Appreciation Of Music

Guido d'Arezzo wrote The Fundamentals of Music, a very important medieval treatise (essay).

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

During the Medieval Period, we can trace the development of music notation from manuscripts that monks copied by hand in rooms known as:

This is an example of a musical genre known as

In the early days of the church, the only music allowed during the service was:

Chants like "Laudate deum" were used to divide people on political and religious issues.

Organa featured voices that could move independently, marking the beginning of Western polyphonic music.

Léonin and Pérotin were two composers associated with Notre Dame and the development of polyphony.

Which 8th- and 9th-century ruler had a profound influence on Church music?

Which excerpt is from an organum written by Pérotin, Léonin's successor at Notre Dame?

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?

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?

The composer of this excerpt is...

Francesco Landini was a Medieval composer of sacred works whose output consisted primarily of ballate.

According to the text, the motet became a secular genre even though it grew out of sacred chant.

The texture of this example is...

Which of the following was regarded as a leading composer of the Ars Nova style?

The following excerpt's soaring melodies and wide melodic range means that the piece is most likely by:

Based on the drums at the beginning, followed by the distinctive double-reed timbre of shawms, this excerpt is...

Who composed ˆLe Jeu de Robin et de Marion", considered the earliest surviving secular French play with music?

Which of the following describes one of the most popular forms during the Renaissance, the chanson?

Which of the following events occurred in America during the time period known as the Renaissance?

Burgundian composers made each of the standard components of the Mass distinct by using a different cantus firmus melody for each component.

The above excerpt illustrates which of the following?

The following Kyrie is from a mass by:

The following excerpt is an example of:

According to the text, the Renaissance period was known as:

Composers increasingly wrote for the organ, harpsichord, and virginal in the 16th century.

During the Renaissance Period, English and Burgundian composers popularized the use of thirds and the sixths.

The following melody, a popular Renaissance tune, was used as the cantus firmus in many masses, such as those by Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Ockgehem, and Giovanni da Palestrina.

This is an excerpt from a:

According to the text, which time period is considered the Renaissance period?

What element of the musical style of the following piece indicates that it is from the Renaissance period rather than the Medieval period?

Which of the following selections is an example of a Renaissance consort?

Motets composed in the Middle Ages were easy to confuse with ones composed during the Renaissance because they sounded so similar.

The following excerpt features both imitative counterpoint and homophony.

Which of the following is a composition for the vihuela?

This instrument, which was very popular during the Renaissance, is called a

The following excerpt is from music composed by:

It is fair to say that the following excerpt features word painting.

The dynamics in this example is best described as:

The following piece features basso continuo.

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

Which of the following was a consequence of the Thirty Years' War?

Which of these examples is a recitative?

Which two composers both held the post of director of music at St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice at different times:

The style of the following piece may be described as stile antico.

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

One characteristic of this excerpt that suggests it might be from the Baroque Period is:

During the Baroque period, the term sonata was used for musical works __________.

Which of the following describes this example?

According to the text, what motivated the creation of the Baroque Doctrine of Affections?

According to the text, this composer was able to successfully adapt the recitative to the intricacies of the French language:

From which of the following works does the above aria come?

If the soloists in a concerto are a group of musicians, the work is called a

Farinelli was a famous:

The following piece is an example of...

The following piece, based upon a sailor's dance called the hornpipe, comes from what type of larger work?

A Baroque oratorio is...

The secular text and overall musical style of this example suggest that it is from a/an:

During the Classical period, opera buffa plots were based on myths and historical figures.

Which of the following is a composition for a large ensemble?

Listen to these two excerpts from Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Which of the following is a fair statement about them?

The following example from the Classical period may be classified as a/an:

Which excerpt is most likely from an opera by Mozart?

The above Piano Sonata by C.P.E. Bach was representative of the transitional period between the Baroque and Classical periods. Which of the following terms describes this piece?

Listen to the above excerpt from Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Which of the following would be the most likely tempo marking?

A string ________ is composed of two violins, one viola, and a cello.

During the Classical period, sonata-allegro form was no longer used as the basis for instrumental music.

Which excerpt is most likely from a symphony by Mozart?

The following movement from a Haydn symphony features sudden shifts in volume. To which symphony does the movement belong?

Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro cemented his reputation as a master of the genre, yet it received a lukewarm reception in Vienna. Which of the following reasons does the text give as to why this was the case?

The following piece, nicknamed "Emperor," features piano sections alternating with orchestral sections. What type of work is it?

What common Classical period genre does this excerpt represent?

Which excerpt is not from music composed by Mozart?

Which of the following composers wrote this symphony?

Which of the following excerpts may be classified as chamber music?

Which of the following composers was the first to make an independent living by composing?

Which excerpt is not from music composed by Beethoven?

Which one of the following examples comes from a famous Beethoven symphony?

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).

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

According to the text, which of the following is NOT considered a form of program music?

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

The above excerpt from a Smetana piece demonstrates a typical characteristic of Romantic music. What is it?

Which of the following statements is NOT true of music from the Romantic period?

Which excerpt features the flowing melody from Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony?

