Music History final exam review

Question 1

Austrian comp. & child prodigy; began playing piano at 3 &composing at 5; died writing a piece a ghost told him to write

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Mozart

Question 2

What is music written for a small group of musicians called?

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Chamber music

Question 3

The patronage system was a system in which:

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Composers lived with nobility; their job was to write music for employer

Question 4

Italian for “song;” passionate, expansive, and tuneful; for solo singer

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Aria

Question 5

Which era is this? Mainly vocal music and chants; majority of music was sacred

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Medieval

Question 6

Russian composer famous for ballets & nationalist music; wrote “The Nutcracker,” “Sleeping Beauty,” and “1812 Overture”

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Tchaikovsky

Question 7

English composer that wrote “Hallelujah Chorus”

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Handel

Question 8

German composer famous for his complex polyphony & fugues. Wrote “Brandenburg Concerto” and “The Well-Tempered Clavier”

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Bach

Question 9

Austrian comp. famous for “jokes” he writes into music; was Beethoven’s teacher; wrote “The Joke,” “Drumroll,”

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Haydn

Question 10

____________ means "a work"

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Opera

Question 11

Todays symphony orchestra originated in which two countries?

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Italy and France

Question 12

Which period did the Civil War happen during?

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Romantic

Question 13

Austrian comp. employed by Ct Esterhazy; wrote 500+ works & only 2 were performed while he was alive; wrote “Ave Maria”

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Schubert

Question 14

Italian for “something recited;” speak-singing; musically heightened speech

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Recitative

Question 15

The first plainchant is credited as being written by:

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Pope Greg I

Question 16

The word "Renaissance" means:

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Rebirth

Question 17

Polish composer and piano virtuoso. Wrote “Nocturnes”

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Chopin

Question 18

During which period of music history did the War of 1812 occur?

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Classical

Question 19

Hungarian piano virtuoso; created the symphonic poem

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Liszt

Question 20

A polyphonic piece of sacred choral music written in multiple parts is called a:

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Motet

Question 21

German, anti-semitic composer that is famous for his contributions to opera; wrote “Ride of the Valkyries”

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Wagner

Question 22

During which period of music history was the Declaration of Independence signed?

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Classical

Question 23

Which era is this? Based on emotion and emphasized the individual, irrational, subjective, and imaginative.

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Romantic

Question 24

This type of singing has many pitches on one syllable.

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Melismatic

Question 25

____________________ changed music, art, and religious practices during the Medieval period.

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The Council of Trent

Question 26

Vocal music without instrumental accompaniment is called:

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A Capella

Question 27

Ritornello form is:

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ABACADA...

Question 28

During which period of music history did Christopher Columbus discover America?

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Renaissance

Question 29

_________________ is the sung text of an opera.

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Libretto

Question 30

What were troubadors?

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Traveling musicians

Question 31

The patronage system was most popular during this era:

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Classical

Question 32

Which era is this? Music was “reborn,” composers moved away from writing music for God and began writing music for fun

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Renaissance

Question 33

Instrumental “opening theme” -- contains motifs that will be heard later throughout the opera

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Overture

Question 34

Select the part of an opera that best fits this description: Sung by a large group of singers

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Chorus

Question 35

official church comp. of French empire; wrote “Danse Macabre” and “Carnival of the Animals;” famous for symphonic poems

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Saint-Saens

Question 36

This type of singing has only one or two pitches on each syllable

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Syllabic

Question 37

Italian Baroque composer that wrote “The Four Seasons”; known as the “Red-haired priest”

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Vivaldi

Question 38

What was the first Western opera?

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Orfeo

Question 39

Chamber music is most often

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Secular

Question 40

Baroque Italian composer known as the “Father of opera”

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Monteverdi

Question 41

German Baroque composer that wrote "Canon in D"

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Pachelbel

Question 42

French composer that developed the “idee fixe”; wrote “Symphonie Fantastique”

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Berlioz

Question 43

Who was known as the "savior of church music"?

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Giovanni Palestrina

Question 44

During which period of music history did the bubonic plague occur?

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Baroque

Question 45

Baroque composer known as the “Greatest of all English composers”; wrote “Dido and Aeneas”

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Purcell

Question 46

Which composer was called the "Father of the Mass"?

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Guillaume Machaut

Question 47

German comp. known as bridge between Classical & Romantic Era; lost hearing completely by 44; wrote “Moonlight Sonata;”

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Beethoven

Question 48

Which era is this? Music had lots of ornamentation; complex melodies and lots of polyphony

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Baroque

Question 49

Select the part of an opera that best fits this description: instrumental music performed for dancers

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Ballet

Question 50

Which era is this? Music featured simple melodies; bound by rules and form; mostly instrumental music

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Classical

Question 51

This instrument (Baroque) is the main reason for the shift in popularity from vocal music to instrumental music.

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Violin

Music History final exam review

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Music History final exam review

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