music appreciation final exam
What are the daily Offices?
A series of services celebrated in religious communities at various hours of the day.
During the solo exposition in first-movement concerto form, the soloist
All possible answers.
Early oratorios
All possible answers.
Elements of opera buffa include
All possible answers.
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
All possible answers.
Who was Chiara Margarita Cozzolani?
All possible answers.
In regards to typical English madrigals, which statement is true?
All statements are true.
Which of the following statements regarding form is true?
All statements are true.
The post-revolutionary period in Mexico is sometimes called the
"Aztec Renaissance."
What is the translation of Dies irae?
"Day of Wrath"
What famous assertion by Louis XIV summed up a way of life in which all art and culture served the ruler?
"I am the State."
The distance between two pitches is called....
An interval
copland's American style is primarily rooted in
Anglo-American folk melodies.
Who established a system to give all twelve tones of the chromatic scale equal importance?
Arnold Schoenberg
What was the period that immediately preceded the Ars nova called?
Ars antiqua
For what purpose did Lili Boulanger write Psalm 24?
As an expression of personal devotion.
From whose rule did Italy seek to liberate itself?
Austrian Hapsburgs
For whom did Mozart write his Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453 to perform as soloist?
Babette von Ployer
Which is a true statement regarding the music of J. S. Bach?
Bach achieved unrivalled mastery of contrapuntal composition.
The form of Rhapsody in Blue resembles
Baroque ritornello form.
Which is a true statement about the July 17, 1717 performance of Handel's Water Music?
Because it was performed on a barge, there was no harpsichord.
A place in a melody where a musician will most likely pause for a breath is at the...
Candence
Who were two of the most decisive influences on Mexican musical culture?
Carlos Chávez and Silvestre Revueltas
At which point in the Libera me does the choir sing fortissimo?
Dies irae text
Which statement does NOT describe dissonance in early-twentieth century music?
Dissonance was viewed as a temporary disturbance, resolving to consonance.
Which composer's music does Bartók quote in the fourth movement of Concerto for Orchestra?
Dmitri Shostakovich
Which describes the musical elements of Mozart's Don Giovanni?
Don Giovanni combines elements of serious and comic opera.
Which of the following is a true statement?
During the Renaissance printed music became available and music literacy spread.
polyrhythm
Ewe drummers developed a performance method called _______ in which each musician plays a unique rhythm pattern continuously.
Leonard Bernstein
Experimental composers of phase music include all of the following EXCEPT: - Steve Reich. - Philip Glass. - Terry Riley. - Leonard Bernstein.
A melodic line that moves by small intervals is called consonant.
False
The downbeat coincides with the upward stroke of a conductor's hand.
False
The lines that distinguish art music from other kinds are clearly delineated.
False
The text of Mozart's Requiem was written by Lorenzo da Ponte.
False
composer
Haydn - father of the symphony
What did Stravinsky achieve through his ballet scores?
He became a leader in the revitalization of rhythm in European art music.
Pitch is determined by....
The length or size of a vibration object.
In which country did Monteverdi live and work?
Italy
Which French philosopher is sometimes called the "father of Romanticism"?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Dies irae text in the Requiem Mass refers to
Judgment Day.
Which of the following is a type of music dedicated to the Virgin Mary?
Magnificat
leitmotifs
Many modern film composers have incorporated _________ in their music, a technique found in concert works by Wagner.
_____ is perhaps the best-known rag ever composed.
Maple Leaf Rag
Tchaikovsky's three ballets were all choreographed by
Marius Petipa.
At its premiere, who danced the lead role in Appalachian Spring?
Martha Graham
Some of Stravinsky's melodies quote
Russian folk tunes
W. A. Mozart was born in
Salzburg, Austria.
Adagio for Strings was written by ______, a precursor of neo-Romanticism.
Samuel Barber
Schubert's newest works could be heard at
Schubertiads.
Which is NOT something that Harry T. Burleigh accomplished?
He directed the Fisk Jubilee Singers for the last ten years of his life.
________ form became a favorite resource for instrumental composers since the musical story it can tell is significantly more dynamic than other forms.
Sonata-allegro
pat metheny
Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint was premiered by
Strain 3 sounds different from strains 1 and 2. Which best describes the difference between strain 3 and the other strains in Maple Leaf Rag? Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag, strain 30:22
Strain 3 changes to a new major key.
Tavener's earliest works show the influence of
Stravinsky
Which instrument family is providing the accompaniment to the main melody in this excerpt?
Strings
A pastoral poem by the Symbolist writer _______ inspired Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun."
Stéphane Mallarmé
When a melodic idea is immediately restated at a lower or higher pitch level, this is known as
a sequence
Music lacking any literary or pictorial association is called Select one: a. absolute music. b. program music. c. incidental music. d. chamber music.
a. absolute music.
Which of the following does NOT describe modernism in Bartók's music?
adherence to Classical forms
Flutes, whistles, and bagpipes fall into what instrument classification?
aerophones
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot reflects which of the following traditions?
african american , native american, european american
Puccini found his inspiration for Madame Butterfly
after attending a performance of David Belasco's play
Bartók wrote Concerto for Orchestra
after emigrating to the U.S., two years before he died
Who wrote the libretto to Wozzeck?
alban berg
Robert Schumann suffered from
auditory hallucinations.
An example of harmonic variation would be if a composer
changed the chords that accompany a melody.
Many early twentieth-century composers exploited _____ meters.
changing
Which is NOT a major sacred choral genre of the Classical era?
chanson
A small vocal ensemble is known as a(n)
choir
The first movement of Bach's Cantata No. 140 is a(n)
chorale fantasia.
With regards to the second movement of Haydn's Surprise Symphony, which does NOT characterize the opening of the A section?
dramatic minor-key theme, played fortissimo
Which describes the mood of the opening section from Boulanger's Psalm 24?
dramatic, fanfare like
The expression of Lili Boulanger's Psalm 24 is
dramatic, with an ethereal middle section
Which describes the overall mood of the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight sonata?
dreamy, ethereal
Ragtime is typically in _____ meter.
duple
meter
duple
Symbolist poets sought to
evoke images through suggestion.
Listen to the excerpts and then click on the corresponding cards in the order that they appear in Chopin's Military Polonaise. Excerpt X:
excerpt z excerpt y excerpt x
Berg's Wozzeck is considered to be a(n) _____ work.
expressionist
Which of the following does NOT apply to the second movement of Beethoven's Moonlight sonata?
expressive, minor key
Revueltas was not politically active.
false
The rhythms in Chopin's Military Polonaise should be played in strict time.
false
The style and structure of African American spirituals were in strict imitation of European models.
false
Which of the following musical elements is NOT present in the first movement of the Moonlight sonata?
forte dynamic
Lili Boulanger's Psalm 24 closes
fortissimo
With whom of the following did Jennifer Higdon study composition?
george crumb
FINALE What language is heard in this music drama
german
The Valkyrie is sung in which language?
german
Wozzeck is sung in which language?
german
On bowed string instruments, sliding the hand along the string while bowing it produces a ________ effect.
glissando
Which elements are present in Wagner's operas?
glorification of german land and people profound feeling for nature, supernatural as an element
The term arpeggio, meaning "broken chord," is derived from the name of what instrument?
harp
What instrument's glissandos serve to give this work a dreamlike effect?
harp
In Doctor Atomic, the action takes place
in the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico
Characteristics of nineteenth-century Romanticism reveal a self-conscious break from the past.
True
Classical composers established the orchestra as we know it today.
True
Classical-era composers, especially in the earlier years, were still working under aristocratic patronage.
True
Classical-era operas, especially comic operas, were written with the intent to portray events realistically.
True
Classical-era sonatas were written for either one or two instruments.
True
Colonists in New England participated in congregational hymn singing.
True
Composers use tempo and dynamic markings to communicate to the performer the music's intended expressive quality.
True
Criteria that shape a performer's interpretation include variation in tempo and dynamics.
True
During the Baroque era the development of instruments was encouraged by wealthy patrons.
True
During the later Middle Ages, polyphonic developments in sacred music carried over to the secular realm.
True
Oratorios are based on biblical stories.
True
William Billings taught at singing schools.
True
The contour of Beethoven's Ode to Joy is.....
Wavelike
Gilbert and Sullivan
Who are the late nineteenth-century European operetta composers that influenced American early musical theater?
John Cage
Who is considered to be the inventor of the prepared piano?
John Cage
Who is most associated with chance music?
Stephen Sondheim
Who wrote the lyrics for West Side Story?
Federico García Lorca
Whose poetry did George Crumb set in his second book of madrigals?
Which of the following describes musical elements of Expressionism?
instruments in their extreme registers hyper-expressive harmonies extraordinarily wide leaps in melody
Romantic artists emphasized
intense emotional expression.
Which did not occur in the later Middle Ages?
introduction of printing
Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra
is a 5 movement work
In music, a "cover"
is a reinterpretation of a hit song by another composer
John Adams's music is infused with elements of all of following styles EXCEPT
jazz
Which leitmotif is heard in this selection from the Finale? ( soft and light)
magic fire
Verse 7 and 8: The overall mood in the following verses is
martial and triumphant.
A single-line texture is known as
monophony
Which describes Wagner's "endless melody"?
more melodious than traditional recitative, void of separate arias, duets,ensembles, and more flexible than traditional arias
Verse 4: Which describes the musical setting of verse 4 from Boulanger's Psalm 24?
more serene men's voices only organ accompaniment
Which of the following does NOT characterize neo-Romanticism?
mostly atonal
A fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-rhythmic unit is called a
motive
A theme can be fragmented by dividing it into small units called
motives
Which is true of nineteenth-century concert venues?
moved from palace and church to concert halls
Independent parts of a large-scale work (a symphony, for example) are called
movements
Which of the following does not apply to sonata-allegro form?
multiple variations
Tchaikovsky was the first Russian
music appealed to western tastes
Robert Schumann was a composer and
music critic
What did Wagner call his operas?
music dramas
In what ways is the music of La noche de los Mayas modernist?
music evokes a modern primitivism
Which describes the mood of Tavener's A Hymn to the Mother of God?
mystical
The French song genre that paralleled the German Lied in the nineteenth century was the
mélodie
In the Classical-era concerto, the cadenza usually appears _______ of a movement.
near the end
The Rite of Spring can be described as all of the following EXCEPT
neo classical
One recent trend by composers who embrace aspects of nineteenth-century orchestral sound is called
neo-Romanticism
The source of inspiration for Charles Ives's music was rooted in the traditions of which region of America?
new england
_____ is where the fusion of ragtime, blues, and other musics resulted in the development of jazz.
new orleans
How many symphonies did Beethoven write?
nine
What is one example of daring new tone combinations explored by Impressionist composers?
ninth chord
Josquin's Ave Maria...virgo serena incorporates an older Gregorian chant
only briefly at the beginning.
Which is NOT generally regarded as a primary antecedent to jazz?
parlor songs
Higdon's blue cathedral extends what nineteenth-century musical tradition?
program music
Vivaldi wrote instrumental music that depicts a scene without the use of sung words, a genre called
program music.
What powerful cultural phenomenon did modern musicians often grapple with?
prominence of sound recordings of vernacular traditions
The mood in the opening of Act III, Scene 5 of Berg's Wozzeck is created through the use of which instruments?
prominent flutes and celesta, pizzicato strings
At the time Monteverdi wrote the opera The Coronation of Poppea, what type of opera houses were opening in Venice?
public
Which is an example of the intellectual life of the Classical era?
publication of encyclopedias
The music of Chiara Margarita Cozzolani was
published during her lifetime and circulated beyond the convent.
Which does NOT contribute to the exoticism in Puccini's Madame Butterfly?
puccini is japanese
What did Ives win in 1947, at the age of seventy-three?
pulitzer prize
Which of the following describes Pierrot lunaire?
pushed boundaries of convention avant-garde experiments with sound
Which best describes the meter of this excerpt?
quadruple
Which best describes the mood of this section?
quiet and mysterious
Which does NOT describe Gershwin's Tin Pan Alley songs?
racially charged, reminiscent of minstrel songs
As a young person, William Grant Still was hired to write arrangements for
radio and musical theater
In the nineteenth century, opera excerpts were NOT marketed to domestic consumers through
radio broadcasts
Which of the following terms means "getting slower"?
ritardando
Which describes the performing forces of a cantata?
soloists, chorus and orchestra
Which describes the performing forces of Eine kleine Nachtmusik?
string quartet and double bass
Modal melodies of the early Christian church are similar to melodies and scales from
the Middle East.
In 1880, Sousa became the director of
the U.S. Marine Band
The most universally idealized woman in Western culture during the Middle Ages was
the Virgin Mary.
ennifer Higdon credits the music of ___________ for her understanding of music's communicative powers.
the beatles
La noche de los Mayas celebrates
the heritage of the Mayan empire.
The text of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is based on a story from what source?
the holy bible
Doctor Atomic focuses on
the last days and hours before the first atomic test.
form
theme and variations with coda theme - A-B binary form 4 variations - variation 1: added countermelody - variation 2: dynamic change (ff) and minor key - variation 3: faster rhythm with shorter repeated notes, added countermelody in woodwinds - variation 4: full orchestra at a ff dynamic
A typical form of the second movement in a multimovement cycle is
theme and variations.
Which describes the type of unified cyclical form that Beethoven uses in his Fifth Symphony?
theme or musical idea dominates entire symphony
Higdon has composed separate concertos for oboe, percussion, and violin.
true
Immigrant composers were important in the history of vaudeville.
true
The "interruption" in Bartók's Interrupted Intermezzo is a musical portrayal of the 1942 Nazi invasion of Russia.
true
The French Romantic mélodie parallels the German Lied tradition.
true
The French mélodie was inspired by the songs of Schubert.
true
The Greek Orthodox tradition has roots in Jewish practice.
true
Who wrote the libretto to Wagner's The Valkyrie?
wagner
How did Robert Schumann meet his wife Clara?
while studying with clara's father
An unexpected harsh dissonance coinciding with the word "death" is an example of
word-painting
Opus is Latin for
work
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag0:21
√Correct choiceIt is a return of strain
The patterns of repetition and clear-cut sections in Joplin's rags are reminiscent of those heard in Sousa marches.
true
The play that inspired Berg to write Wozzeck is based on gruesome, real-life events.
true
The role of the Valkyries was to carry fallen heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla on their winged horses.
true
The singing of spirituals offered the slave community a sense of solidarity.
true
Which does NOT describe the goal of early twentieth-century modernists?
unity of expression, one modernism
The text of "Ode to Joy" by Friedrich von Schiller is an expression of
universal brotherhood.
When a melody begins before a downbeat, it is said to begin on a(n)
upbeat
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?
use of chamber orchestra
Romantic composers
used expressive terms like dolce, cantabile, and dolente.
Stravinsky revitalized rhythm by
using polyrhythms using changing meters increasing its complexity
Which of the following was NOT a way that programmatic composers portrayed nationalistic sentiments in nineteenth-century music?
utilizing ritornello form
A principle of form that is based on repeated alterations of a given melody (which is still recognizable) is called
variation
Which of the following relates to Debussy's use of the orchestra in comparison with Romantic composers?
veiled sounds, flutes in the lower register, use of harp cleats glockenspiel, muted horns
Which musical element is NOT heard in Game of Abduction?
velvety flute solo in the lower register
______ is one of the most frequently performed operas in the repertoire.
verdi's rigoletto
The nineteenth-century trend toward realism in opera was known as
verismo
The word ________ means the language of the people.
vernacular
Mexican composers have realized their nationalist approach largely through reference to
vernacular traditions
Harmony describes the _____ aspect of music.
vertical
Instrument builders have sought to replicate the sound of the voice, including its characteristic throbbing called
vibrato
Schoenberg was born in
vienna
Guarneri, Stradivarius, and Amati were all noted Baroque makers of which instrument?
violin
The bowed string instrument with the highest range is the
violin
Vivaldi himself was a fine musician on which instrument?
violin
In La noche de los Mayas, how does the orchestra emulate the sound of a Mexican mariachi group?
violins in thirds answered by brass
In a Classical-era concerto, the _________ display of the soloist is balanced by the collaborative efforts of the orchestra.
virtuosic
Trepak (Russian Dance) Which term best describes the overall tempo of this dance?
vivace
Which of the following indicates a fast tempo?
vivace
A wordless melody on the vowel "ah" is an example of a technique called
vocalise
An individual part or line, even in instrumental music, is often referred to as a(n)
voice
The text of country or rural blues that arose in the Mississippi Delta after the Civil War
voiced the difficulties of everyday life was set to a repeating harmonic pattern typically consisted of a three-line stanza
Dynamics determine the ________ at which music is played.
volume
Mozart's Requiem
was Mozart's last large-scale composition.
In his early years, Silvestre Revueltas
was a child prodigy on the violin
It has been suggested that Barbara Strozzi
was a courtesan.
The Harlem Renaissance
was a cultural movement celebrating African American contributions.
The concerto
was a new instrumental genre of the Baroque era.
Berry's hit song, Roll Over, Beethoven
was about the new style of music replacing older ones.
The title "Moonlight" for Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 27, No. 2
was given by the German poet, Ludwig Rellstab.
Which composer is associated with the Expressionist movement?
webern schoenberg berg
Country Band March includes ______, an integral part of Ives's compositional technique.
well-known musical quotations from his Protestant New England upbringing
In madrigal poetry, references to death
were erotic.
Spirituals (devotional songs)
were sung by African Americans at camp meetings for freed slaves.
Baroque trumpets were still "natural," meaning they
were without valves.
Twentieth and twenty-first century technologies have affected musicians in which of the following ways?
All possible answers.
Which describes harmony in Renaissance music?
All possible answers.
Which describes the element of rhythm in the Classical style?
All possible answers.
Which describes the opening motive of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?
All possible answers.
Which musical element(s) contribute to the majestic quality of Handel's Alla hornpipe?
All possible answers.
Which of the following applies to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony?
All possible answers.
Which of the following applies to the definition of a cantata?
All possible answers.
Which of the following are William Billings's contributions to American music history?
All possible answers.
Which of the following are part of the performing forces of the Dies irae?
All possible answers.
Which of the following defines the characteristics of style?
All possible answers.
Which of the following factors influence timbre?
All possible answers.
Which of the following is a contribution to the symphony made by the German school of composers?
All possible answers.
Which of the following is/are poetic forms used in medieval chansons?
All possible answers.
Which of the following topics might be found in medieval lyrics?
All possible answers.
Which is a true statement about the Mendelssohn family?
All statements are true
Which is a true statement about the Baroque suite?
All statements are true.
Which is an accurate statement?
All statements are true.
Which is true of Classical-era concert life?
All statements are true.
_______ refers to an agreeable-sounding combination of notes that provides a sense of relaxation and fulfillment.
Consonance
The term referring to the overall shape of a melody is ....
