ch 3 & 4 music quizzes
The father of the famous astronomer Galileo sought to develop a new approach to writing vocal music that imitated dramatic speech. This new musical style:
Allowed the performers to expressively declaim text from the stage Tied the rhythms of the music to the rhythms of speech Used harmonies to portray emotional content Avoided repetition because every note is tied to the word it illuminates
As an example of allegory, Lin-Manuel Miranda uses the harpsichord in the musical score of Hamilton to represent:
British rule before the revolution
Beginning in the 1570s, the Florentine Camerata believed that the arts had become corrupted and that artistic expression could only be revived by returning to the artistic principles of ancient
Greece
In Star Wars: A New Hope, when the droids R2D2 and C3PO land on Tatooine, Williams utilized the following elements popularized by Igor Stravinsky
High sustained notes in the strings and chromatic interjections from the bassoon and clarinet Oscillating melodies in the winds No conclusive musical gestures (cadences) Music that is neither the major nor minor mode
The composer who wrote the scores for the original Star Wars trilogy (among the best-known musical works created for the big screen) is
John Williams
The oldest opera still to be regularly performed and enjoyed is Claudio Monteverdi's
Orpheus
The style of musical composition that more closely resembles dramatic recitation than typical singing is:
Recitative
he theme that represents "Loge as fire" uses the following to represent fire
Rising and falling dynamic levels and pitches to represent the unpredictable nature of fire spreading across the ground
"Wotan's Farewell" features one of the most significant powers of the leitmotif:
The ability to foreshadow events yet to come
Some of the musical characteristics of the "Main Theme" that tell us Luke Skywalker is a hero are:
the use of brass instruments, duple meter, steady tempo, major mode, and leaps to the upper tonic
Holst manipulated which characteristic of sound by utilizing women's voices in "Neptune":
timbre
t or f "Mars" served as a model for John Williams's "Imperial March" theme in the Star Wars soundtrack.
true
t or f At its inception, opera was understood to be entertainment for the aristocracy.
true
t or f It is possible that Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) has had a greater impact on the development of Western art music than any other composer.
true
t or f Luke Skywalker's Theme (the "Main Theme") has more emotional depth than Darth Vader's theme because it is in a three-part form and features a string section
true
t or f Similarly to Star Wars, Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelungs makes heavy use of themes that represent specific characters or ideas
true
t or f Some critics of Wagner's operas argue that we should no longer produce or listen to his operas because the composer's ideology is so repugnant that his art should be erased.
true
t or f The Rite of Spring depicted pagan rituals and caused consternation among members of its Parisian audience at the premier.
true
t or f The Rite of Spring does not tell a coherent story.
true
t or f The composer of Hamilton wrote music and created a visual presentation intended to represent America in the current age.
true
t or f The term "basso continuo" refers to a style of accompaniment in which the composer writes out the bass line and harmonies but does not specify instruments or the exact pitches of each chord.
true
t or f Wagner used leitmotifs to communicate information to an audience that is not included in the libretto or onstage action
true
t ro f In film, music that the characters can hear is called source musicbecause the source of the sound is usually visible on screen.
true
Some of the happiest and most tuneful music in the show Hamilton is sung by the British King George. This fact is noteworthy because
The text is sometimes disturbing and does not match the "happy" music
the term libretto refers to:
The text of a sung drama
Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934) was
a British composer who wrote The Planets
The Rite of Spring was
a ballet
Lin-Manuel Miranda employed a technique that uses musical sounds to signify hidden meanings in a musical work. That technique is called
allegory
The composer of the music for Star Wars was a session musician, so he
already had a deep understanding of how music can shape the viewer's experience of drama
In the European tradition, opera is a staged work of music theater that features
costumes, sets, dramatic plots, props
Miranda's use of ______ may be likened to Wagner's use of leitmotifs because he uses musical ideas that harken back to earlier points in the work
cylical tequniques
t or f Even Adolph Hitler believed that Wagner's operas should not be produced
false
t or f Girolamo Mei (1519-1594) argued that all ancient Greek poetry and drama had been spoken, not sung. As a result, the Florentine Camerata felt compelled to develop the form of the modern musical
false
t or f Holst had a sincere interest in and passion for astrology, and this led to the creation of The Solar System Cycle.
false
t or f Like the composer of the musical scores for Star Wars, Wagner randomly paired themes with objects and ideas
false
t or f Many compositions from the ancient world were preserved, allowing Florentine Camerata members to imitate ancient music.
false
t or f Monteverdi had to worry about keeping his production within budget. For this reason, he wrote for a small orchestra and cast
false
t or f Most modern productions of opera from Monteverdi's time use period instruments, which are individual instruments that have survived from the Baroque era.
false
t or f Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) was a world-famous performer by the time he was 17 years old.
false
t or f Wagner shrunk the size of the orchestra for The Ring of the Nibelungs in order to highlight characters with single instruments
false
t or f The theme that represents Darth Vader (the "Imperial March") shares many of the same characteristics as the main theme, but it is in the major mode and uses simple harmonies.
false
true or false The Rite of Spring debuted as the sole ballet on the program and audience members at the premier loved the dancing and costumes.
false
t or f Holst became wealthy as a trombone performer in the middle part of his career
false (he did play the trombone but struggled)
t or f John Williams was only influenced by specific historical compositions, rather than by style more generally.
false (it was the other way around)
The technique of assigning a unique theme to each character, object, place, and idea in a drama is the use of
leitmotif
In a musical technique called underscoring:
none of the above
Stravinsky's introduction to The Rite of Spring made heavy use of:
none of the above
Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelungs derives from ______ mythology
norse
Opera and other types of sung theater always began with an ______, which alerted the audience that the show was about to begin.
orchestral overture
Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) created Euridice, an operatic portrayal of the _____ myth that consists almost entirely of recitative
orpheus
A session musician is a musician who:
participates in recording sessions for television and film
Holst's "Mars" march was extremely unusual because it was in:
quintuple meter
The composer of Hamilton found that ______ music was very useful because he could fit more words into a shorter span of time.
rap
In Star Wars, the musical themes are effective because they:
represent specific characters or ideas
The term ______ refers to a form in which two or more verses of text are sung to the same melody.
strophic
The final scene (Act III, Scene 3) of The Valkyrie contains
the appearance of Loge, the demigod of fire Wotan's spear a ring of fire Brunnhilde's sleep
Holst's work is an example of program music (instrumental music that tells a story or paints a picture), but he reversed the order of Mars and Mercury because:
the music he composed for Mars made a better opener for the work
The "Sacrificial Dance" is in rondo form, best represented by
A B A' C A'' C A'''
