Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3, Quiz 5
From which of these physical problems did Beethoven suffer? a) Deafness b) Blindness c) Gout d) Baldness
A
Monteverdi's music features increased use of what for expressive purposes? a) Dissonance b) String Quartet c) African rhythms d) Piano and drums
A
Mozart studied seriously the music of which composer? a) J.S. Bach b) Igor Stravinsky c) Monteverdi d) Franz Joseph Haydn
A
Provide the answer that best fills in the blank: "In the Renaissance, music was an earthly element designed to be _______." a) Enjoyed b) Ignored c) Disdained d) Hated
A
The idea that music makes you smarter is often referred to as what? a) The Mozart Effect b) Intrinsic Reward c) The Beethoven Effect d) The Bach Effect
A
The short-lived musical style between Baroque and Classical is referred to as what? a) Galant b) Romantic c) Rococo d) Baroque
A
To whom did the Renaissance Humanists look for inspiration? a) The Greek and Romans b) The Arab world c) The Orient d) The Vikings
A
What did composers of the 1730s think was too stiff and scholarly? a) Counterpoint b) Art c) Basso Continuo d) Dissonance
A
What does the word "Baroque" suggest? a) Grotesque and misshapen b) Beautiful c) Smooth d) Gentle
A
Which 18th century figure provided the definition of the Sublime ? a) Burke b) Mozart c) Haydn d) Beethoven
A
Which instrument played a prominent role in performing the basso continuo in the Baroque? a) Harpsichord b) Piano c) Drums d) Violin
A
Which of the following is NOT an important Musical treatise from the 18th century? a) The Poetics of Music by Igor Stravinsky b) The Art of Playing the Keyboard by F.W. Marpurg c)An Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments by C.P.E Bach d)A Treatise on the Fundamental Aspects of Playing the Violin by L. Mozart
A
Which of the following is NOT an important element of Baroque style? a) Simple and calm rhythms b) Vertical harmonies of chords c) Longer compositions d) Melodic activity in the upper parts
A
Which of the following is NOT an important element of the Galant style? a) Long themes and phrases b) 2-3 parts of melody and accompaniment c) Dance suites d) Sentimentality and emotion
A
Which of the following is NOT considered important in Renaissance aesthetics? a) Art is worthless b) Art is expressive c) Art is creativity d) Art is diverse
A
Which of these composers best exemplifies the Sturm und Drang? a) Franz Joseph Haydn b) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe c) Monteverdi d) Johann Stamitz
A
Who best exemplifies the empfindsamer stil? a) C.P.E Bach b) W.A Mozart c) Johann Stamitz d) Franz Joseph Haydn
A
Whose late music was important for the Romantics? a) Beethoven b) Bach c) Mozart d) Hadyn
A
If you were listening to a piece of music from 1770, which of the following characteristics might you expect to hear? A. Simple homophonic textures B. Complex chromaticism C. Major and minor scales D. Complex counterpoint
A and C but not B or D
After 1600, complex counterpoint was often condensed into a harmonic background known as what? Question options: a) Basso continuo b) String quartet c) Theorbo d) The Sublime
A) Bass continuo
Which of the following people were NOT Renaissance Humanists? Question options: a) Einstein b) Kepler c) Galileo d) Newton
A) Einstein
Provide the answer that best fills in the blank: By the 1730s, people felt that Bach's music was too _____. Question options: a) Complex b) Easy c) Beautiful d) Romantic
A) complex
One of the characteristics of music after 1850 is what? a) The breakdown of tonality b) Basso continuo c) Simple melodies d) Simple harmony
A, the breakdown of tonality
Check all the following that apply to Franz Liszt: a) Part of the "New German School." b) He was an influential performer, composer, and teacher. c) His flamboyant character made him seem like a rock star. d) He succumbed to mental illness at the end of his life.
