Review-Fall Semester Exam

What other forms of Christianity arose during this time period?

The Mass Ordinary includes all of the following except _________.

What is the time frame for the Renaissance Period?

The Catholic Mass wsa typically divided into _________ sections.

Travelling musicians of the period are commonly known as ?

The name for the Catholic Liturgy that develops during this time was called the ______.

What do we call music that does NOT relate to the church?

______ was the king of opera during this time.

Much of the earliest church music was named after Pope Gregory II, which was called...

The _____, a forerunner of the piano, was common in most Renaissance parlors.

The main patron of the arts was/were the _____.

Prior to the Middle Ages, what was the dominant power in Europe, Middle East, and North Africa?

The Romantic period saw an increase in fascination with the _______, or other-worldly

Many instrumental composers focused on the _____, which became the standard small ensemble.

Which of these string instruments is not in a standard string quartet?

Fugues are commonly ________ in texture.

The closing and most well-known section of "Pictures at an Exhibition" is ______.

Program music is music that does what?

Music that deals with religious matters is referred to as...

In what language were motets usually written?

The German master of opera from this time period was ______________.

The _____ was a simple form of music to be sung by the average musician at home.

The center of music of the Classical period was ________.

Unlike religious music, travelling musicians often used ? in their music.

Classical era composers pay great attention to ________.

The Romantic era chooses to focus on ____ instead of ________.

Many composers created _______, consisting of recitatives, arias, duets, and choruses.

In this time, the idea that the sun was the center of the solar system was put forth by ___.

Most instrumental music was used for _________

The Church held much power over the common folk of the MA. How were they able to do this?

After the empire collapsed, most people fell into three classes, which included all EXCEPT...

Humanism, a popular movement during the Renaissance, focused on what?

How many operas make up this master work?

Most symphonies had _____ movements.

What was the name of the shorthand symbols used by monks to notate early music?

The second movement of a symphony was usually ______

How many Mass celebrations did Palestrina compose?

Why was the printing press such an important invention?

"Die Erlkonig", using an old German legend, is another example of ________ in music

Which of these is NOT an instrument from the Middle Ages?

Symphonie Fantastique uses a repeated musical idea, linked to a character, called a(n) _____.

"The Moldau" is named after and represents a river in _________, the composer's home country.

The biggest difference between opera and oratorio is that the oratorio does not include _____.

Most music of the Renaissance was ________ in texture.

In opera, a piece in which a soloist sings with instrumental accompaniment is a(n) ______.

What is the name for the system the monk created to sing specific pitches of a scale?

Who invented the printing press?

The composer we view as the "bridge" between the Classical and Romantic Periods was ______.

____, used in the Medieval/Renaissance periods, is revived during the Romantic Period

Which of these is NOT a technique used by Schubert to tell the story of "Die Erlkonig"?

The most popular instrument for instrumental ensembles was the ________

The fourth movement of a symphony was usually similar to the ________

The term "absolute music" means ________.

The most important part of Renaissance music was the _________.

A string quartet is made up of ________ musicians.

During this period, there is a large focus on the rights of whom?

What is the generally accepted time frame for the Medieval Period?

What is the accepted time frame for the Baroque Era?

The Baroque also sees the rise of _____ music's popularity.

How does Symphonie Fantastique differ from a traditional symphony?

A polyphonic work for 4-6 voices that is secular in nature is called _________.

In response to the madrigal, the Church created a similar form of music called the _______.

Which of these was typically NOT a subject of non-religious music during the Dark Ages?

______ was/were still the primary form of public entertainment.

The first movement of a symphony was usually ________.

His largest operatic work was _________.

In Germany the ______, a word meaning "flight", was a popular form of organ music.

Which of these events does NOT happen during the Classical period?

The Baroque saw a wide use of ____, which uses a keyboard and a bass line instrument.

The Church created its own version of opera, called the _________.

One of the limitations of the harpsichord was the inability to alter ________.

Where do we get the term "Classical"?

What is the name of the Italian Monk who developed a system of teaching music to the church?

______ was a form in which melodic material was added above or below a melody, like a puzzle.

What is the time frame of the Romantic Period?

Many of the population willfully followed the church teachings, mainly because...

Most often, ______ were used as the text for these works.

What were the three classes of population that emerged during the Medieval Period?

The third movement of a symphony was usually _______

Bach wrote over 200 cantatas, mainly for use in ________.

Who purchased the most art/music during the Renaissance?

This massive opera is based on legends from ________ culture.

The music Martin Luther wrote for his Protestant church was ________

A sonata was usually _______ movement(s).

What is the given time frame for the Classical Period?

The defining characteristic of music from the Baroque is the use of _______.

What organization was left in power after the collapse of the empire?

The string quartet was similar in structure to the _________.

The art song "Die Erlkonig" was composed by ____?

Which of these is NOT a political leader of the time period?

Why did Constantine convert the Empire?

The term "a capella" means what?

What year did the empire collapse, starting the Dark Ages?

The three sections of a sonata were the______.

Using both music and stage drama to enhance the lyrics of a piece was the start of ___________

What year did Constantine convert the empire to Christianity?

What does the term "Renaissance" mean?

An example of the type of music would be "The Moldau", written by _______.

______ was the most notable composer of motets in the Renaissance.

In opera, dialogue that is sung rather than spoken is known as _______.

Ways that composers showed this was to alternate between ____ and _____.

______ is the writing of music to reflect the text of a song or poem

The Baroque saw an advancement and standardizing of ________.

_______ composed the Pope Marcellus Mass.

Monks began singing in two separate voices in harmony, but the same rhythm. This is ? texture.

"Baroque" is from an Italian term which means what?

_____ becomes the dominant form of public entertainment during the Baroque period.

In the Classical period, artists love _______.

The ______ was a popular style of music for solo voice and piano.

"Die Erlkonig" is the title of a poem by ______

Nobles still paid for art, but now most musicians hired by nobles were______.

What authority sought to ban Galileo and Copernicus's ideas about science?

The first composer we have record of writing a string quartet is __________.

The Classical period saw a rise in _____, or a use of the artist's home country/s history.

_______ composed Symphonie Fantastique.

A country that becomes a powerhouse in Classical/Romantic music is ________.

Travelling musicians were often ? in Medieval Life

What was the term for people who commissioned art/music?

A type of program music, a(n) ________ is music written from textual materials.

Musicians hired by the nobles were seen as ______ in the social ladder.

What was the primary language of the church, including the Bible and most prayers/chants?

The most important development of the Baroque was ___, which allowed composers to change moods.

Composer Modest Mussorgsky wrote "Pictures at an Exhibition", a musical representation of ____.

Early music of the church involved singing the exact same pitch at all times, called ? texture.

Composers showed contrast through the ______, which switched between large and small groups.