AMI3M Music History Exam Review

When a composer writes music to represent a story, picture or non-musical idea, it is called "Programme Music".

What is a cadenza?

The genre for a single featured instrumentalist with orchestra is called the Concerto Grosso.

What 2 significant events defined the Classical Period?

A coloratura soprano is a singer who loves to colour

The Brandenburg Concerto by Bach is what form?

The following pieces are Programme Music: La Primavera, From the Caboose

In the Recapitulation of the Fugue, the theme is presented again as a Subject/Answer and is perhaps slightly changed

Godfrey Ridout was a 20th Century composer described as the best representative of what?

By the Baroque period, composers were writing as much music for ___________________ as they were for voices.

The patronage system began to die out in which musical period?

The Symphony evolved from the Concerto Grosso

A Fugue is a type of Ternary form.

Franz Joseph Haydn served his patron for 24 years. His patron was named what?

In Vivaldi's La Primavera, he uses what technique to represent the sonnet (poem) he based the music on?

Which composer was known as the "Red Priest"?

Beethoven dedicated his Violin Concerto in D+ to which friend/student?

Haydn was known as the "Father of the Symphony"

At first, Symphonies had 3 movements (fast, slow, fast). This later changed to 4 (Fast, slow, medium in 3/4 time, fast).

What form has a recurring A theme that alternates with contrasting ones (i.e. ABACADA etc)?

We listened to which sections in Mozart's The Magic Flute

Mozart loved working for his patron, the Archbishop of Salzburg.

Classical music was designed to be...

Beethoven was known as the "Father of the Symphony"

Antonio Salieri was highly appreciated while Mozart was passed over. Mozart responded by...

Vivaldi wrote most of his solo violin concerti while teaching at an Italian girls' school.

Pachelbel's Canon in D uses which technique?

A fugue has 3 parts:

The Exposition of a Fugue consists of the main theme performed in the tonic (I) key.

a Motif is

We studied 3 operas this year.

The pieces on our listening list that are absolute music are:

The Concerto Grosso has

Beethoven composed his Violin Concerto in D+ for a man named Clement who was a

From the Caboose is the second movement in Ridout's 'Music for a Young Prince'

We listed to 3 versions of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D+ (the original, a clarinet version, and a piano version)

The Emperor Quartet (or String Quartet in C+) was composed by whom?

In the Exposition of a Fugue, the main theme is performed in the tonic (I) key then it is performed in which key?

a female singer with a very high voice and remarkable agility is called what?

Mozart was a child prodigy.

Absolute Music is when a piece of music is written to represent a specific picture, idea, or story.

The ways we can change a melody include (select all that apply)

D_ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ are when an instrument plays 2 notes at the same time.

"From the Caboose" calls for an anvil to be struck.