Spring 2021 Western Art Music Unit Exam

Music where every line of text has a different musical setting is called ___.

The type of opera that is serious and has lofty themes from history and mythology is called ___.

What is the term that means highly exaggerated, ornamented, and expressive?

Which term explains a strong intellectual movement focused on the humanities and human knowledge?

Which of the following was the primary church in the Medieval Era?

Secular pieces of music that were sung in social gatherings and after meals were called ___.

A type or category of music is called a ___.

The text or script of the opera is called the ___.

Which of the following is a French term that means "rebirth"?

What is the term for a sudden, radical, and/or complete change?

The order and parts of the Christian Mass is called ___.

Things that have to do with religion, faith, and/or the church are classified as ___.

The type of opera that is comic or satirical is called ___.

Which of the following was NOT an historical event of the Classical Era?

What is the term that means "many sounds"?

Strong pride for one's country is called ___.

What is the term that means "one sound"?

A sung conversation between characters to advance the storyline of an opera is called a(n) ____.

A song for solo singer that releases emotional tension surrounding a character or scene in an opera is called a(n) ___.

A one-movement orchestral work evoking a story or suggesting an extramusical idea is called ___.

An artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that promoted strong emotion and imagination was ___.

A group of individual songs meant to be performed in a sequence as a unit is called a ___.

Instrumental music accompanied by a written program describing the music's story, idea, or mood is called ___.

Things that have to do with the observable world are classified as ___.

In the feudal system, most people were ___.

A three-part form that began to gain dominance in the instrumental genres of the Classical Era is called ___.