernacular hymns
During the Baroque period, the term sonata was used for musical works __________.
to be played
In the Baroque period, it was believed that music...
was a powerful communication tool and could arouse any emotion in its listeners
In the Baroque period, music for keyboard...
was created mainly for use in instrumental genres such as sonatas, suites, and concertos.
