Music: Exam 1 & 2
The first movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor begins, in the first two measures:
Loudly and emphatically
The most common subject matter of the 16th century madrigal is:
Love
The Fantastic Symphony reflects Berlioz's:
Love for the actress Harriet Smithson
Wagner saw himself as the true successor of:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Recitation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey would have been accompanied by a (an):
Lyre
The following instrument was associated with Apollo, god of light, prophecy, learning, and the arts:
Lyre
The technique of composing musical images that evoke the text almost literally became known as:
Madrigalisms
Tonal organizations in the Baroque featured:
Major and minor tonalities
The fourth movement of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony depicts a:
March to the Scaffold
For which famous choreographer and dancer did Copland write "Appalachian Spring"?
Martha Graham
Josquin composed works for which genre(s)?
Mass, motet, and chanson
Palestrina spent most of his career at institutions in
Rome
Which of the following is NOT true?
Rossini uses his "Crescendo" sparingly
Which of the following is NOT true
The second theme returns in the recapitulation of a 'sonata form' movement in an exact repetition of its statement in the exposition
Which is NOT true about the final minutes of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah?
The saxophones come in at 3:23
In the exposition of a sonata-form movement
The second theme is in a new key when compared to the first theme
In Variation 3, which of the following is NOT true?
The tune is played in a pianissimo fashion
In the recapitulation of a sonata-form movement
The second theme is in a new key; but this time it correspondes to the tonic key of the movement
Which of the following characteristics does not apply to Impressionistic music?
The use of classical forms, such as sonata allegro or Rondo form
Please select the correct order of the sections of a sonata-allegro form.
exposition, development, recapitulation
The usual order of movements in a classical symphony is
fast, slow, dance-related, fast.
Most of Vivaldi's concertos were first performed by:
female students at the orphanage
Realization is
filling in the chords above a bass line according to the numbers above the line
Which of the following terms is derived from the Ancient Greeks?
harmoney, chorus, tetrachord, music
What kind of musical texture is exhibited in the youtube of Josquin's "Ave Maria" between markers 1:21-1:27?
homophonic texture
What was Nijinksi's profession?
Choreographer
Beethoven stopped performing because:
He went deaf
Gregorian chant is named for Pope Pius because he was credited with standardizing chant repertory.
False
Orestes wrote a play called "Dionysus".
False
The 5th variation of section 7 "Simple Gifts" has a klopping horse and buggy sound.
False
The Ordinary is the part of the mass that changes.
False
Das Jahr, a series of character pieces on the twelve months inspired by an extended trip to Italy, was composed by:
Fanny Mendelssohn (Hensel)
Which of the following is TRUE about Fanny Mendelssohn?
Fanny ran a private salon on Sunday afternoons from her home.
A typical sequence of movements in a classical concerto is
Fast, slow, fast
Is a baby deer a "faun" or a "fawn"?
Fawn
The solo instruments in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 are the ____________, violin, and harpsichord.
Flute
What instrument plays the opening to 'Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun', and who wrote the poem Debussy's music was written for?
Flute; Stéphane Mallarmé
For what habit was Rossini NOT criticized?
For his jealousy of other composers
Of Bach's twenty children, ____________ went on to become well-known composers.
Four
Near the beginning of the Renaissance (in the 15th century) the standard number of voices in polyphonic compositions was:
Four voices
The earliest example(s) of notated Greek dramatic music is (are):
Fragmentary choruses from plays by Euripides
Bach's personal musical style was drawn from:
German church music, Italian concertos, french dance pieces
Wagner's term for the union of all the arts in a drama is_____:
Gesamtkunstwerk
Which musical term(s) come from Ancient Greek?
Harmony, hymn, tetrachord, melody
Which of the following does NOT accurately describe Handel's compositional style?
He excels over J.S. Bach as a writer of fugues
Which of the following of Handel's compositions was usually sung in English?
His Oratorios
The contrasting episodes of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony are unified by the recurrence of a theme known as the:
Idée fixe
What was Diaghilev's profession?
Impresario
Debussy was a French composer who was one of the founders of the __________ movement in music and also one of its most important representatives
Impressionism
Which of the following is NOT true in the youtube recording below ) of the Anonymous Sumer Canon?
