Music: Exam 1 & 2

The first movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor begins, in the first two measures:

Loudly and emphatically

The most common subject matter of the 16th century madrigal is:

Love

The Fantastic Symphony reflects Berlioz's:

Love for the actress Harriet Smithson

Wagner saw himself as the true successor of:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Recitation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey would have been accompanied by a (an):

Lyre

The following instrument was associated with Apollo, god of light, prophecy, learning, and the arts:

Lyre

The technique of composing musical images that evoke the text almost literally became known as:

Madrigalisms

Tonal organizations in the Baroque featured:

Major and minor tonalities

The fourth movement of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony depicts a:

March to the Scaffold

For which famous choreographer and dancer did Copland write "Appalachian Spring"?

Martha Graham

Josquin composed works for which genre(s)?

Mass, motet, and chanson

Palestrina spent most of his career at institutions in

Rome

Which of the following is NOT true?

Rossini uses his "Crescendo" sparingly

Which of the following is NOT true

The second theme returns in the recapitulation of a 'sonata form' movement in an exact repetition of its statement in the exposition

Which is NOT true about the final minutes of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah?

The saxophones come in at 3:23

In the exposition of a sonata-form movement

The second theme is in a new key when compared to the first theme

In Variation 3, which of the following is NOT true?

The tune is played in a pianissimo fashion

In the recapitulation of a sonata-form movement

The second theme is in a new key; but this time it correspondes to the tonic key of the movement

Which of the following characteristics does not apply to Impressionistic music?

The use of classical forms, such as sonata allegro or Rondo form

Please select the correct order of the sections of a sonata-allegro form.

exposition, development, recapitulation

The usual order of movements in a classical symphony is

fast, slow, dance-related, fast.

Most of Vivaldi's concertos were first performed by:

female students at the orphanage

Realization is

filling in the chords above a bass line according to the numbers above the line

Which of the following terms is derived from the Ancient Greeks?

harmoney, chorus, tetrachord, music

What kind of musical texture is exhibited in the youtube of Josquin's "Ave Maria" between markers 1:21-1:27?

homophonic texture

What was Nijinksi's profession?

Choreographer

Beethoven stopped performing because:

He went deaf

Gregorian chant is named for Pope Pius because he was credited with standardizing chant repertory.

False

Orestes wrote a play called "Dionysus".

False

The 5th variation of section 7 "Simple Gifts" has a klopping horse and buggy sound.

False

The Ordinary is the part of the mass that changes.

False

Das Jahr, a series of character pieces on the twelve months inspired by an extended trip to Italy, was composed by:

Fanny Mendelssohn (Hensel)

Which of the following is TRUE about Fanny Mendelssohn?

Fanny ran a private salon on Sunday afternoons from her home.

A typical sequence of movements in a classical concerto is

Fast, slow, fast

Is a baby deer a "faun" or a "fawn"?

Fawn

The solo instruments in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 are the ____________, violin, and harpsichord.

Flute

What instrument plays the opening to 'Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun', and who wrote the poem Debussy's music was written for?

Flute; Stéphane Mallarmé

For what habit was Rossini NOT criticized?

For his jealousy of other composers

Of Bach's twenty children, ____________ went on to become well-known composers.

Four

Near the beginning of the Renaissance (in the 15th century) the standard number of voices in polyphonic compositions was:

Four voices

The earliest example(s) of notated Greek dramatic music is (are):

Fragmentary choruses from plays by Euripides

Bach's personal musical style was drawn from:

German church music, Italian concertos, french dance pieces

Wagner's term for the union of all the arts in a drama is_____:

Gesamtkunstwerk

Which musical term(s) come from Ancient Greek?

Harmony, hymn, tetrachord, melody

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe Handel's compositional style?

He excels over J.S. Bach as a writer of fugues

Which of the following of Handel's compositions was usually sung in English?

His Oratorios

The contrasting episodes of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony are unified by the recurrence of a theme known as the:

Idée fixe

What was Diaghilev's profession?

Impresario

Debussy was a French composer who was one of the founders of the __________ movement in music and also one of its most important representatives

Impressionism

Which of the following is NOT true in the youtube recording below ) of the Anonymous Sumer Canon?

