MUS 1200: Exam 2
Which best describes the texture heard in the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's Messiah?
Alternating between homorhythmic and polyphonic textures
J. S. Bach's most comprehensive example of contrapuntal writing is his _______________.
Art of Fugue
The Lady Gaga fugue is based on one of her songs, _________________.
Bad Romance
The first era of Western music history in which instrumental music was a major focus for composers was the:
Baroque
Which of the following does NOT describe Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas?
Dido and Aeneas live happily ever after
Which genre is Handel said to have invented?
English oratorio
True or false: The Renaissance period was the first in which instrumental music was comparable in importance to vocal music.
False
Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks are the best-known suites by _____________.
Handel
Which composer worked well under the patronage system?
Haydn
The greatest native-born English composer of the Baroque was:
Henry Purcell
Which of the following does NOT describe instrumental music in the Baroque era?
Instrumental music became the central focus of Western concert music at this time
Which is NOT true of the Baroque oratorio?
It utilized scenery, acting, and costumes, just as did opera
Why is the music for Handel's Water Music marked by lively rhythms and catchy melodies?
It was written to be performed outdoors on barges
Which of the following is Handel's most famous oratorio, frequently performed today?
Messiah
Which of the following is a movement from the Suite in D Major from Handel's Water Music?
Minuet
The Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, for organ was used in which movie.
Phantom of the Opera
Which musical style best describes the opening line "Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me"?
Recitative
What is the unifying formal structure that Vivaldi used in the first movement of the Spring concerto?
Ritornello
Bach composed all of the following pieces except:
The Four Seasons
Which of the following is Vivaldi's best-known set of concertos?
The Four Seasons
Which of the following does NOT characterize Vivaldi's Four Seasons?
The concertos avoid ritornello form
Which of the following does NOT characterize the Baroque suite?
The movements are in contrasting keys
Which epic poem was the basis for Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas?
Virgil's Aeneid
Which of the following was the greatest and most prolific Italian composer of concertos?
Vivaldi
How does Vivaldi musically evoke the image of birds in the first movement of the Spring concerto?
With high trills and running scales
Which the following does NOT characterize the "Hallelujah Chorus"?
a cappella setting
In musical compositions, a theme is:
a musical idea that is used as a building block
Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas was composed for:
a production at a girls' school
"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion" from Messiah is an example of:
an aria
A highly emotional song in an opera is called a(n):
aria
During the Baroque, which of the woodwind instruments became associated with a somber mood?
bassoon
What is the most common form of the individual movement in a suite?
binary
Which of the following does NOT characterize the oratorio?
elaborate scenery
In what language is the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's Messiah sung?
english
True or false: A fugue is a form intended exclusively for solo keyboard performance.
false
True or false: An oratorio is a dramatic, staged work with elaborate scenery and costumes.
false
True or false: Antonio Vivaldi, in his own day, was better known as a composer than a performer.
false
True or false: Baroque concertos tended to consist of only one movement.
false
True or false: Baroque suites were composed for orchestra only.
false
True or false: Chamber music generally implies a large ensemble, with more than one player to a part.
false
True or false: Despite being composed in England, Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas has an Italian text.
false
True or false: Early opera was originally designed to reflect the manner in which seventeenth-century aristocrats sang their conversations to each other on a daily basis.
false
True or false: Handel composed in all genres except opera.
false
True or false: Handel's best-known orchestral suites are his Water Music and Messiah.
false
True or false: Harpsichord strings are struck with hammers to generate sound.
false
True or false: Mozart worked under the patronage of the Esterházy court.
false
True or false: Music that is not specifically meant to depict anything is called program music.
false
True or false: Singing schools were not developed in North American until the twentieth century.
false
True or false: The Baroque suite typically consists of a group of dances in contrasting keys.
false
True or false: The Pilgrims and Puritans who settled seventeenth-century New England were mostly Catholic.
false
True or false: The aria "When I am laid in earth" is accompanied by continuo only.
false
True or false: The focus of Classical chamber music is soloistic virtuosity.
false
True or false: The only basic rule of theme and variations form is that the theme must always be easy to hear.
false
True or false: The piano was the main keyboard instrument in the Baroque era.
false
True or false: The slow movement of a multimovement cycle is most frequently the third movement.
false
True or false: The strings of Baroque violin were made out of wrapped steel.
false
In absolute music, the lack of a prescribed story or text to hold the music together makes the element of ________ especially important.
form
The _______________ is a keyboard form based on the principle of voices imitating each other.
fugue
When many people are singing the same melody at the same time, but each singer is modifying the tune slightly, the resulting texture is known as ________________.
heterophony
The Alla hornpipe movement from Water Music is characterized by:
instrumental groups exchanging motivic ideas
Dido sings her famous lament in Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas just prior to:
killing herself
The text of an opera is called the:
libretto
The seventeenth-century system in which New England church leaders sang each line of a psalm, and the congregation repeated it back, is called ________________.
lining-out
A drama that is sung is called a(n):
opera
George Frideric Handel is considered a master of the:
oratorio
Handel's Messiah is a(n):
oratorio
Dido's Lament from Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas is composed:
over a ground bass
Vivaldi wrote instrumental music that depicts a scene without the use of sung words, a genre called ____________.
program music
A melody that is stated backward is said to be in ______________.
retrograde
The repetition of a motive at a higher or lower pitch level is called a:
sequence
In eighteenth-century New England, a new type of notation called _____ evolved to help improve solfège instruction.
shape-note notation
The system that uses syllables as an aid to memorizing intervals between notes in a standard scale pattern is called ________________.
solfège
The first movement of a string quartet is typically in _____.
sonata-allegro form
Which of the following dance types was NOT standard in a Baroque suite?
tarantella
The famous choral climax of Handel's Messiah is:
the "Hallelujah Chorus"
The libretto for Purcell's opera, Dido and Aeneas, is based on _______________
the Aeneid
The first book published in North America (1628) was _________________.
the Bay Psalm Book
Antonio Vivaldi was known as the "red priest" for:
the color of his hair
Which of the following was NOT an important keyboard instrument during the Baroque?
the piano
True or false: A Baroque suite usually consists of a group of dances.
true
True or false: A fugue is a contrapuntal composition in which a single subject is the focal point that unifies the work.
true
True or false: Colonists in New England participated in congregational hymn singing.
true
True or false: Handel had an international career.
true
True or false: Keyboard players in the Baroque era often improvised in performance.
true
True or false: Organs have more than one keyboard.
true
True or false: The concerto lends itself to virtuoso playing.
true
True or false: The expansion and reworking of a theme within a composition is called thematic development.
true
True or false: The favored chamber ensemble in the Classical era was the string quartet.
true
True or false: The intent of the process of lining-out was to create unison congregational singing.
true
True or false: The new Italian opera was embraced in all western European countries.
true
True or false: The practice of lining-out allowed singers who did not read music notation to participate in congregational music-making.
true
True or false: The role of the chorus is especially important in the oratorio.
true
True or false: The term multimovement cycle is applied not only to sonatas and chamber music but also to concertos and symphonies.
true
True or false: The texture of a fugue is polyphonic.
true
True or false: Vivaldi is noted for writing instrumental music that depicts a scene without the use of sung words.
true
Which of the following wind instruments was NOT made of wood during the Baroque?
trumpet
The solo instrument featured in Vivaldi's Spring concerto is the ______________.
violin
Which instrument families are used in the " Lady Gaga fugue."
woodwinds and strings
For what event was Handel's Water Music performed on July 17, 1717?
A royal party on the Thames River
Why does Dido sing a lament at the end of Purcell's opera?
Aeneas has left her
