FINAL EXAM MUL REVIEW

Instrumental music first flourished in conjunction with

Ragtime was originally composed for what instrumentation?

Martin Luther and John Calvin believed

________ was the cultural center of the United States by the mid 1800s.

_____ music gives equal importance to the twelve tones of the chromatic scale.

Canons are controversial because of

An aria is characterized by

A ________ is a multimovement programmatic orchestral work.

The following were new instruments added to the Romantic orchestra:

When a melody pictorializes a word or words it is called

What was the formal language of the church and sacred music tradition during the Middle Ages?

Which of the following describes the setting of many notes to a syllable?

The word “song” refers to

The classical concerto form has ___ movements

Impressionism began as a movement in

Philip Glass is often associated with the _______ movement.

What do the Impressionist and Expressionist composers have in common?

Independent parts of a large-scale work (a symphony, for example) are called

In what way is John Cage's 4'33" unusal?

Three or more tones sounded together produce a(n)

Sonatas and Interludes is written for

Guarneri, Stradivarius, and Amati were all noted Baroque makers of which instrument?

Which is most likely the slow movement in the multimovement cycle?

The earliest polyphonic music is called

The function of music in film is to

Both Italian and English madrigals often feature word-painting.

Many modern film composers have incorporated _________ in their music, a technique found in concert works by Wagner.

Which term refers to a category of music?

The first movement of a string quartet or symphony is most likely in ________ form.

The larger size of the Romantic orchestra resulted in the need for a 

A virtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvisation within a concerto is called a

The German word Sprechstimme means

The property of sound that gives instruments and voices their unique tone color is 

One recent trend by composers who embrace aspects of nineteenth-century orchestral sound is called

Postmodernists broke away from the modernist stance

Before recorded music was widespread, music like the rags of Scott Joplin could be mechanically performed by

Participating in performances of _____ provided an artistic outlet for the nineteenth century middle classes.

Which describes a trouser role?

In the 1930s and 40s, early jazz gave way to

Which of the following is a type of program music written to accompany plays?

Which of the following pertains to modernism of the early twentieth century?

The most important new genre of the Baroque era was

Big-band jazz is a

Baroque trumpets were still “natural,” meaning they

The term “baroque” derives from the Portuguese word for

A Chinese Two-stringed violin is called

The text of an opera is known as a

the concerto

Recitative is characterized by

The nineteenth-century trend toward realism in opera was known as

Poets and artists in the Romantic era were drawn to

The oratorio was generally based on

Dissonance in early-twentieth century music

Which term describes a one-movement work possibly written to introduce a larger work but also played independently?

Which of the following terms describes religious or spiritual music?

The text of country or rural blues that arose in the Mississippi Delta after the Civil War

The basic unit of rhythm is the

As a result of the Industrial Revolution

Avant-garde composers

In a Classical symphony, which of the four movements is typically the slow movement?

_______ is a technique in which a composer chooses a very simple and harmonically clear musical idea—one or two chords

The _____ movement of a string quartet is often in minuet-and-trio form.

The ______ was a castrated adult male soprano popular in the Baroque era.

The basic elements of form are

Which term describes a one-movement work for orchestra with a literary program?

Which was a recommendation of the Council of Trent regarding music for the church?

Tempo refers to the

Which Shakespeare play is the literary basis for West Side Story?

Underscoring is music that

Which of the following genres consists of a group of dance movements, usually in the same key?

Winners of the Prix de Rome

Which of the following multimovement tempo schemes corresponds to the typical Classical concerto? 

Which is a true statement regarding the musician’s place within the patronage system during the Classical era?

Musical compositions are often identified through a cataloguing system described by

Source music is music that

A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called

Melody

Music with no literary basis is referred to as

Which of the following characterize(s) plainchant?

_____ is where the fusion of ragtime, blues, and other musics resulted in the development of jazz.

Which is a true statement regarding the piano in nineteenth-century culture?

Dynamics determine the ________ at which music is played.

The principal components of opera include arias, recitatives, overtures, and

The instruments of the Western orchestra are categorized into which groups?

Tempo and dynamic markings are usually given in

How many instrumentalists would you expect to find in a chamber group?

Which of the following describes the celesta?

A leitmotif is a

A symphony

A group of Lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme is known as a

In Baroque music, the instruments that provided accompaniment were referred to as

The Harlem Renaissance

Scientifically, pitch is determined by its

The multimovement cycle of the Classical composers can be found in their

A _____ can be a building block in the construction of a musical work.

The element that propels music forward in time is

Which describes the goals of early twentieth-century modernists?

The ______ art song, or Lied, is performed by solo voice and piano.

Which current composer is credited as reviving the grand symphonic film score?

Composers who share a preference for mostly consonant harmonies and small musical ideas that are combined and recombined

A typical form of the second movement in a multimovement cycle is

Music that is made up spontaneously in performance is called improvised.

By the nineteenth century, large-scale choral works such as Masses, oratorios, and Requiems, were typically performed

Music that rejects the framework of key is called

In Tan Dun’s score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he blends the styles of ______ and Western musical traditions.

A texture in which two or more different melodic lines are combined is called

The conductor

Postmodern composers

____ were weekly hymns with simple and memorable melodies created by Luther and his followers for congregations to sing

Which of the following is a stylistic element of Impressionist music?

A highly structured contrapuntal form based on a single theme or subject is a

The longest and most dramatic in the multimovement cycle was generally the

Sonatas during the Classical era were

A principle of form that is based on repeated alterations of a given melody (which is still recognizable) is called