A,B,C NOT D
If you were listening to a piece of music from the early 20th century, which of the following characteristics might you expect to hear? A. Atonality B. Intense chromaticism C. Complex rhythms D. Classical forms
A,B,C, AND D
If you were listening to a piece of music from the mid 19th century, which of the following characteristics might you expect to hear? A. Large-scale structures B. Moderate chromaticism C. Basso continuo D. Fugues
A,B,D, but NOT C
Which of the following skills were most highly prized in Baroque musicians? A. Technical virtuosity B. The ability to conduct a large orchestra C. Emotional delivery D. The ability to improvise
A,C,D, but NOT B
Provide the answer that best fills in the blank: "Music is the most complete, complex, and fully articulated means by which humans ______ with one another.
A. Communicate
The following music is a keyboard sonata by W.A. Mozart. Which of the following statements best describes this music? a)The music is passionate and romantic, pointing the way towards Beethoven. b)The music is eccentric and unpredictable, providing an excellent example of empfindsamer stil. c)The music has complex imitative counterpoint, demonstrating Mozart's debt to J.S. Bach d)This music has clean, elegant proportions, regular cadences, conservative tonal harmonies, and is an excellent example of the classical style.
D
Lewis Rowell describes the the transition from Renaissance to Baroque music as a shift from what to what? Question options: a) From a secular musical world to a sacred one. b) From the world of the harpsichord to the world of the piano. c) From the world of the sublime to the world of the beautiful. d) From a linear, imitative motet style to a vertical orientation of the musical texture.
D)
Who said, "Make it new!" a) Ezra pound b) Arnold Schoenberg c) Anton Webern d) Richard Wagner`
Ezra Pound
Beethoven wrote very little music between 1813-1827: True or False
FALSE
J.S. Bach was one of Beethoven's teachers. True or False?
FALSE
Mahler wrote his Kindertotenlieder song cycle after the death of his daughter. True or False?
FALSE
Romanticism values logic and reason over feelings and emotion: True or False?
FALSE
The Grosse Fuge was a huge success: True or False?
FALSE
Film music traditionally keeps up with the latest and most modern compositional styles. True or False?
False
Toru Takemitsu scored the music for over 1000 films. True or False?
False
Which of the following are important elements of Romantic music?
Freer use of dissonance larger orchestra NO BASSO CONTINUO NO HARPSICHORD
Which of the following characteristics describe the aesthetic of minimalism? A. Repetitive patterns B. Symmetrical patterns C. Constantly evolving patterns D. Serial techniques
d) A B C but not D
Romanticism values logic and reason over feelings and emotion: True or False?
false
Which of the following was not someone Beethoven studied in his late period? Question options: a) stravinsky b) bach c) palestrina d) handel
stravinsky
Which of the following demonstrates the structure of sonata form?
1. Exposition 2. Development 3. Recapitulation
Which of the following forms demonstrates the structure of Symphonic form?
1. First Movement - Sonata form 2. Second Movement - a slow movement 3. Third Movement - a dance movement 4. Fourth Movement - a fast movement
Whose late music was important for the Romantics?
Beethoven
Which of the following statements best describes Beethoven's late style?
Beethoven's late music is difficult, complex, and private, where the heroic style falls away in favour of darker introspection.
The Schumanns were close friends with which composer?
Brahms
Which of the following statements apply to Johannes Brahms? a)His music epitomizes Romanticism in that it is very much about imagination. Many of his pieces are themed or character pieces. C b)Followed Wagner in his radical experimints with tonality, which brought him to the edge of tonality and sometimes, in his late music, to atonality c) d)
C
Which of the following is NOT an important social event from ca. 1450-1750 Question options: a) The French Revolution b) The Thirty Years' War c) The Protestant Revolution d) The Scientific Revolution
C) the protestant revolution
The following music is by Stravinsky. It's a very stark and uncompromising piece of music with very thin textures. From which of Stravinsky's chronological periods do you think it comes?
