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What happens in Theme B that is different from Theme A?
. Theme B begins by moving upward (instead of downward like Theme A) and is played loudly by brass and woodwinds.
What is the instrumentation of Hensel's work?
1 piano
How many uniquely different sections of music are in this scene?
2
In the Lovely Month of May is a German song (or Lied) from a song cycle, a group of individual songs that are published together and are unified musically or through the subject matter of their texts.
2
Which best describes the combination of voices featured in this quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto?
2 &2
purple yellow green
4 2 1 3
What best describes the next section of music?
4 singers each singin their own
Which best describes the form of this dance? 1:15
A-B-A
If we assign the letter A to the first melody after the Introduction, the letter B to the new music from the second section, and letters C, D, and so on to any new melodies, what best describes the form of this work so far?
A-B-A-B-A
What is the form of Morning Mood?
A-B-A`
Which best describes this new section of music? 0:22
ALTERNTION BETWEEN A SINGLE MELODY
When Theme A is played again, what other instrument joins in with a countermelody (a different melody)? 0:10
BASOON
Which best describes the relationship between the right- and left-hand parts in this excerpt from Gottchalk's The Banjo?
BOTH PLAY THE SAME PITCHES IN OCTAVE
What is the genre of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's work September: At The River?
CHARACTER PIECE
In the next excerpt, you hear a passage played loudly by brass, then a theme played softly by a solo instrument. What is the solo instrument?
CLARINET
What instruments play Theme A when you hear it a third time? 0:11
HIGH STRINGS
Which best describes the texture of In the Hall of the Mountain King?
HOMOPHONIC
Which best describes the texture of this excerpt? 0:13
HOMOPHONIC
Which best describes the texture of "Morning Mood"?
HOMOPHONY
Which best describes the texture of most of this work?
HOMOPHONY
Which best describes the form of The Banjo? 0:
INTRODUCTION, TWO SECTIONS (A &B)
Which of the following statements correctly describe the concluding section (the coda) of The Banjo?
It elaborates on a theme that we first heard in the introduction. The pace of the music gets faster.
Which of the following statements correctly describe the second main section (the B section) of The Banjo, heard in this excerpt?
It features a high-range melodic idea with fast rhythms. The melodic idea is syncopated and disjunct
Which of the following statements correctly describe the A section of The Banjo by Gottschalk?
It has a simple rocking motion in the bass range. It has a highly rhythmic musical idea in the bass range.
Which of the following statements correctly describes the opening of "Un bel dì" from Madame Butterfly?
It has a slow, soaring vocal melody also played by solo violin. It is mostly quiet.
Which of the following statements correctly describe Schumann's In the Lovely Month of May?
It is from a song cycle. It is strophic. The poem is by Heinrich Heine.
Which of the following statements correctly describe this excerpt of "Un bel dì" from Madame Butterfly? 0:31
It is mostly quiet. It has a speechlike vocal melody accompanied by woodwinds.
What do you hear in this excerpt, the beginning of the second section of Libera me? 0:37
SATB chorus accompanied by strings and organ
How does the second section of "Morning Mood" contrasts with the beginning section?
STRINGS PLAY NEW MELODIC TUNES
Which theme do you hear in this excerpt? 0:06
THEME A
What best describes the next passage of music? 0:23
THEME B
Which best describes the meter of this work?
TRIPLE METER
Hensel's September: At the River features the use of crescendo and decrescendo.
TRUE
In the excerpt from In the Hall of the Mountain King heard here, the percussion instruments accentuate the offbeats.
TRUE
Which of the following statements correctly describe the third movement of Brahms's Symphony No. 3?
The A section has two different themes. It is from a piece of absolute music. The tempo is poco allegretto.
How does Grieg depict the troll daughters moving from marching to chasing after Peer?
The instruments accelerando. The instruments crescendo.
Which of the following statements correctly describe Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King?
The music crescendos. The music accelerandos. The march features offbeat accents
At the end of the first stanza, the vocalist sings of his love rising up. Which best describes the shape of the singer's melody (the contour) at the end of the stanza?
