Music Appreciation Final

A unifying factor for social, political, and cultural life in the Medieval period was...

This is an example of a musical genre known as Play: 00:13 men's voices acapella

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?

The composer of this excerpt is Play: 00:17

The great European churches and cathedrals of the Medieval period were important to the development of Western music

This excerpt is an example of a medieval religious type of composition known as Play 4:32

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

The two most important French composers of organum and discant during the Medieval period were

Which of the following were secular genres in the Medieval period?

This excerpt is... Play: 00:40

This excerpt is an example of: Play: 00:30

Most of the notated music that survives from the Medieval period is secular in nature.

The composer of this excerpt is... Play: 00:55

Which of the following were sacred genres in the Medieval period?

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

The following composition is a work by: Play: 06:03

The melody of this example suggest that it is from sacred music of the Medieval period because... Play: 06:30

Which of the following examples represents secular music? A B C: Play: 00:15

A characteristic of this excerpt that suggests it is from a medieval Mass is: Play: 02:08

The following excerpt features characteristics of polyphonic texture. Play: 04:32

One difference between a Renaissance Mass and a motet is:

The following excerpt has smooth melodies that imitate one another on entrances. Play: 05:37

The following example is played on an instrument that was very popular during the Renaissance. That instrument is the: Play: 00:37

The following excerpt features characteristics of polyphonic texture. Play: 01:38

The following excerpt is an example of Renaissance a cappella choral music. Play: 07:19

Which of the following is a composition for the vihuela? A B Play: 01:58 C D

The following excerpt has smooth melodies that imitate one another on entrances. Play: 03:42 (hallelujah)

The composer of this selection is: Play: 10:26

The following excerpt is an example of Renaissance a cappella choral music. Play: 03:13

Which of the following selections is an example of a Renaissance consort? A B C D Play: 1:30

Two important composers from the Renaissance period were:

Renaissance artists didn't really care very much if their works appealed to the public at large; they were more concerned about the "purity" of their music.

Venit ad Petrum was often used as the cantus firmus for the mass.

The Renaissance madrigal was a sacred music form used to convey the meanings behind the poems on which they were based.

Which of the following is not part of the Ordinary of the Catholic Mass?

The Renaissance may be described as an age in which:

During the Renaissance, what was the name composers gave to the original chant used as the basis for the main melody in a composition?

The Renaissance period saw inventions and developments that:

This example is: Play: 00:25

Which of the following describes this example? Play: 00:40 (female opera voice)

The texture of this excerpt is: Play: 00:32 (two piano melodies together)

Which of the following examples features melismatic singing? A B C Play: 00:21 D

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

The following musical excerpt is from a recitative. Play: 01:01 (female high voice)

The following musical excerpt is from a recitative. Play: 00:25 (woman rolls tongue)

Listen to this music example and answer the following question: What would be the typical expectation regarding the rest of the movements of this particular type of work? Play: 00:47 (choir with loud music)

During the Baroque period, the musical feature that lent harmonic support to the main melodic line of a composition was called:

The dates given in the course for the Baroque Period place it between:

A Baroque suite is...

In the Baroque period, music for keyboard...

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

Which of the following excerpts exhibits Baroque rhythmic characteristics? A B Play: 00:39 (Instrumental sharp note changes, harpsichord in background)

Which one of the following pairs of words or phrases represents the two main concepts behind Baroque music?

The musical features of the following example suggest that it comes from a/an: Play: 00:40 (woman singing opera style)

The composer of the following music example could likely be... Play 00:40 (woman singing opera style) Purcell Perotin Desprez Machaut

Which of these examples is a recitative? A B 00:24 (male singer w/ harpsichord) C

What is the name of the technique used in the following excerpt? Play: 01:54 (instrumental) Diminuendo Basso continuo Terraced dynamics Crescendo

One characteristic of this excerpt that suggests it might be from the Baroque Period is: Play: 00:29 (multiple instruments together then just horn) Its texture is mainly monophonic. It contrasts a group of instruments with a solo instrument. It has gradual changes in dynamics. It uses polyphonic texture.

The following excerpt is most likely from a/an: play: 00:40 (woman singing to somber music) Opera Sonata Suite Symphony Answer

This is an example of a new style of opera called opera buffa that emerged during the Classical period. It differed from opera in previous periods because...

What common Classical period genre does this excerpt represent? Play: 00:35 (Instrumental, increases in excitement) Chamber music Concerto Sonata Symphony

The following example from the Classical period may be classified as a/an: play: 00:37 (piano) Concerto Dance suite Overture Sonata

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

The following musical excerpt is from the Classical period. Play: 03:41 (alternates between mainly horn, mainly string)

Which of the following composers wrote this symphony? play: 16:54 (instrumental) Joseph Haydn -NO Gioacchino Rossini -NO Ludwig van Beethoven W. A. Mozart

From the Classical period onwards, sonata-allegro form was replaced by other forms as the basis for most instrumental music

Listen to the following example and select the genre that best defines it: Play: 00:50 (instrumental, loud) String quartet Violin concerto Serenade Symphony

Which of the following is not an overture by Beethoven: Egmont Prometheus Pastoral Coriolan

The following excerpt comes from a famous aria in one of Mozart's most enduring operas. Identify the opera in question. Play: 02:55 (woman singing to music) The Abduction from the Seraglio Don Giovanni The Magic Flute The Marriage of Figaro

Which of the following were important composers of the Classical period? Bach and Handel Mozart and Haydn Purcell and Lully Kant and Rosseau

The dates given in this course for the Classical period are:

The symphony had its origins in the overture, which was the introductory music for Italian opera.

