MUSI 1306 Unit 3 Test Review
One of the main sources of American popular music in the form of musical theater around 1900 was:
Broadway in New York City
Who was the earliest master of the lied?
Franz Schubert
Opera buffa refers to ________ opera.
Italian comic
Who are the two most important composers of the late Baroque period?
J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel
Who was NOT a Romantic composer?
Mozart
What was the first important center of jazz?
New Orleans
Who is traditionally associated with collecting and codifying the chants of the church?
Pope Gregory I
A composition of George Gershwin's that imports jazz and blues styles into the concert hall genres is:
Rhapsody in Blue
Many scholars say that, next to Beethoven, _______ had the greatest influence on 19th century composers.
Richard Wagner
Who was the leading composer of ragtime in the early 1900s?
Scott Joplin
All of the following are characteristics of the ensemble in the 18th century opera EXCEPT:
Sentiments are fairly static and consistent within one musical number
A song cycle is a:
group of songs with a common poetic theme or unifying story.
The predominant texture of Classical music is:
homophony
In church music, a short tune sung through many stanzas of text is a:
hymn
What is Louis Armstrong best known for?
imaginative breaks and variations on the trumpet
The two key features of jazz performance style are:
improvisation and highly developed syncopation
George Gershwin was known for:
including jazz in "serious" compositions
A coda:
is a closing section of a movement
The duet "La ci darem la mano" from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni:
is an example of the continuation of plot through musical set pieces (arias, duets, ensebles, etc.), a development in opera of the Classical era
Which best describes rhythm in the Baroque era?
it became more regular
which is NOT a characteristic of plainchant?
it is metered
Collective improvisation in early jazz was called:
jamming
Which allows a composer to show what a character is thinking even though something else is being said in the text?
leitmotiv
The text of an opera is called the:
libretto
The 19th century German genre consisting of a musical setting of a short poem for voice and piano is the:
lied
Most of the music of medieval times that has been preserved for us was written down by:
members of religious orders
The Classical style emerge in the _______ century.
mid-18th
Thanks to Pergolesi, Rousseau, and Mozart, the most progressive style of opera in the latter part of the 18th century was:
opera buffa
The most versatile medium for Classical composers was the:
orchestra
The rise of public concerts in the 18th century gave a special boost to the composition of:
orchestral music
Beethoven's performing instrument was the:
piano
The Classical use of dynamics was reflected in the popularity of the new instrument, the _________, in the Classical era.
piano
The favorite featured instrument of the Classical sonata was the:
piano
In his last style period, Beethoven composed mostly:
piano sonatas and string quartets
Music during the Enlightenment was meant to:
please and entertain
Pianists' or organists' improvisations for silent films of the 1910s and 1920s were often based on:
published catalogues of Romantic musical repertoire
In Verdi's operas the orchestra plays a greater role in _______ and a lesser role in ______.
recitatives; arias
The form diagrammed as A B A C A B A is ________ form.
rondo
In the Classical era, the string quartet was intended to perform in:
small, intimate gatherings
Another name for an A B A' form with an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation is _________ form.
sonata
The form of the first movement of Symphony No. 95 in C Minor is:
sonata
The form of the third movement of Symphony No. 95 in C Minor is:
sonata
Baroque dynamics generally:
stay the same throughout a movement
What are the two basic forms of lieder?
strophic and through-composed
Big band jazz is called:
swing
The 18th century public concert include principally:
symphonies and concertos
The major genre developed by Classical composers is the:
symphony
The string quartet has as many movements as the:
symphony
With which genre is Beethoven most closely associated?
symphony
When some of the accents in music are moved away from the main beats, we call this:
syncopation
Big bands were made up of ______ players.
ten to twenty five
The early history of Western music was dominated by:
the Christian church
The three main institutions where Baroque composers could make a living were:
the church, opera house, and the court
In sonata form, what is repeated in the recapitulation?
the first theme followed by all the other elements of the exposition
The quality most prized by Romantic artists was:
the integrity of the expression of individual feeling
Which is a musical innovation of the 18th century Western society?
the public concert
What is a Characteristic of ALL nationalistic music?