Contour
Wavelike describes melodic....
Contour
Which of the following terms is used to describe melody?
Contour
Which family of enormously wealthy Hungarian princes famous for their patronage of the arts did Haydn work for?
Esterházys
Which of the following is an opera by Tchaikovsky?
Eugene Onegin
The "Red scare" of communism in the 1950s and early 60s saw the blacklisting of all of the following except
George Gershwin.
Bach's Cantata No. 140 is sung in what language?
German
Hildegard of Bingen was born into a _____ noble family.
German
The ______ art song, or Lied, is performed by solo voice and piano.
German
Handel's oratorios combined elements of all of the following EXCEPT
German opera.
Brahms is from which country?
Germany
Where did elektronische Musik develop?
Germany
Which term refers to Wagner's concept of a total artwork, encompassing all the arts?
Gesamtkunstwerk
Which opera composer is associated with the verismo movement?
Giacomo Puccini
In Verdi's opera, who is Rigoletto's daughter?
Gilda
Which characters are singing in this excerpt from Rigoletto?
Gilda, Maddalena, the Duke, and Rigoletto
German lyric poetry culminated in the art of _______, who was a favorite poet of Romantic composers.
Heinrich Heine
Grieg's Peer Gynt was the result of a collaboration with which playwright?
Henrik Ibsen
Which statement does NOT describe Lili Boulanger's family?
Her mother won the Prix de Rome in 1917
Jennifer Higdon's title blue cathedral refers to
Higdon's younger brother's name
What makes The Four Seasons a programmatic work?
It is based on a set of poems, one for each season.
Baroque composers were interested in the possibilities for intense emotional expression.
True
Becoming an informed listener takes practice.
True
Beethoven felt that the Moonlight sonata was not one of his best works.
True
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony generally follows the outline of the standard multimovement cycle.
True
Beethoven's Moonlight sonata evokes the emotional expressiveness of the Romantic era.
True
Beethoven's solo piano sonatas are some of the most important works in the literature.
True
Black keys on the piano can be either "flats" or "sharps" depending on the context of the music.
True
Both Italian and English madrigals often feature word-painting.
True
By the nineteenth century, Masses, oratorios, and Requiems were typically performed as concert works.
True
Classical-era composers often incorporated folk elements in their music.
True
During the Baroque era, instrumental music rose to a position equal with vocal music, eventually becoming the central feature of Western concert music in the following century.
True
European immigrants imported cultivated repertoires to the Americas True False
True
Even when a performer improvises, the basic elements of repetition, contrast, and variation can be heard.
True
First-movement concerto form is based on principles from the Baroque ritornello and the Classical sonata-allegro form.
True
Four sons of Bach's nineteen children were leading composers of the next generation.
True
Giuseppe Verdi is viewed as an Italian nationalist composer.
True
Heterophony is common in non-Western music.
True
Hildegard's chant Alleluia, O virga mediatrix was intended for performance on a feast day of the Virgin Mary.
True
Humanism was inspired by ancient Greek and Roman cultures.
True
In Western music, two scales have been predominant: major and minor.
True
In earlier eras, young boys and occasionally men with voices in the soprano or alto range sang female parts in church music and on the stage.
True
In notation, regular groupings of beats are marked off in measures.
True
The chief concern of the early madrigalists was to give pleasure to the amateur performer.
True
The development of harmony is central to Western music.
True
The expansion of a melodic idea is known as thematic development.
True
The favored chamber ensemble in the Classical era was the string quartet.
True
The fourth movement of Bach's Cantata No. 140 features the tenor section singing in unison.
True
The intent of the process of lining-out was to create unison congregational singing.
True
The libretto for Handel's Messiah features biblical verses from both the Old and New Testaments.
True
The merchant class was critical to the rising success of the lighter opera buffa style in the Classical era.
True
The music of the Classical style continues to form the core of the Western concert tradition to this day.
True
The practice of lining-out allowed singers who did not read music notation to participate in congregational music-making.
True
The term "Impressionism" was originally one of derision in academic circles.
True
The use of a fixed melody in one voice was a compositional technique found in sacred Renaissance motets.
True
The various movements of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony are unified by the opening motive in the first movement.
True
Theme and variations was a typical form for the second movement of a symphony.
True
Themes are comprised of smaller units known as motives.
True
There was an interest in both the regularity and complexity of musical patterns during the Ars nova.
True
Those who sang Gregorian plainchant during the Middle Ages believed it had been composed by the divine and not the human mind.
True
Triads in Western music are made up of a combination of alternating notes from a scale.
True
Why were Berg's works banned in Germany during WWII?
Twelve-tone works were alien to the spirit of the Third Reich.
The program for Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns
a mythological creature in a dreamlike state
The modern music traditions of Mexico
are rich and varied. embrace Hispanic cultures. embrace Amerindian cultures.
In 1961, José Ives Limantour
arranged La noche de los Mayas into a four-movement suite
Twelve-tone technique
arranges twelve chromatic pitches, each carrying equal weight.
How was dissonance viewed by Impressionist composers?
as a goal in itself, freed from the need to resolve
Butterfly sings the famous aria, "Un bel dì" ("One beautiful day")
as she dreams of Pinkerton's return
Ives viewed dissonance
as the norm of American musical lif
In the Classical orchestra, the woodwinds
assisted and often doubled the strings.
Returning patterns or memorable moments in music is...
at the root of Western musical practice.
Music that rejects the framework of key is called
atonal
_____ music gives equal importance to the twelve tones of the chromatic scale.
atonal
Neo-Classical composers did NOT
attempt to bring music closer to poetry and painting
What was Chopin's native land? a. France b. Poland c. Germany d. Italy
b. Poland
Which American piano maker took the top award at the Paris Exhibition of 1887? a. Yamaha b. Steinway c. Baldwin d. Chickering
b. Steinway
The idée fixe Select one: a. is a recurring motive that appears in every movement. b. represents the beloved. c. represents Harriet Smithson. d. All possible answers.
d. All possible answers.
Typical forms for the second movement of a symphony included
both ternary form and theme and variations.
The string family includes which types of instruments?
bowed and plucked
In the Finale of The Valkyrie, which instrument family is playing the "Siegfried" leitmotif?
brass
Which of the following does NOT occur in the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?
brief recurrence of the scherzo
Which of the following occurs in the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?
brief recurrence of the scherzo
William Grant Still
broke racial barriers was a representative of the Harlem Renaissance looked to Harlem Renaissance artists and writers for inspiration.
The key of a piece is determined
by the composer
How do specialists classify instruments?
by the way they generate their sound
Who was George Sand? a. Aurore Dupin, Baroness Dudevant b. Chopin's lover c. All possible answers d. renowned French Novelist
c. All possible answers
Which composer is credited with originating the modern piano style? a. Beethoven b. Liszt c. Chopin d. Mozart
c. Chopin
Who wrote the text for Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair? a. Goethe b. Hugo c. Foster d. Heine
c. Foster
Foster's My Old Kentucky Home was inspired by a. his family's property in Kentucky b. his extensive visits to the American South c. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin d. the Kentucky Derby
c. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
After his conservatory studies, Chopin spent most of his productive career in a. Vienna, Austria b. London, England c. Paris, France d. Warsaw, Poland
c. Paris, France
___________ praised Chopin as a "poet" of the piano a. Schubert b. Liszt c. Schumann d. George Sand
c. Schumann
Why did Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair become a hit in 1941? a. Broadway revival helped audiences to hear Foster's music b. it was the centennial anniversary of Foster's birth c. a dispute broke out over licensing fees charged by companies, and some radio broadcasters chose to air older music that would cost them less to play d. scholars discovered a recording of the song by Foster
c. a dispute broke out over licensing fees charged by companies, and some radio broadcasters chose to air older music that would cost them less to play
Factory production of the nineteenth-century piano meant a. it became a fixture in middle class homes b. all possible answers c. it became a fixture in upper class homes d. reduced cost
c. all possible answers
"Popular" and "classical" music traditions in the nineteenth century were a. performed for separate audiences b. encountered in the same spaces, but performed separately c. encountered in the same spaces and performed by the same ensembles
c. encountered in the same spaces and performed by the same ensembles
Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is primarily composed in what texture a. heterophonic b. monophonic c. homophonic d. polyphonic
c. homophonic
Act III, scene 5: Children playing in front of Marie's house The melody of the children's song is
distorted
During the Classical era, which lighter genres were performed in the evening or at social functions?
divertimento and serenade
The fifth scale step (sol) forms the chief active chord (V), which is called the
dominant
First-movement concerto form is similar to sonata-allegro form, but it usually has a
double exposition.
The first accented beat of each metric pattern is known as the
downbeat
Cozzolani's Magnificat closes with a particular prayer of praise to God called the
doxology
Which of the following does not apply to minuet-and-trio form?
drama between two contrasting keys
In the third movement of his Spring concerto, Vivaldi suggests the sound of bagpipes by incorporating a
drone
Simple harmony can be created when a melody is accompanied by a long, sustained tone called a
drone
Continuous pitches held while other musical lines interweave are called
drones
Which describes the character of the opening theme of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?
chromatic and languorous
What is the solo instrument heard in this selection?
clarinet
Which instrument introduces the main melody in this more animated section?
clarinet
Which wind instrument provides countermelodies to the vocal part in this chorus?
clarinet
We often label art music as
classical
Which of the following does NOT describe Lili Boulanger's Psalm 24?
clearly in a major key
What did spirituals include that made them politically subversive?
coded messages promises of heavenly deliverance messages of earthly escape
Bartók and fellow composer Zoltán Kodály are known for
collecting the folk music of Hungary
Underscoring is music that
comes from an unseen source, often an invisible orchestra.
Which genres, filled with keen and witty observations on life, are associated with the middle classes?
comic opera and the novel
All of the following reflect Dadaism EXCEPT:
complexities of Western art embraced
Which describes Copland's compositional aim?
compositions designed for wide appeal
Which of the following is NOT a simple meter?
compound
The violin plays all of the following special effects in the last movement of Still's Suite for Violin EXCEPT
con legno
Which category of program music describes Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream?
concert overture
Which term describes a one-movement work possibly written to introduce a larger work but also played independently?
concert overture
The larger size of the Romantic orchestra resulted in the need for a
conductor
Dissonance resolves in
consonance
Which of the following is NOT a prominent musical element heard in "At the sight of this"?
consonance
A chord that sounds stable or restful is called
consonant
The Mass Proper
contains prayer texts that vary from day to day throughout the church year.
The Mass Ordinary
contains the texts that remain the same in every Mass.
Quartet (second part): "Bella figlia" This quartet features two male voices as well as two female voices: a soprano and a
contraalto
In musical forms ________ stimulates our interest and feeds our desire for change.
contrast
From the 1800s, composers of sacred music have
conveyed their own spiritual convictions
Which composer believed music should "serve the American people"?
copland
Which of the following statements describe this excerpt from Chopin's Military Polonaise and which do not?
correct It features trills. It features the characteristic rhythm of a polonaise. It is the d theme found in the middle section of the piece. incorrect It is the a theme found in the first section of the piece. It is the only theme of the trio section.
Which of the following statements describe this excerpt from Chopin's Polonaise and which do not?
correct -this is the trio section -the key is d major incorrect -the is the a section of the piece -the key is in a major
Music-making in the Classical era centered around the
court of the patron.
International exchanges have caused composers to
create an overlapping of styles.
Which dynamic marking indicates to the performer to play gradually louder?
crescendo
Which of the following does not indicate a change of tempo?
crescendo
Beethoven composed the Moonlight sonata
during his early years in Vienna.
Lili Boulanger won the Prix de Rome for her setting of Psalm 24.
false
Puccini's brief reference to The Star-Spangled Banner during the opening of Act I of Madame Butterfly is an example of his nationalism.
false
Record producer Leonard Chess discouraged Chuck Berry from mixing country and blues styles.
false
Spirituals fell out of circulation after the Civil War in the United States.
false
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot was originally composed in the first decade of the twentieth century.
false
Tavener was a prominent proponent of serialism.
false
Tavener's A Hymn to the Mother of God is highly melismatic
false
Tchaikovsky lived and worked mostly in Paris.
false
The Nutcracker is based on a story originally written by the Romantic writer Victor Hugo and expanded by E. T. A. Hoffmann.
false
The orchestra that Stravinsky used in The Rite of Spring was remarkably small.
false
The verismo movement focused on the imaginative and fantastic.
false
Timbre is not a major consideration in blue cathedral.
false
William Grant Still did not receive recognition for his orchestral works and operas until after his death.
false
William Grant Still made little contribution to the search for a modern American sound.
false
Winners of the Prix de Rome traveled from Rome to Paris to study for three years.
false
Beethoven called the Moonlight Sonata a
fantasy sonata.
Bartók's goal was to collect and categorize the music of the Swedish people.
fasle
Lili Boulanger rejected innovative harmonic language in her work
fasle
Which of the following multimovement tempo schemes corresponds to the typical Classical concerto?
fast-slow-fast
The tempo scheme of the movements in Vivaldi's Spring concerto is
fast-slow-fast.
Which describes the character of Wotan?
father of the gods
Which describes the instrumentation of Pierrot lunaire?
female vocalist and chamber ensemble of five players on eight instruments
In what century did the Renaissance begin?
fifteenth century
Tavener wrote all of the following EXCEPT
film scores
This is the final section of the polonaise which features the same themes as the first section, but without the same pattern of repetition.
final repetition.
In duple meter, the accent is typically on which beat?
first
In triple meter, the strongest accent is typically on which beat?
first
The tonic is a three-note chord, or triad, built on the ________ scale step.
first
The longest and most dramatic in the multimovement cycle was generally the
first movement.
The concertmaster is the
first-chair violinist.
The first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto, K. 453 is in______ form.
first-movement concerto
Higdon's own instrument is the
flute
What instrument first introduces this languid melody?
flute
The hazy, dreamy quality of Impressionism is captured in the opening of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" through the use of which instruments?
flute and harp
Which instruments are members of the woodwind family?
flute, oboe, bassoon, English horn, saxophone
Art song was a popular repertory
for both amateur and professional musicians.
Which is the most important element in absolute music?
form
Which term indicates that a work should be performed very loudly?
fortissimo
Farmer's Fair Phyllis is written for _____ voices.
four
How many music dramas make up Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung?
four
How many symphonies did Brahms write?
four
How many vocal soloists does the score of Mozart's Requiem call for?
four
Which is NOT true of Schubert's Elfking? text by Goethe four characters, four singers through-composed form written when Schubert was a teenager.
four characters, four singers
Which of the movements in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is in C major?
fourth
The Prix de Rome was a competition open to composers from which country?
france
Which best describes the overall rhythm of this work?
free-flowing
Ballet was featured in operas by _____ composers.
french
In which language is Lili Boulanger's Psalm 24 sung?
french
Verse 5: What language is heard in this work?
french
Which of the following occurs in the development section of sonata-allegro form?
frequent modulations, wanders through series of foreign keys
Schumann's Dichterliebe follows a psychological progression
from the freshness of new love to complete despair.
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra closes with a(n) _______, a polyphonic form popular in the Baroque era (1600-1750).
fugue
The Dies irae from Mozart's Requiem opens with
full chorus and orchestra.
Which describes the music in this excerpt?
full chorus, brass, organ, and timpani
Source music is music that
functions as part of the drama itself
Which two influential arts movements arose surrounding World War I?
futurism and Dadaism
In Madame Butterfly, you can hear the orchestra evoking the timbres of which Japanese ensemble?
gagaku
Winners of the Prix de Rome
gained instant fame and recognition received a monetary award were granted three years of study in Rome
The opening of Act II of Dido and Aeneas begins with a sprightly tune in the style of a
hornpipe
The "Ride" leitmotif (0:21 sec.) in the Ride of the Valkyries is first played by the
horns
Which elements apply to comic opera?
human emotions reflected more realistically
A round is based on the principle of _______ where each voice enters in succession with the same melody.
imitation
The best description of a melodic idea that is presented in one voice and then restated in another is
imitation
Which best describes the texture heard in the opening of Josquin's Ave Maria?
imitative polyphony
The predominant texture in Josquin's motet Ave Maria...virgo serena is
imitative polyphony.
The third movement of Still's Suite for Violin and Piano embraces blues and jazz resources utilizing all of the following except
improv
Which best describes the trumpet performance in this example?
improvised
Brahms is buried
in Vienna, near Beethoven and Schubert.
Which best describes the rhythmic treatment in Gaude Maria virgo?
in a rhythmic mode
The Prix de Rome was open to women
in the early years of the twentieth century
Impressionism in music took place
in the late 1800s
Which category of program music describes Grieg's Peer Gynt?
incidental music
Which of the following is a type of program music written to accompany plays?
incidental music
What specific musical technique did Puccini borrow from Wagner in his Madame Butterfly?
leitmotifs
The text of an opera is known as a
libretto
The mood of Farmer's madrigal Fair Phyllis is
light and pastoral.
Which of the following does NOT apply to the third movement of Beethoven's Moonlight sonata?
lighthearted rondo
______ was the first woman to win the Prix de Rome.
lili Boulanger
What system did the Puritans employ for singing psalms in church?
lining-out
_________ describes a melody without any harmonic accompaniment or other melodic lines.
monophonic
Which of the following is NOT typical of the Renaissance motet?
monophonic texture and sung in the vernacular
The texture of African American spirituals is best described as
monophonic with some heterophonic elaboration.
Farmer "paints" the first line of the text, "Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone," through the use of
monophony
Neo-Romantic composers embraced aspects of _____ orchestral sound.
nineteenth-century
Which of the following does NOT describe the style of ragtime?
no repetition within a rag
Music that moves without a strong sense of beat is
nonmetric
Western art music refers to
notated and cultivated music of European and Euro-American society.
Which instrument has an unexpected solo cadenza in the recapitulation of the first movement in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony?
oboe
Which of the following is a double-reed instrument?
oboe
Which of the following was NOT a new instrument added to the Romantic orchestra?
oboe
Barbara Strozzi was
probably the illegitimate daughter of the Venetian poet Giulo Strozzi.
From where does "Harlem stride piano" originate?
ragtime
Sousa is credited with bringing _____ to European audiences during his first European tour in 1900.
ragtime
Which does NOT apply to Irving Berlin's legacy?
received the Congressional Medal of Honor
What is the musical style of the opening line "Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me"?
recitative
Which does NOT describe the device that enables us to hear Scott Joplin's rendition of Maple Leaf Rag?
recorded on a wax cylinder
A leitmotif is a
recurring melodic theme that carries specific meaning
Beethoven's early symphonies
reflect the style of Haydn and Mozart.
