INTRO TO MUSIC FINAL
The course places the Romantic period in music between the years:
1820-1910
Which excerpt is from William Tell?
A
Which excerpt is from a chanson by Clément Janequin?
A
Which excerpt is from a lied by Schubert?
A
Which excerpt is from a string quartet by Antonín Dvorák?
A
Which excerpt is from the Requiem Mass in D Minor by Mozart?
A
The following composition is a work by:
A French troubadour
The Baroque concerto is..
A piece that contrasts a soloist or group of soloists against an orchestra
Which of the following is not part of the Ordinary of the Catholic Mass?
Alleluia
Which excerpt is not from a Haydn symphony?
B
Which excerpt was based on a ballad by the German poet and dramatist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?
B
Which of these examples is a recitative?
B
Which excerpt is not from a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn?
B https://c4elink.org/mod/quiz/review.php?attempt=5660936#
The following excerpt comes from which work?
Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique
The composer pictured above is best known for taking older forms and styles and redefining them in modern ways. Antonin Dvorak was inspired by his Hungarian Dance No. 1. What is this composer's name?
Brahms
Which excerpt is most likely from a symphony by Mozart?
C
Which of the following examples represents secular music?
C
Which of the following selections is an example of a Renaissance consort?
D
The following piece became a national anthem. What is its name?
Finlandia
This is an example of a musical genre known as
Gregorian chant
The composer of this excerpt is...
Guillaume de Machaut
Who composed the following excerpt?
Henry Purcell
The following excerpt's soaring melodies and wide melodic range means that the piece is most likely by:
Hildegard von Bingen
The earliest surviving opera—then called dramma per musica—was written by a member of the Florentine Camerata named:
Jacopo peri
According to the text, this composer's quicker story development was more suited to taste of his listening public:
Jean-Baptiste Lully
The final movement of his Symphony No. 4 (below) was a passacaglia with 32 variations. Deemed old-fashioned by his German contemporaries, he was seen as a progressive after his death thanks to an essay by Arnold Schoenberg. What is his name?
Johannes Brahms
The following example was composed by a musician whose career exemplifies the dominance of composers from Northern France and the Netherlands during the Renaissance.
Josquin des Prez
The bell-like effects in the above excerpt indicate that the piece is:
Liszt's La Campanella
Which of the following composers wrote this symphony?
Ludwig van Beethoven
His Violin Concerto (below) is a favorite in concert halls all over the world today, but upon its 1881 premiere in Vienna, it was lambasted by critics, including one who called it "odorously Russian." During his lifetime, he was thought of as "too Russian" by foreign critics and "too cosmopolitan" by his countrymen, yet his music endures to this day. Who is this composer?
Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
According to the text, which of the following is a Post-Romantic composer?
Rachmaninoff
An important Romantic composer founded The New Journal of Music, an influential musical periodical still published today. He was known as a master of the miniature. His name is:
Schumann
Which statement is true?
This excerpt is froma saltarello, a lively dance of Italian origin.
The following excerpt is an example of:
a chanson that features imitation
The Odhecaton published by Petrucci
all of these options
The following piece is an example of...
an overture to a french opera
Listen to the above excerpt from Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Which of the following would be the most likely tempo marking?
andante
Which excerpt is from a piece that uses text from Goethe's celebrated play, Faust?
b
Which of the following is true of the above pieces, Baci soavi e cari and Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda respectively?
both are from books of italian madrigals
Which excerpt is from I Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo?
c
Which Classical genre is represented by this example?
chamber music
Which genre is represented by this example?
concerto
The following excerpt comes from a famous aria in one of Mozart's most enduring operas. Identify the opera in question.
don Giovanni
Which of the following statements is true?
due to the harmonic daring and intensity of feeling of this music, it is most likely composed by carlo Gesualdo
The dynamics of this excerpt indicate that it was composed in the Romantic period because:
dynamic range from extreme soft to very loud
Which excerpt is from an organum written by Pérotin, Léonin's successor at Notre Dame?
example A
Which of the following excerpts is not from "Ave, generosa" by Hildegard von Bingen
example B
According to the text, art of the Romantic period valued emotional restraint and clarity of form.
false
Although Ludwig van Beethoven's output was great, he didn't produce any works for voice.
false
Burgundian composers made each of the standard components of the Mass distinct by using a different cantus firmus melody for each component.
