Music 1010 Final Review

The chorale is a type of hymn tune created by

Which of the following was NOT a member of the Beatles?

Which best describes Beethoven?

An Italian comic opera is called a

Comparing the # of symphonies written in the Classical era vs. Romantic, what can be concluded?

The recurring principal themes in Wagner's operas that carry specific meanings are called

The leader of the Impressionist painters is considered to have been

The artistic trends of the early twentieth century can best be characterized as

Robert Schumann ended his career and life

How do Classical artists differ from their Romantic counterparts?

All of the following were new opera types that reflected simplicity and real emotions EXCEPT

The principle of organization where we hear a piece in relation to a central tone is called

Brahms maintained a life-long relationship with

Instrumental music endowed with literary, philosophical, or pictorial associations is called

Which of the following best defines binary form?

The element of rhythm in twentieth-century music is best characterized by

In opera, a vocal style that imitates speech and set freely to sparse accompaniment is called

Rock and role merged as union of which two styles?

The earliest type of polyphony was

In which form is the Lied Erlking

This Broadway Musical was the first to include a movie-like score under the whole show.

The action of the opera occurs mainly in the

The High Middle Ages witnessed

Which of the following Russian composers was famous for his ballets?

Which film score is NOT composed by John Williams?

What American composer is known as the king of ragtime?

What term suggests something of the overall character of the work, as well as its repertoire?

According to your text, the most popular composer of art music in the world is

Handel's Messiah is

The dream ballet was a new way of forwarding the plot in this Broadway Musical.

The standard ranges of the human voice from highest to lowest are

Tchaikovsky's ballet about a child's Christmas gift and dreams of exotic people and places is

The rate of speed at which a piece of music is played is its

Besides Schubert, which other 19th cen. composer was also prolific in Lieder?

Which term best describes a melody that loves by small intervals?

The most important instrumental form of the Classical period was the

Nationalistic composers expressed their nationalism by

A jazz style of singing that sets syllables without meaning to improvised vocals is called

Which of the following make up the movements of the Ordinary of the Mass?

In sonata-allegro form, the part which rounds it off with a vigorous closing cadence is the

Of which national school of composition is Dvorak a representative?

A fanciful improvised solo passage interpolated into a concert movement is called

The Classical period in music ranged from approximately

This early Rock & Roll pioneer contributed to the sexually charged bad-boy image.

What is considered to be America's unique contribution to world theater?

Who is America's greatest bandmaster?

Which American jazz composer was also a pianist and a master of orchestration for big bands?

___ is the Vienesse composer who invented the twelve-tone method.

Dvorak wrote his New World Symphony while living in

Which description best characterized a part song?

Which composer is known as "the poet of the piano?"

Who was Haydn's principal patron?

The element that most decisively separated 20th century music from that of the past was

Which of the following was a widely loved nationalist opera composer?

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Impressionist music?

Which of the following statements about Charles Ives is INCORRECT?

Which 19th cen. American composer is best remembered for his ballads and astral show tunes?

____ worked with Paul Simon to create an album that fused styles from two geographic regions.

The Classical symphony had its roots in the

Which of the following is a contemporary Broadway musical based on folk tales?

Which movement is the most highly organized and most characteristic o the mulitmovement cycle?

Composers introduced new harmonic styles in the twentieth century, including

Which of the following is an established, living, American composer of musicals?

The element of music that organizes movement in time is

A string quartet consists of

A highly emotional song in an opera is called

How many players are generally necessary to perform a trio sonata?

Which of the following statements is NOT true about Romantic choral music?

This early Rock & Roll pioneer contributed blazing guitar solos.

The so-called Second Vieneese School of composition includes

Which meter would be conducted in a pattern of down-right-up?

Bach was most famous in his day as a performer on

The term tempo rubato, associated with Chopin's music, means that the performer should

The approximate dates of the Baroque period are

The approximate dates for the Renaissance era are

Which was the chief institution that supported music in Renaissance society?

Mozart died while writing his

A texture where a single voice takes the melodic interest and the accompaniment is subordinate.

Clara Schumann was virtuoso performer on

A large-scale work in several movements for solo instrument(s) and orchestra is called a

The late Romantic Italian opera tradition was characterized by a movement toward realism called

Jonathan Larsen's rock opera, Rent, is inspired by which opera?

Impressionism in music is best exemplified by the works of

The three main sections of sonata-allegro form are the exposition, development, and

Which of the following was the chief form of Italian secular music in the Renaissance?

Water Music by Handel is best describes as a

Which does NOT characterize an oratorio?

Which movement of the symphony is traditionally the slowest?

Which American composer wrote ballets such as Billy the Kid and Rodeo based on American themes?

The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was the

Which is the correct oder of bowed string instruments from highest to lowest range?

Atonality may be characterized by

The distance between two different pitches is called a/n

The composer who invented the music drama was

How many movements are in a Classical concerto?

A combination of tones, three or more, that constitutes a single block of harmony is called

This composer is considered the creator of the modern orchestra for his use of larger ensembles

A cappella, meaning "in the church style", indicates

The famous four-note figure at the beginning of Beethoven's Symphony No.5 is best described as

In Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique what is the idea fixe?