music final study guide ig

The Beatles's influence on American rock music may be seen through later performers' use of _______.

"classical" and nonwestern instruments new electronic effects unconventional scales, chord progressions, and rhythms All answers are correct.

Classicism, as a stylistic period in Western music, encompassed the years _______.

1750-1820

Romanticism, as a stylistic period in Western music, encompassed the years _______.

1820-1900

The flowering of African American culture called the "Harlem Renaissance" spanned the years ______.

1917-35

The phrase Middle Ages refers to the period of European history spanning ______.

450-1450

What is a symphony?

A sonata for orchestra

What is a major difference between a cantata and an oratorio?

An oratorio is not intended for religious services.

Which statement is true about opera in Venice?

Between 1637 and 1700 there were seventeen opera houses in Venice.

Habañera from Carmen; george bizet

Carmen sings an aria, which is answered by the chorus.

the nutcracker, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Dance of the Reed Pipes from Nutcracker Suite

John Williams composed the score for which of the following films?

E.T. the Extraterrestrial; Star wars; AND Indiana Jones

Beethoven's only opera is entitled ______.

Fidelio

Which of the following operas was not composed by Richard Wagner?

Fidelio

Composers in the classical period took middle-class tastes into account by doing what?

Flavoring their serious compositions with folk and popular music Writing comic operas that sometimes ridiculed the aristocracy Writing dance music for public balls All answers are correct.

harry potter song by john williams; What instrument performs the melody at the beginning of this excerpt?

French horn

The music the medieval monks sang was called _______.

Gregorian chant

very chaotic piece with strings by Georges Bizet In which order are the unique textures presented in this selection?

Homophonic, then monophonic

The saxophone solo is an example of which prominent feature of jazz?

Improvisation

What is program music?

Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene

When notating music for others to read, composers traditionally have used ____________ words to indicate dynamics.

Italian

Giovanni Palestrina, Renaissance Mass, agnus dei adagio op 11

KEEEEEkayyyyyehhhh eyyyy

Some of Puccini's operas feature exoticism, as in his use of melodic and rhythmic elements derived from Japanese and Chinese music in his operas ______.

Madame Butterfly and Turandot

the alleluia chant thing is

Monophonic Many notes are sung to relatively few syllables of text.

C jam blues by duke ellington has these instruments

Piano, bass, drums, and guitar

The librettos to The Ring of the Nibelung were written by ______.

Richard Wagner

The famous aria La donna è mobile is taken from Verdi's opera ______.

Rigoletto

We have a record of Beethoven's struggle with his musical material because he did what?

Showed his workflow in musical sketchbooks

Ludwig van Beethoven; Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, IV

Symphony

The famous riot in 1913 was caused by the first performance of Stravinsky's ballet ______.

The Rite of Spring

To what does dynamics in music refer?

The degree of loudness and softness

Who was Hildegard of Bingen?

The first woman composer to leave a large number of works that have survived Abbess of the convent at Rupertsberg A visionary and mystic active in religious and diplomatic affairs all answers correct

Which of the following about Vivaldi's La Primavera (Spring) from The Four Seasons is true?

The piece is an example of program music.

Leonard Bernstein; Tonight, from West Side Story

This music depicts several emotions at once. toniiight toniiight i see my love toniiight

The firebird, Stravinsky What instrument punctuates this selection with dramatic accents?

Timpani

Which of the following instruments were not normally included in the classical orchestra?

Trombones

Which of the following operas is not by Verdi?

Turandot

The idea of musical themes for characters (leitmotifs) was developed by which nineteenth-century composer?

Wagner

Nadezhda von Meck was ______.

a wealthy benefactress who provided Tchaikovsky with an annuity

The Renaissance may be described as an age of ______.

all answers correct if they're pretty much all good

West Side Story contains _______.

an unprecedented fusion of song and drama with electrifying violent choreography

George Frideric Handel; Hallelujah, from Messiah; an oratorio chorus The excerpt moves from monophonic to polyphonic to homophonic.

and he shall reign for ever and everrr, Hallelujah Hallelujah and ever and ever Hallelujah Hallelujah

estampie is a bopping litle lute dance song by

anonymous in middle ages It is in triple meter and has a strong, fast beat.

