Music Appreciation Final Exam Review

Mexican folk music - Violins, Guitars (big and small), trumpets..and sometimes voice and harp!

When America first took shape, whose culture did Americans borrow to help shape their own?

What is the best description of the tempo?

This instrument was NOT present in the Baroque Era.

What type of music is this?

Who composed this piece of music?

Berry Gordy founded Motown Records.

13 stringed instrument from Japan. Having one in your home suggests an artist's upbringing.

St. Mark's Cathedral is shaped like...

What is most likely the form of this piece?

The rate of speed of a piece of music.

Who composed this piece of music?

I think I'll do well on this Final Exam.

Which of these is not an element of sound?

Scholars in music culture. They research, write and teach about music of a particular culture.

Early chants tend to be....

A song that has sustained popularity through decades and generations. A staple!

Who is the "King" of R&B? (The old kind)

The roots of Rap and Hip-Hop can be traced to this area.

After Gospel Music, Elvis Presley crossed into commercial genres like Rock and Roll.

Instrument that displaced the harpsichord and was used for solos during the Classical Period.

The Classical Period was restrained, balanced, and clear when compared to the Romantic Era.

We put music into these categories to help us understand it better.

All of these are traditional Jazz instruments except...

Relatively short pieces used in the Roman Catholic Church; established by Pope Gregory I.

This Classical Genre is for a small group of instruments playing with full orchestra.

The Easy Instructor introduced this system , where each pitch of a is notated on a staff.

Who composed this piece of music?

What type of music is this?

What type of music is this?

Vocal Genre, choral, Bach wrote one about Coffee....

A theatrical work containing songs, dances, and drama....like Phantom of the Opera.

This composition technique used in the Baroque Era; keyboard improvised based on chord symbols.

Who is the father of modern black gospel music?

What time period is this piece of music from?

A suite of dances.

What time period is this piece of music from?

Soul is....

This American Composer created prepared piano, chance music, and electrified cactus.

The science of sound.

1890's-1950's - Greatest period of American songwriting...also a street in NYC.

This is the indigenous music of North America.

Who composed this piece of music?

This city hosts one of the best known Folk Festivals AND Jazz Festivals.

Which of these is NOT a genre of music?

The illegal downloading or copying of music.

It is a sacred composition intended for concert performance. G. F. Handel’s "Messiah" is one.

Radio station WSM in Nashville started a hillbilly program that became the Grand Ole Opry.

She was a nun, abbess, mystic, poet, writer, and composer.

Who composed this piece of music?

When music is passed down generations without the use of notation. Word of mouth.

These were put together to improve the "deplorable" state of psalm singing.

What type of music is this?

This form is used quite a bit in Jazz Music.

Who helped lead the splitting of the Christian Church into Catholic and Protestant?

What type of music is this?

Who developed Ragtime in St. Louis?

Schubert wrote over 600 Italian Art Songs.

Who composed this piece of music?

Who composed this piece of music?

An unstable feeling in music. It doesn't feel good.

The loudness of softness of music. Varies in intensity.

One of the most famous Russian composers. Best known for his Ballet Music.

Jazz Style pioneered in the 1950's and 1960's by Ornette Coleman. Pure Improv!

Time period: Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci....other ninja turtles...

What is the instrumentation of this piece?

Who is NOT a contemporary country artist?

The bass line used in a continuo.

A steady beat. The "heartbeat" of the music.

He was a friend to Mozart and Beethoven's teacher.

The words to an opera.

The part of the Catholic liturgy that has produced the most important sacred music.

What time period is this piece of music from?

Minstrel Shows and Vaudeville were variety shows containing many different acts.

Which of these genres is NOT from Latin America?

One of the most influential Rock and Roll artists...

Usually occurring before an aria, it is narrative singing in a free tempo; the dialogue part.

Which of these is NOT a type of Folk Music.

This term describes the level of loudness.

This is a job that makes music a business.

These are the hymn books that contain psalms to be sung during worship.

Baroque composer, wrote a cantata about coffee, 20 children, master of fugues. Who is he?

Afro-Cuban dance that has been popular since the 1970's.

Where did traditional gospel music come from?

The composers symbols which can be translated into musical sounds....they are on paper!

A succession of musical tones, usually varying in pitch and rhythm. Horizontal.

Who composed this piece of music?

He was a child prodigy who received a superior education from his father Leopold.

A system of visual symbols which was developed to reinforce the singer's memory of a melody.

What does MIDI stand for?

Over 600 compositions - 25 piano concertos, 41 symphonies, 23 string quartets, etc; died at 35.

A madrigal is a sacred composition typically with 8-10 parts.

This German Romantic composer of EPIC operas was a self-taught musician. Very Brassy!

Who composed this piece of music?

A resurgence or return to a popularity of an existing style of music.

The shape or structure of a piece of music. How it is organized.

He was one of the great composers of the Renaissance. Wrote innovative motets.

What type of music is this?

What time period is this piece of music from?

What type of music is this?

What is the best description of the melody played by the clarinet?

A better term for what we used to consider "Classical Music".

Music styling where an artist will slightly lower the pitch and return to the same pitch.

Chamber music is typically written for 10 or more musicians.

Call and Response singing....

What type of music is this?

Oldest documented orchestra music in the world.

Music created for its own sake, without any extra musical connotations...no feels.

Who is the legendary Folk Singer and Songwriter that headed the Urban Folk Revival?

Someone who performs in any medium with creativity/sensitivity/communication with the audience.

What type of music is this?

A type of folk song that promotes union organization, patriotism, and political candidates.

It is a dramatic stage production that involves soloists who sing arias and recitatives.

A harmony with 3 or more simultaneous sounds.

What type of music is this?

This is a sacred polyphonic composition, usually sung in Latin without accompaniment.

Instruments whose material of contruction is the sound producing agent. Hit it or Shake it!

Worldwide point of view that requires an awareness and respect for other nations and cultures.

What time period is this piece of music from?

Who composed this piece of music?

This Classical form has 3 distinct sections: exposition, development, and recapitulation.

What time period is this piece of music from?

Changing keys. Shifting the tonal center from one pitch to another.

Who composed this piece of music?

What does A Cappella mean?

A chant which one note is given to each syllable of a text.

This is done when one listens attentively in an attempt to understand the musical process.

This term describes rate of speed in which a piece of music is played.

What is the best description of the texture? (Listen for a bit)

The blending of cultures.

R&B stands for...

Changing from one tonal center to another (key change).

Type of motet written for more than one choir.

Earliest music = Classical Style, but his later works = Romantic Style. Who is he?

What genre does this piece fit best into?

Popular Mexican-based dance music, originating on the border of Mexico and Texas. Accordion!!!

Classical Genre - Solo instrument playing with orchestra

Born in Germany, Produced Italian Operas in England, Wrote Oratorios... Who is he?

A chant that was used as the basis for a polyphonic composition; "fixed melody".