Which of the following describes words and music that recur after every stanza?
refrain
Which of the following does NOT describe words without specific meanings in songs?
refrain
The word _________ describes a specific area in the range of an instrument or voice, such as low, middle, or high.
register
Which describes the Bohemian artist?
rejected dreamer
In musical forms ________ fixes the material in the listener's mind and satisfies the need for the familiar.
repetition
The basic elements of form are
repetition, contrast, and variation.
Music performed with exchanges between a soloist and chorus is called
responsorial
The _______ chord is counterposed against active chords.
rest
What is the translation of "requiem"?
rest
The element that propels music forward in time is
rhythm
Which predominantly vocal genre features a solo singer accompanied by a small group—often piano, guitar, acoustic bass, drums, and tenor saxophone?
rhythm and blues
Rock is the fusion of which two musical styles?
rhythm and blues, country-western
Altering the note durations of a theme is an example of
rhythmic variation.
Aria: "La donna è mobile" (Duke) This aria features a recurring instrumental passage known as a(n):
ritornello
The first movement of Vivaldi's Spring concerto is in __________ form.
ritornello
The instrumental section that returns throughout this excerpt is called a(n):
ritornello
What is the unifying formal structure that Vivaldi used in the first movement of the Spring concerto?
ritornello
Which term means an instrumental refrain?
ritornello
Which Baroque-era compositional technique is NOT used in The Moonfleck?
ritornello form
The energetic instrumental idea that recurs several times between the vocal statements in the first movement of J. S. Bach's Cantata No. 140 is a
ritornello.
Which composer nurtured Brahms's talents, going as far as taking him into his home?
robert schumann
What term was coined in the mid-1950s to describe a form of rhythm and blues that crossed racial lines?
rock and roll
The combination of "hillbilly" country music with the sounds of R&B is sometimes called
rockability
The opening of the first movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik begins with a marchlike theme that rapidly ascends to its peak, a "_______ theme," then turns downward at the same rate.
rocket
Which of the following was NOT a famous ballet written by Tchaikovsky?
romeo and juliet
In which poetic form is Machaut's chanson Ma fin est mon commencement set?
rondeau
The fourth movement of Haydn's String Quartet, Op. 33, No. 2 is composed in what form?
rondo
Which does NOT describe Berg's musical style?
rooted in French Impressionist traditions
Operas by which composer exhibited the high point of bel canto opera?
rossini
Where does Appalachian Spring take place?
rural PA
Where was Stravinsky born?
russia
Tchaikovsky was a famous ______ composer.
russian
Music composed for religious purposes is called
sacred
Which of the following terms describes religious or spiritual music?
sacred
In Doctor Atomic, the librettist drew on texts from the scientists involved, government documents, poetry from John Donne, Bauedelaire and
sacred Hindu scripture
The Renaissance marks the passing of European society from a predominantly ______ to a more ______ one.
sacred; secular
The Baroque dance inspired by the music of Spain is the
sarabande.
A collection of pitches arranged sequentially in ascending and descending order constitutes a
scale
The tonality of a piece is determined by the ________ chosen by the composer.
scale
In a Classical symphony, which of the four movements is typically the slow movement?
second
The movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony that makes the most extensive use of variation procedure is the
second
Which is most likely the slow movement in the multimovement cycle?
second
Much of Western sacred music is in Latin, while ________ music is often in the vernacular.
secular
How did Charles Ives make a living?
selling insurance
What is another name for a half step?
semitone
Eine kleine Nachtmusik is a
serenade
The Libera me movement of Fauré's Requiem closes
serenely
The word "seria" means
serious
How many movements are there in J. S. Bach's Cantata No. 140 Wachet auf?
seven
The sudden bursts of sound heard in this excerpt are best described as
sforzandos
The melody, "Simple Gifts," heard in Appalachian Spring, comes from the ______ tradition.
shaker
What musical characteristic does Revueltas use in his La noche de los Mayas that resemble the son?
shifting meters
Which of the following is a distinguishing musical characteristic of a son?
shifting meters, 3/4 and 6/8
Which describes the melodic material in The Rite of Spring?
short fragments, limited ranges, extended repetition
Which leitmotif is heard in this selection from the Finale? (loud brass)
siegfried
Which musical trait does NOT apply to Monteverdi's madrigals?
simple vocal style
Between scenes of an opera the orchestra may play
sinfonias
What roles did women play in music during the Baroque era?
singers and composers
Which of the following does NOT describe modernist composers' use of rhythm?
single meter prevailing for an entire movement
A jazz chorus is
single statement of a melodic-harmonic pattern
Light German opera featuring spoken dialogue is called
singspiel
Haydn often wrote his quartets in groups of
six
Schubert wrote approximately_____ songs.
six hundred
The ________ is regarded as the golden age of the a cappella style.
sixteenth century
A heterophonic effect is many people singing
slight variants of the same melody simultaneously.
Which leitmotif is heard in this selection from the Finale? (dreamy)
slumber
Fauré's original ensemble plan for his Requiem was a(n)
small chamber orchestra minus violins
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the nineteenth-century symphony?
small orchestra with limited winds
Composers of the Romantic era were interested in all of the following EXCEPT
smaller orchestras.
Berry's country-blues hit Maybelline
sold over one million copies to both African American and white audiences.
In Higdon's blue cathedral, which instrument represents her brother?
solo clarinet
The Baroque concerto that is characterized by a solo instrument and orchestra is the
solo concerto.
Which describes the performing forces heard in this verse?
solo tenor voice with harp, organ, and French horn
Classical composers fully explored which large-scale form of instrumental music?
sonata form
The first movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik is in _______ form.
sonata-allegro
The first movement of a string quartet or symphony is most likely in ________ form.
sonata-allegro
Which of the following describes first-movement concerto form?
sonata-allegro with a double exposition
A group of Lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme is known as a
song cycle
Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire is
song cycle
A Poet's Love is one of Schumann's best-known
song cycles
What is the vocal range of the first voice that sings in this excerpt?
soprano
Which voice is singing a melody with longer notes in this excerpt?
soprano
Which of the following shows the correct order of vocal ranges from highest to lowest?
soprano, alto, tenor, bass
Which of the following shows the correct order of vocal ranges from highest to lowest for female voices?
soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto
Which voices sing the melody in a homorhythmic performance of a Lutheran chorale?
sopranos
Avant-garde composers
sought to break from social and artistic conventions. distinguished themselves from mass-market taste distinguished themselves from high culture
Early twentieth-century American composers
sought to define a unique tradition of American modernism.
Which describes instruments classified as aerophones?
sound produced by using air
Which describes instruments classified as idiophones?
sound produced from the substance itself
The German word Sprechstimme means
speechlike melody
Which genre describes Swing Low, Sweet Chariot?
spiritual
Arvo Pärt, Henryk Górecki, and John Tavener are associated with a style called
spiritual minimalism
Which describes the singing style heard here?
sprechstimme
The opposite of legato is
staccato
Rags, like marches, are structured in regular, duple-meter sections known as _____, each of which is usually repeated.
strains
Which composer helped carry late-Romantic ideas into the twentieth century?
strauss, puccini, Mahler
Every town in Italy, no matter how small, has a
street bearing Verdi's name
MUSICAL MARKETS IN THE UNITED STATES Tin Pan Alley was a
street in Manhattan where music publishers had their businesses.
Which of the following does NOT characterize postmodernism?
strict adherence to serial techniques
The insistent bass in the last movement of William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano resembles which jazz piano style?
stride
The "heart" of the orchestra is the _____ section.
string
The heart of the Classical orchestra was the ______ section.
string
The largest section of the Western orchestra is the _______ section.
string
Which type of chamber music is considered a conversation without words?
string quartet
Which does not apply to early-twentieth century orchestration?
strings continue to be the heart of the orchestra
The instruments of the Western orchestra are categorized into which groups?
strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion
What is another word for "stanza"?
strophe
Hymns, carols, as well as most folk and popular songs are written in _____ form.
strophic
Which of the following terms does NOT describe the number of notes given to each syllable of text?
strophic
A song form in which the same melody is repeated for each stanza, often heard in popular music, is known as
strophic form
Neo-Classical composers
strove for purity of line and proportion. turned away from nineteenth-century models. focused on craftsmanship and balance
The music that Verdi wrote for the orchestra in this excerpt was designed to emulate
strumming of guitar
What were the themes of verismo operas?
subjects from everyday life
Symbolist poetry gave French song composers the opportunity to explore
subtlety and ambiguity
Lili Boulanger
suffered chronic illness most of her life and died at the young age of twenty-four.
Which of the following genres consists of a group of dance movements, usually in the same key?
suite
Which does NOT describe Brahms's musical style?
supernatural as an element
In the 1930s and 40s, early jazz gave way to
swing, or big-band
"Happy Birthday" is an example of a _______ text setting.
syllabic
A song in which each syllable receives one note is called
syllabic
French Romantic-era song composers were drawn to the poets of which movement?
symbolist
Which genre describes Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?
symphonic poem
Which of the following forms was NOT revered by neo-Classical composers?
symphonic poem
Which term describes a one-movement work for orchestra with a literary program?
symphonic poem
Beyond ballet, Tchaikovsky was also a noted composer of
symphonies, concertos, operas
genre
symphony
In the West, an ensemble of strings coupled with an assortment of woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments is known as a
symphony orchestra.
The rhythm in "At the sight of this" from Doctor Atomic is
syncopated
Which describes the melodies in Maple Leaf Rag?
syncopated disjunct played by pianist in the right hand
Schubert died at a young age from
syphilis
Which percussion instrument is featured in this movement?
tambourine
Which of the following is NOT a standard dance in a Baroque suite?
tango
What vocal range is heard in this excerpt?
tenor
Which describes the performing forces of Lili Boulanger's Psalm 24?
tenor solo, SATB chorus, brass, harp, organ, timpani
Which of the following shows the correct order of vocal ranges from highest to lowest for male voices?
tenor, baritone, bass
What is the structure of the Alla hornpipe from Handel's Water Music?
ternary
Which form features a statement of an idea, a contrasting idea, then a repetition of the first idea?
ternary
The overall form of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is
ternary (A-B-A').
Which of the following choices describes the large-scale form of Chopin's Polonaise, Op. 40, No. 1?
ternary form
The interweaving of melody and harmony produces ________ in music.
texture
Postmodernists broke away from the modernist stance
that mass media was incompatible with art.
In the aria "La donna è mobile" the Duke sings
that women are fickle
Upon receiving wider recognition of his music, Ives was proclaimed as the
the "grand old man" of American music
The Baroque era marks the introduction of solo song with instrumental accompaniment, which was referred to in Florence as
the "new style."
During the Renaissance, lands new to the Europeans were discovered, including
the Americas.
Composers from ________ were at the forefront of musical composition.
the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
Which character ultimately brings Don Giovanni to his justly deserved fate?
the Commendatore
Copland wrote music about which part of the United States and its culture?
the Far West and rural life
William Grant Still was an important voice for:
the Harlem Renaissance
From which older genre did the symphony develop?
the Italian opera overture
Which of the following is NOT associated with the Classical era?
the Protestant Reformation
Many women composers in the Baroque era felt a particularly strong affinity with which biblical character?
the Virgin Mary
The text of Josquin's motet Ave Maria...virgo serena praises the virtues of
the Virgin Mary.
Ellington's first group was called
the Washingtonians
Which cover of Roll Over, Beethoven is structurally identical to Berry's
the beatles
The cadenza that is typically performed today in Mozart's Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453 is
the cadenza written by Mozart.
The final scene of Wozzeck revolves around
the children's discovery of the murder
In the last movement of Bach's Cantata No. 140
the chorale melody is heard in the soprano line.
Who is responsible for systematizing bowing strokes for the string section in an orchestra?
the concertmaster
The Baroque genre that is characterized by one or more solo instruments and orchestra is
the concerto.
What character is singing at the beginning of "Bella figlia"?
the duke
When was the Harlem Renaissance?
the early part of the twentieth century
For what religious occasion was the cantata Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake) written?
the end of the church year
In Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, the theme is first stated by
the entire orchestra.
Romantic poets and artists were drawn to
the fanciful, picturesque, and the passionate.
Which movement(s) in a Baroque concerto was/were set in a fast tempo?
the first and third movements
Impressionist painters were NOT interested in
the grandiosity of Romantic art.
What was one of Martin Luther's most important and lasting contributions to Western culture?
the idea that musical worship belongs to the congregation
Which voice in organum carries the original chant in sustained notes?
the lower voice
Haydn's String Quartet, Op. 33, No. 2 is nicknamed "Joke" because
the main tune in the fourth movement is cut short by pauses.
The title "Moonlight" for Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 27, No. 2 refers to
the moonlit scenery of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland.
The ideas from ______ are credited with sparking the so-called Harlem Renaissance.
the new negro
On whom did Augustinian priest Filippo Picinelli lavish praise in 1670?
the nuns of St. Radegonda of Milan
The lyrics to Swing Low, Sweet Chariot concern
the prophet Elijah taken up to heaven by a chariot of fire.
Tempo refers to
the rate of speed.
Which is true regarding key areas in first-movement concerto form?
the solo exposition modulates to a contrasting key
The use of drawn-out crescendos, slowly gathering force as they build to a climax, is called
the steamroller effect.
A pizzicato effect is created on a string instrument when
the strings are plucked.
The themes of Barbara Strozzi's arias often focus on
the theme of love.
Electric Counterpoint follows
the three-movement structure of a Baroque concerto.
Trouvères, medieval poet-musicians from the northern region of France, were members of
the upper classes and the aristocracy.
How does Puccini's score for Madame Butterfly evoke exoticism?
the use of pentatonic and whole tone passages, instrument combinations evoking the timbers of a gagaku orchestra, the use of traditional japanese melodies
While serious opera was almost invariably in Italian, comic opera was generally in
the vernacular.
The music to In the Hall of the Mountain King represents
the wild troll daughters chasing Peer
Varying the pitches, harmony, or rhythm of a theme is known as
thematic development.
A _____ can be a building block in the construction of a musical work.
theme
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani and Barbara Strozzi are unique in that
they both published music in their lifetimes.
Which best describes the role of the drums and string bass?
they keep a steady rhythm
Nadezhda von Meck's arrangement with Tchaikovsky had one stipulation
they never met
In quadruple meter, the second-strongest accent is typically on which beat?
third
The _____ movement of a string quartet is often in minuet-and-trio form.
third
Which movement of the multimovement instrumental cycle is likely to be a dance?
third
There is no break between the _______ movements of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony because they are linked by a transition.
third and fourth
The Classical-era orchestra was typically composed of
thirty to forty players.
How many piano sonatas did Beethoven write?
thirty-two
How many movements does a typical Classical-era concerto have?
three
In a compound meter, the beat divides into groups of
three
Still's Suite for Violin and Piano contains how many movements?
three
The Classical concerto form has ______ movements.
three
The Classical sonata typically consists of ________ movements.
three or four
Which describes the form of Lili Boulanger's Psalm 24?
three part, A-B-A
Which does not apply to rondo form?
three-part structure
In which of the following ways did Renaissance composers enhance the emotional content of madrigals?
through the use of madrigalisms
A song form that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is
through-composed form
Which type of song structure follows the story line, changing according to the text?
through-composed form
The property of sound that gives instruments and voices their unique tone color is
timbre
In Baroque opera, what seemingly happens to the time during an aria?
time stops
In the Classical orchestra, which instrument was primarily responsible for supplying rhythmic energy?
timpani
What term describes the shimmering, bell-like timbre in the opening of Higdon's blue cathedral?
tintinnabulation
It was Schubert's dying wish
to be buried near Beethoven.
In the aria, Dido sings "Remember me, but ah! forget my fate." What was her fate?
to die
Harmonies built on the dominant (fifth scale degree) gravitate toward the
tonic
In the major-minor system, the most important note is the
tonic
The _____ serves as home base in most Western music.
tonic
The first and last note in a major or minor scale is called the
tonic
Which of the following is NOT an active chord?
tonic
The premiere of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
took place in Mendelssohn's Berlin home, conducted by Felix.
Which does NOT describe elements of the form of the first movement of the Moonlight sonata?
traditional opposition of themes and key areas
Which is NOT a trait associated with Haydn's symphonies?
traditional, unimaginative modulations
Which describes Brahms?
traditionalist composer
The multivoiced sacred music of the Renaissance was sung by
trained male singers.