In the round only 2 voices are singing the musical line/part which begins "Sumer is icumen In"
The term Baroque was first applied to
Irregular or mishappen pearls
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 is unusual in that:
It gives a solo role to the harpsichord.
Which of these do you NOT hear in this recorded Estampie?
It is through composed with no repeated sections
Wagner's Tristan und Isolde was influential because_______
It used ambiguous harmony that stretched the limits of tonality
Which is not true of O Magnum Mysterium?
It uses exclusively voices
The Baroque style in art, music, and architecture began in:
Italy
The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Some of Vivaldi's instrumental concertos were arranged by:
Johann Sebastian Bach.
'Scherzo' means:
Joke
Who were considered the popular musicians of the Middle Ages?
Jongleurs
The final syllable of "alleluia" is often extended by an effusive melisma called a
Jubilus
The main sung parts of the Ordinary portion of the Mass are
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
The longest period of Johann Sebastian Bach's professional life was spent as director of music at St. Thomas's Church in:
Leipzig
Wagner referred to reoccurring musical themes associated with specific characters, things, ideas, emotions or plot elements as:
Leitmotivs
Who were the two great composers of the Notre Dame school?
Leonin and perotin
Schubert wrote around 615 ______:
Lieder or Art Songs
Which of the following professions was not a part Vivaldi's background?
Organ performer
Bach was recognized as the most eminent ____________ of his day.
Organist
In 1830 the Paris Conservatory awarded Berlioz:
The Prix de Rome
Which of the following statements is true of women's participation in madrigal performance and composition?
Women performed madrigals but lacked therarely received musical compositional training to compose them.
Which best describes the psychological progression of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor?
a heroic struggle with Fate, starting out stormily and ending triumphantly
The premier of The Rite of Spring 1913 provoked ______________________ among the audience.
a riot (scandal)
Which parts are normally the villain (male) or tortured/evil female?
'Verdi Baritone' and Alto/Contralto
Listen to this aria from Bach's Coffee Cantata "Oh how sweet Coffee tastes!" Which of the following is true?
-A flute and harpsichord play the beginning of the aria. -Coffee houses were frequented only by men and it was considered immoral for women to drink it. -In Bach's Coffee cantata the Father wants to ban his daughter from getting married unless she gives up coffee.
The pattern for Handel's triumphant termination of choruses is as follows:
-Employs a tense moment of silence penultimately -Ultimately 3-4 homophonous chords usually with timpani followed by the Final Tonic chord -He creates unity by having SA sing low and TB sing high in their range, followed by a climax on an inconclusive chord
In Gabrieli's O Magnum between 2:58- 3:30 in the Youtube below, which of the following is true?
-Gabrieli uses choral "call and answer" texture -Gabrieli uses polychoral texture -Gabrieli uses antiphonal
Why did Handel turn away from opera to the oratorio later in life?
-Oratorio did not require costly scenery nor dancers -Handel's wonderful reputation for writing choruses which are greatly featured in Oratorios -To save money" English singers cost much less than Italian castrati and prima donnas
While at Leipzig, Bach:
-Taught organ and composition, gave recitals, and was often asked to judge the construction of organs. -Was responsible for the musical education of some 55 students in the St. Thomas school. -Rehearsed, conducted, and usually composed an extended work for chorus, soloists and orchestra for each Sunday and holiday of the church year.
Which is true of castration in Italian Opera of the 18th century?
-The Castrati played the 'hero' parts -Castration happened before puberty -Castrated boys, once grown, could, with a good voice, become superstar -At 3:14 the extraordinary lung power of Farinelli is demonstrated -The Castrati played the 'hero' parts
The English hunger for Italian opera began to dry up partially because, of the following:
-The advent of John Gay's "Beggar's Opera" which satirized Handel's Italian operas, and instead of Gods, Royalty and mythological characters presented a cast of characters that were cut-throats and thieve -The nobility stopped attending Handel's operas, migrated to operas of his rivals, and then finally got tired of the whole Italian opera genre. -The difference between Italian and English body language of the actor/singers was so profound that the English audience became confused as to what the Italian singers were trying to portray in the opera -The English speaking audience could barely keep up with the foreign body language of the Italian singers, not to mention the Italian language itself
Bach's personal musical style was drawn from Italian concertos. He wrote the Brandenburg concertos as a job application, after studying the ritornello style of Vivaldi. Bach probably played the harpsichord part himself which is very difficult. The other solo instruments are flute and violin.