His Third Period
If you were listening to a piece of music from the early 20th century, which of the following characteristics might you expect to hear? A. Atonality B. Intense chromaticism C. Complex rhythms D. Classical forms a) A, B, C but not D b) A, B, C, and D c) B, C, D but not A d) A, C, D but not B
I think B
Which composer continues to be an important influence in the 19th c.?
J.S. Bach
The Grosse Fuge belongs to which period in Beethoven's music?
Late
Which of the following is the best summary of the statement below? Our songs may be the most effective means we have of defining ourselves as a group, of refining our emotions and perhaps of helping us to clarify even our thoughts. Certainly music articulates shades of mood and feeling which are impossible for us to describe in words and even the words to the songs have greater meaning for us because of the music in which they are engulfed.
Music is the most complete, complex and fully articulated means by which humans communicate with their fellows. It expresses the inner states of one individual to another, or that of a group to another group.
How did Schoenberg deal with the difficulties with the freedom of the atonal style? a) He created klangfarbenmelodie to constrain the musical material. b) He introduced industrial sounds into his musical vocabulary. c) He limited his music by writing only for a single instrument at a time. d) He reintroduced constraints like fugues and sonatas.
NOT A :D I think it's d) He reintroduced constraints like fugues and sonatas.
Chopin was born in which country?
Poland
What was the chronological order of Stravinsky's musical styles?
Primitivism, neo-classical, serial
This style of music does away with traditional major and minor scales and organizes the chromatic notes into a twelve-tone row.
SERIALISM
W.A. Mozart was born in what city?
Salzburg
Identify the following piece and its significance:
Schumann's Humoresk. It's importance is that it has a middle line that is not meant to be played
Who said the following: "My freedom thus consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have assigned myself for each one of my undertakings."
Stravinsky
Alexander Scriabin succumbed to mental illness and believed that his music would bring about the end of the world. True or False?
TRUE
Beethoven once considered suicide. True or False?
TRUE
Serialist composers still adhered to Baroque and Classical forms. True or False?
TRUE
Sonata form was an important structural form in Romantic music: True or False?
TRUE
The following text is from Igor Stravinksy's The Poetics of Music: "My freedom thus consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have assigned myself for each one of my undertakings. I shall go even further: my freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint, diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit." What is stravinski saying in this statement?
That composers must set constraints on their working methods and procedures if they are going to achieve real freedom as artists.
What "lies at the heart of conservative Romanticism?
The combination of Viennese ideals and the power of Beethoven's late music
The following text is from Charles Rosen's The Romantic Generation: "At the climax of the final movement of the Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111, by Beethoven, most pianists take (correctly, I think) so slow a tempo that the culminating Bb has died away long before it is resolved, but that makes no difference - we all hear the Bb as continuing to sound and take no note of its actual disappearance." The note Rosen is discussing is an example of what idea he discusses in this reading?
The concept of inaudible music, in which the composer places demands on the listener to recognize connections in the music that can't actually be heard.
What is the main difference between the following notations and what is the significance of this difference?
The first is basso continuo notation, in which the contrapuntal and harmonic elements are condensed into two lines with numbers that tell the performer how to supply the remaining parts of the chord. The second is typical Renaissance notation, in which the compelx contrapuntal elements are clearly provided and tell the performer explicitly which notes to perform. The difference between these two styles represents a fundamental distinction between the Renaissanec and the Baroque approaches to music.
Define Gesamtkunstwerk
The fusion of all the arts into Wagner's Music Dramas
What is the following passage referring to? "It contains within itself not one but two dissonances, thus creating within the listener a double desire, agonizing in its intensity, for resolution. The chord to which it then moves resolves one of these dissonances but not the other, thus providing resolution-yet-not-resolution."
The opening measures of Tristan und Isolde
Which of the following answers is a logical consequence of the statement below? The opening prelude to Tristan und Isolde is a series of what look like traditional harmonic gestures that descend into radical chromaticsm and that don't resolve to those places where you think they ought to. So what you get is a piece of music in which the chords don't resolve. It has no sense of finality, no sense of resolution, no sense of knowing where it's going to go next or settle."
