Final Exam Review Ware 2025

A period of music that extended roughly from 1935 to 1945

Which of the following musicals holds the record for longest-running musical in both New York and London?

Different types of music have different characteristics. Another name for musical characteristics is:

How does Valjean's treatment of Cosette contrast with how the Thenardiers treated her?

The book containing the dialogue and/or lyrics for a musical is known as a:

Cadenza-like improvisations by a jazz instrumentalist or singer that were inserted between ensemble passages

What four planets was Voyager 2 sent to study and take pictures of?

Vertical blocks of different tones that sound simultaneously.

Incorporating notes that lie outside the regular diatonic scale

What does the "2" in 2/4 shown below indicate?

What is another term for "tone quality"?

Why were recorded sounds and photographs placed inside the Voyager 1 spacecraft?

On what instrument was Paganini a virtuoso?

The distinct manner or character of musical expression.

The ability to discern musical characteristics and describe them is called:

An improvised singing style that imitates the sound of an instrument

Louis Armstrong complimented his trumpet improvisations with what?

A contemporary type of meditative, mostly instrumental music

Why does Javert refuse to believe that Valjean has changed?

In 2017, what message was sent out to Voyager 1 to transmit as it traveled through space? 

A person with a flawless and brilliant technique, who can seemingly do what no one else can.

What was the new method of composition developed by Arnold Schoenberg?

What are the typical tempo marking for the three movements in a Sonata?

What is the feeling a performer brings to the sound?

What is the symbol shown below?

Dramatic stage form combining acting and singing

The liberty that artists sometimes take in reinterpreting another artist’s work

Professionals who study the music of different cultural groups.

The 12-bar blues typically use which chords?

Name the expert arranger who contributed greatly to Duke Ellington's work in the 1940s

At which event can you hear Pomp and Circumstance by Sir Edward Elgar?

Because people in the United States come from all different parts of the globe, American music represents many:

A large instrumental ensemble consisting primarily or solely of wind and percussion instruments

A combination of styles, for example, jazz/rock?

Why does Fantine entrust Cosette to the Thenardiers

An expanded version of the wind and percussion sections of the orchestra

At which event can you hear the National Anthems of many countries?

The ability to discern musical characteristics and describe them.

A special rhythmic characteristic that jazz musicians add to the music

Danced portions of Japanese Gagaku

Label the notes written on the staff below.

A sequence of notes arranged in rising pitches.

In the 1930’s, what instrument became the favorite instrument of solo jazz works?