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Music History Test Practice WW 2019
Music History Test Practice WW 2019
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1
Which of the following are not associated with jazz?
syncopated rhythms
Improv
march
blues
2
Which of the following is the correct date range for music of the middle ages?
476 - 1450
476 - 1560
1450 - 1560
1020 - 1450
3
Which of the following composers composed the music for "Raiders of the Lost Arc"?
Howard Shore
Hans Zimmer
Elmer Bernstein
John Williams
4
This voice texture came into the Renaissance era.
Homofonic
Homophonic
Monophonic
Polyphonic
5
Where does the jazz style originate from?
South America
Europe
Africa
South East Asia
6
Which composer belongs to the classical period?
Debussy
Bach
Vivaldi
Mozart
7
Which composer brought jazz into musical theater?
Richard Wagner
Leonard Bernstein
Stephen Sondheim
Johannes Brahms
8
What texture is in this piece?
Polyphonic
Homorhythmic
Monophonic
Homophonic
9
Rock and Roll rolled into the UK and America in which decade?
1950s
1960s
1970s
1940s
10
Who composed this symphony?
Haydn
Bethoven
Beethoven
Mozart
11
What is rockabilly?
mixes country and hip hop
mixes blues and ragtime
mixes hip hop and ragtime
mixes blues and country
12
Who is a prominent composer of the Renaissance era?
Beethoven
Bach
Palestrina
Gershwin
13
Music in film is important because...
it provides more depth to the storytelling
it sets the mood
all of the above
it establishes a sense of the film's setting/atmosphere
14
Dissonance was used in the romantic era. What is dissonance?
When notes or chords clash or sound "wrong"
When someone insults someone else
When notes or chords sound pleasant
15
Sacred music means music for religion. Which religion was music in the Middle Ages based upon?
Muslim
Paganism
Christianity
Buddhist
16
What style, popular in jazz, started with Louis Armstrong?
Twang
Swing
Scat
Walking bass line
17
Who were three primary composers of the Baroque era?
Bernstein, Chopin, Beethoven
Handel, Mozart, Chopin
Bach, Vivaldi, Handel
Brahms, Liszt, Vivaldi
18
What type of scale is being used in the previous piece?
Chromatic Scale
Major Scale
Modal Scale
Minor Scale
19
Which are not subgenres or rock and roll?
acid rock
heavy metal
beebop
ska
20
The Baroque era does not have:
tempo markings given
extreme uses of dynamics
More usage of formal dynamics (f, mp, p)
some dissonant chords introduced
21
Fill in the blank: The music mimics the sound of _________ which is known as ____________music.
Birds, programmatic
Sunshine, monophonic
Sunshine, programmatic
Birds, Monophonic
22
Which descriptions are accurate? Here it is again!
Dissonant, Disjunct
Consonant, Disjunct
Consonant, Conjunct
Dissonant, Conjunct
23
Which of the following are not a composer of the romantic era?
Tchaikovsky
Glinka
Cage
Verdi
24
What is most important to know about the classical era?
It's the best, that's why it's "classic"
Beethoven was going deaf, oh no!
Lyrical, 4 bar phrasing was popular
Full orchestra was introduced (+ wind instruments)
25
What is Mr. Varahidis' favourite era or style from all the ones listed?
Romantic Era
Film Music
Classical Era
Jazz
26
When composers use sounds/styles from non-Western (European) places is called...
Chromaticism
Exoticism
Foreignism
Folklore
27
Which composer brought lyricism back to musical theater?
Stephen Sondheim
Miller Wyatt
Leonard Bernstein
Andrew Lloyd Webber
28
Which order is chronological (early to late)?
Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic
Medieval, Baroque, Renaissance, Classical, Romantic
Renaissance, Medieval, Baroque, Classical, Romantic
Medieval, Baroque, Renaissance, Romantic, Classical
29
The last answer was polyphonic. What is the voicing for the following piece?
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass (SATB)
Solo soprano
Solo tenor
Duet
30
The Baroque era is between:
1600 - 1750
1560 - 1620
1650 - 1800
1500 - 1600
31
Music theater started as...
film based musical theater
none of the above
rock musical theater
comic opera or operetta
32
What is underscoring?
Music used as part of a scene (ex. live band in a film)
None of the above
Music is the prominent sound of the scene
Music is set quietly underneath dialogue to add effect
33
Which order is chronological (early to late)?
Music in Film, Jazz, Music Theater (current form), Rock
Jazz, Music in Film, Music Theater (current form), Rock
Jazz, Music in Film, Rock, Music Theater (current form)
Music in Film, Music Theater (current form), Rock, Jazz
