Music History Semester 1 Review

The idea that different musical moods could and should influence the emotions of the listener.

The singing style that expresses feeling or emotion rather than narrating the drama's action.

This composer became the most renowned organ virtuoso in Germany.

The numerical shorthand in music?

Musical notation was originally invented to preserve ___.

Which musician is credited for inventing the genre of the French overture?

What began in the monasteries of Western Europe around the year 1000?

What is the standard musical form of Baroque period dance movements?

A manner of writing that exploits the strengths and avoids weakness of an instrument.

Which genre consists of 2 sections; the first is in slow duple meter, the second in fast triple

The soloists in a concerto grosso are called the:

Where did writers, artists, and architects turn for inspiration during the Renaissance?

Which genre of composition was note used during the Renaissance?

Term that describes the sharp, abrupt dynamic contrast found in the music of the Baroque era.

A genre prominent in early Baroque that consists of a few instruments and a solo singer.

A melody, harmony, or rhythm that repeats continually throughout a musical composition.

The most common basso continuo group was the:

Which term is synonymous with "ground bass"?

T or F: Awake A Voice Is Calling was written by Bach to impress a potential employer in Berlin.

A bass line that moves at a moderate pace, mostly in equal note values, and often stepwise.

True or False: InThe Messiah, many of the 19 choruses feature simple homophonic settings.

T or F: Duple meter was used almost exclusively throughout the Middle Ages?

A tightly linked succession of chords that purposefully moves the music.

The musical practice of depicting the expressive content of the text.

What musical technique contributes to the appeal of Pachelbel's Canon in D?

Throughout the Middle Ages, which two groups vied for political control of Europe?

Which individual is not considered a representative composer of the early Baroque period?

Troubadours and trouveres invented the musical genre known as:

T or F: Pope Gregory initiated the practice of composing chant and wrote many of the chants.

T or F: The chamber sonata is a composition with 4 dance movements in alternating tempos.

Which composer is known as the "Savior of church music"?

The dramatic text that composers set to music in an opera, oratorio, or cantata is called:

True or False: The tenor line is always doubled by an instrumental accompaniment.

Identify the genre that is not typical of the late Baroque.

T or F:Rondo form is one of the oldest musical forms and can be traced back to the Middle Ages.

A composition for choir setting a religious, devotional, or solemn text, often sung in Latin.

Which Baroque genre opens with a section called the "exposition"?

The theme in a fugue is called the:

A spiritual melody or religious folksong of the Lutheran Church.

Which genre is a work where the actors sing all the parts and has stage sets and costumes?

Which instrument dominated the sound of the Baroque orchestra.

What musical technique contributes to the appeal of Pachelbel's Canon in D?

This composer was very successful during his lifetime and gained popularity in London.

When and where did Baroque music first appear?

Which monarch came to epitomize the grandeur and glory of the Baroque era?

What was the single most important genre of music to emerge during the Baroque era?

A multi-movement work for solo instrument, or instrument with keyboard accompaniment.

What did the inventors of early opera think they were reviving?

The Baroque Period was from

This genre derives text from historical events or mythology and glorified the aristocracy

Term for the unvarying text of the Mass that are sung virtually every day.

Which form did Baroque composers typically use in the 1st and 3rd movement of a concerto grosso

A series of conflicts between the French and English.

True or False: The rhythmic ostinatos used in Baroque music give a feeling of stasis.

Musically heightened speech

The belief that people can shape their world and create beautiful art.

A passage of free, non-imitative counterpoint found in a fugue is known as:

A one-movement composition, in free form, originally for keyboard.