-The harpsichord serves as both a continuo player and as a soloist. -Bach achieves unity of mood by using an insistent rhythmic drive -At marker. 6:08 until 8:48 the harpsichord has a long extended solo (cadenza)
Listen to Dr. Baird's recording of the courtesan Strozzi's Lagrime Mie. paying particular attention to the following sections: 00 to :24 and 8:38 to 9:00
-The sounds of sobbing occur with a tremulo -A tear trickling down the face is painted by the music -The harpsichord begins in a minor key
The Lutheran chorale tunes:
-were composed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, had been adapted from catholic hymns, had been adapted from folk songs
A madrigal has how many verses?
1
The Renaissance period of music comprises roughly which centuries?
15th and 16th
Stravinsky was born in:
1882
Which of the following is not true:
18th century "opera seria" plots featured problems of the Gods, mythological characters, kings and queens unlike 19th century plots which included murder, theft and adultery.
Please select the number of movements, and the movements' corresponding tempos, commonly associated with the Concerto:
3 mvts; Fast, slow, fast
Please select the number of movements, and the movements' corresponding tempos, commonly associated with the sonata:
3 mvts; Fast, slow, fast
After the Simple Gifts theme is played in Copland's Appalachian Spring, Section 7, how many variations of Simple Gifts occur?
4
The ____________ is a Lutheran congregational hymn tune.
Chorale
Please select the number of movements, and the movements' corresponding tempos, commonly associated with the String Quartet:
4 mvts; Fast, slow, dance-related, fast
Please select the number of movements, and the movements' corresponding tempos, commonly associated with the Symphony:
4 mvts; Fast, slow, dance-related, fast
How many voice lines are there in Giovanni Gabrieli's O Magnum Mysterium:
8
Which of the following is not a characteristic of Impressionistic music?
8 bar phrases and regular authentic cadences
To move forward from the first theme (or the first theme group) in sonata-allegro form, a composer will usually incorporate a:
All answers are correct: - Transition or bridge -Change of key - Modulation
Below is a video comparing three cellos valued at different prices. In the video between 3:49 and 9:05 what happens?
A $180,000.00 Cello is compared to a $1,000,000.00 Cello
The estampie was_____.
A Dance form
The first movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor is dominated by a repeated:
A Motive: perhaps signaling 'Fate'
Theory of musical aesthetics, widely accepted in the late Baroque that embraced the proposition that music is capable of arousing a variety of specific emotions within the listener.
A bass line notated with numbers to indicate chords above the bass line.
What is a Song cycle?
A collection of songs (perhaps like a "concept album") on a single theme
What does Through-composed mean?
A composition that has no obvious repetition
Der Ring des Nibelungen is ________
A cycle of four music dramas by Wagner
Which statement is true of surviving examples of secular songs?
A few thousand texts survive, but only some have music
The vielle was which_________ (type of string instrument?)
A five-stringed instrument played with a bow
The term: 'Courtly love' a common subject of secular song usually described_____
A man who. loves an unattainable or unavailable women
The texture of Baroque music is marked by
A polarity between bass and treble lines
Sonata form should be viewed as
A set of principles that serve to shape and unify contrasts of theme and key.
Which of the following is a Schubertiade?
A social gathering featuring the music of Franz Schubert
What is a Ballade ?
A specific type of narrative poetry that usually tells a sad story with an unhappy ending
Basso continuo is best described as:
A system of notation in which the bass line is provided and performers are expected to flesh out the harmonies above that bass line.
What is a strophic text?
A text constructed of a series of stanzas or strophes
In opera seria, the arias were usually written in "da capo" form, whose pattern is diagrammed as:
ABA
Which is TRUE of Clara Schumann's concert life?
