Music Lit and Appreciation Final Exam Review

The dates for the Medieval period are generally considered to be:

1150 - 1450 AD

Which time period is generally considered the Renaissance period?

1450 - 1600

The dates given in the course for the Baroque Period place it between:

1600-1750

The dates given in this course for the Classical period are:

1750 - 1825

A Baroque sonata is...

A piece for solo instrument or a small group of instruments

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

Binary form

Notes that don't belong to the traditional scale are known as ______________ alterations.

Chromatic

Although the violin is mostly a single melody instrument, violinists can also play chords using an instrumental technique known as:

Double stops

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

False

Audiences immediately embraced the dodecaphonic work of Arnold Schoenberg.

False

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

False

During the Classical period, opera buffa (comic opera) plots were based on myths and historical figures.

False

From the Classical period onwards, sonata-allegro form was replaced by other forms as the basis for most instrumental music. Select one:

False

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

False

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

False

Which of the following composers, upon arriving in Paris in 1831, quickly became closely associated with the most prominent intellectuals, artists, musicians, political activists, and financiers of his day, thus launching his career?

Frédéric Chopin

Which one of these composers was considered a national hero in his homeland?

Jean Sibelius

Which one of these composers wrote music for prepared piano?

John Cage

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

Monophony

Which of the following is not an overture by Beethoven:

Pastoral

A melody consists of a succession of:

Pitches

Which of the following was NOT a popular form during the Renaissance period?

Plainsong

Which of the following statements best describes musical form in the Romantic period?

Romantic composers worked with traditional forms but expanded them in innovative ways to meet their expressive needs.

Many composers in the contemporary period sought alternatives to tonality, or key-centered music. Which of the following is one such alternative?

Serialism

Which of the following is a salient characteristic of secular music from the Medieval period?

Strong, dance-like rhythms performed by a combination of instruments and voices

If the printed program at a concert indicated that the first movement of a symphony was titled Allegro and the second Andante, you would expect:

The first movement to be fast, the second slower

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

The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines

A characteristic that suggests it music from a medieval Mass is:

The smooth melodic lines and unstressed rhythm

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

True

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

True

From the Classical period onward, sonata-allegro form became the basis for most instrumental music.

True

Musical texture refers to how melody and harmony relate to each other.

True

Syncopation is often used in jazz settings. Select one:

True

The term harmony refers to the horizontal aspect of music.

True

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

Unity and variety

What unique feature of this example suggests that it was written in the Contemporary period?

Use of a traditional instrument in a completely new way

Which of the following composers envisioned operas as "musical dramas"—a combination of all the arts?

Wagner

According to the text, in rondo form, the repeating themes are separated by:

contrasting episodes

In general, operatic arias of the Romantic period, for example those by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), provide good examples of homophonic music.

True

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

False

The smallest harmonic unit is made up of three pitches called a chord.

False

This instrument, which was very popular during the Renaissance, is called a

Lute

The two most important French composers of organum and discant during the Medieval period were:

Léonin and Pérotin

Which statement is correct?

Melodic motion and melodic repetition are both effective ways of creating tension and relaxation.

The characteristics of a melody may be best described in terms of:

Shape, direction, and range

According to the text, the Renaissance period was known as:

The Golden Age of Choral Music

Farinelli was a famous:

castrato

The composer pictured above, an international artist of Hungarian heritage, decided to become a technical wizard at the keyboard after hearing Paganini playing the violin. What is his name?

Liszt

In broad terms, music and the other arts of the Romantic period...

Gave full expression to a wide range of feelings, dreams, and the heroic human potential.

Which one of the following composers' style is most closely associated with that of the commercial music world known as Tin Pan Alley?

George Gershwin

Which of the following was regarded as a leading composer of the Ars Nova style?

Guillaume de Machaut

Which of the following is a false statement?

Tempo and rhythm are interchangeable terms.