Music Appreciation Final
According to the text, which time period is considered the Renaissance period?
1450 - 1600
The following composition is a work by: (0-6:03)
A French troubadour
The following excerpt is from: (0-3:43)
A mass by Guillaume de Machaut
A Baroque oratorio is...
A multi-movement sacred work similar to opera
Which of the following is not part of the Ordinary of the Catholic Mass?
Alleluia
Identify the event that did not occur during the Classical period:
American Civil Rights Movement
Listen to the following excerpt of a Medieval composition. This composition represents... (1:50-2:08)
An advanced 12th-century four-voice organum
The following excerpt comes from which work? (0:25-4:53)
Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
According to the text, art of the Romantic period valued emotional restraint and clarity of form.
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
The earliest surviving opera—then called dramma per musica—was written by a member of the Florentine Camerata named:
Jacopo Peri
According to the text, this composer was able to successfully adapt the recitative to the intricacies of the French language:
Jean-Baptiste Lully
The following example was composed by a musician whose career exemplifies the dominance of composers from Northern France and the Netherlands during the Renaissance. (0-5:37)
Josquin des Prez
The bell-like effects in the above excerpt indicate that the piece is: (0-4:46)
Liszt's La Campanella
Which of the following describes one of the most popular forms during the Renaissance, the chanson?
Polyphonic songs in which instruments sometimes played one or more of the voices
During the Medieval Period, we can trace the development of music notation from manuscripts that monks copied by hand in rooms known as:
Scriptoria
Which of the following is illustrated in the above excerpt? (0-3:31)
Terraced Dynamics
According to the text, the concept of the idée fixe was new because it explicitly represented a character while simultaneously acting as a musical motive.
True
According to the text, the motet became a secular genre even though it grew out of sacred chant.
True
Ars nova, the "new art" of the fourteenth century, included music of increased rhythmic complexity (e.g., syncopation).
True
During the Renaissance Period, English and Burgundian composers popularized the use of thirds and the sixths.
True
The following excerpt comes from which work? (0-7:19)
Verdi's Aida
According to the text, at what point did England fully embrace opera?
When Monteverdi's L'Orfeo premiered at the Carnival at Mantua
The above excerpt illustrates which of the following? (0:28-1:55)
Word painting
Which of the following is a composition for a large ensemble?
symphony
During the Baroque period, the term sonata was used for musical works __________.
to be played
Which of the following forms best describes the above excerpt? (0-1:29)
Chanson
Notes that don't belong to the traditional scale are known as ______________ alterations.
Chromatic
Who composed L'Orfeo, a work that marks the beginning of opera as a major art form?
Claudio Monteverdi
Who composed the following excerpt? (0-3:04)
Claudio Monteverdi
With which royal family was Haydn closely associated?
Esterházy
Which excerpt is from the Requiem Mass in D Minor by Mozart? A - 0-3:18 B - 0-1:34 C - 0-3:51
Excerpt A
Which excerpt features a melody from an opera by Puccini? A - 0-4:01 B - 0-2:29 C - 0-4:31
Excerpt B
Which excerpt is from a Polonaise by Frédéric Chopin? A- 0-1:11 B- 0-7:15 C- 0-4:46
Excerpt B
Which excerpt is not from a Haydn symphony? 0-4:07 0-3:43 0-3:51
Excerpt B
Which excerpt is not from music composed by Mozart? A - 0-5:45 B - 3:40 C - 0-3:18
Excerpt B
Which excerpt is from I Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo? A-0-2:29 B-0-7:19 C-0-3:15
Excerpt C
Which excerpt is most likely from a symphony by Mozart? A - 0-3:47 B - 0-7:55 C - 0-4:43
Excerpt C
Which excerpt is not from music composed by Beethoven? A - 0-6:50 B - 0-5:51 C - 0-3:18
Excerpt C
Which of the following excerpts is most likely a composition by Paganini? A- 0:50-3:59 B- 0-2:40 C- 0-1:56 D- 0-15:55
Excerpt C
Which of the following represents a typical order of movements for a Classical concerto?
Fast, Slow, Fast
The above excerpt from a Smetana piece demonstrates a typical characteristic of Romantic music. What is it? (1:08-13:08)
Flowing Melodies
In broad terms, music and other arts of the Romantic period...
Gave full expression to a wide range of feelings, dreams, and the heroic human potential.
The above excerpt from Rigoletto showcases its composer's gift for catchy melodies. Which of the following is the composer? (0-2:58)
Giuseppi Verdi
The following Kyrie is from a mass by: (0-4:56)
Guillaume Dufay
According to the text, which of the following is best known for creating the first complete polyphonic setting of the entire Ordinary of the Mass by a single composer?
Guillaume de Machaut
The composer of this excerpt is... (0-3:43)
Guillaume de Machaut
Which of the following composers wrote, and is famous for, twelve London symphonies?