This music marks the beginning of the complete breakdown of traditional harmony and tonality, and the beginning of the move towards the 20th century, when traditional musical material really breaks down in favour of something new.
Which significant historical event fuelled Modernism? A) WWI b) 1848 revolutions c) The reformation d) the french revolution
WWI
Which of the following was NOT an element of Renaissance musical style? a) Electric guitar accompaniment b) Florid counterpoint c) Growing awareness of harmony d) Increasing use of major and minor modes
`A
What is Total Serialism?
a) A compositional style in which serial procedures are applied to every elements of the music including rhythm and dynamics.
What is "phasing"? a) An element of Steve Reich's compositional style b) An element of Arvo Pärt's compositional style c) An element of Philip Glass's compositional style d) An element of Brian Eno's compositional style
a) An element of Steve Reich's compositional style
The more radical and experimental branch of Modernism is known as what? Question options: a) Avant-Garde b) Serialism c) Radical Romanticism d) Jazz
a) Avant-Garde
The following image is an important work of art. Identify it and the style it represents. a) Barnett Newman: Voice of Fire. It's a painting in the Minimalist style. b) Daniel Liebeskind: 9/11 Memorial. It's architecture in the Maximalist style. c) Marcel Duchamp: Fountain. It's a sculpture in the Dadaist style. d) Daniel Liebeskind: Voice of Fire. It's a painting in the Avant-Garde style.
a) Barnett Newman: Voice of Fire. It's a painting in the Minimalist style.
Which of the following terms represents music that the characters on-screen in a film can hear? a) Diegetic b) Non-diegetic c) Metediegetic d) Leitmotif
a) Diegetic
Choose the correct definititions for the following terms: Diegetic Non-diegetic Metadiegetic
a) Diegetic music is music for which the source is on-screen and the characters can hear it. Non-diegetic music is music that is not heard by the characters on screen and only we can hear it. Metadiegetic music is music that a character can hear inside their head and which we can also hear.
Which of the following statements about Russolo is not true? Question options: a) He wrote serial music. b) He created the intonarumori. c) He wrote The Art of Noises. d) He was an Italian Futurist.
a) He wrote serial music
Check all the following that apply to Beethoven Question options: a) His early period was his most conservative b) His late period was his most radical c) His middle period was his most heroic d) He was happily married and had many children
a) His early period was his most conservative b) His late period was his most radical c) His middle period was his most heroic
The movie Forbidden Planet is famous for what reason? a) It was one of the first films to have a soundtrack consisting entirely of electronic music. b) It was one of the last films to have a soundtrack consisting entirely of traditional instruments. c) it was one of the first films to have a soundtrack consisting entirely of Minimalist music. d) It was one of the first films to have a soundtrack consisting entirely of popular music.
a) It was one of the first films to have a soundtrack consisting entirely of electronic music.
What word applies to the following definition: A false avant-garde, consisting of mere surface level avant-garde ideas and used for marketing and consumer culture.
a) Kitsch
The soundtrack to The Social Network features which musical technique? a) Klangfarbenmelodie b) Gesamtkunstwerk c) Intonarumori d) Tintinnabuli
a) Klangfarbenmelodie
Which of the following concepts is important in film music? a) Leitmotif b) tintinnabuli c) Gesamtkunstwerk d) Empfindsamkeit
a) Leitmotif
Trent Reznor is a composer who plays in which band? a) Nine Inch Nails b) Mahavishnu Orchestra c) The Beatles d) The Social Network
a) Nine Inch Nails
String Quartet No. 2 by Philip Glass was written for a stage production of a work by which author?
a) Samuel Beckett
What was the first video game in which the music changed according to the action of the game? a) Space Invaders b) Ballblazer c) Call of Duty d) Super Mario Bros.