According to the text, art of the Romantic period valued emotional restraint and clarity of form.

Which of the following are concepts associated with the Romantic period?

Which excerpt features a melody from an opera by Puccini?

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

The following piano sonata was composed by one of the first female virtuoso performers. Identify this composer.

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:

Which excerpt is not from a symphony by Felix Mendelssohn?

The following excerpt comes from which work?

Which excerpt is from a lied by Schubert?

The bell-like effects in the above excerpt indicate that the piece is:

The following waltz was written by:

Which excerpt is from a Polonaise by Frédéric Chopin?

Which of the following excerpts is most likely a composition by Paganini?

Which excerpt is from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky?

The final movement of his Symphony No. 4 (below) was a passacaglia with 32 variations. Deemed old-fashioned by his German contemporaries, he was seen as a progressive after his death thanks to an essay by Arnold Schoenberg. What is his name?

His Don Quixote (below) features dissonances used for comic effect. It is one of his many tone poems, in which he explored the boundaries of tonality while telling stories using extra-musical content. He is as remembered for his unique Romantic style as his association with the German Nazi party. What is his name?

The composer pictured above is best known for taking older forms and styles and redefining them in modern ways. Antonin Dvorak was inspired by his Hungarian Dance No. 1. What is this composer's name?

What feature of Gustav Mahler's symphonies reflect the extremes of the late Romantic period?

The above Requiem was written by an influential Romantic composer who helped found the National Society of French music. Who was this composer?

His Violin Concerto (below) is a favorite in concert halls all over the world today, but upon its 1881 premiere in Vienna, it was lambasted by critics, including one who called it "odorously Russian." During his lifetime, he was thought of as "too Russian" by foreign critics and "too cosmopolitan" by his countrymen, yet his music endures to this day. Who is this composer?

Which excerpt is most likely from music by Richard Strauss?

This composer pictured above wrote The Blue Danube, arguably the most famous waltz of all time. His name is:

According to the text, which of the following is a Post-Romantic composer?

According to the text, modernism consciously rejects tradition and insists on radical experimentation as the way forward.

The following excerpt is from Claude Debussy's La cathedral engloutie.

Which of the following best explains why it is the case that nowadays, older works are performed in concert halls whereas newer works are only heard by a small number of people?

Which composer traveled the countryside recording and transcribing in great detail the music of rural and small-town people?

Although Ballets Russes translates as Russian Ballet, the company was based in Paris, France.

Which excerpt was most likely composed by Igor Stravinsky?

The following Gymnopedie was written by which composer?

Which of the following is the composer for this piece?

The above excerpts, from Pulcinella and Canticum Sacrum, respectively, are both...

The following excerpt is from a ballet score composed by Stravinsky and commissioned by Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes.

Which composer invented the revolutionary "method of composing with twelve tones related only to each other"?

Which composer wrote a Ninth Symphony (below) that Soviet leader Stalin deemed inappropriate for the occasion of celebrating the end of WWII? Hint: he was denounced by Pravda, the unofficial mouthpiece of the Communist Party, as a young man.

Given the atonal nature of this example, which of the following is the most likely composer?

The following piece was written by a leading figure of the post-WWII German avant-garde. Identify this composer.

The above etude, named after a sculpture by Brâncuşi, is titled "Coloana fara sfarsit" (Infinite column). Who wrote it?

Which excerpt is from Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols?

The three-movement Symphony of Sorrowful Songs features a different text for each movement. Its second movement (below) concerns the plight of a young Polish prisoner seeking the protection of the Queen of Heaven. Who is the composer of this piece?

Which excerpt is from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff?

The above piece, Ionisation, is notable for being the first piece of Western art music composed for percussion alone. Who wrote it?

Which of the following places holds an annual summer school for new music that was influential in the development of total serialism and the use of electronic music?

The above work, titled Made in America, was the first commissioned orchestral work from the Made in America project. Who wrote it?

What compositional technique is illustrated by the following excerpt?

The following excerpt of music by John Cage features what instrument?

Alberto Ginastera's objective nationalist period featured works that more directly and obviously included elements of folk music, whereas his subjective nationalist period featured works written in a personal language that incorporated folk music elements. How did he describe his third stylistic period, from which the above work comes?

The following aria is from an opera by Mexican composer Daniel Catán.

Which one of these composers wrote music for prepared piano?

The following piece by Charles Ives appeared in his collection of 114 Songs. What is its name?

The polytonality and polyrhythms in the above Country Band March was inspired by the composer's experience hearing two bands marching around a park playing different tunes. Who is the composer?

At one point in her career, composer Joan Tower was ordered to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

In 1945, Aaron Copland won a Pulitzer Prize for a work about a pioneer celebration in Pennsylvania, set in the 1800s. What is the name of this work?

The following excerpt is from Nixon in China by John Adams.

The above excerpt comes from which larger work?

The above prelude to the opera Akhnaten, which premiered in Stuttgart, Germany in 1984, was written by which composer?

The above excerpt comes from which larger work?

Which composer, known for his ability to combine the sounds of jazz and Western art music, wrote the above piece?