The baroque style was well suited to the ______.

aristocracy

Allegro

at a brisk lively tempo, cheerful

Adagio

at a slow tempo

Andante

at a walking pace, still slow, not as slow as adagio

ave maria by Josquin Desprez that doesn't sound like ave maria

aveeee aaaa uuuuu seeee

In contrast to fugues, baroque suites tended to have ____________ because they were based on dance steps.

balanced and symmetrical phrases

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, I; three short notes and one long note

beethoven DO DO DO DOOOO

The use of organs in church _______.

bothered the clergy because they distracted the listeners from worship

The lowest woodwind instrument in the orchestra is the ______.

contrabassoon

Arcangelo Corelli, Quadruple meter with dotted rhythms

couldn't find the name but it goes like da do. da do. da da da da da do. dadadadadaadaaaadaaa

Antonio Vivaldi, La Primavera (Spring), from The Four Seasons, I; Concerto and allegro

da da da da dada dAAAA you had a music box with this, ends weird with strings kinda headachy

An attempt was made to purify Catholic church music as a result of the ______.

deliberations of the Council of Trent

As Vesta Was Descending, word painting, thomas weelkes

dianas daaaarling, keep runningggg darliiiiing

edgard varese

did the weird spooky jumpscare piece

Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major

do do do do dodododododo

John Dowland, flow my tears, uses a lute

down there nights shiiiine you no moooore, now nights are dark enough

Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony ______.

ends with a slow, despairing finale Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, also known as the Pathétique Symphony

Agnus dei by Guillaume de Machaut

from notre dame mass; is Solemn, yet elaborate

Scott Joplin; maple leaf rag

gives u animal crossing vibes

Symphonie fantastique, V: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath; trills and ornaments

hector berlioz

over the rainbow

homophonic, judy garland

Homophonic

ig means there's multiple instruments playing parts that aren't the same together?? primary part is supported by one or more additional strands that flesh out the harmony

When music is created at the same time as it is performed, it is said to be ______.

improvised

Today's movie scores may be regarded as examples of ______.

incidental music/ music used in a film or play as a background to create or enhance a particular atmosphere.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, I

kinda sounds like a tom and jerry song? has sharp points then pretty points

super sad piano song by chopin The tempo and mood of this music are ______.

largo and brooding

Guillaume de Machaut's compositions consist mainly of ______.

love songs with instrumental accompaniment

little old kinda like guitar thing by bach

lute suit n1 e minor, rhythmic melody short-short-long

Leonard Bernstein

mexicans; how you get all of them insiiide

A virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages was held by _______.

monks in monasteries

Short musical ideas or fragments of themes that are developed within a composition are called ______.

motives

Franz Schubert; German lied; Erlkonig

my fatherrr my fatherrr ess sheeetz tooo esstat

The word baroque has at various times meant all of the following except ______.

naturalistic

A baroque musical composition usually expresses ____________within the same movement.

one basic mood

monophonic

only one melodic line, with no harmony or counterpoint. There may be rhythmic accompaniment, but only one line that has specific pitches.

Monteverdi, an early baroque composer, strove to create music that was ______.

passionate and dramatic

A ____________ is an instrumental composition in several movements based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.

program symphony

Dido's Lament, from Dido and Aeneas, Adagio

remember me, remember me, what aaaaaare forgeeeet my faaaaace

The compelling drive and energy in baroque music are usually provided by ______.

repeated rhythmic patterns

An African American dance music that fused blues, jazz, and gospel styles is known as _______.

rhythm and blues

The citizen's sense of national identity and patriotic feelings were intensified by ______.

romanticism, which glorified love for one's national heritage common bonds of language, culture, and history military resistance to Napoleon All answers are correct.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Minuet and trio; sereneade no 13

saw this in a video, think couple dancing and at the dididi part they jump and flail their feet

Aaron Copland; Simple Gifts, from Appalachian Spring

sounds like more boppin lord of the dance at one point

Along with his symphonies, Haydn's ___________ are considered his most important works.

string quartets

Liszt created the ______________, a one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.

symphonic poem

George Frideric Handel, For unto Us a Child Is Born, from Messiah; an oratorio

the priiince of peaaaace

Timbre is synonymous with ______.

tone color

An artistic trend of the 1890s, in which operas dealt with ordinary people and true-to-life situations, was known as ______.

verismo

Cool jazz ______.

was related to bop but was calmer and more relaxed in character

Vienna, when Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were active, ______.

was the fourth-largest city in Europe was the seat of the Holy Roman Empire had a population of almost 250,000 all answers correct

George Gershwin; Rhapsody in Blue

weird lego keyboard smash tom and jerry piece

Woodwind instruments are so named because they ______.

were originally made of wood