a) Space Invaders
What is the context for the following passage? "Although I may have the pleasure of discovering musical processes and composing the musical material to run through them, once the process is set up and loaded it runs by itself." a) Steve Reich from "Music as a Gradual Process." Reich is describing music in which the process of the gradual development of musical material is an audible experience for the listener. b) John Cage from "Silence." Cage is describing how his music is indeterminate and unpredictable once the performance begins. c) Luigi Russolo from "The Art of Noises." Russolo is describing how any sound can be considered music, and that the industrial soundscape of music is something that isn't really in his control. d) Björk interview. Björk is describing how her compositional process really only comes to life when she performs with her band.
a) Steve Reich from "Music as a Gradual Process." Reich is describing music in which the process of the gradual development of musical material is an audible experience for the listener.
Jazz and Rock share a common history. True or False?
a) TRUE
Minimalism was a reaction against what?
a) The complexity of the Total Serialists
Which of the following people is not considered a founder of Minimalism?
a) Toru Takemitsu
Which of the following composers pioneered the use of mathematical and statistical models in music?
a) Xenakis
The following image was used to represent which musical style? (vertical stripes blue red blue)
a) minimalism
Which artistic attitude was defined by frustration with the certainty of Enlightenment thinking and dependence on the past? a) Modernism b) Serialism c) Romanticism d) Galant
a) modernism ( I think)
Tristan und Isolde represents Wagner's interest in which philosopher? Question options: a) Schopenhauer b) Burke c) Kant d) Kierkegaard
a) schopenhaur
Which of the following was an important social event for Radical Romanticism? Question options: a) The Revolutions of 1848 b) The Reformation c) The Scientific Revolution d) Humanism
a) the revolutions of 1848
Rock music is very complex, while Jazz has a very simple selection of chords and rhythms. True or False?
a)False
Which of the following events brought American popular culture to Europe?
a)World War II
Which of the following is NOT an important social event from ca. 1450-1750 Question options: a) The French Revolution b) The Thirty Years' War c) The Protestant Revolution d) The Scientific Revolution
a)the french revolution
Which of the following was not an influence on John Cage?
b) African music
Identify the person being referred to in this quotation: "What's most precious...is the glimpse it affords, in flashing moments, of a future world in which the ideologies, teleologies, style wars, and subdivisions that have so defined music for the past hundred years slip away. Music is restored to its original bliss, free both of the fear of pretension that limits popular music and of the fear of vulgarity that limits classical music. The creative artist once more moves along an unbroken continuum, from folk to art and back again. So far, though, this utopia has only one inhabitant.""
b) Björk.
Which of the following is referred to in the course as being a common place to find minimalist music? a) Dance clubs b) Film soundtracks c) Churches d) Concert halls
b) Film soundtracks
According to Karen Collins, which of the following is not considered a component of dynamic music? a) The ability to add new surprises and increase gameplay enjoyment. b) The ability to maintain the consistency of the musical progression at every play through. c) The ability to create a multicoloured production by transforming themes in the same composition. d) The ability to create music that changes with each play through.
b) The ability to maintain the consistency of the musical progression at every play through. ??
Which of the following instruments was used in the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still?" a) Looping oscilator b) Theremin c) Electric guitar d) Harpsichord
b) Theremin
Read the following passage and then identify the best interpretation of it: Let us wander through a great modern city with our ears more attentive than our eyes, and distinguish the sounds of water, air, or gas in metal pipes, the purring of motors (which breathe and pulsate with an indubitable animalism), the throbbing of valves, the pounding of pistons, the screeching of gears, the clatter of streetcars on their rails, the cracking of whips, the flapping of awnings and flags. We shall amuse ourselves by orchestrating in our minds the noise of the metal shutters of store windows, the slamming of doors, the bustle and shuffle of crowds, the multitudinous uproar of railroad stations, forges, mills, printing presses, power stations, and underground railways." Question options: a) This passage means that the modern sounds of the city are destroying the traditional sounds of music and that we must embrace traditional harmony and counterpoint if we are to save them from destruction. b) This passage means that it's time to set aside the traditional musical sounds of harmony and counterpoint and embrace the world of noise and industrial sound. c) This passage means that composers should be inspired by the sounds of the city and incorporate that inspiration into their traditional musical ideas. d) This passage means that music is always a reflection of the society in which it's created. Even if it doesn't sound like the noise of the city, even classical music represents those sounds.
b) This passage means that it's time to set aside the traditional musical sounds of harmony and counterpoint and embrace the world of noise and industrial sound.