In the round only 2 voices are singing the musical line/part which begins "Sumer is icumen In"

The term Baroque was first applied to

Irregular or mishappen pearls

Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 is unusual in that:

It gives a solo role to the harpsichord.

Which of these do you NOT hear in this recorded Estampie?

It is through composed with no repeated sections

Wagner's Tristan und Isolde was influential because_______

It used ambiguous harmony that stretched the limits of tonality

Which is not true of O Magnum Mysterium?

It uses exclusively voices

The Baroque style in art, music, and architecture began in:

Italy

The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and:

Johann Sebastian Bach

Some of Vivaldi's instrumental concertos were arranged by:

Johann Sebastian Bach.

'Scherzo' means:

Joke

Who were considered the popular musicians of the Middle Ages?

Jongleurs

The final syllable of "alleluia" is often extended by an effusive melisma called a

Jubilus

The main sung parts of the Ordinary portion of the Mass are

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

The longest period of Johann Sebastian Bach's professional life was spent as director of music at St. Thomas's Church in:

Leipzig

Wagner referred to reoccurring musical themes associated with specific characters, things, ideas, emotions or plot elements as:

Leitmotivs

Who were the two great composers of the Notre Dame school?

Leonin and perotin

Schubert wrote around 615 ______:

Lieder or Art Songs

Which of the following professions was not a part Vivaldi's background?

Organ performer

Bach was recognized as the most eminent ____________ of his day.

Organist

In 1830 the Paris Conservatory awarded Berlioz:

The Prix de Rome

Which of the following statements is true of women's participation in madrigal performance and composition?

Women performed madrigals but lacked therarely received musical compositional training to compose them.

Which best describes the psychological progression of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor?

a heroic struggle with Fate, starting out stormily and ending triumphantly

The premier of The Rite of Spring 1913 provoked ______________________ among the audience.

a riot (scandal)

Which parts are normally the villain (male) or tortured/evil female?

'Verdi Baritone' and Alto/Contralto

Listen to this aria from Bach's Coffee Cantata "Oh how sweet Coffee tastes!" Which of the following is true?

-A flute and harpsichord play the beginning of the aria. -Coffee houses were frequented only by men and it was considered immoral for women to drink it. -In Bach's Coffee cantata the Father wants to ban his daughter from getting married unless she gives up coffee.

The pattern for Handel's triumphant termination of choruses is as follows:

-Employs a tense moment of silence penultimately -Ultimately 3-4 homophonous chords usually with timpani followed by the Final Tonic chord -He creates unity by having SA sing low and TB sing high in their range, followed by a climax on an inconclusive chord

In Gabrieli's O Magnum between 2:58- 3:30 in the Youtube below, which of the following is true?

-Gabrieli uses choral "call and answer" texture -Gabrieli uses polychoral texture -Gabrieli uses antiphonal

Why did Handel turn away from opera to the oratorio later in life?

-Oratorio did not require costly scenery nor dancers -Handel's wonderful reputation for writing choruses which are greatly featured in Oratorios -To save money" English singers cost much less than Italian castrati and prima donnas

While at Leipzig, Bach:

-Taught organ and composition, gave recitals, and was often asked to judge the construction of organs. -Was responsible for the musical education of some 55 students in the St. Thomas school. -Rehearsed, conducted, and usually composed an extended work for chorus, soloists and orchestra for each Sunday and holiday of the church year.

Which is true of castration in Italian Opera of the 18th century?

-The Castrati played the 'hero' parts -Castration happened before puberty -Castrated boys, once grown, could, with a good voice, become superstar -At 3:14 the extraordinary lung power of Farinelli is demonstrated -The Castrati played the 'hero' parts

The English hunger for Italian opera began to dry up partially because, of the following:

-The advent of John Gay's "Beggar's Opera" which satirized Handel's Italian operas, and instead of Gods, Royalty and mythological characters presented a cast of characters that were cut-throats and thieve -The nobility stopped attending Handel's operas, migrated to operas of his rivals, and then finally got tired of the whole Italian opera genre. -The difference between Italian and English body language of the actor/singers was so profound that the English audience became confused as to what the Italian singers were trying to portray in the opera -The English speaking audience could barely keep up with the foreign body language of the Italian singers, not to mention the Italian language itself

Bach's personal musical style was drawn from Italian concertos. He wrote the Brandenburg concertos as a job application, after studying the ritornello style of Vivaldi. Bach probably played the harpsichord part himself which is very difficult. The other solo instruments are flute and violin.