After Robert died she rather consistently presented herself as her husband's muse, often wearing black (the color of mourning)
Which of the following is NOT true:
After Rossini retired from writing operas, he went into politics
Stravinsky in the 1955 film, describes Diaghilev (the Impresario's) stunned and worried reaction when he first heard on the piano the beginning of Sacre du Printemps (consisting of 59 violent, dissonant chord repetitions) of Stravinsky's new ballet. Yet when that same Ballet caused a riot in the Theater on the premiere, Diaghilev was "delighted". Which of the following is true?
All answers are correct
The Heldentenor is which of the following:
All answers are correct
Verdi is attracted to dramatic situations in which the characters are:
All answers are correct
Which is not part of the recipe for an extended Rossini crescendo?
All answers are correct
Which of the following is true of the court battle between Clara and her Father?
All answers are correct
Which of these were factors that contributed to the riot at the Premiere of the Rite of Spring?
All answers are correct
The most important form of music in the Lutheran church was the:
Chorale
In Variation 5, which of the following is NOT true?
All of these or It has a dynamic of fff (fortississimo = Very, very loud)
Which of the following statements is TRUE of Fanny Mendelssohn (Hensel)?
All statements are true
Aaron Copland's goal was to write music in a true ___________ style.
American
A jongleur was:
An entertainer who juggled as well as sang
Which best describes the early nineteenth-century concept of the artist as exemplified by Beethoven?
An inspired soul who suffered to deliver art to humanity
Which comes closest to describing the tempo of the second movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor?
Andante
The best-known composer of the early eighteenth century during his lifetime was:
Antonio Vivaldi
The following composer served as a teacher, composer, conductor, and superintendent of musical instruments at the Pio Ospedale della Pietà from 1703 to 1740:
Antonio Vivaldi
The majority of Vivaldi's concertos follow a three-movement plan introduced by:
Arcangelo Corelli
Schubert is considered the father of the Lied, which is the German term for what is known in English as:
Art song
The figured bass of the Basso continuo led to the consideration and application of sounds:,
As intervals above the bass
The following wind instrument was used in the worship of Dionysus, god of fertility and wine:
Aulos
The most popular ancient Greek wind instrument (also used in the feast of Dionysius) was the
Aulos
"Appalachian Spring" was the music for a:
Ballet
The name of the town in which Wagner constructed a theatre for his music dramas.
Bayreuth
Where was Wagner's Ring Cycle first performed in its entirety?
Bayreuth
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Berlioz's reputation outside France was even lower than it was in his homeland
Which of these was a troubadour?
Bernard de Ventadorn
Primitivism was:
Both are true
Please select the MOST appropriate answer according to whether the characteristic best describes Handel's operas, oratorios, or both. In Handel's day, it was usually performed in a theater instead of a church:
Both operas and oratorios
According to Aristotle, music imitated ethos through the choice of:
Both scale type and rhythm
The Doctrine of Ethos is the theory that music
Can influence a person's morality
Which of the following is not a part of the Ordinary?
Cantata
Trouvere and troubadour songs are preserved in manuscript anthologies known as:
Chansonniers
According to most sources, Beethoven's personal life was:
Chaotic and lonely
Which solo instrument plays the Simple Gifts tune at the beginning of Section 7 from Appalachian Spring?
Clarinet
Beethoven wrote music in both the ________ style and the ________ style.
Classical; Romantic
What was Stravinsky's profession?
Composer
Hildegard of Bingen is known for
Composing both the words and music for chants and a liturgical drama
Outside France, Berlioz enjoyed a great career as a(n):
Conductor
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's masterpiece is________.
Das Jahr
From what condition did Beethoven suffer?
Deafness
Aside from being a composer, Hildegard von Bingen was also a:
Doctor, mystic, poet
The central impulse of Baroque music, art and architecture is:
Dramatization
The fifth movement of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony depicts a:
Dream of a Witches Sabbath
The meter of the fourth movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor is:
Duple
The troubadours date back to the ________ centuries.
Eleventh through thirteenth
An undifferentiated stream of singing and declamation, as expressed in the vocal melodies of Wagner.
