Music Appreciation Midterm (1-9)

Music can be defined as...

The four main properties of musical sound are pitch, dynamic, tone color, and...

The relative highness or lowness of a sound is called...

A sound that has a definite pitch is called a...

The distance in pitch between any two tones is called an...

When tones are separated by the interval called an _______, they sound very much alike.

The distance between the lowest and highest tones an instrument can produce is called its...

Dynamics in music refers to...

A gradual decrease in loudness is known as a...

Timbre is synonymous with...

Which of the following is not a normal classification of male vocal ranges?

A symphonic band consists of mainly...

Plucking the string with a finger instead of using a bow is called....

Woodwind instruments are so named because...

The ______ are the only orchestral drums of definite pitch.

The ______ has strings that a plucked by a set of plastic, quill, or leather wedges.

Rapidly repeating tones by quick up and down strokes of the bow is known as...

regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time

organization of beats into regular groups is called

the first, or stressed, beat of a measure is known as the

this term refers to the rate of speed of the beat of the music

in musical notation, pitches are written on a set of five lines called a

the repetition of a melodic pattern at a higher or lower pitch

musical element that refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other

a series of chords is called a

the simplest most basic chord in western music is the

chromatic is used in music to refer to the

when two or more melodic lines of equal interest are performed simultaneously, the texture is

a round is an example of

homophonic texture consists of

some feature of a music idea are changed, but others are retained, the technique is referred to as

ordered flow of music through time

in musical notation, silence is indicated by

combination of tones that are unusable and tense

central tone around which a musical composition is organized

texture of a single melodic line without accompaniment is

middle ages in european history

who held virtual monopoly on learning in middle ages

most medieval music was

the music medieval monks made was

texture of gregorian chant

earliest chant manuscripts from what century

earliest extant liturgical morality play, Ordo virtutum (Play of the Virtues), was composed by

The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed by

first steps toward the development of polyphony were taken sometime between 700 and 900, when

gregorian chant with one additional melodic line

center of polyphonic music in europe after 1150 was

earliest known composers to write music with measured rhythm

"ars nova" refers to

Renaissance in music occured between

texture of renaissance music is chiefly

two main forms of sacred renaissance music are

the renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in

Weelkes's "As Vesta Was Descending" is notable for its

nuns and monks sang at what two types of services

a capella refers to

baroque style flourished in music during this period

early baroque period was characterized by

Montoverdi created music that was

instrumental music became as important as vocal music a this time

a baroque musical composition usually expresses ________ within the same movement

sudden alterations between loud and soft

main keyboard instuments of the baroque era were

most characteristic feature of baroque music is its use of

a movement in music usually refers to

three movements of concerto grosso

first and last movements of concerto grosso are in what form

main theme of a fugue is called the

a play set to music with orchestral accompaniment with costumes and actors

the text or book of a musical dramatic work

vocal line that imitates fluctuations of speech

camerata wanted the vocal line of their music to follow

first european opera house to offer admission to anyone paying the price opened in

castrati

statement is not true about monteverdi

Dido and Aeneas was composed by

vivaldi spend most of his life working at an institution for orphaned and illegitimate girls in

vivaldi was famous as a virtuoso on what instrument

vivaldi wrote appox how many concerto grosso and solo concertos

Bach was most eminent of his day with what instrument

Bach created masterpieces in every from except

sets of dance inspired instrumental movements

baroque suites typically begin with

congregational singing of chorales was an important way for people to

bach's cantatas closely resembled what of that time

sonata intended to be played in a church

Corelli's Trio Sonata in A Minor, op. 3, no. 10, is scored for

a vivaldi concerto typically has

vivaldi wrote concertos for a great variety of instruments (T/F)

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

which of the following is not a part of baroque suite

two sections of a french overture

A sung piece, or choral work with or without vocal soloists, usually with orchestral accompaniment, is the

how many performers in baroque trio sonata

dates for classicism in western art music

which is not a sonata form movement

concluding section of sonata form movement

theme and variations form may be outlined as

minuet and trio movement of classical symphony is in what form

minuet is generally what number movement of a classical symphony

beethoven replaces what kind of movement for the minuet in many of his works

rondo may be schematically outlined as

return of the main theme in rondo form is welcome because it is in what key

rondo most often serves as the

first movement of a classical symphony is almost always fast and in what form

usual order of movements in classical symphony is

a concerto is a large-scale work in several movements for

mozart and beethoven wrote concertos for their favorite instrument, the

sequence of movements in classical concerto is

first movement of a classical concerto has

classical concerto differs from the symphony in that it doesn't have these movements

In the classical period, comic operas sometimes

In the exposition of a sonata form movement...

each successive variation in a theme with variations

pieces of an oratorio are usually connected by means of

handel's messiah is an example of

Handel spent a major portion of his time in

the core of Handel's output was english oratorios and italian...

oratorio differs from opera in that is has no

Oratorios first appeared in

2 violins, viola, cello, four movements, most important form in chamber music

Haydn's two popular oratorios: the seasons and

Mozart's symphony no. 40 in Gmin is

major factor that distinguishes chamber music from symphony

in addition to 68 string quartets, how many symphonies did Haydn write?

where were the 12 symphonies for JP Saloman first performed? (Named the _______ symphonies)

family that helped make Haydn famous

mozart's finest german opera

piano trio is written for what 3 instruments?

after he went deaf, his compositions included piano sonatas, string quartets, and the 9th symphony. these are some of beethoven's...

beethoven had 16 of these, and they were considered some of the greatest ever recorded

piano sonata is for...

Beethoven's third symphony commemorated

beethoven had a habbit of carrying a

beethoven's only opera is entitled