-The harpsichord serves as both a continuo player and as a soloist. -Bach achieves unity of mood by using an insistent rhythmic drive -At marker. 6:08 until 8:48 the harpsichord has a long extended solo (cadenza)

Listen to Dr. Baird's recording of the courtesan Strozzi's Lagrime Mie. paying particular attention to the following sections: 00 to :24 and 8:38 to 9:00

-The sounds of sobbing occur with a tremulo -A tear trickling down the face is painted by the music -The harpsichord begins in a minor key

The Lutheran chorale tunes:

-were composed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, had been adapted from catholic hymns, had been adapted from folk songs

A madrigal has how many verses?

1

The Renaissance period of music comprises roughly which centuries?

15th and 16th

Stravinsky was born in:

1882

Which of the following is not true:

18th century "opera seria" plots featured problems of the Gods, mythological characters, kings and queens unlike 19th century plots which included murder, theft and adultery.

Please select the number of movements, and the movements' corresponding tempos, commonly associated with the Concerto:

3 mvts; Fast, slow, fast

Please select the number of movements, and the movements' corresponding tempos, commonly associated with the sonata:

3 mvts; Fast, slow, fast

After the Simple Gifts theme is played in Copland's Appalachian Spring, Section 7, how many variations of Simple Gifts occur?

4

The ____________ is a Lutheran congregational hymn tune.

Chorale

Please select the number of movements, and the movements' corresponding tempos, commonly associated with the String Quartet:

4 mvts; Fast, slow, dance-related, fast

Please select the number of movements, and the movements' corresponding tempos, commonly associated with the Symphony:

4 mvts; Fast, slow, dance-related, fast

How many voice lines are there in Giovanni Gabrieli's O Magnum Mysterium:

8

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Impressionistic music?

8 bar phrases and regular authentic cadences

To move forward from the first theme (or the first theme group) in sonata-allegro form, a composer will usually incorporate a:

All answers are correct: - Transition or bridge -Change of key - Modulation

Below is a video comparing three cellos valued at different prices. In the video between 3:49 and 9:05 what happens?

A $180,000.00 Cello is compared to a $1,000,000.00 Cello

The estampie was_____.

A Dance form

The first movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor is dominated by a repeated:

A Motive: perhaps signaling 'Fate'

Theory of musical aesthetics, widely accepted in the late Baroque that embraced the proposition that music is capable of arousing a variety of specific emotions within the listener.

A bass line notated with numbers to indicate chords above the bass line.

What is a Song cycle?

A collection of songs (perhaps like a "concept album") on a single theme

What does Through-composed mean?

A composition that has no obvious repetition

Der Ring des Nibelungen is ________

A cycle of four music dramas by Wagner

Which statement is true of surviving examples of secular songs?

A few thousand texts survive, but only some have music

The vielle was which_________ (type of string instrument?)

A five-stringed instrument played with a bow

The term: 'Courtly love' a common subject of secular song usually described_____

A man who. loves an unattainable or unavailable women

The texture of Baroque music is marked by

A polarity between bass and treble lines

Sonata form should be viewed as

A set of principles that serve to shape and unify contrasts of theme and key.

Which of the following is a Schubertiade?

A social gathering featuring the music of Franz Schubert

What is a Ballade ?

A specific type of narrative poetry that usually tells a sad story with an unhappy ending

Basso continuo is best described as:

A system of notation in which the bass line is provided and performers are expected to flesh out the harmonies above that bass line.

What is a strophic text?

A text constructed of a series of stanzas or strophes

In opera seria, the arias were usually written in "da capo" form, whose pattern is diagrammed as:

ABA

Which is TRUE of Clara Schumann's concert life?