Haydn
Who composed the morality play Ordo virtutum (Play of virtues), dramatizing the struggle between 16 personified Virtues and the Devil over the destiny of one woman's soul?
Hildegard von Bingen
The texture of the following example from the Classical period can best be described as: 0:53-3:19
Homophonic
What element of the musical style of the following piece indicates that it is from the Renaissance period rather than the Medieval period? (0:59-3:49)
It features imitation that go through all the voices
Which of the following is true of the Florentine Camerata?
Its members were interested in re-creating the music dramas they believed to have been staged by the ancient Greeks.
Which of the following composers wrote this symphony? 0-16:54
Ludwig van Beethoven
The following excerpt is from music composed by: (0-5:54)
Luis de Milan
Which movement of Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott does the above piece represent? (0-1:13)
Movement 6, Recitative
Which of the following important events took place during the Baroque period?
Newton formulated his theory of gravity
The following piece, based upon a sailor's dance called the hornpipe, comes from what type of larger work? (0-2:53)
Orchestral Suite
Which of the following are concepts associated with the Romantic period?
The supernatural, imagination, emotionality
According to the text, prior to the Renaissance, the Church considered the following interval(s) to be acoustically imperfect:
Third and sixth
It is fair to say that the dynamics in this excerpt change abruptly, which is a hallmark of many pieces from the Baroque era. (0-3:31)
True
It is fair to say that the following excerpt features word painting. (0-3:49)
True
Léonin and Pérotin were two composers associated with Notre Dame and the development of polyphony.
True
Organa featured voices that could move independently, marking the beginning of Western polyphonic music.
True
The following piece features basso continuo. (0-2:51)
True
The text implies that troubadours and trouvères considered themselves superior to minstrels because they composed the words and melodies of their songs themselves.
True
Which of the following techniques would a Baroque composer most likely employ to evoke an affect of agitation?
tremolo
Which of the following events occurred in America during the time period known as the Renaissance?
Columbus discovered "The New World."
The following piece, nicknamed "Emperor," features piano sections alternating with orchestral sections. What type of work is it? 0-10:07
Concerto
Based on the drums at the beginning, followed by the distinctive double-reed timbre of shawms, this excerpt is... (0-2:13)
Dance music from the Medieval period
The following excerpt comes from a famous aria in one of Mozart's most enduring operas. Identify the opera in question. (0-5:45)
Don Giovanni
Which of the following selections is an example of a Renaissance consort? A- 0-1:55 B- 0-5:19 C- 0-10:26 D- 0-1:59
Excerpt D - 0-1:59
According to the text, Classical composers believed that strict, layered polyphony was pleasing to the ear.
False
According to the text, one reason why medieval music sounds different from the music we generally hear today is that medieval musicians found thirds and sixths consonant whereas today we find fourths and fifths consonant.
False
Anicius Boethius invented a system that made possible the memorization and written transmission of melodies.
False
Burgundian composers made each of the standard components of the Mass distinct by using a different cantus firmus melody for each component.
False
Chants like "Laudate deum" were used to divide people on political and religious issues.
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 plots were based on myths and historical figures.
False
During the Classical period, sonata-allegro form was no longer used as the basis for instrumental music.
False
During the Renaissance period, musical textures were primarily monophonic.
False
It is fair to say that the following excerpt features basso continuo and recitative. (0-2:51)
False
Motets composed in the Middle Ages were easy to confuse with ones composed during the Renaissance because they sounded so similar.
False
The following excerpt features both imitative counterpoint and homophony. (0-5:37)
False
The following excerpt is from Chopin's Revolutionary Étude. (3:16-6:52)
False
The Renaissance may be described as an age in which:
Individualism, humanism, and secular values started to flourish once again.
The melody in this composition is representative of Romantic music because it: (1:07-13:08)
Is long, flowing, and singable
Listen to the above excerpt from Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Which of the following would be the most likely tempo marking? (4:37)
Menuetto
Which two composers both held the post of director of music at St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice at different times:
Monteverdi and Gabrieli
Which of the following forms best describes the above excerpt? (0-5:37)
Motet
The texture of this example is... (0-3:43)
Polyphonic
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.
An important Romantic composer founded The New Journal of Music, an influential musical periodical still published today. He was known as a master of the miniature. His name is:
Schumann
This excerpt is an example of: (0:38-2:21)
Secular music
Which of the following is NOT a chant of the Proper of the Mass?
Sederunt Principes
We can say that the melody in the following example is typical of the Classical period because it is: (0-5:53)
Short, symmetrical, and balanced
What common Classical period genre does this excerpt represent?0:44-6:50
Symphony
Verismo is a style of opera that used emotionally charged melodies and harmonies to depict everyday people in melodramatic situations.
True
The following piece is an example of... (0-2:16)
an overture to a French opera
Farinelli was a famous:
castrato
If the soloists in a concerto are a group of musicians, the work is called a
concerto grosso