Shifting an entire work so that it begins on a different pitch but retains the same pattern of intervals is called
transposition
The most common type of chord in Western music is the
triad
Impressionist painters
tried to capture the freshness of their first impressions on canvas
Mexican composers of the post-revolutionary period
tried to evoke, or suggest, the character of the native music
An accented beat followed by two weak beats indicates a __________ meter.
triple
What is the meter heard in this section of the work?
triple
What is the meter of this aria?
triple
Which describes the meter of this excerpt?
triple
Which meter did medieval musicians find especially attractive because it symbolized the perfection of the Trinity?
triple
Which instrument is featured in dialogue with the bass singer in the Tuba mirum section from Mozart's Requiem?
trombone
The poet-musicians who flourished in the south of France were known as
troubadours
Which secular medieval musicians entertained audiences at the higher social levels?
troubadours
In Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, Pierrot is a(n)
troubled clown
"Mestizo realism" was a nationalist modernist movement that drew on elements of Mexico's traditional cultures.
true
According to Danish legend, anyone touched by the Elfking must die.
true
Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe provided fresh ideas of rhythm for some Western composers in the twentieth century.
true
After Puccini's death in 1924, opera gradually became displaced in the popular imagination by other musical-theatrical traditions.
true
Artists associated with the Harlem Renaissance were more interested in fostering musical traditions that they understood as more thoroughly African American—blues, jazz, and spirituals—than in encouraging the development of modernist art music.
true
At the turn of the 1800s camp meetings in the United States were not segregated by cultural background.
true
Authors of essays in The New Negro wrote of racial equality and cultural pride in the black community.
true
Ballet has been a part of theatrical entertainments since the Renaissance.
true
Ballet was part of the court of Louis XIV.
true
Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra is a declaration of the composer's love for his homeland.
true
Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is connected to the composer's personal life. Select one: True False
true
Brahms wrote all of his symphonies after he turned forty.
true
Brahms's Four Serious Songs were written in response to Clara Schumann's declining health.
true
Burleigh's arrangement of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot calls upon jazz and blues traditions.
true
By the Romantic era, music performances had moved from the palace to public concert halls.
true
Chopin's Military Polonaise derives from a traditional Polish dance.
true
Contemporary film composer John Williams uses Wagner's musical foreshadowing devices in the Star Wars movies.
true
Copland's music continues to be widely heard at events (or even in commercials) that aim to emphasize national pride, as well as incorporated in movie scenes that illustrate the grandeur of the West.
true
Dissonances do not always resolve to consonances in twentieth-century music.
true
During the Romantic era, there was an increasing interest in linking instrumental music and literature.
true
Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, was established as a college for freed slaves.
true
George Gershwin's social status allowed him opportunities as a white musician that black musicians could not enjoy in the 1920s.
true
Gershwin was criticized for "whitewashing" an African American tradition in his "cultivated jazz" compositions.
true
Gershwin's works reflect a merging of jazz elements and classical genres.
true
In Wozzeck, the title character has hallucinations and is the subject of experimentation by his superiors.
true
In a two-year period, Verdi lost his son, daughter, and wife.
true
In his Requiem, Fauré included nonstandard versions of traditional liturgical texts.
true
In his Symphony No. 3, Brahms incorporates a melodic motive from the first movement into the other movements.
true
In the late nineteenth century, France, Germany, and Italy developed distinct national styles.
true
In the third movement of his Suite for Violin and Piano, Still composed melodies featuring lowered thirds and sevenths, typical of the blues.
true
Jennifer Higdon's blue cathedral was inspired by her grief over her brother's death.
true
John Adams was influenced by rock albums such as Abbey Road and Dark Side of the Moon.
true
John Adams won a Pulitzer Prize for On the Transmigration of Souls, a work that sets the names of the victims of 9/11.
true
Late Romantic ideals carried into the twentieth century through Italian operatic tradition.
true
Latin American percussion instruments and dance rhythms had an influence on jazz.
true
Lili Boulanger was influenced by Impressionism.
true
Louis Armstrong is credited with the invention of scat-singing.
true
Many Romantic composers looked to faraway lands or cultures for their opera plots.
true
Minimalist music is based on the repetition of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic patterns.
true
Neo-Romantic composers often included programmatic elements in their music.
true
One of Berlioz's key areas of innovation was orchestration. Select one: True False
true
Opera seria and opera buffa continued to be performed in Italy during the nineteenth century.
true
Publishers in the nineteenth century worked closely with composers on licensing and other commercial ventures.
true
Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly focuses on the heroine, a former geisha.
true
Ragtime was originally a piano style that featured highly syncopated melodies.
true
Rhythm and blues was popular from the late 1940s to early 60s.
true
Schoenberg devised a new way to organize sound called the "twelve-tone" method.
true
Scott Joplin is one of the first African American composers to receive widespread recognition.
true
Scott Joplin recorded some of his piano rags himself, which were preserved on punched-paper rolls made in 1910 on a Steinway player piano.
true
Some of the libretto for Doctor Atomic comes from declassified government documents.
true
Songwriter George M. Cohan received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his inspirational song Over There.
true
Sousa created, nearly single-handedly, a national music for America that continues to resonate in its concert halls, on its streets, in its sports stadiums, and in the hearts of its people.
true
Stravinsky's early works are considered to be strongly nationalistic.
true
Strong feelings of patriotism arose in Mexico after the Revolution in 1910.
true
Tavener was elevated to the British knighthood in 2000
true
Tchaikovsky struggled with attacks of depression.
true
The Rite of Spring can be performed as a concert work.
true
The Romantic symphony featured an orchestra larger than that of the Classical era.
true
The intensity of Verdi's compositions and the potential for some of the stories to be read as calls for liberation made him a figurehead of the Italian unification movement.
true
The pas de deux, or dance for two, was developed by the choreographer Marius Petipa.
true
The texture of a round is
polyphonic
All of the following composers were winners of the Prix de Rome EXCEPT
Gabriel Fauré
Where was Handel born?
Halle, Germany
Imitation is a type of
polyphony
The solo instrument featured in Vivaldi's Spring concerto is the
violin
Vivaldi wrote roughly 230 solo concertos for what instrument?
violin
Berlin
In which city was Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel raised?
Where was Tin Pan Alley?
NYC
Who was Léonin's successor?
Pérotin
Music is a _______ art.
Temporal
A symphony can last more than an hour.
True
What instrument group is heard in this excerpt?
brass
In Higdon's blue cathedral the image "blue" represents
the sky
Simple meters are meters in which the beats are divided into three.
False
Since the Classical era, Mozart's Requiem has rarely been performed.
False
Some of Felix Mendelssohn's works were published under his sister's name.
False
Stephen Foster gained public recognition as a singer True False
False
Taking notes while listening to music is a bad idea.
False
The Ars nova began in Italy around the early 1400s.
False
avant garde
George Crumb is considered to be a(n) ______ composer.
_____ worked as a song plugger on New York's Tin Pan Alley
George Gershwin
Which is statement is NOT true?
George Gershwin lived a long life.
Robert Schumann sets texts by _______ in his song cycle A Poet's Love.
Heine
The Fisk arrangement of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is strophic
True
The French Revolution fostered the rise of a middle-class society.
True
The Royal Academy of Music was founded for the purpose of producing Italian opera.
True
The arts were considered to be a necessary adornment of aristocratic life.
True
Each piece in the Baroque dance suite was set in _______ form.
binary or ternary
How did Berg die?
blood poisoning from an infected insect bite
Melodic "pitch bending" is also known as
blue notes
Which describes the music of Silvestre Revueltas?
both modernist and nationalis
Which best describes the scale on which this opening melody is built?
chromatic
John Adams has not written any electronic music.
false
Which element does NOT apply to rhythm and blues?
honkey tonk piano
true
(t/f) Rent is a rock musical based on Puccini's La bohème.
If you are singing alone in the shower, you are creating a ______ texture.
monophonic
false
(t/f) Some composers developed minimalism and a style eventually called process music.
true
(t/f) Sondheim's musicals represent a new sophistication in the genre.
What is NOT an example of an early twentieth-century modernism?
post-Romanticism
Two trends in electronic music, musique concrète and elektronische Musik, emerged in the
1940s and early 50s.
The emergence of rock took place in the
1950s
Abstract expressionism in the arts took place in the
1950s and 60s.
Ensembles grew during the _____ century.
19th
How long did Fauré work on his Requiem?
20+ years
John Adams is associated with which style of music?
post-minimalism
A blues text typically consists of a _____ stanza whose first two lines are identical.
3 line
Doctor Atomic is a
post-minimalist opera
Pianissimo is indicated by the abbreviation _____.
pp
Composers of organum based their pieces on
preexisting Gregorian chants.
Which describes the performing forces of Monteverdi's Si ch'io vorrei morire?
5-voice a cappella group
What is the Second Great Awakening?
A Christian movement of the early 1800s
The literal translation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik is
A Little Night Music.
Which is a true statement?
A chord may be built on any note of the scale.
Sonatas during the Classical era were
All possible answers.
The Ars nova ushered in developments in ______ that transformed the art of music.
All possible answers.
The addition of instruments to the Romantic orchestra meant new drama in music through
All possible answers.
The conductor
All possible answers.
The form of Sleepyhead, Cupid! is
All possible answers.
The libretto of Bach's cantata Wachet auf
All possible answers.
What is a cantus firmus?
preexisting melody
Neo-Classical composers
preferred absolute to program music
Fauré's Requiem
premiered in Paris for the funeral of a well-known architect.
John Tavener was raised in which spiritual tradition?
presbyterian
Which of the following is NOT a musical modifier?
presto
The multimovement cycle of the Classical composers can be found in their
All possible answers.
The poems of the troubadour and trouvère repertory include
All possible answers.
The ideals of which movement describes the music of The Rite of Spring?
primitivism
Tavener's Song for Athene was heard at the funeral of
princess diana
The rising tide of nationalism in the Romantic era was expressed through
All possible answers.
The second section of Alla hornpipe differs from the first in that
All possible answers.
A melodic line that moves by small intervals is called.
Conjunct
Postmodern art is often anti-feminist and racist.
False
Postmodernism is not found in film.
False
____ is a style of performance, particularly on a brass instrument, that displays an unrestrained, raspy quality of tone.
"Gutbucket" playing
Which famous slogan is attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
"If I am not better, at least I am different."
At which point in the text of Fair Phyllis does the work change to an imitative texture?
"Up and down he wandered"
Years after Mendelssohn composed the overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, he wrote incidental music to the play that included which, now famous, music?
"Wedding March"
Which is a musical element found in rockabilly?
"boogie" triplet rhythms 12-bar blues progression country-music style guitar picking
Beethoven described the opening motive of his Fifth Symphony as
"fate knocking at the door."
The modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe believed that "less is more." Robert Venture, a leader in the postmodern movement in architecture, countered with
"less is a bore."
The term "baroque" derives from the Portuguese word for
"misshapen."
What describes the theme that opens the third movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?
"rocket theme"
true
(t/f) "Running counter to the action" is a technique used to supply irony in film music.
false
(t/f) "Underscoring" in film music refers to music being made on the screen by the characters.
true
(t/f) David Bowie's last album released shortly before his death was a jazz-rock-hip-hop fusion.
true
(t/f) Elaborating on an earlier composer's idea is considered an homage.
false
(t/f) Glass's Symphony No. 4 is considered "performance art" and cannot be performed without dancers.
true
(t/f) Henry Cowell is known for combining Asian instruments with traditional Western ensembles.
true
(t/f) Historically speaking, musicians often have referenced the work of other composers in their own pieces.
true
(t/f) In Caballito negro, the singer is asked to whinny like a horse.
true
(t/f) In music, a "hook" is a musical characteristic that attracts the listener's attention.
false
(t/f) In phase music, loops are played unaltered.
false
(t/f) In the first movement of Glass's Symphony No. 4, whole sections of David Bowie's Heroes can be heard.
true
(t/f) In the movie Jaws, the shark is represented by a two-note oscillating motive.
false
(t/f) Laws concerning copyright and unauthorized use of music have become more lenient in the last century.
true
(t/f) Leonard Bernstein achieved fame as the first American-born conductor of the New York Philharmonic.
true
(t/f) Minimalism is a more developed style that is influenced by process music.
true
(t/f) Polyrhythm is associated with the Ewe people of Togo, Benin, and Ghana.
true set the mood. help establish the characters. help establish a sense of place and time
(t/f) Source music refers to music which functions as part of the drama itself, such as a character turning on a radio.
false
(t/f) Steve Reich's early phase works were meant to be performed by live musicians.
false
(t/f) The Imperial March theme is only heard in one of the Star Wars films.
false
(t/f) Theatrical productions were a central part of life in the earliest North American colonies.
The function of music in film
- set the mood. - help establish the characters. - help establish a sense of place and time
Twelve-tone technique
-- became widespread in the 1940s and 50s. -- gained prestige because of its "scientific" nature. -- was valued by musicians for new expressive avenues.
Electric Counterpoint
-- is performed by one guitarist and up to fourteen prerecorded tracks. -- is often performed by guitar ensembles. -- is written for twelve guitars
Priests and monks were brought in to convents to sing the lower parts in polyphonic music.
False
Renaissance sacred music was generally performed with instruments.
False
For what occasion or purpose did Revueltas compose La noche de los Mayas?
1939 film score
What is the length of this blues progression?
12 bars
Which musical element do Berry's Roll Over, Beethoven and Holiday's Billie's Blues share?
12-bar blues form
The Baroque era spanned the years
1600-1750.
Singing schools in Colonial America began in the
1720s
The approximate dates of the Classical era in music are
1750-1825.
date
1792
the Harlem Renaissance took place in the
1920s-1930s
1989
A lost manuscript of music by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, in her own handwriting, that contained September: At the River was discovered in
For what event was Handel's Water Music performed on July 17, 1717?
A royal party on the Thames River.
Why is Haydn's Symphony No. 94 nicknamed "Surprise"?
A sudden loud chord during the slow movement startled the dozing audience.
Regarding a symphony, which is NOT a true statement?
A symphony is a song written for an orchestra.
The Lutheran chorale Wachet auf is in "bar form," which is respresented as _____.
A-A-B
Listen to the three sections of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Which best describes the overall form?
A-B-A
The overall form of the third movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik is ________.
A-B-A
Which outlines rondo form?
A-B-A-C-A
What is the form of Billings's David's Lamentation?
A-B-B
Which describes the tempo of the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight sonata?
Adagio
_______ is an example of melodic variation.
Adding or omitting notes to the theme
Why does Dido sing a lament at the end of Purcell's opera?
Aeneas has left her.
The eighteenth century has been called the
Age of Reason as well as the Enlightenment.
Schoenberg's most important students were
Alban Berg and Anton Webern.
_____ music left decisions determining the overall shape of a piece to the performer or to chance, rather than being strictly determined by the composer.
Aleatoric
Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock's movie __________, is an example of a soundtrack that uses only source music.
careers as composers and conductors
All of the following musical opportunities were available to nineteenth-century women EXCEPT
How did nineteenth-century composers express musical nationalism?
All possible answers
Programmatic works in the nineteenth century might be based on
All possible answers
Which of the following characterizes the third movement of Brahms's Symphony No. 3?
All possible answers
A hornpipe is
All possible answers.
A symphony
All possible answers.
An increasingly democratic character was reflected in
All possible answers.
Artists and musicians of the Enlightenment stressed
All possible answers.
Handel's oratorios
All possible answers.
How did middle-class women find a place as musicians under the patronage system?
All possible answers.
How does Josquin create musical contrast in the final two lines of the text, "O Mater Dei, memento mei"?
All possible answers.
Medieval and Renaissance musicians could find employment in which of the following professions?
All possible answers.
Music as a commodity means that music
All possible answers.
Names for comic opera included
All possible answers.
Postmodernist art
All possible answers.
Scientific advances during this era included
All possible answers.
Which Baroque composer was known as "the red priest"?
Antonio Vivaldi
Which musical style appeared in the early 1300s in France and soon thereafter in Italy?
Ars nova
Which statement about Johann Sebastian Bach's career is NOT true?
Bach had an international career.
In regard to the cantatas by J. S. Bach, which statement is NOT true?
Bach's church cantatas are single-movement works.
Neo-Classical composers emulated the music of
Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi
Serge Diaghilev was impresario for which Paris-based dance company?
Ballets Russes
During the Romantic era, the following women were significant as patrons and friends to composers except
Barbara Strozzi
J. S. Bach's Minuet in D Minor is from what historical period?
Baroque
____ aria structures influenced Adams for the aria "Batter my heart."
Baroque
Which is NOT a true statement about Baroque opera?
Baroque opera aims to depict events realistically.
Which composer lived successfully under a system of modified patronage that was supplemented by concert life and music publishing?
Beethoven
The Countess Giulietta Guicciardi was
Beethoven's student.
Which statement is NOT true?
Billie Holiday was the first African American to study at The Juilliard School of Music.
Where did William Billings live and work?
Boston
What is the Mass?
Both a reenactment of Christ's Last Supper with his disciples and the primary (and most solemn) ritual of the Roman Catholic Church.
Which statement is NOT true of Brahms's personal motto?
Brahms's personal motto was "Always a bachelor."
Where was Aaron Copland born?
Brooklyn, New York
Whom does Wotan put in a magic sleep in The Valkyrie?
Brünnhilde
In blue cathedral, Higdon incorporates_______, effectively evoking an Asian soundscape.
Chinese reflex balls
Which is NOT a true statement?
Choral groups are heterogeneous.
________ were weekly hymns created by Luther and his followers for their congregations to sing by composing (or sometimes recycling) simple and memorable melodies.
Chorales
The three voices singing together at the same time in this excerpt form vertical sonorities, called
Chords
Who wrote and originally recorded Roll Over, Beethoven?
Chuck Berry
Who of the following women was a successful composer?
Clara Wieck Schumann
The term "Impressionism" was taken from a work by the painter
Claude Monet
The high point of a melodic line is considered its....
Climax
_________ techniques enabled artists to take something familiar and make it unique.
Collage or quotation
Which statement is NOT true?
Comic opera was not available to the rising merchant class.
tone clusters and plucking of the piano strings
Composer Henry Cowell's innovations include
Noting style traits helps define.
Composer, era and type of work.
during WWII
Composers of phase music took advantage of magnetic tape recording technologies developed
serial
Composers of process music were dissatisfied with ______ music's lack of harmonic center.
minimalists
Composers who share a preference for mostly consonant harmonies and small musical ideas that are combined and recombined over long spans of time, with gradual changes to the patterns are called
The __________ is an online resource to consult before attending a live performance.
Concertgoer's Guide
Where did slaves meet in the pre-Civil War era to dance to the accompaniment of drums, gourds, mouth harps, and banjos?
Congo Square in New Orleans
Which of the following statements correctly describes strain 1 of Maple Leaf Rag?
Correct Answer(s) The left hand (low pitches) plays in an even rhythm; the right hand (high pitches) plays uneven rhythms. It is in a major key. Incorrect Answer(s) The right hand (high pitches) plays in an even rhythm; the left hand (low pitches) plays in an uneven rhythm. It is in a minor key.
Match the theme letter with the different excerpts from Chopin's Military Polonaise.
Correct label: 'a' Chopin Polonaise0:19 Correct label: 'b' Chopin Polonaise0:17 Correct label: 'd' Chopin Polonaise0:16 Correct label: 'c'
To whom did Beethoven dedicate his Piano Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)?
Countess Giulietta Guicciardi
Brian Eno
David Bowie created ground-breaking albums with
downtown music
David Bowie reinvented his artistic persona in the mid-1970s resulting in contact with experimental musicians in New York City who were part of the ______ phenomenon.
Which is true of Debussy's career and compositional output?
Debussy helped establish the French song (mélodie) as a national art form., Debussy won the Prix de Rome at age 22.,Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande brought him public recognition.
The contour of the opening phrase of Joy to the World is...
Descending
Which of the following is an important skill?
Developing musical memory.
The type of melodic movement in The Star-Spangled Banner is.....
Disjunct
At what point in Don Giovanni do the characters Don Giovanni and Zerlina sing the duet, "Là ci darem la mano"?
Don Giovanni is seducing Zerlina.
Which of the following is not part of the Don Giovanni storyline?
Don Giovanni makes amends with Donna Anna and Donna Elvira.
The Catalogue Aria in Mozart's opera Don Giovanni catalogs what?
Don Giovanni's international amorous conquests
Don Giovanni recounts the tale of ______, the aristocratic, amoral womanizer.
Don Juan
Handel's Messiah was premiered in
Dublin, Ireland.
organizing the famous family Sunday concerts
During her later years, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was responsible for
salons
During the nineteenth century, where did composers often gather to perform and discuss their music?
a poetic epigram and a painting
Each of the pieces in the manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's The Year was originally prefaced by
programmatic
Each piece in The Year is prefaced by a poetic epigram, making this a ______ work.
folk-rocker
Early in his career, David Bowie started as a
Which statement does NOT reflect early-twentieth century nationalism in music?
Early-twentieth century composers were not interested in nationalist expressions.
Bartók and Kodály collected 2,000 songs and dances representing various _____ cultures.
Eastern European
European contacts with _______ inspired new concepts of art.