Which of the following is the most accurate statement about popular music?
c) Popular music borrows heavily from British folk music, African traditional music, American blues music, and European classical music to create a hybrid genre with the communal purpose of storytelling.
Which of the following answers is the most logical consequence of the statement below: "Video games aren't linear like movies are. In film, viewers don't have a choice about what comes next, so the music suits a fixed narrative. Video games allow players to make choices about what comes next, so the music has to accommodate any number of possibilities of what music should come next." a) The music should consist of as much repetition as possible so that it blends into the background and doesn't interfere with the narrative of the game. b) The music should never repeat the same musical material so that the player doesn't get any hints from the music about what they should do next. c) The music must be variable and responsive to follow the many different possible branches of action the player could take. d) The music must remain consistent throughout to give the player a better understanding of which course of action they should follow.
c) The music must be variable and responsive to follow the many different possible branches of action the player could take.
What progression do we see in Beethoven's attitude between Leonore of 1805 and Fidelio of 1814? Question options: a) While Leonore was written to celebrate the coming of Napoleon, Fidelio was writen to express Beethoven's disappointment with the Frenh Revolution. b) While Leonore was written during his struggles with suicidal depression, Fidelio was written after Beethoven had undergone psychotherapy and was much happier. c) While Leonore was written during a period of enchantment with Napoleon, Fidelio represents a reawakening of Austrian patriotism. d) While Leonore was written during his struggles with depression, Fidelio was written when Beethoven had fallen in love and was much happier.
c) While Leonore was written during a period of enchantment with Napoleon, Fidelio represents a reawakening of Austrian patriotism.
Which of the following two musical styles had an influence on minimalism? a) African music and Baroque fugues b) Indian music and classical symphonies c) Medieval music and Baroque fugues d) African music and medieval music
d) African music and medieval music
Who was John Cage's music teacher?
d) Arnold Schoenberg
Lewis Rowell describes the the transition from Renaissance to Baroque music as a shift from what to what? Question options: a) From a secular musical world to a sacred one. b) From the world of the harpsichord to the world of the piano. c) From the world of the sublime to the world of the beautiful. d) From a linear, imitative motet style to a vertical orientation of the musical texture.
d) From a linear, imitative motet style to a vertical orientation of the musical texture.
What was Pierre Boulez's argument in "Schoenberg is Dead"?
d) That Schoenberg hadn't gone far enough in his application of serial technique
The following text is from Charles Rosen's The Romantic Generation: "At the climax of the final movement of the Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111, by Beethoven, most pianists take (correctly, I think) so slow a tempo that the culminating Bb has died away long before it is resolved, but that makes no difference - we all hear the Bb as continuing to sound and take no note of its actual disappearance." The note Rosen is discussing is an example of what idea he discusses in this reading? Question options: a) That Schumann's Humoresk is the most important work of the 19th century. b) That J.S. Bach's Musical Offering is the most important work of the 19th century. c) That Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111 is the most important work of the 19th century. d) The concept of inaudible music, in which the composer places demands on the listener to recognize connections in the music that can't actually be heard. e) That pianists should always use a modern piano when performing Beethoven so that they can overcome the shortcomings of the piano Beethoven had to write for.
d) The concept of inaudible music, in which the composer places demands on the listener to recognize connections in the music that can't actually be heard.
Sonata form was an important structural form in Romantic music: True or False?
true
