Music 113
Scherzo
"joke: in music, lighthearted, sometimes humorous
How many piano sonatas did Brahms Compose?
3
How many colors are on clothing?
5
What is printed in the score for todays sonata at the start of the second movement?
A fragment of a love poem
Philippakopoulos was inspired by
A greek island
The literal meaning of Scherzo in Italian is
A joke
Bass
A male who sings in a very low range
A countertenor is
A man who sings in a range of women
Allegro
A moderately Fast tempo
The original meaning of Scubertiade is
A musical party held during Schubert's lifetime where many of the composers works were first heard
Strasbourg St Denis is both the name of a song and the name of
A stop on the Paris Metro
Andante
A walking speed tempo
Which of the following is true of the harpischord?
ABC are all true
Classical Period
About 1750-about 1820 Beethoven Mozart Schubert
Romantic Period
About 1820-about 1900 Johannes brahms
What is the culutral background of Pungmul?
Agricultural, Military, Religious
One of Mozarts last compositions, the Quartet, K.590 is
All of the above
Of the several types of saxophone, which is the one heard most in todays performance?
Alto Sax
String Quartet
An ensemble of instruments of the string family, consisting of two violins, one viola, and one cello
Sonato is a term used for
An instrumental piece composed for a single performer or for a small group of performers
Carlos Guastavino was a native of which country
Argentina
The dance known as tango originates from which country?
Argentina and Uruguay
Which of these composers MOST influenced Brahams piano sonatas?
Beethoven
Ayn Insertos composition Hang Around is a harmonic deconstruction of this common musical form
Blues Form
A little brook was composed by Ayn Iserto in honor of this important Jazz composer who was also her composition teacher
Bob Brookmeyer
Theodore Antoniou was a professor of composition at
Boston University
Each line of Italian words listed under the title of the musical work in this program denotes a
Both b and c correct (movement and tempo or style of performance)
The Violin, viola, and Violincello are usually played with
Bows made of wood fitted with hair from horses tails
The pro Arte Quartet was founded in
Brussels, Belgium in 1911-12
Xylophone master George Hamilton Green retired from performance in the late 1940s to pursue a career in which field?
Cartooning
The distinctive feature of any passacaglia is that it
Consists of variations on a repeating theme
All of these pieces were written for
Daniel Grabois
Percussion family
Drums, bells, triangles, marimba, xylophone, Janggu (Korean), tar and the Darabukka
During which part of his career did Brahams write piano sonatas?
Early
Unusual approaches applied to playing an instrument are called
Extended techniques
What are the most common orderings for sonata movements?
Fast-slow-fast OR Fast-Slow-Fast-Fast
Soprano
Female in high range
Mezzo-Soprano
Female in medium-high range
Alto
Female in medium-high range, lower than mezzo-soprano
The piano part in the song Erlkonig depicts a
Galloping Horse
The operatic version of the merry wives of windsor was originally written in
German
Marimbist and composer Keiko Abe is from
Japan
Ballade, by Stephan dankner takes its inspiration from
Jazz
Vocalese
Jazz world---defines the singing of lyrics that fit an instrumental solo that has been previously performed or recorded
Fro which country does the genre of traditional drumming called Samulnori come?
Korea
Pungmul
Korean musical tradition that involves drumming,dancing, and singing and has roots in the cultures of farming, military and religion
Originally from Maravia, Czech composer Leos Janacek admired Russian culture and literature including
Leo Tolstoys novella Kreutszer Sonata
Mendelssohns Quartet, Op 13 composed in 1827, was probably inspired by
Ludwig Van Beethovens string quartets published in 1826
Tenor
Male in fairly high range
Baritone
Male with fairly low range
Countertenor
Malle who sings in alto or mezzosprano ranges
Which of the following poets was a close friend of Schuberts?
Mayrhofer
Which of the following describes the relationship of Pelleas and Melisande
Melisande is the wife of Pelleas brother
The style of Laura Schwendinger could best be described as
Modern
Woodwind Family
Oboe, Bassoon, flute, Clarinet, Saxophone
The musical content of Derive I is based upon
One six-tone chord
The Italian phrase Tema pastorale con variazioni means
Pastoral theme with variations
Composer Robert Maggio lives in
Pennslyvania
Keyboard family
Piano and Harpsichord
Each of the instruments symbolizes something. What does the Janggu drum symbolize?
Rain
The melody of Jim McNeelys the Skys the limit is based on
Repeating tone-row of twelve musical pitches
"Mean to me" was most famously sung by a woman alongside whom UW-BME director Richard Davis found fame; she was
Sarah Vaughan
Which of the following statements is NOT true
Schubert contracted syphilis, Schubert wrote almost 1000 musical works, SCHUBERT LIVED A LONG LIFE, Schubert worked as a school teacher
Francis Poulene dedicated his oboe sonata in the memory of
Sergei Prokofiev
Adagio
Slow tempo
The final movement of Crumbs Sonata begins
Slowly and dramatically, then breaks into a lively, fast tempo
The German word Lieder refers to
Songs
Langkawi Mythology, by Su Lian Tan, describes a myth from
South East Asia
The song "Corcovado" is sung in which two languages that are NOT english?
Spanish and Portugese
The drums used in the piece Daumbae are called
Tar and Darabukka
In the scene from Giulio Cesare, Achilli arrives and
Tells Tolomeo that Caesar was furious over the murder of Pompey
Mozarts so called Prussian Quartets were dedicated to
The king of Prussia
In the Jazz world, the word Vocalese means
The singing of lyrics that fit an instrumentalists previously recored solo performance
For the Beethoven Sonata in G, 1812 is
The year of composition
After 1900
Theodore Antoniou Bob Brookmeyer Ayn Inserto Robert maggio Sonny Rollins Arnold Schoenberg
In the scene from The Merry Wives of windsor, both Meg Page and Alice Ford are astonished to discover that
They received identical love letters from John Falstaff
What is the meaning of the word Samulnori?
To play with four instruments
To transcribe a musical work is
To re-arrange it for a different performance medium
Brahams composed TWO clarinet sonatas
True
Tah-Dum! features this solo instrument interacting with the full ensemble
Trumpet
Brass
Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba
Saxophonist Sonny Rollins composition Airegin, which has become part of the standard jazz repertoire, was first recored in 1954 by
Trumpeter Miles Davis
String Family
Violin, Viola, Violoncello
A minuetto
Was a social dance in triple time and was very popular during the 1700s (AB)
Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, and Johann Strauss II
Were from Vienna, Austria
The oboe and the English horn are both
Woodwind instruments
Saxophone
Woodwind---Single reed---several ranges
Oboe
Woodwind---double reed---high range
Bassoon
Woodwind--Double reed--low range
Clarinet
Woodwind--Single reed--mid to high range
Largo
a slow temp
The clarinet is
a woodwind instrument and a single reed instrument
Baroque Period
about 1600-about 1750
In jazz, solos are often played
by a saxophone or trumpet
A string Quartet ensemble always
consists of two violins, one viola, and one violoncello
Mozart is one of the principal composers active
during the period of music history called Classical
Beethovens career is somewhat unusual because
he lost his hearing as a relatively young man
Antoniou composed the Five Likes for solo oboe
in California
The Pro Arte Quartet is an ensemble of
musicians who are considered Artists in residence at UW madison
Leos Janacek composed a string quartet inspired by a novel
of Russian author Leo Tolstoy
Frescobaldi and Rossi are examples of composers of the Baraque period while
the compositions of Johan Strauss II are written in the Romantic style
The italian musical term Andante tells a listener that
the movement with that name goes at walking speed