Endless melody
To what aristocracy did Handel introduce Italian opera?
English
A ______________, among other things, "shows artistry", "shows beauty", has "spiritual value", and "has universality in its appeal to a great number of people".
Masterpiece
According to the lecture, the Greeks believed that music could have a strong effect on:
Mind, Body, and Spirit
The scherzo, a fast, triple-meter movement, evolved from the:
Minute
Beginning in the fifteenth century, the following term referred to a polyphonic musical setting of a Latin text other than a mass cycle:
Motet
The name that Wagner gave to the new, more holistic, fully integrated type of opera he created.
Music drama
The term Baroque is now applied to
Music from 1600-1750
In order to support his family, Berlioz turned to:
Musical journalism and working in a library
What political figure inspired Beethoven in composing the Eroica Symphony?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Wagner modeled the poetry for his libretto on the style of the following medieval poem:
Nibelungenlied
The earliest surviving books of notated chant date from the late
Ninth Century
At what religious institution did Organum fully develop?
Notre Dame Cathedral
The shawm was similar to what modern day instrument
Oboe
Which instrument(s) plays the Simple Gifts tune in Variation 1 from Appalachian Spring?
Oboe and bassoon
In the sixteenth century madrigal, the standard number of singers for each part of the piece (score) is:
One
The instruments of the continuo group usually consist of
One bass instrument such as a viola da gamba, or cello plus a harpsichord or lute
Which of the following is not one of Vivaldi's important contributions to the concerto genre?
Only writing for one solo instrument for the concertino
Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form except the
Opera
In their use of aria, duet, and recitative, Bach's cantatas closely resembled the ____________ of the time.
Operas
The statement: "Three acts preceded by an overture" is the over-arching form that best describes which of Handel's forms?
Operas and Oratorios
The chorus played a bigger role in which Handelian form
Oratorio
Please indicate which of the following performing forces would usually perform the symphony:
Orchestra
Which performing ensemble plays Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?
Orchestra
As one of the first great ____________, Berlioz influenced a whole generation of musicians.
Orchestral conductors
Which of the following is NOT true of the Organum Alleluia Diffusa Est in this youtube?
Organum triplum, there are 3 solo parts above the held part (also called "tenore")
Name the musical device which happens between :56-and 1:10 in the following YOUTUBE of Purcell's most famous piece "When I am laid in Earth."
Ostinato bass-also known as ground bass
Congregational singing of chorales was an important way for people to:
Participate directly in the service
The painter _________, also embodied primitivism in his paintings?
Pechstein
Martin Luther proposed that music should be:
Performed by all participants, including the congregation
In the mid-nineteenth century, the following instrument became the center of music making in the home:
Piano
Which instrument was Beethoven performing instrument?
Piano
Please indicate which of the following performing forces would usually perform the sonata:
Piano alone; or solo instrument with piano
The piano parts of Schubert's Lieder are notable for their:
Pictorial and dramatic roles
In Palestrina's Agnus Dei in the Youtube at marker at 1:14 which words are being sung:
Qui tollis
In sonata-allegro form, the coda (if one is present) comes after the:
Recapitulation
At the end of a classical exposition there usually is a:
Repeat sign
The following composer believed that poetry, scenic design, staging, action, and music work together to form what he referred to as a Gesamtkunstwerk:
Richard Wagner
Which opera did Handel write?
Rinaldo
The following composer wrote over 120 songs in 1840, which he/she referred to as his/her "year of song":
Robert Schumann
Texts for early madrigals sometimes used the metaphor of "death" to allude to:
Sexual matters
Which is NOT true of Clara Schumann's personal life?
She corrected Robert's compositions whenever they collaborated
Which of the following is NOT true about Fanny Mendelssohn musical career?
She was able to publish most of her music and performed regularly in public to rave reviews from the critics
Which of the following is true about Clara Schumann's training and career?
She was compared favorably to some very famous pianists of her time, such as Franz Liszt.
Please indicate which of the following performing forces would usually perform the concerto:
Soloist and orchestra
The form of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in E can be thought of as a transformation of ________ form.
