Music Final Exam
Who is the composer of Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, movement 1?
Beethoven
Susato's Three Dances, from his _ collection, are all examples of the _, a group-oriented circle dance. Each dance is in _ form and the repeated sections often feature melodic embellishments.
Danserye; ronde; binary
A Little Night Music
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Name the song: Listen to the first theme in disjunct motion, leaping up and down. [0:00-0:29] And listen to the second theme, which begins in descending motion, moving mostly stepwise.
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Name the song: Two violins, viola, cello, double bass (or string orchestra)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
The harmony of Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music) is consonant, in what key?
G major
Who wrote Peer Gynt, No. 1, In the Hall of the Mountain King and In the Hall of the Mountain King?
Grieg
Who is the composer of Billie's Blues?
Holliday
What is the genre of Peer Gynt, No. 1, In the Hall of the Mountain King and In the Hall of the Mountain King?
Incidental music to a play
Who is the composer of Maple Leaf Rig?
Joplin
What is the meter of Peer Gynt, No. 1, In the Hall of the Mountain King and In the Hall of the Mountain King?
Lilting 6/8 (duple feel)
Who is the composer of The Little Bell (La campanella)?
Liszt
Name the song: medium: Solo piano
Maple Leaf Rig
Who is the composer of Three Dances?
Susato
Name the song: 4 note motive: short-short-short-long rhythm
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Name the song: third étude from Liszt's Etudes for Transcendental Technique after Paganini
The Little Bell (La campanella)
Name the SOng: · Dance of Youths: a faster tempo and features folk-song melodies and dissonant chords with irregular accents. \The pizzicato motive from the Introduction returns several times in the second section
The Rite of Spring
Name the song: · bell-like sounds of the celesta accompanied by plucked strings (pizzicato) and bass clarinet
Trepak and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
What is the Genre of the Rite of Spring?
ballet
What is the genre of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies"?
ballet (from which an orchestral suite was made)
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is from a set of dances found in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, a(n) _ from 1892. The instrumentation is notable for its use of the celesta, which the composer described as "something between a piano and a glockenspiel, with a divinely beautiful tone." Its bouncy _ meter and _ melody make the work both mysterious and delightful.
ballet; celesta; duple; staccato
Trepak is one dance from a set of dances found in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, a _ from 1892. It is a _ dance featuring squat-kicks and an energetic rhythm. The instrumentation features a _ with the strings and woodwinds that enlivens the rhythm and orchestral sound.
ballet; russian; tambourine
What is the genre of Billie's blues?
blues
Symphony no. 94 in G Major (Surprise) is largely _ with occasional _ melody.
homophonic; counterpoint
Eine kleine Nachtmusik the third movement,what is heard?
minuet
The first section of the third movement from Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik is a _, which is a _ meter dance that was quite common in the eighteenth century.
minuet; triple
What is the texture of Symphony No. 5 in C minor?
mixed (polyphony and homophony)
What is the harmony of Suite for Violin and Piano?
modal with blues chords
Which best describes the performing ensemble in Dance of the Youths and Maidens from Part I of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?
orchestra
What is the harmony of Interrupted Intermezzo from Concerto for Orchestra?
polytonal, atonal, and dissonant harmonies
What is the style of Maple Leaf Rig?
ragtime
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, I: What part of the form is heard in this excerpt, in which both Theme 1 and Theme 2 are in G major?
recapitulation
What is the time period of Peer Gynt, No. 1, In the Hall of the Mountain King and In the Hall of the Mountain King?
romantic
What is the time period of The Little Bell (La campanella)?
romantic
What is the genre of the Three Dances?
ronde
an instrumental dance characterized by a fast tempo and lively rhythms
ronde
What is the form of Interrupted Intermezzo from Concerto for Orchestra?
rondo-like
What is the form of Suite for Violin and piano?
sectional
Which best describes the form of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?
sectional
What is the genre of Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music),?
serenade
Billie's Blues has an introduction followed by _ choruses.
six
What best describes the form of the first movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik?
sonata-allegro
What is the form of Eine kleine Nachtmusik?
sonata-allegro
What is the form of Symphony No. 5 in C minor?
sonata-allegro
What is the instrument for Interrupted Intermezzo from Concerto for Orchestra?
symphonic orchestra
Name the SOng: · Introduction: The bassoon plays in a disjunct melody in a very high range, accompanied by pizzicato strings. Listen to the slow pace, high bassoon playing a disjunct melody, and pizzicato strings
the rite of spring
What is the texture of Three Dances?