After Robert died she rather consistently presented herself as her husband's muse, often wearing black (the color of mourning)

Which of the following is NOT true:

After Rossini retired from writing operas, he went into politics

Stravinsky in the 1955 film, describes Diaghilev (the Impresario's) stunned and worried reaction when he first heard on the piano the beginning of Sacre du Printemps (consisting of 59 violent, dissonant chord repetitions) of Stravinsky's new ballet. Yet when that same Ballet caused a riot in the Theater on the premiere, Diaghilev was "delighted". Which of the following is true?

All answers are correct

The Heldentenor is which of the following:

All answers are correct

Verdi is attracted to dramatic situations in which the characters are:

All answers are correct

Which is not part of the recipe for an extended Rossini crescendo?

All answers are correct

Which of the following is true of the court battle between Clara and her Father?

All answers are correct

Which of these were factors that contributed to the riot at the Premiere of the Rite of Spring?

All answers are correct

The most important form of music in the Lutheran church was the:

Chorale

In Variation 5, which of the following is NOT true?

All of these or It has a dynamic of fff (fortississimo = Very, very loud)

Which of the following statements is TRUE of Fanny Mendelssohn (Hensel)?

All statements are true

Aaron Copland's goal was to write music in a true ___________ style.

American

A jongleur was:

An entertainer who juggled as well as sang

Which best describes the early nineteenth-century concept of the artist as exemplified by Beethoven?

An inspired soul who suffered to deliver art to humanity

Which comes closest to describing the tempo of the second movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor?

Andante

The best-known composer of the early eighteenth century during his lifetime was:

Antonio Vivaldi

The following composer served as a teacher, composer, conductor, and superintendent of musical instruments at the Pio Ospedale della Pietà from 1703 to 1740:

Antonio Vivaldi

The majority of Vivaldi's concertos follow a three-movement plan introduced by:

Arcangelo Corelli

Schubert is considered the father of the Lied, which is the German term for what is known in English as:

Art song

The figured bass of the Basso continuo led to the consideration and application of sounds:,

As intervals above the bass

The following wind instrument was used in the worship of Dionysus, god of fertility and wine:

Aulos

The most popular ancient Greek wind instrument (also used in the feast of Dionysius) was the

Aulos

"Appalachian Spring" was the music for a:

Ballet

The name of the town in which Wagner constructed a theatre for his music dramas.

Bayreuth

Where was Wagner's Ring Cycle first performed in its entirety?

Bayreuth

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Berlioz's reputation outside France was even lower than it was in his homeland

Which of these was a troubadour?

Bernard de Ventadorn

Primitivism was:

Both are true

Please select the MOST appropriate answer according to whether the characteristic best describes Handel's operas, oratorios, or both. In Handel's day, it was usually performed in a theater instead of a church:

Both operas and oratorios

According to Aristotle, music imitated ethos through the choice of:

Both scale type and rhythm

The Doctrine of Ethos is the theory that music

Can influence a person's morality

Which of the following is not a part of the Ordinary?

Cantata

Trouvere and troubadour songs are preserved in manuscript anthologies known as:

Chansonniers

According to most sources, Beethoven's personal life was:

Chaotic and lonely

Which solo instrument plays the Simple Gifts tune at the beginning of Section 7 from Appalachian Spring?

Clarinet

Beethoven wrote music in both the ________ style and the ________ style.

Classical; Romantic

What was Stravinsky's profession?

Composer

Hildegard of Bingen is known for

Composing both the words and music for chants and a liturgical drama

Outside France, Berlioz enjoyed a great career as a(n):

Conductor

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's masterpiece is________.

Das Jahr

From what condition did Beethoven suffer?

Deafness

Aside from being a composer, Hildegard von Bingen was also a:

Doctor, mystic, poet

The central impulse of Baroque music, art and architecture is:

Dramatization

The fifth movement of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony depicts a:

Dream of a Witches Sabbath

The meter of the fourth movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor is:

Duple

The troubadours date back to the ________ centuries.

Eleventh through thirteenth

An undifferentiated stream of singing and declamation, as expressed in the vocal melodies of Wagner.

