MUL 2010 Final Exam Study Set

The period from about 1720 to 1790 is known as the

Age of Enlightenment

Bernini's "Ecstasy of St. Teresa

Baroque

Descartes "Passions of the soul"

Baroque

Opera based primarily on greek tragedies

Baroque

Listen to Example #4 Why is the title of this movement misleading, perhaps?

Because it is titled "Song," but it has no lyrics

What was the first invention to fundamentally change how people listened to music?

78 rpm discs

Listen to Example #1. A variation of this motive occurs in which movement(s) of this symphony? (Select all that apply)

First movement, second movement, third movement, fourth movement.

Listen to Example #1. The sound of this instrument is meant to sound similar to a:

Gamelan

What instrument is used in the book as an example of the growing globalizatino of the 20th century?

Gamelan

Listen to Example 7: Why is this piece said to be part of this artistic movement?

Gentle timbres and soft dynamics; melodic fragments like incomplete brush strokes; a "drifting" rhythm that avoids the usual hardness of meter

Palestrina was a leading composer of the _______.

Counter-Reformation

Which other composer sought after a uniquely American style?

Gottschalk

Ruth Crawford was the first woman to be awarded a:

Guggenheim Fellowship

Which of these composers was not taught directly by Nadia Boulanger?

John Williams

A _____ is a collection of pitches with predictable relationships to one another.

Key

Listen to Example #9: Who wrote the lyrics for this piece?

Langston Hughes

Listen to Example #5: What is the genre of this work?

Lied

_______ describes how beats are organized and emphasized.

Meter

A(n) _______ is a sacred polyphonic work in Latin, composed for the Catholic Church; a(n) _______ is a sacred polyphonic work composed in a vernacular language (i.e., something other than Latin).

Motet; Anthem

Igor Stravinsky- Rite of Spring

Primitivism

Because Vivaldi based his Four Seasons concertos on texts, they are said to be _________.

Program Music

In an opera, the ________ style of singing typically pushes the action forward, whereas the _______ style of singing typically reflects on the action.

Recitative; Aria

Listen to Example #2. How would you describe the rhythm of the central motive featured in this example?

Short-Short-Short-Long

Listen to Example #2. How would you describe the rhythm of this motive?

Short-Short-Short-Long

Listen to Example #10: This excerpt, which features multiple groups singing about different things at the same time, is an example of:

additive form

Philip Glass's "Knee Play" from Einstein on the Beach features which of these?

all of these

Throughout the Classical Era, the ideal work of art

appeared natural and without artifice

Throughout the Classical era, the ideal work of art

appeared natural, proportional, and without artifice.

John Cage was a member of the _________________ artistic group.

avant garde

What unusual event happened during the premiere performance of Rite of Spring?

The audience rioted because the music and dance were so unusual

The "second exposition" of a Classical-era concerto (Mozart's Concerto in A, for instance) usually includes which of these?

The soloist and orchestra in dialogue

As a rule, ________ is always sung in a monophonic texture.

chant

Hildegard von Bingen used what style of music in her Play of Virtues?

chant

Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is an example of opera buffa, a genre known for

including believable characters who behave as individuals, not as symbols

A work described as "cyclic" means that:

its movements are tangibly linked by noticeable musical devices

A brief musical phrase connected to some person, event, or idea, is known as a

leitmotiv

Corey Dargel's "On This Date Every Year" utilizes what new technology?

loop pedal

The two primary modes in Western music are _____ and ______.

major; minor

chant

medieval

literature hard copied by hand

medieval

The movement that "represented a disregard for tradition and a quest for novelty" was known as

modernism

Listen to Example #4: This music was the first _______________ to be nominated for a Grammy Award.

video game soundtrack

Is it possible for two different instruments to play at the same time and not form a chord?

yes

Listen to Example #10 The texture of this example is primarily

polyphonic

A _______ texture is made of two or more melodies that are sounded simultaneously, whereas a ________ texture is a single, unaccompanied melody.

polyphonic; monophonic

the gutenberg printing press

renaissance

______ describes the "speed" of a beat/a piece of music

tempo

In music, form describes

the "architecture" of the piece through time

Modulation is

the movement from one key area to another.

Listen to Example #9: This piece of music is ________________, meaning it lacks a distinct musical structure.

through-composed

A chord is formed by combining

two or more pitches

Which of these is necessary to determine meter in music? (Select all that apply)

1. A steady beat 2. The stress of beats

Listen to Example #9: The melody of this piece contains: (Choose all that applies)

1."blue" notes that allude to African American popular music 2. chromatic notes that lack tonal stability

The pervasive emotional quality in work of art from the Baroque era is called its _______.

Affect

The "stock character" Pierrot, originating in commedia dell'arte, is what?

A clown

Listen to Example #8: What 20th century composer did we study whose music was also inspired by the folk and popular melodies found in the United States?

Aaron Copland

The first movement of a Classical-era concerto typically follows a slightly-modified sonata form that includes a _______ near the end of the movement.

Cadenza

________ that are formed out of the pitches of a specific key provide harmonic structures for _____ that are within the same key.

Chords; melodies

The Enlightenment

Classical

The architectural style of the white house

Classical/Enlightenment

A fugue begins with _______, in which the primary theme is stated in multiple registers.

Enlightenment/Imitative counterpart

Arnold Schoenberg- Pierrot lunaire

Expressionism

Edvard Munch- The Scream

Expressionism

Claude Debussy

Impressionism

Claude Monet- Water Lilies (Series)

Impressionism

Listen to Example #7: This piece is said to be part of what artistic movement?

Impressionist

Listen to Example #5: What musical devices does the composer use to tell the story? (Choose all that apply)

Major and minor modes, Melodic register of the vocalist, The quickly moving piano

The movement that "represented a disregard for tradition and a quest for novelty" was known as

Modernism

Listen to Example #4: This piece begins with what musical texture?

Monophonic

What instrument became a common fixture of middle-class households in the 19th century?

Piano

Listen to Example #3: The rhythms of this piece are inspired by a folk dance from what country?

Poland

Listen to Example #1. What instrument is featured in this piece?

Prepared Piano

Martin Luther started the _______ by nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenburg Cathedral.

Protestant Reformation, Reformation, Lutheran Church, Protestant Church

Leonarod Da Vinci

Renaissance

The Catholic Counter Reformation

Renaissance

the protestant reformation

Renaissance

_________ is the most basic element since it is essentially a division of _______, and music always occurs over time.

Rhythm; time

A Baroque concerto typically features a ________ group which "returns" throughout the movement, and a _______, which was usually a single, virtuosic instrument.

Ritornello; Solo

Listen to Example #4 What instruments are present in this piece? (Select all instruments)

Violin, Piano, Cello

The idée fixe in Berlioz's symphony is

a melody that transforms to fit each movement's emotion

Listen to Example #8: The simple, folk-like quality of this piece's melody is from the composer's use of

a pentatonic scale, similar to the folk music of African Americans, American Indians, and Scottish Americans

A melody is defined as:

a succession of pitches

While Nadia Boulanger is known for having pursued many musical fields, she is most well known as:

a teacher

palace of versailles

baroque

The soloistic, virtuosic, and often improvised section near the end of a Classical-era concerto is called a

cadenza

Most popular music on the radio is made up of what texture?

homophonic

Cadences are to music as:

periods are to verbal expression

The majority of Chopin's music is written for

piano

"Blue notes" are notes that are _________________ than the given pitch on a standard scale.

slightly lower

According to the text, "pop music has been an integral part of _______________ & _____________."

social change; protest