The technique of using musical sound (in this case, rising pitches) to convey the text (love rising up) is called word-painting.
Which of the following statements correctly describe Chopin's Mazurka?
The work calls for the use of rubato. The work is based on a folk dance from Mazovia. Even though the harmony shifts, the key of the work is B-flat minor.
Which of the following statements correctly describe Hensel's September: At the River?
The work calls for the use of rubato. The work is in ternary form. The work is programmatic.
Which best describes the structure of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot as sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers? 4:25
a chorus followed by
What best describes the relationship between the voices in the opening section of Morning Mood?
a few instruments play a melody and the others provide accompaniment
Which best describes the music near the end of the piece, heard in this excerpt? 0:25
a new statement of the opening
Which best describes the music heard in this excerpt? 0:17
a new statement of the opening flute
Which best describes the music in this excerpt? 0:21
a new, animated melody
Which best describes the music in this excerpt? 1:14
a new, lyrical melody
Which best describes the next section of music, heard in this excerpt? 0:23
a section
What best describes the pace (tempo) of "Bella figlia" in this passage of the quartet? 1:04
a slow tempo
What instrumentation do you hear in this work?
a solo piano
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair begins and ends with a passage played by solo piano. The tenor sings in the middle, between these passages. Which best describes the form of the music sung by the tenor?
a-a-b-a
At the end of the aria, Cio-Cio-San promises that she will continue to wait for her husband and that she has faith in his return. Which best describes the dynamics of the music in this excerpt?
becoming loud, becoming louder, and then getting quieter
In the next passage of "Un bel dì," Cio-Cio-San imagines the ship getting closer and entering the harbor. Which best describes the volume in this excerpt?
beginning quiet and becoming louder
Which best describes the pace of the music in this excerpt from "Un bel dì," an aria from Madame Butterfly? 0:30
begins with a steady pace and then slows down abruptly
Which instrument plays the primary melody in the first section (A) of this dance?
celesta
Which instruments are heard in the music of the second section (B)?
celesta strings woodwinds
What instruments play the opening melody in the third movement of Brahms's Symphony No. 3?
cellos
What are the distinguishing features of the "magic sleep" leitmotif from the closing of Act III from Die Walküre?
descending winding line that gets quiter
What is the meter of the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?
duple
Which best describes the meter in this excerpt from the closing of Act III from Die Walküre?
duple
Which best describes the meter of this excerpt from Maple Leaf Rag? 0:26
duple meter
Which of the following musical elements change with the changing emotions of Cio-Cio-San as she sings "Un bel dì" from Madame Butterfly?
dynamics tempo melodic style (soaring melody or speechlike melody)
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is in a very lively (vivace) tempo.
false
Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is through-composed.
false
The following excerpt from Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" has a strong sense of pulse.
false
The singer in the finale of Act III of Die Walküre is a tenor.
false
Which of the following correctly describe the second main section (the B section) of The Banjo?
fast rhythms disjunct motion syncopated rhythms
Which best describes the pace of the music in this section?
fluctuating
Which two instruments are prominently featured at the beginning of Morning Mood?
flut and oboe
Which of the following instruments can be heard in the following excerpt? 0:21
flute harp clarinet
Which best describes the form of Maple Leaf Rag? 3:25
four repeated strains
Which instruments and voice type do you hear in "Un bel dì," an aria from Madame Butterfly? 4:38
full orchestra soprano
What are the distinguishing features of the "magic fire" leitmotif from the closing of Act III from Die Walküre?
full orchestra with harp & piccolo
Which instrument plays accompaniment in this excerpt from Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"? 0:23
harp
What do you hear in this excerpt of "Un bel dì," an aria from Madame Butterfly?
high woman's voice (soprano) and accompanied by orchestra
Which best describes the texture of "Un bel dì"from Madame Butterfly?
homophonic texture with some doubling of the vocal melody
Which of the following correctly describe this excerpt from the Libera me from Fauré's Requiem?