Eastern cultures
Which American poet strongly influenced the poems of the French poets Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Verlaine?
Edgar Allan Poe
The art of _____, who is famous for his painting The Scream, influenced Arnold Schoenberg and his disciples.
Edvard Munch
emancipation of dissonance
Electric Counterpoint is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT: - layering of instrument in different ranges. - emancipation of dissonance. - small shifts in musical patterns. - polyphony
"endless" melody.
Elements of musical theater include all of the following EXCEPT
In what language is Billings's David's Lamentation sung?
English
In what language is Handel's Messiah sung?
English
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is sung in what language? a. English b. German c. Italian d. French
English
Tavener's A Hymn to the Mother of God is set to a text in
English
Which genre is Handel said to have invented?
English oratorio
A composition must use one texture throughout.
False
A ground bass is heard only at the beginning of Dido's aria.
False
A symphony orchestra is an example of a chamber ensemble.
False
All music has a strong, discernable beat.
False
Antonio Vivaldi, in his own day, was better known as a composer than a performer.
False
Beethoven gave the nickname Moonlight to his piano sonata making it a programmatic work.
False
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony progresses from a victorious opening to conflict and struggle.
False
Billings adhered strictly to European compositional methods.
False
Billings's David's Lamentation is complex and challenging to sing.
False
Censors did not concern themselves with political representation in nineteenth-century operas
False
Chamber music generally implies a large ensemble, with more than one player to a part.
False
Chopin taught his students to play rubato by keeping the right hand steady, while the music in the left hand hesitated and hurried forward True False
False
Composers have indicated specific instruments since early times.
False
Composers indicate tempo and mood to the performers so that there is no leeway for interpretation.
False
Composers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries used even fewer expression marks than their predecessors.
False
Despite being composed in England, Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas has an Italian text.
False
Dido and Aeneas is one of the earliest, and most famous, Italian operas.
False
During the Baroque era, the Catholic Church offered a wide variety of options for women to express their spirituality.
False
Frank Gehry's design for the Walt Disney Concert Hall is a statement against postmodernism.
False
Genre describes a musical form.
False
Handel and J. S. Bach met often and collaborated on musical works.
False
Handel composed in all genres except opera.
False
Handel spent his entire career in Germany.
False
Handel's best-known orchestral suites are his Water Music and Messiah.
False
Hildegard's Alleluia, O virgo mediatrix is a Gregorian chant.
False
If a major or minor scale is transposed to a different starting pitch, the pattern of half steps and whole steps changes.
False
In a cadenza during a concerto from the Classical period, the orchestra improvises freely.
False
In the Catalogue Aria, Leporello assures Donna Elvira that indeed she is Don Giovanni's one true love.
False
In the Middle Ages, it was assumed that women were worthy of connection with the divine.
False
In the Western tradition, music historically has not been linked to mathematics and geometry.
False
In through-composed songs, music from previous stanzas is repeated.
False
It has recently been proven that Mozart was poisoned while writing his Requiem Mass.
False
Listening to music while exercising is an example of active listening.
False
Martin Luther and fellow reformer John Calvin believed only priests who were trained singers should participate in church music-making.
False
Monteverdi emphasizes the last line of the poem in the madrigal Si ch'io vorrei morire by not repeating it.
False
Most musical cultures in the world use written notation to preserve and transmit their music.
False
Mozart did not write for solo singers in his Requiem.
False
Mozart only collaborated with Lorenzo da Ponte on Don Giovanni.
False
Mozart's comic operas are only relevant to the time in which they were written.
False
Mozart's use of low wind and brass instruments in his Requiem was standard practice in his day.
False
Multimovement instrumental works in the Classical era typically started with a slow movement.
False
Polyphony occurs when several meters are played simultaneously.
False
Polyphony was universally accepted in medieval religious communities.
False
Pope Gregory the Great composed all of the Gregorian chant melodies.
False
The Baroque concerto could be written for a solo group or a solo instrument and orchestra, however Classical-era concertos were typically only written for a solo group and orchestra.
False
The Baroque era was characterized by peaceful relations between Protestants and Catholics.
False
The Baroque suite typically consists of a group of dances in contrasting keys.
False
The English madrigal preceded the development of the Italian madrigal by some one hundred years.
False
The Middle East had no influence on European musical styles.
False
The Renaissance marks the passing of European society from a predominately secular society to a more sacred one.
False
The art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome was of little interest to artists and writers in the Renaissance.
False
The category "chordophones" applies only to Western instruments.
False
The concerto was a new genre of the Classical era.
False
The first type of polyphony was Gregorian chant.
False
The focus of Classical chamber music is soloistic virtuosity.
False
The literature of ancient Greece and Rome was of little interest to artists and writers of the Renaissance.
False
The new Italian opera was embraced in all Western European countries.
False
The octave is divided the same way in the musical systems of all cultures.
False
The second movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 94 was composed in sonata-allegro form.
False
The text setting in Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is mostly syllabic.
False
The word "song" refers to any piece of music.
False
There was a clear split between classical and popular music in the early nineteenth century True False
False
Vocal music with instrumental accompaniment is called a cappella.
False
renowned composer and conductor
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's brother, Felix, was a
Lieder
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's output was dominated by choral part songs, piano music and
J. S. Bach
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's piano music reflects a strong interest in the contrapuntal procedures of which composer?
false
Fanny was the wife of Felix Mendelssohn.
Which is NOT true of Fauré's use of text in his Requiem?
Fauré used only the specified texts and prayers prescribed by the Catholic Church for the Requiem Mass.
In what way was the creation of Rhapsody in Blue a collaborative effort?
Ferde Grofé took Gershwin's musical sketches and arranged them for Whiteman's band.
_______ is the theater dedicated to the performance of Wagner's operas.
Festival Theater at Bayreuth
_________, the shorthand notation that developed during the Baroque for basso continuo players, allowed the performer to fill in the harmonies.
Figured bass
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot became a favorite tune of which college-level performing group?
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Opera had its origins in the experiments of a group known as the
Florentine Camerata.
Gilligan's Island
For which classic television series did John Williams write the theme music?
Where did musique concrète develop?
France
Which composer is generally credited with creating the symphonic poem?
Franz Liszt
Who completed the unfinished portions of Mozart's Requiem?
Franz Xaver Süssmayer
Which instruments in particular are featured in this excerpt?
French Horns
In addition to the Italian madrigal, what other genre arose from the union of poetry and music during the Renaissance?
French chanson
Which brass instrument descended from the ancient hunting horn?
French horn
Scientifically, pitch is determined by its.....
Frequency
Italy
From a year-long trip to which country did Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel draw inspiration for her work The Year?
Who of the following was NOT associated with the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A composition in the key of G major uses harmonies formed from which scale?
G major
The third movement of Still's Suite for Violin was inspired by
Gamin, a sculpture of a street-smart kid in Harlem, by Augusta Savage.
Which is NOT a true statement?
Genres are the same in every culture.
Which celebrated Italian singer married Giuseppe Verdi and helped to launch his career?
Giuseppina Strepponi
a modern dancer
Glass's Symphony No. 4 calls for
orchestra with expanded percussion
Glass's Symphony No. 4 is scored for
Heroes
Glass's Symphony No. 4 is subtitled______.
Two authors associated with the Sturm und Drang (storm and stress) movement of the 1770s were:
Goethe and Schiller.
The compilation of early polyphony is the
Great Book of Organum.
The text of the Kyrie is based on a _______ prayer.
Greek
Tavener's A Hymn to the Mother of God is set to a
Greek Orthodox hymn text attributed to Saint John Damascene
Romantic themes include all of these EXCEPT
Greek mythology.
Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks are the best-known suites by which composer?
Handel
Art-song arrangements of African American spirituals were an important part of which cultural movement?
Harlem Renaissance
Which are not musical characteristics of rhythm and blues?
Harlem stride piano
Which composer played a central role in the development of the string quartet?
Haydn
Which composer worked for a good deal of his life under the patronage system?
Haydn
Who is referred to as the "father of the symphony"?
Haydn
Which composers are from the so-called First Viennese School?
Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
Why did Still favor the blues over spirituals as source material for his compositions?
He felt that the blues did not exhibit Caucasian influence.
Which is NOT true of William Grant Still?
He had little formal education
How did Joplin achieve financial security with the publication of Maple Leaf Rag?
He insisted on receiving royalties rather than a flat payment
single statement of a melodic-harmonic pattern
He is credited with the invention of scat-singing
What happens to Don Giovanni at the end of the opera?
He is dragged down to his death by the Commendatore.
Why did Schoenberg leave Berlin in 1933?
He left after Adolf Hitler came to power.
Where was Purcell employed when he wrote Dido and Aeneas?
He was a music teacher at a girls' school.
Which statement about Machaut is NOT true?
He was an influential composer of the Ars antiqua style.
Why did Revueltas return to Mexico in 1929?
He was invited by Carlos Chávez to be the assistant conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Mexico.
Which is NOT true of John Adams's music studies?
He was self-taught
Which is NOT true of James Reese Europe?
He was the most successful and profitable Tin Pan Alley composer.
Why did Bartók move to New York City in 1940?
He was troubled by the alliance between the Hungarian government and Nazi Germany on the eve of the Second World War.
In regard to George Gershwin's career, which is an INCORRECT statement?
His music was not popular at the time he composed it.
phrases end in a downward melodic line
How does Crumb depict the images of death in Caballito negro?
Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály are two major representatives of ______ nationalism.
Hungarian
John Adams's Harmonielehre pays homage to
Igor Stravinsky
Which of the following is NOT associated with Pierrot lunaire?
Impressionism
Which statement does NOT apply to Impressionist composers?
Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter.
explored his Jewish background.
In Kaddish, Bernstein
patriotic songs and Protestant hymns.
In West Side Story, Bernstein incorporates elements of the following musical styles EXCEPT
President Barack Obama's inauguration
In addition to film scores, John Williams has written music for the Olympics and
the concept of Wagner's leitmotif
In dedicating a theme to Darth Vader in the Imperial March, Williams uses
Which of the following is a true statement?
In diatonic music, both the melody and the harmony are firmly rooted in the key.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
In his compositions Beethoven completely abandoned Classical formal traditions.
Sprechstimme "white" tone quarter tones
In his madrigals, George Crumb explores which of the following?
Each movement is based on a theme from the David Bowie album Heroes.
In regards to Glass's Symphony No. 4, which is a true statement? - Quotation of the title track of David Bowe's Heroes album unifies all of the movements. - Each movement is based on a theme from the David Bowie album Heroes. - There are no recognizable melodic elements of Bowie's songs in any of the movements. - Each movement is based on themes from David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album.
Harry Partch
In the 1920s, which composer developed a scale of forty-three microtones to the octave?
Ghana
In the 1970s, Steve Reich spent a month playing with and listening to drummers in
true
In the Romantic era, women made great strides in establishing careers as professional musicians and were public advocates for musical innovation.
are varied to suite the actions of the character or the mood of the scene.
In the Star Wars films, themes associated with characters
Broadway
In the mid-1800s, theaters in midtown Manhattan lined the wide street called
minimalist
In the mid-1970s, a significant shift in Bowie's music occurred as a result from contact with ____ musicians.
Goethe
In the recently discovered manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's September: At the River, poetry of which nineteenth-century poet was included?
Reich and Adams
In three of David Bowie's albums—Low, Heroes, and Lodger—the influence of which American composers is present?
Spanish
In what language is George Crumb's Caballito negro sung?
There is no musical content
In what way is John Cage's 4'33" unusual?
Which of the following was a hallmark of Baroque performance style?
Increased improvisation.
Which statement is NOT true regarding Baroque instrumental music?
Instrumental music became less prominent than it had been during the Renaissance.
Which did NOT occur as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
Instruments became too expensive for middle class musicians to purchase.
Who collaborated with George Gershwin in many musicals, including Lady, Be Good?
Ira Gershwin
Melody
Is a musical line, or the tune.
Which of the following statements describe this excerpt from Chopin's Military Polonaise and which do not?
It features a disjunct melody in the right hand. It features the characteristic rhythm of a polonaise. This is the c theme of the trio section. incorrect It is in duple meter. It is the d theme found in the middle section of the piece.
Which of the following does NOT describe Mozart's Dies irae from Requiem?
It features several verses in German.
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag?
It is a repeat of strain 1.
Regarding the second theme in sonata-allegro form, which statement is NOT true?
It is always in the home key.
BLUE CATHEDRAL Which of the following is NOT true of Jennifer Higdon's blue cathedral?
It is an aleatoric work
Why is this chorus typical of the genre?
It is built upon a repeated harmonic progression The first line of text is repeated The text is about everyday struggles in life
Which of the following does NOT describe Bartók's Interrupted Intermezzo from his Concerto for Orchestra?
It is entirely in a major key
Which is NOT true of an overture?
It is generally played as an introduction and again between scenes.
Which is a true statement regarding the movements in Eine kleine Nachtmusik?
It is in four movements.
Which is NOT true of the third movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony?
It is in theme and variations form.
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag0:22 It
It is new music I haven't yet heard in this work.
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag0:26
It is new music I haven't yet heard in this work.
Which of the following statements correctly describe strain 1 of Maple Leaf Rag?
It is performed by solo piano. It features one melody with accompaniment. Incorrect Answer(s) It features one melody without accompaniment. It is performed by piano and violin. It features several melodies played simultaneously.
Which is not true of the 1969 Woodstock Festival?
It relied on corporate sponsorship.
Which is NOT true of the Baroque oratorio?
It used scenery, acting, and costumes, just like opera.
Which statement does NOT apply to the last section of sonata-allegro form?
It wanders through a series of foreign keys.
Which statement about late seventeenth-century Baroque music is NOT true?
It was generally accepted that music should not arouse the emotions.
Which is a true statement regarding the saxophone?
It was invented by the Belgian Adolphe Sax.
Which of the following is NOT true of the Moonlight sonata?
It was not well-received at the time of its premiere.
Which is NOT true of Mozart's Piano Concerto, K. 453?
It was written for, and dedicated to, Haydn.
Don Giovanni is sung in which language?
Italian
In what language is this opera sung?
Italian
Monteverdi's Si ch'io vorrei morire is sung in
Italian
Sleepyhead, Cupid! is sung in which language?
Italian
Tempo and dynamic markings are usually given in
Italian
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Italian dance rhythms and Germany's choral song tradition blended to make a new French style.
Despite being of northern European birth, Josquin spent most of his career in
Italy
Which character sings the aria, "Batter my heart"?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Mendelssohn was responsible for spurring a revival of which composer's music?
J. S. Bach
Which composer was NOT considered part of the Viennese School?
J. S. Bach
Which composer writes highly imaginative neo-Romantic scores that are rooted in the language of the past but at the same time redefine traditional genres like the symphony and the concerto?
Jennifer Higdon
Who of the following was NOT a friend of William Billings?
Johann Sebastian Bach
One of the major advancements in the Renaissance was the invention of printing, pioneered by
Johannes Gutenberg.
aleatoric
John Cage experimented with chance, or _______, music.
avant garde
John Cage is considered to be a(n) ______ composer.
the role of silence in music. the opposition between music and noise. non-Western scales.
John Cage's interests included
Mozart's Requiem was performed at the funeral of which U.S. president?
John F. Kennedy
Which composer is often referred to as the "March King"?
John Philip Sousa
Which statement is NOT true?
John Tavener composed only secular work
Handel created the English oratorio for all of the following reasons EXCEPT which one?
King George I commissioned him to write oratorios
In "At the sight of this" from Doctor Atomic, the nuclear weapon is compared to
Krishna
Early in his career, Verdi wrote for which opera house?
La Scala in Milan
Cozzolani's Magnificat is sung in which language?
Latin
Gaude Maria virgo is sung in
Latin
In what language are the words being sung in this work?
Latin
In which language is Mozart's Dies irae from Requiem written?
Latin
In which language is the text of Josquin's motet written?
Latin
_________ was the language of learning at medieval and Renaissance universities.
Latin
In La noche de los Mayas, Revueltas incorporated
Latin American instruments. a short dance sequence of the son instruments from the European orchestral tradition
fast, syncopated beats
Latin-American percussion instruments and ______ give the dance sequences from West Side Story a Latin-American character.
creating accessible compositions. far-reaching educational efforts. promoting concert music to the general public.
Leonard Bernstein dedicated his life to
In Mozart's Don Giovanni, who is the servant of the title character?
Leporello
Active listening does NOT mean.
Letting the music be teh background activity.
Which is a true statement about Vivaldi's Four Seasons?
Lines of poetry are printed above passages in the music.
Haydn's masterworks in the symphonic genre are his last set of twelve, known as the
London Symphonies.
Handel found great success living and working in
London, England.
The libretto to Don Giovanni was written by
Lorenzo da Ponte.
________ commissioned Wagner to complete the Ring cycle and helped to finance a theater dedicated to the performance of Wagner's music.
Ludwig II of Bavaria
For which church did J. S. Bach write his cantatas?
Lutheran
Who was the first leader of the Notre Dame School?
Léonin
______ is credited with compiling the Magnus liber organi.
Léonin
Which of the following is a true statement?
Léonin is the first composer of polyphonic music whose name we know.
What is the protocol that allows computers and synthesizers to interface?
MIDI
Which is a true statement regarding Machaut's songs?
Machaut set his chansons to French courtly love poems.
Which is a true statement regarding early music performances of medieval and Renaissance music?
Many aspects of early music performance are open to speculation.
Who was Copland's collaborator for Appalachian Spring?
Martha Graham
Through repeated listening we gain...
Skills to transfer to new repertories, musical memory, familiarity and understanding.
conducted the New York Philharmonic. attended Harvard University. was a television personality
Massachusetts-born composer Leonard Bernstein
What was Chuck Berry's first hit?
Maybelline
_______ influenced Tavener's choral writing
Medieval and Renaissance polyphony
Which is NOT a true statement?
Melody and harmony are not related.
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani was a nun at the convent of St. Radegonda in
Milan
Which of the following is a Baroque-era poetic epic?
Milton's Paradise Lost
Who of the following was an early composer of Italian opera?
Monteverdi
Which of the following is NOT true? Women composers wrote Lieder in the Romantic era. Common themes of Lieder were love and beauty of nature. The emergence of the piano as a household instrument influenced the popularity of Lieder. Most Lied composers wrote their own words for their songs.
Most Lied composers wrote their own words for their songs.
Which is NOT true of performers of the Romantic era?
Most performance opportunities took place in the palace or aristocratic salon.
Beethoven and _____ were both important composers of piano sonatas who performed their own works in concert.
Mozart
Which is a true statement about Mozart's career?
Mozart became a struggling freelance musician in Vienna when he was twenty-five.
false
Music composed for the home was associated with masculine character traits.
Which is true of trade during the Middle Ages?
Musicians and their works moved along trade routes.