the use of folk music of each country
The first movement in most Classical symphonies is generally:
a moderate or fast movement in sonata form that sometimes has a slow introduction
The second movement in most Classical symphonies is generally:
a slow movement with beautiful, relaxing melodies
The singing style characterized by fast runs and scales, a large pitch range, cadenzas, and virtuosic displays of all sorts is:
coloratura
Increasingly, the focal point for the performance of Romantic music was the:
concert hall
The important new member of the Romantic orchestra was the:
conductor
The term Concerto comes from the Latin word Concertare, which indicates in the concerto grosso a:
contest between soloists and orchestra
Baroque composers were likely to think of themselves as:
craftspeople, creating a product on demand
The musical term for "from the beginning" is:
da capo
Which is NOT one of the standard Classical forms?
da capo form
From what condition did Beethoven suffer?
deafness
When themes are broken up, recombined, reorchestrated, extended, or played in new musical contexts, they are being:
developed
All of the following are characteristics of Beethoven's symphonic compositional style EXCEPT:
disregard for Classical forms
The tendency for Romanticism in music can be found in:
early film music
Opera arose around the year:
1600
The Baroque period spanned the years:
1600-1750
the blues emerged around:
1900
When the accents are moved slightly ahead of the beat, the effect is called:
beat syncopation
In the early 20th century, harmony:
became more dissonant
A style of opera developed by early Italian Romantic composers was called:
bel canto
How might a Classical composer help listeners become familiar with a theme in a composition?
by repeating it right away
In a typical early jazz band, the melody instruments included a:
clarinet
What happens in a rondo?
one theme is repeated again and again, with contrasting episodes interspersed
Drama set to music is:
opera
The most important genre in Baroque secular vocal music is:
opera
Italian comic opera was called:
opera buffa
Which is true of an oratorio?
An oratorio uses a chorus and soloists, as well as instrumentalists
Wagner was particularly against:
Arias
The composer most responsible for elevating music to a new level of respect during the Romantic era was:
Beethoven
Who had the greatest influence on early Romantic composers?
Beethoven
Which is NOT a movement of the Mass?
Cantus
Beethoven wrote music in both the ________ style and ________ style.
Classical; Romantic
Which is true of the use of dynamics in the Classical era?
Dynamics and gradual dynamic changes were specifically notated by composers.
Which ruler in the Classical era was known for his generous encouragement of music?
Emperor Joseph II
Which is true of most of Haydn's symphonies?
They usually include simple, cheerful melodies.
The Classical style developed principally in:
Vienna
What is the form of a blues song such as "If You Ever Been Down"?
a a b a a b and so on
The musical term for "voices alone" is:
a cappella
An aria is:
an extended piece for a solo singer having more musical elaboration and a steadier pulse than recitative
What is a concert overture?
an overture that is not connected to any following music, such as an opera
Which two instruments would most likely have played the basso continuo in a Baroque composition?
cello and harpsichord
A operatic number sung by two or more people is called an:
ensemble
In da capo form, more elaborate ornamentation occurs primarily in the _______ senction(s).
final A
There are ______ standard sections to the polyphonic Mass.
five
In a recitative, the rhythm:
follows the rhythm of speech
In which category is a symphonic poem different from a concert overture?
form
Miniatures were given all of the following types of titles EXCEPT:
formal titles such as sonata or rondo
Classical string quartets generally have _______ movements
four
Romantic treatment of form was:
free and spontaneous
The 18th century salon was a:
gathering in a home
In a Classical concerto, there is no ______ movement.
minuet
What was the result of the Classical practice of using standard forms?
music became more predictable for the listener
What did Wagner call his new style of opera in the 1850s?
music drama
How many people are needed to play a Classical sonata?
one or two
In the early 20th century:
there was no compositional norm
How many movements does a typical late Baroque concerto have?
three
A song in which the musical sections do not follow the verses of poetry, but are composed with new material from beginning to end, is said to be:
through-composed
"To rag" means:
to play syncopated rhythms with the right hand on the piano while the left hand stays on the beat.
What compositional practice by composers disappeared during the Classical era?
using the continuo to suggest the harmony
How are Classical themes "closed off"?
with multiple cadences