Sonata Allegro
In a large part of Verdi operas the ingénue love pair are assigned to specific voice ranges (.i.e. soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) Which voice parts are usually assigned for the love pair?
Soprano and Tenor
Of the following, which is NOT a characteristic of Verdi's late operas?
Spoken dialogue for the most intense scenes
With which genre is Beethoven most closely associated?
Symphony
Verdi was used to bossing his librettists around.
TRUE
Which of the following statements is not true about the "Tenore di Grazia"?
Tenore di grazia sings heroic tenor parts such as Wagner's Siegfried or Verdi's Otello
Which is NOT true about Handel's Coronation Anthem "Zadok the Priest"
The "Amens" and "Alleluias" do NOT begin at 3:08
Which is true about the panpipe?
The God Pan created it to assuage his sadness over losing Sirinx
The plots for Handel's Oratorios (which often exhibit a moral teaching) are usually taken from:
The Old Testament
The Schuola Cantorum was
The choir that sang for observances officiated by the pope
Which is not true about Rossini's coloratura Mezzo-Soprano?
The coloratura Mezzo-Soprano must have the ability to fill a large hall with a stentorian sound and sustained high notes
A feeling of harmonic tension and forward motion is created in the exposition of a sonata form movement by
The conflict of tonalities between the first and second themes.
"In paradisum" is part of the liturgy for:
The dead
The following made the English public consider Handel as a native son: Which is not true:
The fact that he wrote opera in Italian and the English grew tired of not understanding what was going on.
The increase of amateur music making for pleasure or social entertainment during the 15th and 16th centuries is as a direct result of:
The introduction of music printing causing wider dissemination of written music
A lengthy ceremony that might happen more than once a day in cathedrals and monasteries is known as:
The mass
Below is the Youtube of Corelli's Concerto Grosso The Concerto in D Major Op. 6 No. 4,
The music changes into minor at marker 8:48
In Wagner's operas, the introduction of a leitmotiv is most commonly sounded first by:
The orchestra
What does the piano introduction of "Erlkönig" bring to mind?
The pounding and galloping of a horses' hooves
In paradisum" is sung by:
The priest and the entire religious community
Of the following, what does not characterize Vivaldi's typical ritornello form?
The ritornello always recurs in its complete form
In Baroque music affections can be defined as:
Theory of musical aesthetics, widely accepted in the late Baroque that embraced the proposition that music is capable of arousing a variety of specific emotions within the listener.
Catholic compositions of the sixteenth century differed from earlier compositions for the church in that
There were 5 or 6 voices, instead of 4
Martin Luther proposed that music should be:
There were 5 or 6 voices, instead of 4
Which is true of Beethoven's style periods?
They progress from Classical to heroic to introspective.
In Bach's day, the Lutheran church service lasted about ____________ hour(s).
Three
Music scholars divide Beethoven's music into ________ distinct style periods:
Three
How many different characters do you hear in "Erlkönig"?
Three plus the narrator
When a composer writes new music for each stanza of a poem, the form is known as:
Through composed
Berlioz was extraordinarily imaginative in treating the orchestra, creating ____________ never before heard.
Tone colors
Love was a main topic of secular song among all but the
Trabadors, Trouveres, minnesinger, goliards
Which of these is not a musical instrument found in ancient Greece?
Trombone
According to the composer/conductor Pierre Boulez, 'Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun?' often referred to as the first composition of the "modern" era, 'awakened modern music.'
True
Debussy resented being called an 'impressionist' but he preferred being called a 'modernist' or a symbolist'.
True
Dionysus was the Greek god of wine.
True
Even though "Water Music" suites contain many movements that are designated dance' there was no expectation that the royal family would dance on the barge as it cruised up and down the Thames.
True
Handel composed more and more oratorios at the same time as the demand for his operas (and his profits from them) decreased.
True
Hildegard used an idiosyncratic system of modes, which was unique to her, in that it did not adhere to the usual modes used in the Middle Ages.
True
Le Sacre du Printemps (Rite of Spring) was originally titled "The Victim" and portrayed a pagan celebration in which a virgin sacrifices herself to the god of spring.
True
Originally Hildegard and her nuns co-existed with monks in the same monastery, but eventually received their own convent.
