Music Appreciation Final Exam

One difference between a Renaissance Mass and a motet is:

A Mass is always based on a specific text that is part of the liturgy of a given day

The following composition is a work by (0:00-6:03)

A french troubadour

The following music excerpt features (18:28-35:31)

A mixture of polyphonic and homophonic textures

This music example illustrates a chord played one note after another. This is called:

Arpeggio

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? (0:00-3:02)

Brahms

Which of the following terms does not refer to a basic musical texture

Cacophony

The dance-like characteristics of the following piece indicate that it was written by: (0:00-2:55)

Chopin

The rhythm of the following example suggests that the piece was composed during the Classical period. The rhythm may be described as having a: (0:50-5:53)

Clear pulse and meter with regular, dance-like rhythms

The dynamics of this excerpt indicate that it was composed in the Romantic period because (1:34-18:32)

Dynamics range from extreme soft to very loud

Which of the following characteristics are associated with the rococo style?

Elegance, delicacy, softness, and playfulness

Which of the following examples represents sacred music?

Example B

Which of these examples is a recitative?

Example B

The following excerpt is an example of ritardando (3:14-4

False

The term harmony refers to the horizontal aspect of music

False

The texture of the following excerpt indicates that it belongs to the Classical period (0:00-3:26)

False

One characteristic of this excerpt that suggests it might be from the Baroque Period is (0:00-3:06)

It contrasts a group of instruments with a solo instrument

Which statement does NOT apply to the following music example (0:00-1:29)

It has a monophonic texture

Which of the following is not an overture by Beethoven:

Pastoral

The texture of this example is (0:00-3:43)

Polyphonic

This piece of music is a good example of (0:00-1:38)

Polyphonic texture

According to the text, which of the following are Post-Romantic composers?

Rachmaninoff and Holst

Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? (0:36-3:29)

Repeated Tones

The tempo of this example could be described as (0:00-2:55)

Rubato

The following example from the Classical period may be classified as a/an: (1:20-9:32)

Sonata

This piece of music is an example of (0:00-3:59)

Strophic form

Which of the following forms is not based on the principle of contrast?

Strophic form

Listen to the following example and select the genre that best defines it: (0:00-7:41)

Symphony

Which of the following is a composition for an orchestral ensemble?

Symphony

Which of the following statements is correct?

Texture in music refers to the ways in which the horizontal strands of melody and the vertical strands of harmony relate to one another

According to the text, ternary form uses a mixture of repetition and contrast

True

The following excerpt is consonant (0:00-0:52)

True

The following excerpt is dissonant (0:00-2:49)

True

The composer of this excerpt is (0:00-3:43)

Guillaume de Machaut

According to the text, the Traditionalists were composers of the Romantic era who:

Held reverence for the music of the masters

The composer of this excerpt is (0:58-6:30)

Hildegard von Bingen

This music passage is an example of (0:17-3:29)

Homophony

Which type of musical texture is primarily represented in the following example? (0:00-14:06)

Homophony

This excerpt demonstrates (1:47-5:21)

How dissonant harmonies create tension and instability throughout

The most salient compositional aspect of the following excerpt is (2:38-7:19)

Imitation between voices

The Renaissance may be described as an age in which:

Individualism, humanism, and secular values started to flourish once again

The musical texture that consists of a single melody without accompaniment is called:

Monophony

The following selection, sung by Historicus, comes from a well-known __________.

Oratorio

This excerpt is an example of: (0:38-2:21)

Secular music

The predominant meter of this example is: (0:00-2:53)

Triple

The following excerpt is an example of duple meter (0:00-5:54)

True

The following excerpt represents a melody without harmonic accompaniment (0:00-4:32)

True

The following excerpt represents melody with harmonic accompaniment (0:00-3:47)

True

The following excerpt represents monophonic texture (0:00-7:57)

True

This excerpt demonstrates the principle of repetition (0:00-4:43)

True

Venit ad Petrum was often used as the cantus firmus for the mass

True

According to the text, which two essential factors do composers manipulate to hold the listener's interest?

Unity and Variety

The following example is played on an instrument that was very popular during the Renaissance. That instrument is the: (0:00-5:54)

Vihuela

A Baroque suite is...