Which is a true statement regarding the musician's place within the patronage system during the Classical era?
Musicians ranked little better than servants.
While in Paris during his early twenties, Copland studied with
Nadia Boulanger
To whom did Beethoven originally dedicate his Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)?
Napoleon
Most children's songs have a _______ range.
Narrow
_______ means a few notes set to each syllable of text.
Neumatic
_____ designed the experimental stage design for The Rite of Spring.
Nicholas Roerich
Grieg is from which country?
Norway
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Notated polyphony emerged at the end of the Renaissance.
The Climax of The Star-Spangled Banner falls on what text?
O'er the land of the free....
Which statement regarding opera in the beginning of the eighteenth century is true?
Opera buffa was popular throughout Europe.
prepared piano
Sonatas and Interludes is written for
ninety
Over the past four decades, John Williams has written over _______ film scores.
The American debut tour of international singing sensation Jenny Lind was managed by
PT Barnum
Which French palace influenced the courts of other European rulers?
Palace of Versailles
The Impressionist movement began in which city?
Paris
Listening to music as a background to another activity is.
Passive listening
______ organized the 1924 concert, "An Experiment in Modern Music."
Paul Whiteman
At its premiere, Rhapsody in Blue was performed by
Paul Whiteman's nine-member big band
Who is the librettist for Doctor Atomic?
Peter Sellars
all possible answers
Philip Glass closely studied the works of which composer(s)? - J. S. Bach - Mozart - Schubert - All possible answers.
minimalist
Philip Glass is often associated with the _______ movement.
a "symphonic ballet."
Philip Glass referred to his Symphony No. 4 as
"minimalist."
Philip Glass rejected the term
Nadia Boulanger
Philip Glass studied composition with
the Juilliard School of Music
Philip Glass was a student with Steve Reich at
Who of the following wrote the chorale text and tune for Wachet auf (Sleepers, Awake)?
Philipp Nicolai
Which describes Pierrot's actions in The Moonfleck?
Pierrot is disturbed by a white spot on the collar of his jet-black jacket.
phase music
Playing several copies of a tape loop simultaneously while slowly changing the tape speeds in order to combine the loops in various ways is called
Which statement regarding polyphony in the Middle Ages is NOT true?
Polyphonic music was sung by the church congregation.
Which of George Gershwin's works is considered a "folk opera"?
Porgy and Bess
Which of the following is NOT a true statement?
Songs in English translation fit the musical line as well as the original words.
Which describes camp meetings?
Special gatherings popular in nineteenth-century America where songs of worship were sung.
Chuck Berry was from
St. Louis missouri
Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is a work based on a dance tune by which composer?
Purcell
Who of the following was NOT a medieval writer/poet?
Pythagoras
Two of the earliest named composers of organum from the Notre Dame Cathedral were Léonin and
Pérotin
The distance between the highest and lowest pitches in a melodic line is its....
Range
Where did Machaut work as a priest?
Reims Cathedral
A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called
Requiem
What work was Mozart composing when he died?
Requiem
The Fisk Jubilee Singers were introduced to Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by
Reverend Alexander Reid
Which work did Gershwin perform at a 1924 concert entitled "An Experiment in Modern Music"?
Rhapsody in Blue
Which historical style period lasted less than 100 years?
Romantic
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Romantic symphony?
Romantic composers often shortened and lightened up the last movement of a symphony to balance the first movement.
Which is a true statement?
Samuel Barber was a prominent exponent of neo-Romantic music.
Edvard Grieg represents the _____ nationalist school.
Scandinavian
Grieg's Peer Gynt is a work that suggests _________ nationalism.
Scandinavian
What is the subtitle of The Rite of Spring?
Scenes of Pagan Russia"
Which does NOT apply to Beethoven's use of form in the second movement of his Fifth Symphony?
Scherzo-and-trio form.
Which is NOT true of the text of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire?
Schoenberg used three poems from a collection of French Symbolist poetry.
"Everything he touched turned to song" refers to which composer?
Schubert
Dichterliebe was written in 1840,
Schumann's "year of song."
Which composer is often referred to as the "King of Ragtime"?
Scott Joplin
Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern are known as the
Second Viennese School
A phrase and cadence is music can likened to a....
Sentence and period.
a bare-footed woman by the stream
September: At the River is accompanied by a drawing of
Which does not describe the character Cio-Cio-San?
She is Butterfly's maid
Which describes Barbara Strozzi's performing opportunities?
She performed in the exclusive male academies of Venice.
Which describes Lili Boulanger's instrumental training? Correct!
She was a precocious child and learned to sing and play violin, cello, harp, and piano.
In regards to Hildegard of Bingen, which statement is NOT true?
She was the first to notate plainchant.
Which does NOT describe Lili Boulanger's compositional output?
She wrote only sacred music
Which describes the premiere of The Rite of Spring?
Shouts from the audience disrupted the dancers, which temporarily interrupted the show.
Who were Charles Baudelaire, Stéphane Mallarmé, and Paul Verlaine?
Symbolist poet
Which of the following statements regarding symphonies is NOT true?
Symphonies were a popular genre during the Baroque era.
________ is created when the regular accent is shifted to a weak beat or an offbeat.
Syncopation
Which is a true statement regarding early music notation?
Tempo and dynamic markings were absent.
Where was Scott Joplin born?
Texarkana, Texas
Listen to the opening of Ride of the Valkyries. Which of the following is NOT a true statement?
The "Ride" leitmotif is heard right at the beginning played by the strings.
mambo
The Afro-Cuban dance with a fast, syncopated beat, heard in "The Dance at the Gym," is the
vaudeville
The American stage genre from which American musical theater drew inspiration was
The text from "At the sight of this" comes from
The Bhagavad Gita
In which cover of Roll Over, Beethoven are Beethoven's musical ideas combined with Berry's stanzas?
The Electric Light Orchestra
The famous school of Russian nationalist composers in the nineteenth century was called
The Mighty Handful.
Which of the following is a collection of music by William Billings?
The New England Psalm Singer
Which statement is NOT true?
The Nutcracker was Tchaikovsky's only ballet NOT choreographed by Marius Petipa.
Which of the following statements about religion during the Renaissance is NOT true?
The Renaissance was an age of unquestioning faith.
Which ballets did Diaghilev commission from the composer Igor Stravinsky?
The Rite of Spring Petrushka The Firebird
During the Middle Ages, all power came from which religious organization?
The Roman Catholic Church
Which of the following is NOT quoted in Ives's Country Band March?
The Star Spangled Banner
Which American patriotic song is referenced by Puccini in Madame Butterfly?
The Star-Spangled Banner
_____ is one of Sousa's most well-known marches.
The Stars and Stripes Forever
piano cycle
The Year is a
What was groundbreaking about Nijinsky's choreography for The Rite of Spring?
The dancers jumped up and down in place The dancers formed rotating geometric patterns onstage. The dancers made jerky and irregular movements with individual limbs.
Considering The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, which statement is NOT true?
The entire orchestra never plays all together.
Which statement applies to the Classical-era concerto?
The fast-slow-fast pattern of the three movements was established by Vivaldi during the Baroque era.
two-note motive
The first movement of Glass's Symphony No. 4 begins with a
Which statement about the Romantic-era symphony is true?
The first movement of a Romantic symphony is usually the most dramatic and features the use of sonata-allegro form.
Which of the following is a true statement?
The influence of European musical styles surpasses that of any of its languages or religions.
Which of the following was NOT an historical event from the Baroque era?
The invention of printing by Johannes Gutenberg.
Which statement does NOT apply to the texts for Handel's Messiah?
The libretto was written by religious leaders.
Orchestral interlude in D minor The final scene opens with an orchestral interlude. Which statement is true?
The music builds to a loud climax The main theme emerges in the low strings The music features lush, chromatic harmonies.
George Gershwin and Aaron Copland
The music of ________ deeply influenced Bernstein.
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
The music of which composer was overlooked until recently?
Which is NOT true of a typical blues progression?
The number of bars in each section varies
Which of the following did NOT take place at the convent of St. Radegonda when Cozzolani was there?
The nuns adhered to the church ban on singing polyphony.
Which of the following does NOT pertain to the 1924 New York concert, "An Experiment in Modern Music"?
The organizer was a critic of jazz and failed to advertise the concert.
sounds of the Javanese gamelan
The piano required in Sonatas and Interludes simulates
Verses 1-3: Which describes the melody in the opening section of this work?
The pitches in the melody are fairly close together, with no big leaps.
emulate the sound of a galloping horse.
The prevalent rhythm in Crumb's Caballito negro is meant to
Which is NOT true of the ring in Wagner's Ring cycle?
The ring is only symbolic and not a real object.
true
The rise of the piano as a favored instrument provided women performance outlets that were acceptable.
Which is true of strophic form?
The same melody is repeated with each stanza of text.
1940s and 50s
The scientific rigor of twelve-tone music lent it prestige in both European and American institutions in the
Which is a true statement?
The standard Baroque concerto has three movements.
Which describes the key areas of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?
The symphony begins in C minor and ends in C major.
Which describes the chorale melody as it is heard in the fourth movement of Bach's cantata Wachet Auf?
The tenors sing the chorale melody in unison.
Barbara Strozzi published more arias than any other male singer-composer in her times.
True
Why would Psalm 24 have been incompatible with the rules governing the services of the Catholic Church until 1963?
The text is in French
Why is there a musical reference to The Star-Spangled Banner in Madame Butterfly?
The title character marries an American naval officer
Considering the title of Symphony No. 94 in G Major by Joseph Haydn, which is a TRUE statement?
The title indicates the genre and key.
Which of the following statements describe Chopin's Military Polonaise and which do not?
The trio is in D major. It is in triple meter. The rhythms are derived from a Polish dance. The rhythms are derived from a Spanish dance. The trio is in the same key as the A sections.
How was Rhapsody in Blue received at its premiere?
The work was hailed as a highlight of the concert
Which of the following describes the collaboration that took place between Ferde Grofé and George Gershwin?
There is extensive debate about how much Grofé added
Which is NOT true of Fauré's Requiem?
There is only one version of this work
How is the oratorio similar to opera?
They both feature arias, recitatives, and choruses.
Which statement describes the activities of the Fisk Jubilee Singers?
They formed as a group to raise funds for the Fisk University. They toured the U.S. and Europe in the 1870s They raised the staggering sum of $150,000 in the late nineteenth century.
What do the Impressionist and Expressionist composers have in common?
They were influenced by movements in painting
Which does not describe early-twentieth century nationalist composers?
They were unable to preserve folk melodies without modern recording technologies.
In regards to the troubadours and trouvères, which of the following statements is NOT true?
They wrote sacred music.
_______ is the principle of organization around a central tone.
Tonality
Scott Joplin won the Pulitzer Prize posthumously for
Treemonisha
Which movement of The Nutcracker is based on a Russian dance?
Trepak
________ mean(s) "finders" or "inventors."
Troubadours and trouvères both
A second melody played against the first is called a countermelody.
True
Accents between the beats are called offbeats.
True
Artists in the mid-twentieth century strove to move beyond the principles of modernism.
True
Artists such as Bernini created works that demonstrate the Baroque love of the dramatic.
True
Instrument builders have often sought to emulate the human voice.
True
Interpretation is at the root of musical expressiveness.
True
J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books are considered postmodern.
True
Leporello's Catalogue Aria conveys a serious message through lighthearted music.
True
Machaut was the first composer self-consciously to attempt a compositional legacy.
True
Minuet-and-trio form found its origins in Baroque court dance.
True
Monteverdi uses word-painting to portray the images found in the poetry for his madrigal Si ch'io vorrei morire.
True
Most cultures employ sacred music for religious functions.
True
Movements in a large-scale musical work can be compared to chapters in a novel.
True
Mozart played a crucial role in the development of the piano concerto.
True
Mozart wrote many of his piano concertos to showcase his own performance skills.
True
Mozart's Requiem was the composer's last work and was left incomplete.
True
Music can hold our attention over long spans of time.
True
Music has often been a means for marginalized people to voice their perspective.
True
Music that is made up spontaneously in performance is called improvised.
True
Music was not a part of the life of nuns in convents in the Baroque era.
True
Musical notation of polyphony allowed for more detail and control over the musical texture.
True
Musical sound is characterized by perceivable and measureable pitch.
True
Musical works studied in the textbooks are accompanied by Listening Guides that Outline "What to Listen For" at the top.
True
Musicians and composers achieved a higher social status during the Romantic era than they had in the Classical era.
True
Nineteenth-century parlor music in the United States was written to be accessible to amateurs True False
True
One of the most popular subjects of the sacred Renaissance motet was the Virgin Mary.
True
Oral transmission is the process of preserving music without written notation.
True
Ostinato is particularly prevalent in blues, rock, and rap.
True
Our understanding of the musical culture of ancient civilizations is limited by the small number of fragments of music that have survived.
True
Percussion instruments are divided into two categories: definite or indefinite pitch.
True
Playing music in two simultaneous rhythms is known as polyrhythm.
True
Polyphony was utilized to enhance worship on the most significant feast days in the church year.
True
Postmodern art embraces a pluralistic attitude toward gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity.
True
Postmodern thought welcomes both highbrow and lowbrow artistic influences.
True
Recently, Baroque performing ensembles have sought to perform Baroque music authentically on Baroque-style instruments.
True
Renaissance music generally featured consonant harmonies.
True
Singing polyphony required specialized singers.
True
Some Baroque musical works were created for specific occasions and immediate use.
True
Some postmodernist architecture can be described as neo-eclectic.
True
Sometimes Billings's songs mixed sacred texts and political references.
True
Sometimes humorous madrigals would have a refrain of syllables such as "fa la la."
True
Starting in the Middle Ages, monasteries fostered the development of worship music.
True
Symbolism was the literary equivalent of Impressionism.
True
The Baroque era offered few musical possibilities for creative women.
True
The Baroque oratorio evolved out of events that took place during the Counter-Reformation.
True
The Dies irae section of Mozart's Requiem is a rhymed Latin poem.
True
Revueltas studied for a time in
USA
Where did Stravinsky live in the last years of his life?
USA
Where did Schoenberg teach in his later years?
University of California, Los Angeles
Which does not describe a humanist outlook?
Unquestioning faith and mysticism.
Which Russian dancer choreographed the ballet version of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?
Vaslav Nijinksy
extended acts from plays
Vaudeville productions featured all of the following EXCEPT
Which is NOT true of Verdi?
Verdi died suddenly at a young age and was unable to fulfill his artistic genius.
Mozart spent the last ten years of his life in which city?
Vienna
Where was Alban Berg born?
Vienna
The libretto for Purcell's opera, Dido and Aeneas, is based on
Virgil's Aeneid.
How was the Ring cycle received by the nineteenth-century public?
Wagnerian gospel spread across Europe as new art-religion
Listening Guides in this textbook focus primarily on
Western art music.
Where was Handel buried?
Westminster Abbey, London
underscoring and source music
What are the two types of music in a film?
They overcame social stereotypes to become successful composers
What did Clara Wieck Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel have in common?
the Pulitzer Prize
What did George Crumb win in 1968?
What general tendency can be observed about film music?
What general tendency can be observed about film music? - the incorporation of the principles established by Wagner's music dramas - the assimilation of ever-changing trends in popular music - the constant search for fresh new sounds, including resources from across the globe
theme and variations
What is the overall form of the Imperial March?
running counter to the action.
When the mood of the music contradicts what is being shown on the screen, it is called
canon
Which Baroque feature does Reich employ in Electric Counterpoint?
the Juilliard School of Music
Which New York conservatory did John Williams attend?
Romeo and Juliet
Which Shakespeare play is the literary basis for West Side Story?
Darth Vader
Which Star Wars character is associated with the Imperial March?
Harry Partch
Which composer adapted Indian and African instruments to fit a microtonal tuning system?
John williams
Which composer wrote the scores to the first three Harry Potter films?
John Williams
Which current composer is credited as reviving the grand symphonic film score?
minimalist
Which describes Steve Reich's musical style?
rooted in tonality
Which describes the music of Leonard Bernstein?
Women in nineteenth-century Europe were expected to have refined musical skills
Which describes women and the piano in the Romantic era?
sentimental and contrived plots
Which does NOT apply to musicals of more recent decades?
microtonal tuning
Which does NOT describe the prepared piano?
flutter-tonguing
Which extended technique does Caballito negro require of the piccolo player?
Jerome Robbins
Which famous choreographer is responsible for the electrifying dance sequences in West Side Story?
metallic percussion and flute or piccolo
Which instruments accompany the voice in Crumb's Caballito negro?
Ellington and Strayhorn
Which is NOT a creative team that ushered in the golden age of the American musical?
use of serial technique
Which is NOT a musical characteristic of minimalism? - consonant harmonies - gradual changes in patterns - patterns repeated over and over - use of serial technique
triple meter
Which is NOT a musical element at the beginning of Imperial March? - powerful brass melody - minor tonality - triple meter - rhythmic ostinato
melodic pitch bending
Which is NOT associated with the music of Leonard Bernstein?
She formally studied music theory and composition with a well-known composer
Which is a true statement regarding Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's musical studies?
He preferred not to write tonal music
Which of the following is NOT true about Steve Reich's career? - He played drums during his college years. - He studied modernist music at The Juilliard School and Mills College. - He preferred not to write tonal music. - He won a Classical Music Grammy.
The Godfather
Which of the following movies includes a famously gruesome musical/visual contradiction scene?
distinct rhythmic pattern from the song's refrain
Which recognizable element(s) from Bowie's Heroes can be heard in the first movement of Glass's Symphony No. 4? - distinct rhythmic pattern from the song's refrain - Bowie's instrumentation - an electronic sample of Bowie's voice - All possible answers.
conductor
Which role was NOT generally acceptable for women in Romantic society?
George Crumb's compositions are only based on folk music.
Which statement is NOT true?
Henry Cowell and Harry Partch
Which two composers influenced John Cage?
Steve Reich
Who is a pioneer of process music?
conducting
Women could receive conservatory training in all of the following EXCEPT
true
Women increasingly became teachers because it was scandalous for a man to be in close proximity with an unrelated woman.
What instrument group is heard in this excerpt?
Woodwinds
Which is NOT part of the storyline in Wagner's Ring cycle?
Wotan puts a curse on a gold ring
Which does not occur in the Wozzeck story line?
Wozzeck and Marie get married.
Twyla Tharpe
Writing his Symphony No. 4, Glass expanded his collaboration to further include
Process music
_______ is a technique in which a composer chooses a very simple and harmonically clear musical idea—one or two chords, or a few notes forming a consonant snippet—and repeats it over and over again, gradually changing or elaborating it.
New York
________ was the cultural center of the U.S. by the mid 1800s.
The use of a quick, aggressively rhythmic theme rising from the low to the high register came to be known as
a "rocket theme."