homophonic texture, melody with accompaniment a solo low male voice (baritone) accompanied by a small ensemble (in this excerpt only strings and organ)
Which instrument is playing the melody in this excerpt? 0:13
horn
How is the melody in the second section different from the melody in the first section?
it has a different shape
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? 0:24
it is a repeat of strand 1
In Maple Leaf Rag, what distinguishes strain 3, the trio, from the other strains? 0:22
it is in different key
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? 0:25
it is new music
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? 0:26
it is new music
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? 0:23
it is return of strain 4
Which best describes the music from the beginning of the third section, heard in this excerpt? 1:07
it sounds like the baritone
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? 0:25
its a repeat of strain2
How is the second section of this movement different from the first section?
its in major key and features woodwinds
What best describes the music at the beginning of the third section of this movement?
its like the opening section
Which best describes this excerpt? 0:21
its new music
Which best describes the music from the beginning of the second section, heard in this excerpt? 0:37
ive never heard this music before
What best describes how the melody is played in this excerpt?
loudly by strings
0:24
lyricsnew material Correct label: new material melodysame as the second section Correct label: same as the second section
Which best describes the harmony in strain 1 of Maple Leaf Rag?
major key
Which best describes the key heard in this excerpt?
major key
After this short introduction, you hear the first main section of music. Which best describes the relationship between the melody and accompaniment (the texture) in this first main section of music?
melody with accompanient
How many notes per text syllable does the tenor sing?
mostly one note per text syllable
In the next excerpt, Cio-Cio-San doesn't imagine herself rushing off to meet the ship that has arrived at the harbor; instead, she imagines herself remaining on the hill and waiting as a man walks closer. In this excerpt, which best describes the volume?
mostly quiet
Which best describes the dynamics in this excerpt, as Cio-Cio-San imagines seeing a ship off in the distance?
mostly quiet
What do you hear in this next part? 0:22
music from the first section
After the piano prelude, the voice enters for the first time. Which best describes the music that the voice sings?
new music
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? 0:22
new music
Which best describes the relationship between the voices in the first A section, heard in this excerpt? section a
one melody w/accompanient
Which best describes the relationship between the voices in the first strain of Maple Leaf Rag?
one melody with accomp
Which best describes the relationship between the voices (the texture) at the beginning of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, heard in this excerpt?
one melody with accompaniment
Which best describes the relationship between the voices in this excerpt? 0:23
one voice sings the melody while the
Which performing ensemble plays Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?
orchestra
What are the distinguishing features of the "Siegfried" leitmotif from the closing of Act III from Die Walküre?
performed by solo low male voice and brass
Which best describes the performance of this Lied? lovely month of may
piano and one voice
Which instruments play at the beginning of the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?
plucked strings
Which best describes the texture of this excerpt?
polyphonic
Which best describes the next part of Maple Leaf Rag? 0:22
repeat of strain3
What best describes the music from the next passage of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair?
similar to the A music
Which best describes the texture of this excerpt?
single melody line w/accompanient
In this excerpt, Cio-Cio-San, the character singing, imagines seeing a ship off in the distance. Which best describes the pace of the music in this excerpt?
slow pace
Which best describes the music in this excerpt?
slow tempo freely moving piano part
Which best describes the music at the opening of "Un bel dì," an aria from Madame Butterfly?
soaring vocal melody also played by solo violin
What instrument plays the opening of Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun", heard in this excerpt? 0:16
solo flute
Which best describes the music in this excerpt from the beginning of Libera me from Fauré's Requiem? 1:08
solo low male voice (baritone) accompanied by a small ensemble (in this excerpt only strings and organ).