True
Plainchant is monophonic (one musical line, sung in unison)
True
Stravinsky rather quickly left the audience of the premiere of the Rite of Spring in fear, because of the negative response
True
The Cavatina and Cabaletta almost always occur in pairs in arias of 19th century operas.
True
The Rite of Spring depicts various primitive rituals celebrating the advent of spring, after which a young virgin girl is chosen as a sacrificial victim and dances herself to death to appease the God of Spring.
True
The creation of polyphony allowed Western Music to flourish and become what it is today.
True
Unity is achieved in the classical symphony partly by the use of the same key in three of its four movements.
True
Variation 4 starts in the same key as Variation 3 ended.
True
Verdi wrote operas based on Shakespeare's plays
True
Vivaldi introduced a new instrument called the chalumeau in his music.
True
Hildegard of Bingen composed in the ________ century.
Twelfth century
At the beginning of Variation 2 the 'Simple gifts' tune is played:
Twice as slow
Between 1:36-2:00: Then 3:02-3:20 in the Youtube below of Monteverdi's "Possente Spirto" which of the following is true?
Two Ritornellos are played—first violins, then brass-like instruments called "zinks"
Please indicate which of the following performing forces would usually perform the string quartet:
Two violins, viola, and cello
Baroque composers believed that music should be:
Used as a means of expressing and arousing emotions in the listener
In which city did Vivaldi spend most of his career?
Venice
Which city had conservatories that became centers of music training-especially for female singers and musicians?
Venice
In which city did Vivaldi die as a pauper?
Vienna
The following instrument was not commonly used as a continuo instrument:
Violin
What instrument did Vivaldi feature as a soloist in most of his concertos?
Violin
The second movement of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony is a ______________, the most popular dance of the romantic era.
Waltz
A typical baroque operatic form was the da capo aria in ABA form in which the singer:
Was expected to embellish the returning melody with ornamental tones.
Secular song (of the Minnesingers, Meistersingers) in Germany
Was influenced by the music of the troubadours but was written in german
A two-part collection of preludes and fugues, one in each major and minor key, basic to the repertoire of keyboard players today, is Bach's
Well-tempered clavier
A two-part collection of preludes and fugues, one in each major and minor key, basic to the repertoire of keyboard players today, is Bach's:
Well-tempered clavier
Which of the following statements is not true?
When chorale melodies were harmonized for church choirs, the tune was assigned to the tenors and never the boy sopranos
Two artists whose works had a great impact on the young Berlioz were:
William Shakespeare and Ludwig van Beethoven
The theme played at the beginning of Section 7 of Appalachian Spring is the tune Simple Gifts. This tune consists of four phrases. What best describes the form of the tune?
abxb
In the lecture, a poem written when someone dies is called _________
an epitaph
Bach achieves unity of mood in his compositions by using:
an insistent, rhythmic drive
The following best outlines the three-movement plan employed by Vivaldi:
an opening fast movement, a slow movement in the same or related key, and a final fast movement in the tonic
In the YOUTUBE of "Weelkes "As Vesta was from Latmos hill At marker :18 which of the words is painted by the text?—(the music directly reflecting the meaning of the word:
ascending
Which of the following is NOT a category of chant?
chromatic
All of the following are characteristics of Beethoven's symphonic compositional style except
disregard and ignorance of classical forms
Which musical characteristic of Beethoven's symphonies seems far from the Classical style of Mozart and Haydn?
rhythmic drive`
The form of the first movement Vivaldi's 'Spring' Concerto is:
ritornello form
Vivaldi codified the following form, providing a compositional model for later concerto composers:
ritornello form
For Richard Wagner, the function of music was to:
serve dramatic expression
The poetry associated with Vivaldi's Spring, describes:
singing birds, murmuring streams, and a sudden thunderstorm
According to the lecture, the Greeks believed music could have a beneficial effect on both mind and body. . thus it could create an ethical person.
true
Approximately 40 fragments of Greek music still exist today.
true
The Cabaletta is the second, faster movement of the 19th century Italian double aria, most often made up of a stanza sung twice, the second time with ornamentation, and ending with a rousing coda.
true
