Test 1 Review UEM

The string quartet could be written for both amateurs and skilled musicians.

In the SATB structure, what voice does the French horn occupy in the brass family?

Who is the father of the string quartet & symphony?

Renaissance dances outlined the social classes of the period.

In SATB, where does the Cello fall?

Opera died out in the nineteenth19^th century.

SATB has strict designation for male and female voices.

Abstraction became a focus for 20^th century composers

What animal sang chants into the Pope’s ear for transcription?

Which was unique to Beethoven’s 9^th symphony at its premiere?

The Renaissance era occurred during which years?

Who created the protestant church?

What are the two main parts of the mass?

in Baroque music the rhythm is almost always moving steadily.

In the Baroque era there was great disparity between the rich and the poor.

The snare drum and tympani would be an example of

Who composed L'Orfeo (the first opera)

What is the typical format of the baroque concerto?

Which would NOT be a topic of a troubadour song?

Music designed for small spaces and for relatively small audiences was known as:

What best describes Theme and Variations

Using pitches outside the established key center is known as:

Who made up the School of Vienna?

What were the main genres of the Renaissance?

What composes the basso continuo & What era is it from?

__________ is the term for many melodic pitches sung over a single syllable.

Art music is easily accessible after the first listening experience.

The 21^st century represents a new stylistic era, yet to be named.

The Baroque era occurred during which years?

Form is the aural shape of music.

The 20^th century was an age of modernism

The Sachs-Hornbostel classification system is very “Eurocentric.”

What is a series of pitches recognizable as a complete unit?

All music has some artistic merit

The strings on a piano are plucked to produce a sound

What are the dates for the Age of Enlightenment

The preferred language for the motet was:

Music is present in every culture of the world

Which is the correct instrumentation for the standard string quartet?

The two greatest variables on the depth chart are

Sonata-allegro, Rondo, and Theme and Variations are all examples of:

Secular Music is about religion.

Monumental works from the Romantic era includes chamber music

Most madrigal texts were about the Virgin Mary.

The concerto grosso is a piece for solo instrument and orchestra accompianment

what is a lied best described as?

Music that employs elements of chance, making it different with every performance is called:

The percussion family is the most diverse of the Western instrument families.

Two or more melodic lines heard at the same time create:

What invention likely had the greatest influence of the proliferation of music during the Renaissance?

Who is regarded as one of the great composition teachers of the 20^th century?

Art music is confined to the years 1730 to 1900

What does one pitch per syllable mean?

A better term for "Classical Music" is

The most basic unit of rhythm is

Which is not a category of Western instrument classification?

Which was NOT a trait of expressionism?

What is the original definition of baroque?

Pitch is measured in

Which of the following was not a theme of 19^th century romanticism?

Art music is usually contained to a single generation.

Between the mass and motet, the motet was a larger, much more involved piece of music.