The "Batter my heart" text comes from
a John Donne sonnet
Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, is based on
a Norwegian folktale.
What is the historical setting for Rigoletto?
a Renaissance-era Italian court
In the first movement of the Spring concerto, all of the following musical images are depicted by Vivaldi except
a barking dog.
The oratorio was generally based on
a biblical story.
Composers in the Renaissance often used ________ in one voice as a basis for elaborate ornamentation in other voices.
a cantus firmus
Singing without instrumental accompaniment, as heard in this example, is called:
a cappella
Gaude Maria virgo is performed
a cappella.
Which of the following musical elements is NOT present in Bartók's Interrupted Intermezzo?
a complex meshing of three folk themes in an extended fugue
Rigoletto, the title character in Verdi's opera, is
a court jester
The plot in Rigoletto centers around
a curse put on the character Rigoletto
The second movement of Vivaldi's Spring concerto depicts the sound of
a dog barking.
1961
a film adaptation of West Side Story premiered in what year
In the Finale of The Valkyrie, Wotan's evocation of Loge (the god of Fire), is preceded by
a forceful trombone passage
Scott Joplin's father was
a former slave
Dido and Aeneas was first presented by
a group of girls at a boarding school.
The theme that carries specific meanings, suggesting in a few notes a character, an emotion, an idea, or an object is called
a leitmotif
What is the basis for the story of The Valkyrie? Correct!
a medieval german epic poem
The performance of Gaude Maria virgo is typical of the genre in that it is sung antiphonally. What does antiphonal mean?
a performance style that alternates between two groups
The literary basis for Verdi's Rigoletto is
a play by victor hugo
Which does NOT describe a Renaissance motet?
a polyphonic secular work
Jazz bands usually include
a reed section, a brass section, and a rhythm section.
A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called
a requiem
What are the origins of the Dies irae text?
a rhymed Latin poem by a thirteenth-century friar
A fixed pattern of long and short notes that is repeated or varied is known as
a rhythmic mode
Row, Row, Row Your Boat is an example of
a round
Homophony is best described as
a single melody with accompaniment
Returning to the original tempo after a change in the music is indicated by the marking _________ in the score.
a tempo
Jennifer Higdon's blue cathedral is
a tone poem
Which of the following is NOT included in Higdon's blue cathedral score?
a toy piano
This is the final section of the polonaise, labeled -. It features a -form of its own, with a(n) '-' theme followed by a(n) '-' theme, and then finally a restatement of the 'a' theme.
a' ternary a b
Music that belongs to the "people" and that has brought great financial profit is considered a. "popular" b. "classical" c. "high brow" d. all possible answers
a. "popular"
"Tempo rubato" translates as a. "robbed time" b. "rhythmic tempo" c. "in strict time" d. "quick tempo"
a. "robbed time"
Which describes Chopin's compositional output? a. He wrote almost exclusively for the piano b. He wrote sacred and secular works c. He composed in most genres except opera d. He composed piano music and string quartets
a. He wrote almost exclusively for the piano
Who was the first great proponent of musical Romanticism in France? Select one: a. Hector Berlioz b. Felix Mendelssohn c. Franz Liszt d. Clara Schumann
a. Hector Berlioz
Which city was the center of the new Romanticism of the 1830s? a. Paris b. Vienna c. Warsaw d. New York
a. Paris
The polonaise represents musical nationalism because it is a a. Polish lullaby b. Polish dance c. French song d. Russian lullaby
a. Polish dance
Which statement about the nineteenth-century piano is NOT true? a. There were few technological improvements made to the piano during the nineteenth century b. The piano was the most central instrument in nineteenth-century musical culture c. The piano was the most expensive, technologically versatile instrument available d. The piano became a popular instrument for amateur musicians in the nineteenth century
a. There were few technological improvements made to the piano during the nineteenth century
The most valued aspect(s) of the nineteenth-century piano a. is its suitability for polyphonic and homophonic textures b. is its ability to play melodies c. are the sets of pipes that create contrasting tone colors d. is the unique sound production by plucking of quills
a. is its suitability for polyphonic and homophonic textures
What were the effects of minstrelsy on American culture? a. it shaped stereotyping of African American culture well into the twentieth century b. it constantly reminded audiences of the greatness of African American culture c. it allowed slaves to get paid for their work d. there was no effect
a. it shaped stereotyping of African American culture well into the twentieth century
Which of the following was a type of racially-charged theatrical variety show in the United States in the nineteenth century? a. minstrel show b. Victorian burlesque c. circus exhibition d. Museum of Oddities
a. minstrel show
Which describes the genre of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique? Select one: a. program symphony b. symphonic poem c. concert overture d. incidental music
a. program symphony
Which is NOT a characteristic of a polonaise? a. slow tempo b. ternary form c. Polish dance origin d. stately triple meter
a. slow tempo
Which genre is NOT a part of Chopin's compositional output? a. string quartets b. piano concertos c. nocturnes d. piano sonatas
a. string quartets
The appearances of the recurring theme in Symphonie fantastique are varied in harmony, rhythm, meter, tempo, dynamics, register, and instrumental color. This is known as Select one: a. thematic transformation. b. character development. c. theme and variations form. d. All possible answers.
a. thematic transformation.
Parlor songs were written a. to be accessible to amateur performers in a middle-class home b. for the concert stage c. for minstrel shows d.for European concert tours
a. to be accessible to amateur performers in a middle-class home
What gave Hector Berlioz the opportunity to work in Italy? Select one: a. winning the Prix de Rome b. a rich patron c. becoming a canon of the Church d. commissions from La Scala
a. winning the Prix de Rome
The open string sonority of blue cathedral is reminiscent of what other American composer's orchestral music?
aaron copland
Which does NOT apply to Renaissance liturgical music?
abandonment of Gregorian chant
Elements in Beethoven's music that foreshadow the Romantic style include all of the following EXCEPT
abandonment of typical Classical forms.
Johannes Brahms is revered for his mastery in composing
absolute music
Music without a program, relying entirely on structures of sound for its expressive power, is called
absolute music
Music with no literary basis is referred to as
absolute music.
If the music is gradually speeding up, the term used to describe this is
accelerando
Which best describes the change in tempo in this excerpt?
accelerando
Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" does NOT feature
accented rhythmic drive
Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the patronage system for the Classical-era musician?
access to public concert halls
In Western music, the dominant and subdominant are called _______ chords.
active
Organum grew out of the improvisatory custom of
adding a second voice to a Gregorian melody.
What was William Grant Still's source of inspiration for his Suite for Violin?
african american artwork
During the Baroque era, the woodwind instruments were
all made of wood.
Which of the following describes the character Rigoletto?
all possible answers
OPENING How is the excited mood in Ride of the Valkyries represented in the music?
allego tempo, fortissimo dynamic, huge orchestra
Which term best describes the tempo of the Quartet section?
allegro
The Baroque dance inspired by the music of Germany is the
allemande
Which describes the texture of the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's Messiah?
alternating between homorhythmic and polyphonic textures
Charles Ives is best described as a(n) ______ composer.
american modernist
The word "oratorio" is derived from which?
an Italian word meaning "place of prayer"
A religious choral composition in English designed for congregational singing, though it could also be sung in the home or among friends, is called
an anthem.
The music to Morning Mood represents
an atmospheric depiction of a sunrise
Berg's Wozzeck was inspired by
an early Romantic play by Georg Büchner.
Which of the following does NOT pertain to modernism of the early twentieth century?
an embracing and continuation of nineteenth-century models
After the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, ______ writings were brought to Europe in increasing numbers.
ancient Greek and Roman
Which period of European art and literature most captivated eighteenth-century thinkers?
ancient Greek and Roman civilizations
Brahms moved to Vienna
and became enormously successful
What is the genre of Billings's David's Lamentation?
anthem
Verdi's compositional style is marked by
appealing melodies and intense dramatic situations
Wagner's operas are considered nationalistic because they
are inspired by medieval german epics, glorify german land and people
Which important events occur in the FIRST movement of Symphonie fantastique? Select one: a. The artist dreams that he has killed his beloved; he hears the idée fixe for an instant. b. The artist meets the beloved and is inspired at once; the idée fixe is introduced. c. On a summer evening, the artist sees the beloved from afar; a shepherd plays the idée fixe. d. The artist meets the beloved at a ball; the idée fixe is in waltz time.
b. The artist meets the beloved and is inspired at once; the idée fixe is introduced.
Which describes the character of the fourth movement of Symphonie fantastique? Select one: a. a pastoral scene b. a diabolical march c. a witches' orgy d. a ball
b. a diabolical march
Works with fanciful titles are _______ pieces a. chamber b. character c. nationalistic d. concert
b. character
The instrumental equivalent to the song was the a. Lied b. character piece c. concerto d. sonata
b. character piece
The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, is called the Select one: a. subject. b. idée fixe. c. Dies irae. d. "fate motive."
b. idée fixe.
What describes the character of Chopin's Military Polonaise? a. dancelike b. marchlike c. dreamy d. melancholic
b. marchlike
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is a(n) a. lied b. parlor song c. plantation song d. Italian air
b. parlor song
Berlioz's father expected him to follow in his footsteps as a Select one: a. composer. b. physician. c. baker. d. music critic.
b. physician.
Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called _____ music. Select one: a. absolute b. program c. chamber d. pure
b. program
In the fourth movement of Berlioz's Symphonie fantasique, what does the loud chord immediately after the solo clarinet's statement of the idée fixe represent? Select one: a. the last image of his beloved b. the falling of the guillotine's blade c. the witches at the composer's funeral d. his awakening from the dream
b. the falling of the guillotine's blade
What do Camptown Races and Old Folks at Home have in common a. they were written by George Christy b. they were written for or incorporated into minstrel shows c. they weren't popular with audiences until the twentieth century d. they were idealized visions of the North
b. they were written for or incorporated into minstrel shows
In quadruple meter, an emphasis on the second and fourth beats of the measure is called the
backbeat
Which genre describes The Rite of Spring?
ballet
Which of the following ensembles relies mainly on winds and percussion?
band
What is the vocal range of the person singing in this excerpt?
baritone
John Adams's operas, Doctor Atomic, Nixon in China, and The Death of Klinghoffer, are all
based on historical events
Which woodwind instrument is playing the countermelody?
bass clarinet
In Baroque music, the instruments that provided accompaniment were referred to as
basso continuo.
Which instrument, playing in its highest register, begins The Rite of Spring? Correct!
bassoon
The basic unit of rhythm is the
beat
If a composer wants to indicate tempo precisely, a ________ indication is given in the score.
beats per minute (bpm)
Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk were figureheads of what jazz style?
bebop
In an orchestra, brass instruments are placed near the back of the group
because they are loud.
The _____ style is characterized by florid melodic lines delivered by voices of great agility and purity of tone.
bel canto
Conservative Puritan leaders
believed polyphonic singing was scandalous.
Which of the following describes the celesta?
bell like timbre
Who of the following was a French Romantic composer encountered in an earlier chapter?
berlioz
How many instrumentalists would you expect to find in a chamber group?
between two and twelve
Duke Ellington is associated with
big-band jazz
During the Great Depression, which style dominated popular music?
big-band jazz
Which singer is also known as "Lady Day"?
billie holiday
the classically trained pianist who served as an arranger and composer for the Ellington band was:
billy strayhorn
Which form features a statement followed by a departure that ends the piece?
binary
Which statement regarding Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is NOT true? a. a brief cadenza near the end of the songs allows for free interpretation by the performer b. the original title "Jennie" from Jane Denny McDowell's name c. it was the most famous of Foster's songs during his lifetime d. The music and lyrics reflect Foster's Anglo-Irish cultural heritage
c. it was the most famous of Foster's songs during his lifetime
The musical elements that contribute to the "military splendor" in Chopin's Polonaise include all of the following EXCEPT: a. unrelenting polonaise rhythms b. dotted martial theme c. modal harmonies d. bold rhythmic chords
c. modal harmonies
Stephen Foster blended vernacular American spirit and the European art tradition in his a. song cycles b. liturgical songs c. parlor songs d. early folk operas
c. parlor songs
From what type of songs did Foster earn the majority of his income? a. opera arias b. ballads and love songs c. plantation songs d. parlor songs
c. plantation songs
A ________ is a multimovement programmatic orchestral work. Select one: a. symphony b. symphonic poem c. program symphony d. concerto
c. program symphony
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is performed by a. barbershop quartet b. solo voice c. solo voice and piano d. a cappella choir
c. solo voice and piano
The inspiration for Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique was Select one: a. the composer Clara Schumann. b. the writer George Sand. c. the actress Harriet Smithson. d. the playwright Victor Hugo.
c. the actress Harriet Smithson.
The Dies irae heard in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is Select one: a. a recurring theme. b. a motive that represents the beloved. c. the well-known religious plainchant tune. d. the idée fixe.
c. the well-known religious plainchant tune
The phrase heard in this excerpt ends with a ________.
cadence
A virtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvisation within a concerto is called a
cadenza
A performance practice based on the concept of a singing leader imitated by a chorus of followers is called
call and response
Eighteenth-century slaves from Africa's west coast brought the _______ style to America.
call-and-response singing
A work that is comprised of a strictly imitative musical texture is called a
canon
The Tin Pan Alley songwriters
capitalized on jazz styles. followed structural conventions of parlor songs. capitalized on ragtime
In which version of Roll Over, Beethoven is the honky-tonk piano prominent?
carl perkins
Tchaikovsky conducted at the inaugural concert of which famous concert hall?
carnegie hall new york
The ______ was a castrated adult male soprano popular in the Baroque era.
castrato
Which instrument introduces the main theme?
celesta
Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet?
celesta
Which of the following instruments was NOT used by Fauré to create memorable "celestial" sounds?
celesta
The opening melody of the third movement in Brahms's Symphony No. 3 is given to which instrument?
cellos
Which of the following does NOT reflect Expressionism in Wozzeck?
children play on hobbyhorses
All of the following are indefinite pitch percussion instruments EXCEPT the
chimes.
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag0:25
choiceIt is a repeat of strain 2.
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag0:22
choiceIt is repeat of strain 3 (the trio).
Three or more tones sounded together produce a(n)
chord
An instrument that produces sound from a vibrating string is called a(n)
chordophone
The Indian sitar is considered a(n)
chordophone
What is another word for "refrain"?
chorus
"At the sight of this" is sung by
chorus and orchestra.
Which best describes the ensemble performing the Chorale fantasia?
chorus with orchestra
The principal components of opera include arias, recitatives, overtures, and
choruses
During what time of year is The Nutcracker usually performed?
christmas
A scale comprised entirely of half steps is called a _________ scale.
chromatic
What describes Wagner's harmonic language?
chromatic
Which of the following is an element of program music? Select one: a. literary or pictorial associations b. title or explanatory note c. suggests specific characters and events d. All possible answers.
d. All possible answers.
Which statement is NOT true? a. Anglo-American immigrants were nostalgic for the Old Country b. Anglo-American immigrants fantasized about the ideal Old Country of their grandparents c. Anglo-American immigrants helped popularize "folk songs" d. Anglo-American immigrants listened mostly to Italian opera
d. Anglo-American immigrants listened mostly to Italian opera
Who was Foster under contract with the 1847 onward? a. Jefferson College b. Fisk University c. Warner Chappell d. Christy Minstrels
d. Christy Minstrels
Which statement is NOT true? a. Stephen Foster wrote some of his famous songs for the Christy Minstrels b. Stephen Foster died unexpectedly as a penniless alcoholic c. Stephen Foster is known for his ballads, minstrel show tunes, and plantation songs d. Stephen Foster earned a huge profit from the sales of his sheet music
d. Stephen Foster earned a huge profit from the sales of his sheet music
Which statement is NOT true? Select one: a. Berlioz was a devoted fan of Beethoven. b. Berlioz looked to the writings of Shakespeare as the basis for both operas and symphonic works. c. Berlioz wrote for the largest orchestra that had ever been used up to that point. d. Symphonie fantastique was Berlioz's only programmatic work.
d. Symphonie fantastique was Berlioz's only programmatic work.
Who was Harriet Smithson? Select one: a. a leading composer of program music b. a touring concert pianist c. Berlioz's patron d. a Shakespearean actress
d. a Shakespearean actress
Which are technical advances made to the piano during the nineteenth century a. metal frame, increased string tension b. improved mechanical action c. extended range d. all possible answers
d. all possible answers
Which statement regarding the piano in nineteenth-century culture is NOT true? a. families gathered around the piano to make and hear music b. the nineteenth century was an age of great virtuoso pianists c. playing the piano was part of a refined education d. few families were able to afford household instruments
d. few families were able to afford household instruments
In which movement does Berlioz use the Dies irae ("Day of Wrath")? Select one: a. first b. second c. fourth d. fifth
d. fifth
Symphonie fantastique is comprised of how many movements? Select one: a. one b. three c. four d. five
d. five
Like many of Foster's songs, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is a. in sonata-allegro form b. through-composed c. in modified strophic form d. in strophic form
d. in strophic form
Chopin paid homage to his Eastern European ancestry by composing a. etudes and scherzos b. preludes and nocturnes c. sonatas and concertos d. mazurkas and polonaises
d. mazurkas and polonaises
Which describes the character of Chopin's nocturnes? a. noble and expansive b. stately and patriotic c. marchlike and virtuosic d. melancholic and meditative
d. melancholic and meditative
Which does NOT apply to Chopin's compositional style? a. harmonies sustained by the pedal b. delicate ornaments in his melodies c. widely spaced chords in the left hand d. strict adherence to forms established by Classical composers
d. strict adherence to forms established by Classical composers
March to the Scaffold and Dream of a Witches' Sabbath embody the Romantic era's fascination with Select one: a. the Bohemian artist. b. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. c. Shakespeare. d. the grotesque and supernatural.
d. the grotesque and supernatural.
Foster's song Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair a. was a wedding gift for his new bride Jeanie b. was written for his daughter c. was written for his mistress d. was written after separating from his wife
d. was written after separating from his wife
What is the genre of "Rejoice greatly"?
da capo aria
In a multimovement cycle, which does NOT apply to the first movement?
dancelike character
Who were Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina?
dancers with the Ballets Russes
Which malady afflicted Beethoven and profoundly affected his work as a composer?
deafness
Tin Pan Alley song pluggers
demonstrated and sold sheet music.
What phrase describes the "magic sleep" leitmotif heard in this excerpt from the Finale?
descending chromatic lines in the woodwinds
Conflict and action characterize the _________ in sonata-allegro form.
development section
Classical harmony is
diatonic
Music of the Baroque and Classical eras is mostly
diatonic
At the end of the opera Gilda
dies in Rigolettos arms
Twentieth-century nationalism
differed from nineteenth-century nationalism in that they were interested in notating folk music precisely.
Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra was written specifically to demonstrate
different timbres in the orchestra.
Gradually getting softer in music is indicated by which term in the score?
diminuendo
What term describes the melodic movement in this excerpt?
disjunct
A combination of tones that sounds discordant or in need of resolution is called
dissonant
The emotions of the story are conveyed through the use of __________ harmonies.
dissonant
Musical sound is performed at varying volumes, also known as the music's
dynamics
Klangfarbenmelodie is a technique in which
each note of a melodic line is played by a different instrument.
The following statements are true about Josquin's motet EXCEPT which one?
each voice sings a different text in praise of the Virgin Mary.
William Billings lived during the
early years of the American Republic.
Both Puccini and Mahler had a strong fascination with which culture?
eastern
Music, mathematics, geometry, and astronomy were the four topics considered essential to medieval
education
How many notes are in an octave?
eight
Classical melodies are considered to be
elegant, lyrical.
During the early years of the twentieth century, French composers
embraced both Impressionism and innovative harmonic language.
In his music, Bartók
embraced the clarity of neo-Classicism. created an entirely personal language. evoked the folk traditions of his homeland
The rhythm in rhythm and blues is characterized by
emphasis on back beats
The Dies irae text is designed to
emphasize the terrible power of divine intervention.
Doctor Atomic is sung in
english
In times such as the Baroque era, when women had few choices in their lives, what was the only honorable alternative to marriage?
entering a convent
In rondo form, the refrain theme is interspersed with contrasting
episodes
In the first movement of Vivaldi's Spring concerto, the solo instrument is often featured in sections called
episodes
The tuning system established in the Baroque that made it possible for instruments to play in any key is called
equal temperament.
Verse 6: Which describes the musical expression in verse 6 from Boulanger's Psalm 24?
ethereal, chant-like
The study of non-Western and traditional music within its unique cultural context is called
ethnomusicology
Art is sometimes designed to
evoke ideal beaut create a place of inspiration shine a light on social problems
Which is NOT an element of Wagner's "leading motives"?
explanations of the motives are stated in a printed program provided by Wagner
Which describes the ring shout?
extended call and response singing style that took place in camp meetings singing style developed from African traditions
Which of the following does NOT describe the musical style of Silvestre Revueltas?
extensive use of leitmotifs
Listening to recorded music...
facilitates repeated listening.
The beginning of the Middle Ages was marked by the
fall of the Roman Empire.
Alban Berg wrote only one opera, Wozzeck.
false
Appalachian Spring is never performed as a concert work.
false
Arnold Schoenberg was a student of Alban Berg.
false
Ballet was first featured in Russian opera in the Romantic era.
false
Berg's use of harmony in Wozzeck is strictly atonal
false
Brahms only wrote orchestral music.
false
Brahms's Symphony No. 3 in F major uses none of the forms often found in late eighteenth-century symphonies.
false
Brahms's compositional focus was programmatic music.
false
Composers of historical operas strive for documentary-style accuracy.
false
Contemporary composers no longer write music for their religious communities.
false
Despite their shared border, the culture and history of the U.S. and Mexico have not been intertwined.
false
Fauré's intention in writing his Requiem was to show death as "a painful experience."
false
Features of early musical modernism included lyrical, conjunct melodic lines.
false
Germany is noted for its long-established opera traditions.
false
Higdon composed blue cathedral to commemorate the anniversary of Carnegie Hall.
false
Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is absolute music. Select one: True False
false
Jennifer Higdon's blue cathedral utilizes the instruments from a typical Baroque orchestra.
false
Women that were highly trained in the arts of classical music, poetry, and dancing, and were easily recognizable by their lacquered black hair, distinctive makeup, and ornate silk kimono are called
geishas
Which term refers to a category of music?
genre
Who of the following is NOT considered a Symbolist poet?
goethe
Which statement describes the mood and tempo of the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453?
graceful melodies, played Allegro
If a composer wants to indicate despair or sadness in a piece of music, which of the following tempos would be appropriate?
grave
Which of the following does NOT indicate a fast tempo?
grave
What was the language of worship throughout the Eastern church?
greek or russian
Tavener's style infuses elements of minimalism with a devout attention to ______ spirituality.
greek orthodox
The bass line that opens and unifies Dido's Lament is called a(n)
ground bass.
Why did Fauré resign in 1920 as the director of the Paris Conservatory?
growing deafness
During the Baroque era, the strings on stringed instruments were made of
gut
In Western music, the octave is divided into twelve equal
half steps
The third movement of Still's Suite for Violin and Piano is programmatic and is meant to evoke
harlem street urchins
The progression of ________ creates a feeling of order and unity in music.
harmony
Which of the following is an example of a chordophone?
harp
Which keyboard instrument produces sound with quills that pluck metal strings?
harpsichord
How is the "interruption" in Bartók's Interrupted Intermezzo depicted musically?
harsh clarinet melody
In Berg's opera Wozzeck, the main character's final breakdown is the result of
having killed his lover
How did George Gershwin break into the music business?
he was a song plugger
Goethe and _____ were the two leading German poets whose poetry was often set to music.
heine
When several musicians sing or play the same musical line, each varying some element (like pitch or rhythm), they are creating a ______ texture.
heterophonic
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
Which does NOT describe Fauré's compositions?
highly influenced and inspired by Wagner
The text setting of Gaude Maria virgo is
highly melismatic.
Mozart wrote most of his piano concertos for ______ to perform in public.
himself
From which phase of Schoenberg's compositional output does Pierrot lunaire originate?
his second period, atonal-Expressionism
Which death was shattering to Felix Mendelssohn and brought on his own soon thereafter?
his sister, Fanny
The text of David's Lamentation recalls King David's grief upon losing
his son Absalom.
A knowledge of _______ styles helps put a musical work in the context of its creation.
historical
The Nutcracker is based on a fanciful story by
hoffman
A pianist playing a melody in the right hand while the left sounds chords produces a _____ texture.
homophonic
One person singing "Happy Birthday" with simple chords accompanying the melody produces a(n) _________ texture.
homophonic
What it the texture in this excerpt?
homophonic
Which describes the overall texture of Boulanger's Psalm 24?
homophonic
texture
homophonic with occasional countermelody
What is the predominant texture of Billings's David's Lamentation?
homophony
Which of the following became a more popular texture during the early Baroque?
homophony
A type of homophony in which all voices move together in the same rhythm is called
homorhythem
What is the overall texture of the final couplet of Josquin's Ave Maria virgo serena?
homorhythmic
Which of the following was NOT a direct result of congregations learning musical notation in Colonial America?
increased interest in European plainchant
Pérotin's organum
increased the number of voices to three and then to four.
Early in the twentieth century, musical Impressionism
influenced composers across Europe and the United States
Which of the following best describes the meter in the Choral fantasia?
insistent and marchlike
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's wrapping of large architectural landmarks in fabric is an example of
installation art.
The melodic element of twentieth-century music can be described as
instrumentally conceived
Which is true of Revueltas's use of percussion in La noche de los Mayas?
instruments used represent intersection of native, African, and European cultures
What was an Italian precursor to ballet?
intermedio
The orchestral interlude before the last scene in Wozzeck
is a passionate lament for the life and death of Wozzeck.
Haydn's Surprise Symphony
is his best-known symphony.
A woodwind quintet is unusual in that
it includes a brass instrument.
Beethoven's ninth symphony is unique because
it includes soloists and a chorus.
The musical attributes of plainchant include all of the following except
it is in a major key.
Rhapsody in Blue resembles a concerto in the following ways EXCEPT:
it is in three movements
Which of the following is true of the chorus heard in this selection?
it is syncopated
Which is true of the Libera me movement from Fauré's Requiem?
it was composed years earlier, the second version is scored for baritone solo, chorus, and orchestra, it was originally written for baritone and organ
The middle section of minuet-and-trio form is called a "trio" because
it was originally arranged for three instruments.
Madame Butterfly is sung in what language?
italian
The opera Madame Butterfly is set in
japan
Scat-singing is usually found in what style of music?
jazz
Which is NOT part of Copland's compositional output?
jazz concertos
When did the first wave of modernist attitudes take hold?
just before World War I
Which best describes the tempo of this excerpt?
laidback
Which best describes Billie Holiday's singing style?
laidback with rhythmic flexibility
Big-band jazz is a
large-ensemble style with sections of brass, reeds, and rhythm instruments.
Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element of Impressionist music?
large-scale forms
Which of the following describes the texture of Chopin's Polonaise?
largely homophonic
In which language is Fauré's Libera me from Requiem written?
latin
What was the language used in the Western church until the mid 1960s?
latin
After Pinkerton returns, Butterfly
learns that pinkerton has a new american wife, takes her own life, and learns that pinkerton will take their son back to america
Playing a series of notes smoothly and with connection is called
legato
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.
Where did William Grant Still grow up?
little rock arkansas
The set order of services and structure of each church service is known as
liturgy
Which describes the character of a last movement rondo?
lively and lighthearted
John Tavener was born in
london
Which recent movie was based on some of the same material as The Ring of the Nibelung?
lord of the rings
Which voice part in this organum is singing the older Gregorian chant (cantus firmus)?
lowest
Which elements are NOT associated with the music of Charles Ives?
lush, Romantic harmonies
Which of the following instruments was likely found in prosperous homes during the Renaissance?
lute
Which describes the children's singing style?
lyrical at first, then speechlike
Sometimes a composer will collaborate with a ________ who writes the words of the song.
lyricist
Composers of the Classical era fully explored which harmonic system?
major-minor system
In either binary or ternary form, the A part usually moves from the home key (tonic) to a contrasting key (dominant), while the B section
makes the corresponding move back from the dominant to the tonic.
Which describes Romantic melodies?
marked lyricism, immediate appeal
The _______ was an English entertainment that combined music and poetry.
masque
Machaut's own poetry often centers on the idea of
medieval chivalry
In plainchant from the Middle Ages, if there are many notes per syllable, the style is called
melismatic
The style of singing the text in each vocal part of the Gaude Maria virgo is:
melismatic
Which of the following describes the setting of many notes to a syllable?
melismatic
Which of the following terms describes instruments made with stretched skins?
membranoophone
David Bowie's Heroes
met with critical and financial success
The number of beats in a measure determines the
meter
Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music found in Chopin's Military Polonaise.
meter Correct label: triple instrumentation Correct label: piano expression Correct label: rubato
Which of the following abbreviations indicates a moderate dynamic level?
mf
Byzantine and Greek scales and modes differ from Western scales and modes in that they include
microtones
Intervals even smaller than half steps, commonly used in some non-Western music are called
microtones
Intervals smaller than half steps are called
microtones
The French Revolution signaled the transfer of power from the hereditary landholding aristocracy to the
middle class.
Which of the following is NOT found in the first-movement concerto form of the Classical era?
minuet
________ is defined as the same melody repeated for two or three stanzas, with new material introduced when the poem requires it.
modified strophic form
Moving from one key center to another within a composition is called
modulation
Which of the following innovations is NOT found in Haydn's Joke Quartet?
omission of the slow movement
In the Lutheran tradition, the cantata was performed along with the Gospel reading, sermon, and prayers
on most Sundays of the church year.
How many Psalm texts did Lili Boulanger set to music in Psalm 24?
one
In Schubert's Elfking, how many vocalists sing the poem's four characters?
one
Rhapsody in Blue is in _____ movement(s).
one
Which best describes the relationship between the voices (the texture) in the first strain of Maple Leaf Rag?
one melodic line with accompaniment (homophonic)
Act III, scene 4: By the pond What is the genre of this work?
opera
Bach composed in all genres except
opera
The most important new genre of the Baroque era was
opera
Which genre describes Berg's Wozzeck?
opera
Which is NOT a genre in which Brahms composed?
opera
Which of the following is NOT categorized as a comic opera?
opera seria
William Grant Still wrote in which of the following genres?
operas film and television scores symphonies
The minuet, gavotte, bourrée, passepied, and hornpipe are
optional movements often included in a Baroque dance suite.
Musical compositions are often identified through a cataloguing system described by
opus numbers.
Listen to the following music excerpts and drag them to the correct location on the music chart, below. main melody0:23 contrasting theme0:25 D-flat major0:22
orange green yellow
Which vocal form took its name from the Italian word for "place of prayer"?
oratorio
Which describes the performing forces in Revueltas's La noche de los Mayas?
orchestra, piano, extended Latin percussion section
Fauré's career included all of the following positions except:
orchestral conductor
What musical occupation was NOT available to women in the Classical era?
orchestral conductor
Bach wrote many of his most important works for which instrument?
organ
Which keyboard instrument is also a wind instrument?
organ
At the age of eleven, Beethoven supported his mother and two brothers as a(n)
organist and harpsichordist.
The earliest polyphonic music is called
organum
A short, repeated musical pattern used as a structural device is known as a(n)
ostinato
Joseph Haydn wrote ______ symphonies in his lifetime.
over one hundred
How many Gregorian chants survive?
over three thousand
What is sometimes found at the beginning of a Baroque suite?
overture
Impressionism began as a movement in
painting
In which discipline of the arts did Expressionism originate?
painting
How does Machaut convey the medieval fascination for puzzles in Ma fin est mon commencement?
palindromic structure
In The Dance of Youths and Maidens, which musical elements do NOT contribute to the primeval sound of the orchestra?
parallel chords, floating harmonies
What did the choreographer Marius Petipa invent?
pas de deux
Which musical element is present in Wozzeck
passionate lyricism Sprechstimme use of leitmotifs
Which does NOT apply to Romantic-era orchestral works?
predictability of musical form and procedure
Nadezhda von Meck's relationship with Tchaikovsky was that of his
patron
Which describes the character Zerlina?
peasant girl
Which of the following does Stravinsky use to minimize harmonic changes?
pedal points melodic repetition ostinatos
Which scale is used in Swing Low, Sweet Chariot?
pentatonic
Common scales used in African, Far Eastern, and Native American music are the _____ scales.
pentatonic and tritonic
La noche de los Mayas contains an extended ________ section.
percussion
Greater subtlety and expressive ambiguity in Impressionist music were achieved through all of the following EXCEPT:
percussive dissonance
Which of the following composers has NOT contributed to the spiritual minimalist movement?
philip glass
John Adams's Doctor Atomic focuses on the conscience of:
physicist Robert Oppenheimer
Bartók was a virtuoso _____ and was a master of composition for that instrument.
pianist
Ragtime was originally composed for what instrumentation?
piano
What instrument did George Gershwin play?
piano
Which instrument derives its name from the Italian word meaning "loud-soft"?
piano
The music heard in Congo Square was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
piano accompaniment
The version of Rhapsody in Blue most commonly performed today is scored for
piano and full orchestra.
America's vernacular traditions include
piano music parlor ballads music for brass bands
What instrument in this excerpt has the highest range?
piccolo
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy What technique are the strings employing in this excerpt?
pizzicato
In his Country Band March, Ives simulates the realism of an amateur band by having the musicians
play wrong notes play out of tune make bad entrances
Before recorded music was widespread, music like the rags of Scott Joplin could be mechanically performed by
player pianos
In the original recording of Roll Over, Beethoven Berry
plays an electric guitar. is the featured improviser during instrumental sections. starts the song with a short riff
Stacked chords of six or seven notes eventually led to
polyharmony
Two or more streams of harmony against each other creates
polyharmony
A texture in which two or more different melodic lines are combined is called
polyphonic
The overall texture of this excerpt is:
polyphonic
Which of the following textures is based on counterpoint?
polyphonic
Which term best describes the texture of this organum?
polyphonic
What is the genre of Machaut's Ma fin est mon commencement?
polyphonic secular chanson
What was the single most important feature in the development of Western music?
polyphony
Which of the following best describes the texture of this excerpt?
polyphony
Which term describes the texture of two or more melodies performed at the same time?
polyphony
Simultaneous use of several rhythmic patterns is referred to as
polyrhythm
Which artistic trend drew upon commercial photography and urban life for inspiration?
pop art
Ragtime was NOT
popular until mid-twentieth century
At the turn of the twentieth century, a movement called _____ reflected an expansion and intensification of late-Romantic trends.
post romanticism
Which description does not apply to Berg's Wozzeck?
post-Impressionist
The transformations of the fixed idea in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique take on literary as well as musical significance. Select one: True False
true
White rock-and-roll singers, such as Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, were influenced by rhythm and blues.
true
William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony was the first symphony by an African American composer to be performed by a major American orchestra.
true
blue cathedral shows the influence of non-Western culture
true
Which brass instrument dates back to ancient times and was used for religious ceremonies and military signals?
trumpet
Beethoven added new instruments in the fourth movement of his fifth symphony including all of the following except
tuba
The sousaphone is the marching-band adaptation of which instrument?
tuba
An aria is characterized by
tuneful and highly emotive melodies.
Which describes Arnold Schoenberg's approach to harmonic organization?
twelve-tone technique atonality serialism
How many piano concertos did Mozart compose?
twenty-seven
Which best describes the performing forces of Cozzolani's Magnificat?
two double choirs, soloists, and organ continuo
The makeup of a string quartet is
two violins, a viola, and a cello.
Which of the following describes a typical string quartet ensemble?
two violins, one viola, one cello
Which describes the performing forces of Tavener's A Hymn to the Mother of God?
two, six-voice choirs, each SAA-TBB
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the blues?
two-note trademark phrase
Berry said that Roll Over, Beethoven was written as a complaint to his sister
who played classical music on the family piano when he wanted to play popular hits.
Country Band March is arranged for
wind band
Wozzeck ends (the end of Act III, Scene 5)
with Marie's child on a hobbyhorse with Marie's son singing, "Hop, hop! in a pianissimo dynamic
How is grief musically depicted in Dido's Lament?
with a descending, chromatic bass line
How does Vivaldi musically evoke the image of birds in the first movement of the Spring concerto?
with high trills and running scales
How does Vivaldi evoke the image of a thunder and lightning storm in the first movement of the Spring concerto?
with repeated notes and fast ascending, minor-key scales
In the sixteenth century, which musicians became more prominent performers of secular music?
women singers
In Baroque instrumental music, ________ were used to suggest pastoral scenes.
woodwind instruments
Setting the word "falling" to a descending scale is an example of
word-painting
Which principle usually associated with vocal music did Vivaldi apply to instrumental music?
word-painting
Instrumental music meant to portray the action and emotion described by words is called
word-painting.
The text setting of Strozzi's Sleepyhead, Cupid! includes
word-painting.
When a melody pictorializes a word it is called
word-painting.
Which of the following does NOT apply to Take the A Train?
written and performed by Louis Armstrong
Which instrument is NOT an example of a chordophone?
xylophone
Which is an example of pitched percussion?
xylophone
Where did Ives study composition?
yale
Who were students at the Conservatorio dell'Ospedale della Pietà in Baroque Venice?
young orphaned girls