Endless melody

To what aristocracy did Handel introduce Italian opera?

English

A ______________, among other things, "shows artistry", "shows beauty", has "spiritual value", and "has universality in its appeal to a great number of people".

Masterpiece

According to the lecture, the Greeks believed that music could have a strong effect on:

Mind, Body, and Spirit

The scherzo, a fast, triple-meter movement, evolved from the:

Minute

Beginning in the fifteenth century, the following term referred to a polyphonic musical setting of a Latin text other than a mass cycle:

Motet

The name that Wagner gave to the new, more holistic, fully integrated type of opera he created.

Music drama

The term Baroque is now applied to

Music from 1600-1750

In order to support his family, Berlioz turned to:

Musical journalism and working in a library

What political figure inspired Beethoven in composing the Eroica Symphony?

Napoleon Bonaparte

Wagner modeled the poetry for his libretto on the style of the following medieval poem:

Nibelungenlied

The earliest surviving books of notated chant date from the late

Ninth Century

At what religious institution did Organum fully develop?

Notre Dame Cathedral

The shawm was similar to what modern day instrument

Oboe

Which instrument(s) plays the Simple Gifts tune in Variation 1 from Appalachian Spring?

Oboe and bassoon

In the sixteenth century madrigal, the standard number of singers for each part of the piece (score) is:

One

The instruments of the continuo group usually consist of

One bass instrument such as a viola da gamba, or cello plus a harpsichord or lute

Which of the following is not one of Vivaldi's important contributions to the concerto genre?

Only writing for one solo instrument for the concertino

Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form except the

Opera

In their use of aria, duet, and recitative, Bach's cantatas closely resembled the ____________ of the time.

Operas

The statement: "Three acts preceded by an overture" is the over-arching form that best describes which of Handel's forms?

Operas and Oratorios

The chorus played a bigger role in which Handelian form

Oratorio

Please indicate which of the following performing forces would usually perform the symphony:

Orchestra

Which performing ensemble plays Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?

Orchestra

As one of the first great ____________, Berlioz influenced a whole generation of musicians.

Orchestral conductors

Which of the following is NOT true of the Organum Alleluia Diffusa Est in this youtube?

Organum triplum, there are 3 solo parts above the held part (also called "tenore")

Name the musical device which happens between :56-and 1:10 in the following YOUTUBE of Purcell's most famous piece "When I am laid in Earth."

Ostinato bass-also known as ground bass

Congregational singing of chorales was an important way for people to:

Participate directly in the service

The painter _________, also embodied primitivism in his paintings?

Pechstein

Martin Luther proposed that music should be:

Performed by all participants, including the congregation

In the mid-nineteenth century, the following instrument became the center of music making in the home:

Piano

Which instrument was Beethoven performing instrument?

Piano

Please indicate which of the following performing forces would usually perform the sonata:

Piano alone; or solo instrument with piano

The piano parts of Schubert's Lieder are notable for their:

Pictorial and dramatic roles

In Palestrina's Agnus Dei in the Youtube at marker at 1:14 which words are being sung:

Qui tollis

In sonata-allegro form, the coda (if one is present) comes after the:

Recapitulation

At the end of a classical exposition there usually is a:

Repeat sign

The following composer believed that poetry, scenic design, staging, action, and music work together to form what he referred to as a Gesamtkunstwerk:

Richard Wagner

Which opera did Handel write?

Rinaldo

The following composer wrote over 120 songs in 1840, which he/she referred to as his/her "year of song":

Robert Schumann

Texts for early madrigals sometimes used the metaphor of "death" to allude to:

Sexual matters

Which is NOT true of Clara Schumann's personal life?

She corrected Robert's compositions whenever they collaborated

Which of the following is NOT true about Fanny Mendelssohn musical career?

She was able to publish most of her music and performed regularly in public to rave reviews from the critics

Which of the following is true about Clara Schumann's training and career?

She was compared favorably to some very famous pianists of her time, such as Franz Liszt.

Please indicate which of the following performing forces would usually perform the concerto:

Soloist and orchestra

The form of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in E can be thought of as a transformation of ________ form.

