Cumulative Final Exam Review Game

Franz Liszt is remembered as one of the most prolific Symphony composers in history.

Atonal music is music that lacks a tonal center/ home key signature.

Antonio Vivaldi was employed by an Orphanage for orphaned girls and young woman.

_____________ is the belief that people are strong, intelligent, and in charge of their own lives.

Which of the following is NOT part of Franz Liszt's legacy?

The book-end dates of the Impressionist Era are:

Which of the following is NOT true of Ludwig van Beethoven?

Which of the following is arguably the single biggest difference between the Classical and Romantic Eras?

______ was mostly known for his skill at composing Motets, the most notable of which is, perhaps, Ave Maria.

The Classical and Romantic Eras have extremely little in common.

Franz Schubert was very famous and well-known during his lifetime.

Which of the following is a difference between Classicism and Neo-Classicism?

_________ is the height of Jazz.

The book-end dates of the Modern Era are:

Classicism takes the formal structures and conventions of Romanticism and stretches/ expands them.

Which composer was the hero of the Counter-Reformation?

This type of music is a traditional part of the society from which it comes:

Organum was typically performed in early Cathedrals.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his first composition when he was 5 years old.

______ is a musical sentence, with a clear beginning, middle, and end:

The language of Blues and Jazz music is one element that comes from traditional African music.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Minimalist Music?

Which of the following is NOT a value of Postmodern Music?

Haydn's music was considered light and humorous during his time.

________________ is the lead pitched drum, also known as the talking drum, in traditional African music.

The Tin Pan Alley was/ is in which major city?

Edgard Varese experimented with computerized (or synthesized) sound in music.

What are the book-end dates of the Baroque Era?

______________________ is the melody in traditional Indian music. It is the main expressive element of Indian music.

Which of the following composers IS an Impressionist Composer?

_________ are intervals in pitch that are smaller than a half-step (the smallest interval in Western Music).

When did American Popular Music first begin to emerge?

Rossini's Opera The Barber of Seville is an example of Comedic Opera.

Developments in Music and the Arts in the 1900s were highly influenced by WWI and WWII.

What are the book-end dates of the Renaissance?

____ is a light-hearted style of opera with a pleasant subject, comedy, and a happy ending. (Select all that apply!)

____ is the act of depicting the text, in music, through literal musical gestures.

This type of music is meant to be listened to actively (not passively):

Which of the following is NOT a main value of Modern Music?

Which of the following composers made significant contributions to Classical Opera?

Which of the following is NOT a value of Romantic Music?

Besides J. S. Bach, who was ONE more influential composer in the Baroque Era?

What does "Emancipation of the Dissonance" mean?

Music is a reflection of a given place and time in history.

The book-end dates of the Classical Era are:

Who wrote the first opera in history?

_________ is a response to BeBop. The music was overall softer, slower, and lower in pitch.

____ is the concept of providing a commentary on or response to something through music.

Orchestras tripled in size between the Classical and Romantic Eras.

______ is a system of organization in music in which each of the 12 pitches are used in a fixed order.

Which of the following is NOT a value of Western Art Music?

The book-end dates of the Postmodern Era are:

Ludwig van Beethoven nearly single-handedly ushered in the Romantic Era.

_____ are usually written for solo voice and piano, the music enhances the emotions of pre-existing text (like a poem).

What are the book-end dates for the Blues era?

What are the book-end dates for the Swing/ Big Band era?

A _________ is a piece written for a solo instrument with only 1-2 instruments (often piano) accompanying.

Impressionism first began in France in the Visual Arts.

______ are any non-conventional way of producing sound on a musical instrument

______________________ are the rests, or silence, in traditional Japanese Folk Music.

Which of the following is NOT a value of Baroque Era music?

Which of the following composers is known as the Father of the Classical Era?

______ is the dominant driving force in Western Art Music:

George Frideric Handel was extremely well known for his oratorios.

The book-end dates of the Romantic Era are:

Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead is an example of a Symphonic Poem.

Edgard Varese composed ___________ music.

__________________________ are notes that are lowered to give a sense of sadness.

_________ is monophonic, vocal, religious music of the Middle Ages:

_________ is the first true American music:

Which of the following IS a value of Romantic Music?

Which of the following did NOT happen to Orchestras between the Classical and Romantic Eras?

A _________ is a piece written for a solo instrument with orchestral (large ensemble) accompaniment.

Which of the following titles belong to Franz Joseph Haydn? (Select all that apply!)

When music is ________, that means it is easy for many people to enjoy it.

Which of the following composers IS a Neo-Classical Composer?

________________ is the principle singer who calls others to worship through the Adhan in traditional Islamic music.

Romantic music has increased amounts of chromaticism, as compared with Classical music.

Western Art Music is unique in that it is the only music that values harmony above all other musical elements.

In music, the term "dynamics" refers to volume (how loud or soft something is):

_________ is the first true American Art music:

____ is the main sequence of individual, consecutive pitches:

______ is the Father of Western Art Music.

This type of music is meant to reach as many people as possible:

What are the book-end dates of the evolution of American Music and Jazz?

______ is when multiple pitches sound simultaneously, with some pitches being subservient to others:

_________ is a genre composed for solo piano that uses a highly syncopated melody over a rhythmically-steady bass.

A _____ is a single-movement work for orchestra that is meant to evoke a poem, story, or piece of art.

What are the book-end dates for the New Orleans Jazz era?

A/ an ___________ is a religious piece that is performed with choir & orchestra. It is opera-like but lacks staging.