Which best describes the music in this excerpt from Act III of Wagner's Die Walküre?
solo low male voice with orchestra
Which best describes the music in this excerpt of Maple Leaf Rag? 0:23
solo piano
Which best describes the second section of the Quartet in Verdi's Rigoletto? 1:04
solo renor ( the duke) w/simple orchestral
Which best describes the next section of music?
solo tenor using a soaring melody
Which best describes the music in the second half of this excerpt of "Un bel dì," when Cio-Cio-San waits in anticipation?
speechlike vocal melody accompanied by woodwinds
What word best describes how the woodwinds are played in this excerpt? 0:15
stoccato
Strain 3 sounds different from strains 1 and 2. Which best describes the difference between strain 3 and the other strains in Maple Leaf Rag? 0:22
strain 3 changes to
Strain 4 sounds different from strain 3. Which best describes the difference between strain 4 and strain 3 in Maple Leaf Rag? 0:25
strain 4 chnages
The second section of Morning Mood contrasts with the beginning section. In the second section, what group of instruments is prominently featured?
strings
b section
strings woodwinds celesta
What type of ensemble plays in the third movement of Brahms's Symphony No. 3?
strings, woodwinds, brass
What is the form of this Lied?
strophic form
What best describes the second section (B)?
sudden dramatric changes
Which best describes the music that opens this scene from Wagner's Die Walküre?
swirling strings and woodwinds
When the opening tune repeats and is played by full orchestra, which percussion instrument plays a prominent role?
tambourine
Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in Hensel's September: At the River.
temporubato keyminor dynamicscrescendo and decrescendo genrecharacter piecE
Which best describes the performers of this song?
tenor and accompanied by piano.
What term best applies to this excerpt? 0:34
text expression
What is unusual about the closing of this song?
the final harmoy does not sound resolved
Which best describes the activity of the pianist's hands in strain 1 of Maple Leaf Rag? 0:23
the left hand
Which best describes the third section of music in "La donna è mobile"?
the opening orchestral ritornello
Which best describes the relationship between the voice and orchestra in this excerpt?
the orchestra plays the melody along with the voice
How would you characterize this music?
the piano part from the beginning of the song
What best describes the musical ending of the song, heard in the following passage?
the piano part from the beginning of the song
Which best describes the music in the second stanza, excerpted here?
the vocal pat repeated
This excerpt is the next part of the second section of Libera me. The text translates as "Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them." Which aspects of the music express the peace and tranquility of this text?
the volume becomes softr
Which best describes the volume at the end of this example (the end of A)?
the volume gets louder
In this excerpt, the trumpets and French horns both play the "Ride" leitmotif:
true
The third movement of Brahms's Symphony No. 3 is scored for strings, woodwinds, and brass, without percussion.
true
This excerpt is the next part of the second section of Libera me. The text translates as "That day, that day of wrath, calamity, and misery, that terrible day and very bitter day." What aspects of the music express the fear and terror of this text?
very loud volume and the use of brass instruments and timpani
Which best describes the shape (or contour) of the melody?
wavelike
Which term best describes the relationship between the text and the music in this excerpt?
word-paintint
The dynamics decrescendo at the end of this example.
FALSE
Which musical feature(s) of Hensel's September: At the River convey(s) the movement of a flowing river?
FAST-MOVING NOTES
you hear Theme A, a melody played in the low strings. Which of the following best describes Theme A?
DESCENDING
Which best describes the music in the first section of In the Hall of the Mountain King?
DUPLE METER & MINOR KEY
Which of the following statements correctly describe Grieg's Morning Mood?
Dynamics help the music grow to a climax. The music was originally composed to accompany a play. The work is for full orchestra.
What is the genre of this work by Chopin?
MAZURKA
Which best describes the texture of the introduction of The Banjo? 0:06
MONOPHONIC
Which of the following statements correctly describe this excerpt of "Un bel dì" from Madame Butterfly?
Many instruments of the orchestra play the melody along with the voice. The music begins quietly and becomes louder.
What does the next section presents? 0:50
NEW MUSC (D)
What do you hear in the next section?
NEW MUSIC
After the idée fixe is played by a solo instrument, the guillotine blade drops on the lovesick artist and his head falls below. How does Berlioz use music to describe the action?
ONE LOUD CHORD FOLLOWED BY NOTES IN LOW STRING
Listen to the following music excerpts and drag them to the correct location on the music chart, below.
ORANGE GREEN BLUE PURPLE
What instrumental group performs this excerpt from Symphonie fantastique?
ORCHESTRA
Which words correctly describe how the low strings are played in this excerpt?
PIZZICATO PIANO