Sonata Allegro

In a large part of Verdi operas the ingénue love pair are assigned to specific voice ranges (.i.e. soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) Which voice parts are usually assigned for the love pair?

Soprano and Tenor

Of the following, which is NOT a characteristic of Verdi's late operas?

Spoken dialogue for the most intense scenes

With which genre is Beethoven most closely associated?

Symphony

Verdi was used to bossing his librettists around.

TRUE

Which of the following statements is not true about the "Tenore di Grazia"?

Tenore di grazia sings heroic tenor parts such as Wagner's Siegfried or Verdi's Otello

Which is NOT true about Handel's Coronation Anthem "Zadok the Priest"

The "Amens" and "Alleluias" do NOT begin at 3:08

Which is true about the panpipe?

The God Pan created it to assuage his sadness over losing Sirinx

The plots for Handel's Oratorios (which often exhibit a moral teaching) are usually taken from:

The Old Testament

The Schuola Cantorum was

The choir that sang for observances officiated by the pope

Which is not true about Rossini's coloratura Mezzo-Soprano?

The coloratura Mezzo-Soprano must have the ability to fill a large hall with a stentorian sound and sustained high notes

A feeling of harmonic tension and forward motion is created in the exposition of a sonata form movement by

The conflict of tonalities between the first and second themes.

"In paradisum" is part of the liturgy for:

The dead

The following made the English public consider Handel as a native son: Which is not true:

The fact that he wrote opera in Italian and the English grew tired of not understanding what was going on.

The increase of amateur music making for pleasure or social entertainment during the 15th and 16th centuries is as a direct result of:

The introduction of music printing causing wider dissemination of written music

A lengthy ceremony that might happen more than once a day in cathedrals and monasteries is known as:

The mass

Below is the Youtube of Corelli's Concerto Grosso The Concerto in D Major Op. 6 No. 4,

The music changes into minor at marker 8:48

In Wagner's operas, the introduction of a leitmotiv is most commonly sounded first by:

The orchestra

What does the piano introduction of "Erlkönig" bring to mind?

The pounding and galloping of a horses' hooves

In paradisum" is sung by:

The priest and the entire religious community

Of the following, what does not characterize Vivaldi's typical ritornello form?

The ritornello always recurs in its complete form

In Baroque music affections can be defined as:

Theory of musical aesthetics, widely accepted in the late Baroque that embraced the proposition that music is capable of arousing a variety of specific emotions within the listener.

Catholic compositions of the sixteenth century differed from earlier compositions for the church in that

There were 5 or 6 voices, instead of 4

Martin Luther proposed that music should be:

There were 5 or 6 voices, instead of 4

Which is true of Beethoven's style periods?

They progress from Classical to heroic to introspective.

In Bach's day, the Lutheran church service lasted about ____________ hour(s).

Three

Music scholars divide Beethoven's music into ________ distinct style periods:

Three

How many different characters do you hear in "Erlkönig"?

Three plus the narrator

When a composer writes new music for each stanza of a poem, the form is known as:

Through composed

Berlioz was extraordinarily imaginative in treating the orchestra, creating ____________ never before heard.

Tone colors

Love was a main topic of secular song among all but the

Trabadors, Trouveres, minnesinger, goliards

Which of these is not a musical instrument found in ancient Greece?

Trombone

According to the composer/conductor Pierre Boulez, 'Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun?' often referred to as the first composition of the "modern" era, 'awakened modern music.'

True

Debussy resented being called an 'impressionist' but he preferred being called a 'modernist' or a symbolist'.

True

Dionysus was the Greek god of wine.

True

Even though "Water Music" suites contain many movements that are designated dance' there was no expectation that the royal family would dance on the barge as it cruised up and down the Thames.

True

Handel composed more and more oratorios at the same time as the demand for his operas (and his profits from them) decreased.

True

Hildegard used an idiosyncratic system of modes, which was unique to her, in that it did not adhere to the usual modes used in the Middle Ages.

True

Le Sacre du Printemps (Rite of Spring) was originally titled "The Victim" and portrayed a pagan celebration in which a virgin sacrifices herself to the god of spring.

True

Originally Hildegard and her nuns co-existed with monks in the same monastery, but eventually received their own convent.

