DE Final Exam

Which genre of music did Bach compose for the weekly Lutheran service?

What instrument families are included in the performance of Moorish Dance?

Chamber music was __________.

"One Love," "I Shot the Sheriff," & "No Woman, No Cry" are songs by what Caribbean singer?

Philip Glass' composition technique based on multiple repetitions of a few ideas, is called

"Knee Play 1" unfolds over a constantly repeated bass in the organ called a(n) __________.

Gregorian Chant is named after Pope Gregory I, who __________.

Why must dance music be rhythmically clear and consistent?

Throughout the Classical Era, artists in every field looked to __________ as a model.

Chopin __________.

Music was already the ______ in the Middle Ages, long before Shakespeare coined the phrase.

Which formal device is used by Bach in the first movement of Cantata 140?

Guillaume de Machaut was appointed a canon at Rheims, meaning he __________.

The tutti __________.

Which repeated musical idea is heard just before the guillotine falls in Symphonie fantastique?

Which of the following best describes the rhythm of the recitative?

What musical effect represented the striving in the phrase hope of gains in "Since Robin Hood?"

The form of the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488 is like a _______.

Tchaikovsky suffered from __________.

During his lifetime, Beethoven was __________.

The sound of the prepared piano has been compared to that of __________.

The meter in dance music corresponds to the pattern of __________.

Where did Sergei Diaghilev put on his Ballet Russes?

Like Machaut, de Bologna, de Ventadorn, & von Wolkenstein share an interest in

Voiles provides the listener with __________.

Opera was the result of __________.

The sentiment of the "cherry blossom" in sakura symbolizes __________.

Medieval courts used the arts primarily as a means of __________.

Which of these was an important seventeenth-century composer of French opera?

Organum was built by layering melodic lines above __________.

How many structural cadences occur in "No More than One Man Could Count the Stars?"

A French overture __________.

The violin has __________ strings.

Monophony occurs when __________.

What did Schumann create in 1834?

Which sons of J. S. Bach went on to be composers?

In William Byrd's "Sing Joyfully," each voice is differentiated by its __________.

Which of the following best describes the subject of Robert Schumann's "Dedication?"

In a fugue, the passages where the main subject (the main theme) is absent are called ________.

Which best describes the texture of "Since Robin Hood?"

White gospel music is also known as __________.

Mozart was __________.

Jingju is the principal form of __________ today.

Chuck Berry developed a distinctive performance gimmick known as the __________.

The A section in Barbara Strozzi's "Revenge" __________.

What form do many bebop compositions take?

The musical features of rhyme song reflect _________.

Why did music publishing develop after book publishing?

The earliest operas were performed in __________.

Which technique did Dvorak use that suggests a connection w/ both folk and African music?

The Alleluia is an important component of which Catholic church service?

Plainchant consists of __________.

"The Cricket" praises the singing of __________.

The kind of phrase structure with antecedent and consequent units is called a ______ structure.

A form of polyphony using two or more interlocking voices is called __________.

Which of the following is a drawback of performing foreign-language operas in English?

In Hildegard's play, Satan is like __________.

Which of the following is the best description of atonality?

A type of opera singing that lies somewhere between singing and speaking is called __________.

Why does much gospel music rely on stock, formulaic harmonic progressions?

The closing section of "God Save the Queen," which uses a short motif, is known as a

In The Marriage of Figaro, what is the nature of the Count?

Leon's music reflects her __________.

Berlioz's father wanted his son to follow in his footsteps and become a

John Williams has written __________.

What is dissonance?

Which of the following words would be most likely to receive a melisma in Medieval chant?

What determined the tempo, meter, and rhythm of Renaissance dance music?

Where did Susato live?

What is the name for the opening formal section of Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major?

A la Par mixes __________.

In the first verse of "Chester," how many voices are singing?

A ballet is a story told through __________.

In their pursuit of innovation, Modernist composers __________.

Whenever he played a concert, Louis Gottschalk would __________.

Many of Berlioz's contemporaries criticized him for his music being __________.

What is the melodic contour of the first phrase of "Chester?"

Hildegard's Play of Virtues is __________.

Concert manners in Haydn's time __________.

What is the texture in the opening measures of Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488?

A melismatic setting is __________.

In addition to composing music, Hildegard __________.

Monophonic chant appears __________.

Which two voice parts does Palestrina use extras of to create a six-part texture?

The Renaissance may be described as an age of __________.

Which of the following is a characteristic of periodic phrase structure?

Brahms’ reputation was such that he is buried __________.

In which city did Mozart compose Symphony no. 40 in G Minor?

Which factors delineate the verse-chorus form of "Fight the Power?"

As a musical retelling of Romeo & Juliet, Bernstein's West Side Story recasts the families as

Public Enemy's records in the second half of the 1980s were groundbreaking for their ______.

The general texture of "My Lord Help Me to Pray" can be characterized as __________.

In the visual arts and architecture, ______ emphasizes functionality and a break with the past.

Gottschalk's Union contains the following patriotic tunes: __________.

Bach had __________ children, but only half survived into adulthood.

In the first movement of Symphony no. 5, Beethoven transforms the opening motif by __________.

What is the last step in the film music synchronization process?

Which of the following is true of the Classical Era?

For the Romantic artist, __________.

What music technique did Schumann use at the end of the 1st section of text to create the mood?