(mostly) homophonic
What are the parts of sonata-allegro form?
1. exposition 2. development 3. recapitulation
What instruments perform Susato's Three Dances?
1. percussion 2. woodwinds 3. brass
What movement is Haydn's Symphony no. 94 in G Major (suprise)?
2
How many contrasting themes are in Interrupted Intermezzo from Concerto for Orchestra?
3
What movement are we listening to of Suite for Violin and piano?
3rd
Who is the composer of Interrupted Intermezzo from Concerto for Orchestra?
Bartok
What is the time period of Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, movement 1?
Beethoven
Name the song: form: twelve-bar blues with short introduction and six 12-bar choruses
Billie's Blues
Who was Interrupted Intermezzo from Concerto for Orchestra written for?
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Name the song: Dedication: "Alli artisti": all you artists out there who think you got game His contemporaries say? UNPLAYABLE WE SAY, UNPLAYABLE!
Caprice No. 24
Who is the composer of Symphony no. 94 in G Major (Surprise), movement 2?
Haydn
Who is the composer of Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music),?
Mozart
Who wrote Caprice No. 24?
Paganini
Name the song: Symphonic orchestra orchestration: Focus on pastoral instruments, like flute, oboe, and horn
Peer Gynt
What is the genre of Maple Leaf Rig?
Piano Rag
What is the form of Maple Leaf Rig?
Sectional Dance
Who is the composer of Suite for Violin and Piano?
Still
Who is the composer of The Rite of Spring?
Stravinsky
Name the song: Symphonic orchestra (pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, French horns, and trumpets; timpani; strings)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Name the Song: Eighteenth-century string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments.
Symphony no. 94 in G Major (Surprise)
What is the melody of Billie's Blues?
Syncopated with pitch inflections (blue notes, bent notes)
Who is the composer of Trepak and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies?
Tchaikovsky
What is the form of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?
Ternary (ABA)
What is the form of Trepak?
Ternary (ABA)
Name the song: Rubato: 'Borrowed time': Performer hesitates or hurries forwards the melody/harmony
The Little Bell
Name the song: orchestra, a large ensemble of strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
The Rite of Spring
Name the song: scenes of pagan Russia, to a scenario by Nikolai Roerich and Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring
Name the song: · The pace (tempo) picks up even more in the third section, the Game of Abduction. This section introduces a few more melodic ideas, most of them featuring irregular accents and dissonant chords.
The Rite of Spring
Name the song: Loud ensemble (shawms, sackbuts, dulcian, cornetto, tabor, and tambourine)
Three Dances
Name the song: Consonant, with full triads
Three Dances
What is the genre of Trepak from the Nutcracker?
ballet (from which an orchestral suite was made)
Which instrument is featured in the opening ten seconds of the Introduction to Part I of The Rite of Spring?Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Introduction0:06
bassoon
What is the form of Three Dances?
binary with both parts repeated (AABB)
The form of each dance in Susato's Three Dances is best described as _ form with repeats, indicated by the letters _ _ _ _
binary; AABB
Which instrument plays the primary melody in the first section (A) of this Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?
celesta
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, I: In the EXPOSITION, after the second theme comes the closing theme: The closing theme in the exposition is very repetitive and ends in _ major.
d
What is the meter of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?
duple
What is the meter of Maple Leaf RIg?
duple
What is the meter of Three Dances?
duple
What is the meter of Suite for Violin and Piano?
duple meter
What is the meter of Symphony no. 94 in G Major (Surprise)?
duple meter
What is the meter of Trepak and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?
duple meter
What is the genre of The Little Bell (La campanella)?
etude
a piece designed to help a performer master specific technical difficulties
etude
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, I: Which themes are manipulated in the development?
first and closing themes
What is the texture of Peer Gynt, No. 1, In the Hall of the Mountain King and In the Hall of the Mountain King?
homophonic
What etude is the Little bell?
third
What is the form of Peer Gynt, No. 1, In the Hall of the Mountain King and In the Hall of the Mountain King?
three-part (ABA)
What is the form of The Nutcracker, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?
three-part form (A-B-A)
What is the form of trepak from the nutcracker?
three-part form (A-B-A).
In the third movement of eine kleune nachtumusik, The _ theme is played smoothly (legato).
trio