Sonata-allegro form was used mainly in works for solo piano and did not apply to works for larger ensembles.

Which Classical genre is represented by this example? play:00:52 Cantata Chamber music Opera buffa Solo sonata

We can say that the harmony in the following example is typical of the Classical period because it features: play: 00:26 (instrumental) Independent voices with long, overlapping phrases chord accompaniment and clear, strong cadences Figured bass and basso continuo There was no harmony in this example. Emphasis in classical music was on melody and rhythm.

Beethoven is sometimes referred to as "The Father of the Symphony."

The following excerpt comes from a famous aria in one of Mozart's most enduring operas. Identify the opera in question. play: 05:45 (male singing to music) The Abduction from the Seraglio Don Giovanni The Magic Flute The Marriage of Figaro

The sections of the Classical sonata-allegro form are: Introduction, Theme I, Transition, Theme II, and Coda Exposition, Andante, and Minuet Development, Allegro, and Recapitulation Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation

Which one of the following excerpts may be classified as chamber music? A B C Play: 0:34 (instrumental a little bit of fluteish solo) D

From the following composers, select the one that best understood the intrinsic nature and potential of the piano as an expressive instrument: Hector Berlioz Frédéric Chopin Niccoló Paganini Anton Bruckner

A musical genius, but also someone with strong anti-Semitic views, the man pictured above was one of the most influential composers of the Romantic Period. His name is:

The course places the Romantic period in music between the years:

The following difficult piece for the violin was written by one of the few musicians of the time who could play it. Identify this composer. play: 01:55 Paganini Liszt Rossini Chopin

An important artistic product of the Romantic period was: William Shakespeare's plays Vincent van Gogh's paintings Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel paintings Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

During the Romantic period, most composers were: Employed by the church Dependent on the patronage of nobility. Independent business persons, earning their living by performing music, writing music for specific occasions and commissions, and collecting royalties on published music. Employed by universities as teachers of composition.

Changes in tempo were rarely found in music of the Romantic period, in keeping with Classical period values.

Which of the following was NOT known as a composer of choral music? Chopin Verdi Brahms Mendelssohn

The following excerpt is from Chopin's Revolutionary Étude. Play: 00:15

The Five was a group of nationalist composers who sought to incorporate elements of ______________ in their work. French music Czech music Russian music German music

Which one of these composers was considered a national hero in his homeland? Arnold Schoenberg William Walton Jean Sibelius Erik Satie

According to the text, which of the following is NOT considered a form of program music? Incidental music Mazurka Concert overture Symphonic poem

The name of the composer pictured above, who wrote more than 600 art songs (lieder), is:

Which of the following statements best describes musical form in the Romantic period? Romantic composers discarded the structure of form developed in earlier time periods, seeking more personal expression through free and unstructured form. Romantic composers created new forms such as sonata-allegro and concerto to replace older forms such as symphony and fugue. Romantic composers worked with traditional forms but expanded them in innovative ways to meet their expressive needs. Romantic composers maintained the form of earlier periods rather strictly.

Which of the following is an example of increasing tempo (accelerando), and the increasing excitement that goes with it? A B C D Play: 00:52

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

Who was NOT a nationalist composer? Liszt Smetana Grieg Dvorák

According to the text, which of the following are Post-Romantic composers? Tchaikovsky and Mahler Sibelius and Strauss, Jr. Schubert and Mendelssohn Rachmaninoff and Holst

The dynamics of this excerpt indicate that it was composed in the Romantic period because: play: 00:24 Dynamic changes occur in a so-called terraced dynamics fashion Changes in dynamics are linked to changes in tempo Dynamic changes are limited Dynamics range from extreme soft to very loud

The following choral work, based on the German Bible, was written by: Play: 7:09 (a German Requiem)

Which of the following 20th-century trends sought to restore order, harmony, and emotional restraint to music?

Which of the following best describes aleatory music?

Who composed the groundbreaking piece The Rite of Spring?

Which of the following movements is associated with Debussy and Ravel?

Which of the following composers was known for using folk-based fiddle tunes like the one in the following example?

Which of the following composers developed the concept of total theater?

Which one of these composers wrote music for prepared piano?

According to the text, what was the significance of Debussy's work?

Which of the following composers most heavily influenced the music of the French post-WWI school of musicians known as Les Six?

The composers Samuel Barber, Thea Musgrave, and Ned Rorem resisted the 20th-century trend of serialism.

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

Which of the following excerpts is atonal music? A B 00:14 scattered piano C

Many composers in the contemporary period sought alternatives to tonality, or key-centered music. Which of the following is one such alternative?

Audiences immediately embraced the dodecaphonic work of Arnold Schoenberg.

Which characteristic of texture in this example is most closely associated with music of the Contemporary period? Play: 00:45 (sounds nice and triumphant)

Which of the following trends in contemporary music does this excerpt exemplify? play: 0:27 Atonality Jazz influence Impressionism Serialism

Nadia Boulanger was a prominent music teacher who taught some of the most influential composers of the 20th century, including Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, and Walter Piston

Which of the following is the composer for this excerpt? play: 00:31 (crappy piano) Gershwin Haydn Copland Cage