Music Lit and Appreciation Final Exam Review
The dates for the Medieval period are generally considered to be:
1150 - 1450 AD
Which time period is generally considered the Renaissance period?
1450 - 1600
The dates given in the course for the Baroque Period place it between:
1600-1750
The dates given in this course for the Classical period are:
1750 - 1825
A Baroque sonata is...
A piece for solo instrument or a small group of instruments
Which of the following forms is not based on the principle of repetition?
Binary form
Notes that don't belong to the traditional scale are known as ______________ alterations.
Chromatic
Although the violin is mostly a single melody instrument, violinists can also play chords using an instrumental technique known as:
Double stops
According to the text, tempo can be described as weak or strong.
False
Audiences immediately embraced the dodecaphonic work of Arnold Schoenberg.
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 (comic opera) plots were based on myths and historical figures.
False
From the Classical period onwards, sonata-allegro form was replaced by other forms as the basis for most instrumental music. Select one:
False
Most of the notated music that survives from the Medieval period is secular in nature.
False
Two simultaneous pitches of the same letter name and pitch (e.g., C, G, or D) constitute a harmony.
False
Which of the following composers, upon arriving in Paris in 1831, quickly became closely associated with the most prominent intellectuals, artists, musicians, political activists, and financiers of his day, thus launching his career?
Frédéric Chopin
Which one of these composers was considered a national hero in his homeland?
Jean Sibelius
Which one of these composers wrote music for prepared piano?
John Cage
The musical texture that consists of a single melody without accompaniment is called:
Monophony
Which of the following is not an overture by Beethoven:
Pastoral
A melody consists of a succession of:
Pitches
Which of the following was NOT a popular form during the Renaissance period?
Plainsong
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.
Many composers in the contemporary period sought alternatives to tonality, or key-centered music. Which of the following is one such alternative?
Serialism
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
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
Which of the following choices is the defining characteristic of polyphony?
The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines
A characteristic that suggests it music from a medieval Mass is:
The smooth melodic lines and unstressed rhythm
According to the text, ternary form uses a mixture of repetition and contrast.
True
Form can be defined as the constructive or organizing element in music.
True
From the Classical period onward, sonata-allegro form became the basis for most instrumental music.
True
Musical texture refers to how melody and harmony relate to each other.
True
Syncopation is often used in jazz settings. Select one:
True
The term harmony refers to the horizontal aspect of music.
True
According to the text, which two essential factors do composers manipulate to hold the listener's interest?
Unity and variety
What unique feature of this example suggests that it was written in the Contemporary period?
Use of a traditional instrument in a completely new way
Which of the following composers envisioned operas as "musical dramas"—a combination of all the arts?
Wagner
According to the text, in rondo form, the repeating themes are separated by:
contrasting episodes
In general, operatic arias of the Romantic period, for example those by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), provide good examples of homophonic music.
True
The relationship between consonance and dissonance has remained constant throughout history and consistent from culture to culture.
False
The smallest harmonic unit is made up of three pitches called a chord.
False
This instrument, which was very popular during the Renaissance, is called a
Lute
The two most important French composers of organum and discant during the Medieval period were:
Léonin and Pérotin
Which statement is correct?
Melodic motion and melodic repetition are both effective ways of creating tension and relaxation.
The characteristics of a melody may be best described in terms of:
Shape, direction, and range
According to the text, the Renaissance period was known as:
The Golden Age of Choral Music
Farinelli was a famous:
castrato
The composer pictured above, an international artist of Hungarian heritage, decided to become a technical wizard at the keyboard after hearing Paganini playing the violin. What is his name?
Liszt
In broad terms, music and the other arts of the Romantic period...
Gave full expression to a wide range of feelings, dreams, and the heroic human potential.
Which one of the following composers' style is most closely associated with that of the commercial music world known as Tin Pan Alley?
George Gershwin
Which of the following was regarded as a leading composer of the Ars Nova style?
Guillaume de Machaut
Which of the following is a false statement?
Tempo and rhythm are interchangeable terms.