false
Goliards are famous for their inspired performances during the services at the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos in Spain.
false
Most of the notated music that survives from the Medieval period is secular in nature.
false
Motets composed in the Middle Ages were easy to confuse with ones composed during the Renaissance because they sounded so similar.
false
The following excerpt is from Chopin's Revolutionary Étude.
false
The style of the following piece may be described as stile antico.
false
Which of the following does the above excerpt showcase?
fast tempo with accented rythyms based on folk dances
The above excerpt from a Smetana piece demonstrates a typical characteristic of Romantic music. What is it?
flowing melodies
In broad terms, music and other arts of the Romantic period...
gave full expression to a wide range of feelings, dreams and the heroic human potential
The following Kyrie is from a mass by:
guillaume dufay
Which of the following composers wrote, and is famous for, twelve London symphonies?
haydn
The texture of the following example from the Classical period can best be described as:
homophonic
Which of the following is true of the Florentine Camerata?
its members were interested in re-creating the music dramas they believed to have been staged by the ancient greeks
Please use the text field to enter your answer. This instrument, which was very popular during the Renaissance, is called a
lute
This is an excerpt from a:
madrigal
Listen to the above excerpt from Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Which of the following would be the most likely tempo marking?
menuetto
Which movement of Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott does the above piece represent?
movement 8, chorale
The secular text and overall musical style of this example suggest that it is from a/an:
opera
The following piece, based upon a sailor's dance called the hornpipe, comes from what type of larger work?
orchestral suite
the texture of this example is
polyphonic
Which of the following was a consequence of the Thirty Years' War?
protestantism was recognized as an acceptable religion alongside Catholicism
Which of the following is NOT a chant of the Proper of the Mass?
sederunt principes
The above Piano Sonata by C.P.E. Bach was representative of the transitional period between the Baroque and Classical periods. Which of the following terms describes this piece?
sensitive style
The following movement from a Haydn symphony features sudden shifts in volume. To which symphony does the movement belong?
surprise
Listen to the following example and select the genre that best defines it:
symphony
Which of the following is illustrated in the above excerpt?
terraced dynamics
A unifying factor for social, political, and cultural life in the Medieval period was...
the Roman Catholic Church
According to the text, the Renaissance period was known as:
the golden age of choral music
Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro cemented his reputation as a master of the genre, yet it received a lukewarm reception in Vienna. Which of the following reasons does the text give as to why this was the case?
the opera poked fun of the aristocracy, which unsettles the aristocratic viennese
What feature of Gustav Mahler's symphonies reflect the extremes of the late Romantic period?
they are all at least an hour long
What do the Renaissance forms motet, Mass, madrigal, chanson, and anthem have in common?
they are choral music forms
Which of the following statements is true?
this exceprt is from a galliard by william Byrd
Which of the following statements is not true?
this excerpt has elements that are characteristic of stile Antico
Which statement is true?
this is a part of a recitative from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
Which statement is not true about the following excerpt?
this is a piano sonata by Mozart
Which of the following statements is not true?
this was performed on a virginal, a smaller version of the harpsichord
During the Baroque period, the term sonata was used for musical works __________.
to be played
Which of the following techniques would a Baroque composer most likely employ to evoke an affect of agitation?
tremolo
This excerpt is most likely from a...
troubador song
According to the text, the concept of the idée fixe was new because it explicitly represented a character while simultaneously acting as a musical motive.
true
According to the text, the motet became a secular genre even though it grew out of sacred chant.
true
Ars nova, the "new art" of the fourteenth century, included music of increased rhythmic complexity (e.g., syncopation).
true
Composers increasingly wrote for the organ, harpsichord, and virginal in the 16th century.
true
It is fair to say that the following excerpt features word painting.
true
Léonin and Pérotin were two composers associated with Notre Dame and the development of polyphony.
true
The following melody, a popular Renaissance tune, was used as the cantus firmus in many masses, such as those by Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Ockgehem, and Giovanni da Palestrina.
true
The symphony had its origins in the overture, which was the introductory music for Italian opera.
true
The text implies that troubadours and trouvères considered themselves superior to minstrels because they composed the words and melodies of their songs themselves.
true
According to the text, at what point did England fully embrace opera?
when Georgre friedric handel brought his operas to England
