music appreciation final

The sections of the Classical sonata-allegro form are:

Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation

Goliards are famous for their inspired performances during the services at the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos in Spain.

FALSE

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

FALSE

During the Romantic period, most composers were:

Independent business persons, earning their living by performing music, writing music for specific occasions and commissions, and collecting royalties on published music.

The Renaissance may be described as an age in which:

Individualism, humanism, and secular values started to flourish once again.

Which of the following important events took place during the Baroque period?

Newton formulated his theory of gravity

Which of the following were secular genres in the Medieval period?

Rondeaus, ballades, and lai CORRECT Motets and liturgical dramas Conductus and plainchant Ballades and minnesingers

This is an example of a new style of opera called opera buffa that emerged during the Classical period. It differed from opera in previous periods because...

Stories were based on "real people," and the music was light and humorous.

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

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

TRUE

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

The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines CORRECT The sequential arrangement of separate melodic lines The interrelation of melodic lines played in unison The presence of many melodic lines of music regardless of their relationship.

Which one of these composers wrote music for prepared piano?

john cage

nickname of hadyn

london symphony

which statement is correct?

melodic motion and melodic repetition are both effective ways of creating tension and relaxation. CORRECT if the highest tone of a melody is within four to five tones of the lowest tone, we describe it as having a wide range. composers rarely repeat melodic and rhythmic patterns to stress musical ideas. none of these options

Which of the following were important composers of the Classical period?

mozart and haydn

The following selection, sung by Historicus, comes from a well-known __________.

oratorio

where are tempo markings usually written in a music score?

over the staff

a string is composed of 2 violins, 1 viola, a cello

quartet

An important Romantic composer founded the New Journal of Music, an influential musical periodical in which this same composer frequently published his own musical criticism and promoted the works of other musicians. His name is:

schumann

Which of the following is NOT a chant of the Proper of the Mass?

sederunt prinipes

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

serialism

A Baroque oratorio is...

a multi-movement sacred work similar to opera

A Baroque sonata is...

a piece for solo instrument or a small group of instruments

the italian term for at ease is:

adagio

Identify the event that did not occur during the Classical period:

american civil rights movement

Which of the following composers invented the twelve-tone system of composition?

arnold schoenberg

In 20th-century music, traditional harmony and tonality were redefined or rejected in favor of:

atonality and serialism

The following choral work, based on the German Bible, was written by:

brahms

The Renaissance period saw inventions and developments that:

changed the physical and intellectual landscape of europe

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

chromatic

Who composed La favola d'Orfeo, a work that marks the beginning of opera as a major art form?

claudio monteverdi

Which one of the following is not a general characteristic of Romantic music:

composition were based on logic and controlled feelings

Which of the following composers most heavily influenced the music of the French post-WWI school of musicians known as Les Six?

erik satie

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

false

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

false

consonant harmonies usually provide a feeling of tension.

false

From the following composers, select the one that best understood the intrinsic nature and potential of the piano as an expressive instrument:

frederic choplin

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

gave full express to a wide range of feelings, dreams, and the heroic human potential

This excerpt is an example of a medieval religious type of composition known as:

gregorian

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

shape, direction, and range

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

strophic form

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

when a melody acquires significant importance within a given composition, it is called a:

theme

the top number of the time signature above, represents:

there are x beats in each measure.

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

true

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

wagner