IB Prescribed Work: Zoltan Kodaly Dances of Galanta

Question 1

Many of the melodies in DG focus around which minor scale?

Accepted Answer

harmonic

Question 2

In harmonic tension, which instrument (important to the harmony) plays a repeating tritone?

Accepted Answer

timpani

Question 3

The tempo marking "poco piu mosso" means

Accepted Answer

a little bit faster

Question 4

Musical term for "tight" or "narrow" noted by closely imitative passages/entrances

Accepted Answer

stretto

Question 5

The section of the verbunkos that is slow and stately with dotted rhythms and rubato

Accepted Answer

lassú

Question 6

The form of the DG is

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Intro-Lassu-Friss-Coda

Question 7

Musical term telling the accompanimental parts to follow the soloist (esp. during a cadenza)

Accepted Answer

colla parte

Question 8

Galanta is a

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town in Slovakia

Question 9

What is Zoltan Kodaly's country of origin?

Accepted Answer

Hungary

Question 10

True or False: Kodaly modifies the original Verbunkos melodies he found in 1903 in the DG.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 11

Technique of playing two strings simultaneously on a bowed instrument (2 pitches)

Accepted Answer

double stop

Question 12

Which instrument is instructed to play with terms like "mitte" & "rand" (unique to this piece!)

Accepted Answer

timpani

Question 13

What is the name for the string technique notated below (used in DG)

Accepted Answer

harmonics

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a transposing instrument?

Accepted Answer

oboe

Question 15

What is the name of the accompanimental technique featured below:

Accepted Answer

düvo

Question 16

The section of the verbunkos that is fast, virtuosic and requires athletic dancers

Accepted Answer

friss

Question 17

What is the name for the articulation marking below:

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tenuto

Question 18

Which solo instrument plays cadenza-like passages with rubato in DG

Accepted Answer

clarinet

Question 19

What is the name of the accompanimental technique featured below:

Accepted Answer

esztam

Question 20

True or False: The main melodies in DG were written by Kodaly

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

The Dances of Galanta (DG) was written during what period of music?

Accepted Answer

20th Century

Question 22

This is the term for a person who studies music in cultural context (Kodaly was one!)

Accepted Answer

ethnomusicologist

Question 23

Which of the following percussion instruments is NOT included in the orchestration of DG?

Accepted Answer

bass drum

Question 24

Italian term for the change in the metrical scheme of the music (hypermeter)

Accepted Answer

battute/a

Question 25

What is the term for a short added ending to a musical section?

Accepted Answer

codetta

Question 26

What is the name for the articulation marking below:

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marcato

Question 27

True or False: The verbunkos style is considered "gypsy music"

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

The term for a strong pride in one's country (which composers translated to their music)

Accepted Answer

nationalism

Question 29

Term for a 18th-century Hungarian dance and music genre used by Kodaly in DG

Accepted Answer

Verbunkos

Question 30

True or false: There are frequent tempo changes in the DG

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

What is the name of the Hungarian instrument featured here (and in the DG)

Accepted Answer

Tárogató

IB Prescribed Work: Zoltan Kodaly Dances of Galanta

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IB Prescribed Work: Zoltan Kodaly Dances of Galanta

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