True

Plainchant is monophonic (one musical line, sung in unison)

True

Stravinsky rather quickly left the audience of the premiere of the Rite of Spring in fear, because of the negative response

True

The Cavatina and Cabaletta almost always occur in pairs in arias of 19th century operas.

True

The Rite of Spring depicts various primitive rituals celebrating the advent of spring, after which a young virgin girl is chosen as a sacrificial victim and dances herself to death to appease the God of Spring.

True

The creation of polyphony allowed Western Music to flourish and become what it is today.

True

Unity is achieved in the classical symphony partly by the use of the same key in three of its four movements.

True

Variation 4 starts in the same key as Variation 3 ended.

True

Verdi wrote operas based on Shakespeare's plays

True

Vivaldi introduced a new instrument called the chalumeau in his music.

True

Hildegard of Bingen composed in the ________ century.

Twelfth century

At the beginning of Variation 2 the 'Simple gifts' tune is played:

Twice as slow

Between 1:36-2:00: Then 3:02-3:20 in the Youtube below of Monteverdi's "Possente Spirto" which of the following is true?

Two Ritornellos are played—first violins, then brass-like instruments called "zinks"

Please indicate which of the following performing forces would usually perform the string quartet:

Two violins, viola, and cello

Baroque composers believed that music should be:

Used as a means of expressing and arousing emotions in the listener

In which city did Vivaldi spend most of his career?

Venice

Which city had conservatories that became centers of music training-especially for female singers and musicians?

Venice

In which city did Vivaldi die as a pauper?

Vienna

The following instrument was not commonly used as a continuo instrument:

Violin

What instrument did Vivaldi feature as a soloist in most of his concertos?

Violin

The second movement of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony is a ______________, the most popular dance of the romantic era.

Waltz

A typical baroque operatic form was the da capo aria in ABA form in which the singer:

Was expected to embellish the returning melody with ornamental tones.

Secular song (of the Minnesingers, Meistersingers) in Germany

Was influenced by the music of the troubadours but was written in german

A two-part collection of preludes and fugues, one in each major and minor key, basic to the repertoire of keyboard players today, is Bach's

Well-tempered clavier

A two-part collection of preludes and fugues, one in each major and minor key, basic to the repertoire of keyboard players today, is Bach's:

Well-tempered clavier

Which of the following statements is not true?

When chorale melodies were harmonized for church choirs, the tune was assigned to the tenors and never the boy sopranos

Two artists whose works had a great impact on the young Berlioz were:

William Shakespeare and Ludwig van Beethoven

The theme played at the beginning of Section 7 of Appalachian Spring is the tune Simple Gifts. This tune consists of four phrases. What best describes the form of the tune?

abxb

In the lecture, a poem written when someone dies is called _________

an epitaph

Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions by using:

an insistent, rhythmic drive

The following best outlines the three-movement plan employed by Vivaldi:

an opening fast movement, a slow movement in the same or related key, and a final fast movement in the tonic

In the YOUTUBE of "Weelkes "As Vesta was from Latmos hill At marker :18 which of the words is painted by the text?—(the music directly reflecting the meaning of the word:

ascending

Which of the following is NOT a category of chant?

chromatic

All of the following are characteristics of Beethoven's symphonic compositional style except

disregard and ignorance of classical forms

Which musical characteristic of Beethoven's symphonies seems far from the Classical style of Mozart and Haydn?

rhythmic drive`

The form of the first movement Vivaldi's 'Spring' Concerto is:

ritornello form

Vivaldi codified the following form, providing a compositional model for later concerto composers:

ritornello form

For Richard Wagner, the function of music was to:

serve dramatic expression

The poetry associated with Vivaldi's Spring, describes:

singing birds, murmuring streams, and a sudden thunderstorm

According to the lecture, the Greeks believed music could have a beneficial effect on both mind and body. . thus it could create an ethical person.

true

Approximately 40 fragments of Greek music still exist today.

true

The Cabaletta is the second, faster movement of the 19th century Italian double aria, most often made up of a stanza sung twice, the second time with ornamentation, and ending with a rousing coda.

true