A multi-movement instrumental work based on rhythms of popular dances

Listen to the following excerpt of a Medieval composition. This composition represents... (1:50-2:08)

An advanced 12th-century four-voice organum

Two simultaneous pitches of the same letter name and pitch (ex. C, G, or D) constitute a harmony

False

A famous troubadour had an imaginative biography written about him, worked in the service of Eleanor of Aquitaine, and composed the song below. He was: (0:00-6:03)

Bernart de Ventadorn

The trumpet melody in the following excerpt can be best described as (3:27-7:19)

Disjunct

The following excerpt comes from a famous aria in one of Mozart's most enduring operas. Identify the opera in question (0:00-5:45)

Don Giovanni

Although the violin is mostly a single melody instrument, violinists can also play chords using an instrumental technique known as: (1:16-8:05)

Double Stops

The direction of the following melody can be described as: (0:25-7:19)

Downward at first and then static

Which of the following is NOT a Baroque composer

Dufay

Listen to the following two examples from a piece in rondo form presented in the text. Which excerpt represents the Theme? (0:00-4:25) and (0:20-4:25)

Excerpt A

Which excerpt is an example of a gradual, or one of the responses to the reading of the epistle during the Mass, composed by Leonin?

Excerpt A

Which excerpt suggests tempo rubato? (2:48-13:33) and (0:00-4:25)

Excerpt A

Which excerpt is from a piano concerto by Sergei Rachmaninoff?

Excerpt B

Which of the following excerpts exhibits Baroque rhythmic characteristics?

Excerpt B

Which of the following excerpts may be classified as chamber music?

Excerpt C

According to the text, Romantic composers abandoned the principles of unity and variety in pursuit of more innovative and expressive sounds.

False

According to the text, binary forms are based on the principle of variation

False

According to the text, composers of the Romantic period were reluctant to stray from the seven tones of the traditional scale (i.e., A, B, C, D, E, F, G)

False

According to the text, tempo can be described as weak or strong

False

Bach was known as a master of presenting a singular musical texture throughout his vocal music to help communicate the text

False

Despite advances in other areas, Renaissance harmony and polyphony remained restricted to the music rules that governed most of the Medieval period

False

Most of the notated music that survives from the Medieval period is secular in nature

False

The Renaissance madrigal was a sacred music form used to convey the meanings behind the poems on which they were based

False

The following excerpt features characteristics of polyphonic texture (0:00-4:32)

False

The following excerpt is from Chopin's Revolutionary Étude (3:16-6:50)

False

The following excerpt is not an example of triple meter (1:31-13:33)

False

The following musical excerpt represents strophic form (0:00-3:22)

False

The relationship between consonance and dissonance has remained constant throughout history and consistent from culture to culture.

False

This excerpt is from chamber music by W. A. Mozart (0:00-2:39)

False

From the following composers, select the one that best understood the intrinsic nature and potential of the piano as an expressive instrument:

Frederic Chopin

This example is (1:40-2:10)

From a Renaissance composition having its roots in folk songs

Where are tempo markings usually written in a music score?

Over the staff

The melody in the following excerpt is comprised of (0:27-7:19)

Several small melodic ideas

The following excerpt is: (3:38-7:19)

The Triumphal March from the opera Aida

Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? (3:27-7:19)

The excerpt features all three

Which of the following choices is the defining characteristic of polyphony?

The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines

Which description of the excerpt is correct: (0:00-3:39)

The melodic contour only moves upward

In the following example (1:05-2:53)

The repeated rhythm pattern is part of the accompaniment

When a melody acquires significant importance within a given composition, it is called a:

Theme

The top number of the time signature above, represents: (3 stacked on top of 4)

There are three beats in each measure

Listen to this music example and answer the following question: What would be the typical expectation regarding the rest of the movements of this particular type of work? (0:41-1:29)

There may be other movements, some of which may introduce soloists

A musical phrase does not necessarily need to have a sense of completion in and of itself

True

Composers and arrangers can introduce some elements of variation in a piece of music without altering its basic form

True

Form can be defined as the constructive or organizing element in music

True

The following excerpt features characteristics of polyphonic texture (0:00-1:38)

True

The following excerpt is an example of Renaissance a cappella choral music (0:00-3:13)

True

In the Baroque period, music for keyboard...

Was created mainly for use in instrumental genres such as sonatas, suites, and concertos

Which of the following describes this example? (1:36-3:40)

Wide dynamic range and repetition in the melody to express deep feelings