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1
Who was a female prophet that wrote about humanity and saw vision?
Donna
Hildegard
Dido
Blackwell
2
Water music was written for a festival that took place on boats on what river?
River Thames
River Severn
River of Trent
River Tyne
3
Farinelli and Senesino were
Famous librettists
Famous opera writers
Famous composers
Famous castrati
4
Between the Italian madrigal and the english madrigal which one is strophic?
English
Italian
5
What order are the movements in a partita (suite)?
Allemande, sarabande, gigue, courande
Sarabande, gigue, allemande, courande
Allemande, courande, sarabande, gigue
6
Who was George Frideric Telemann?
Founded the ensemble at the coffee house
Famous German composer who incorporated national styles
all of the above
7
J.S. Bach wrote two pedagogical books of preludes and fugues in every key, what was it called?
The Well Tempered Clavier
The Oratorio Collection
The Badly Tempered Clavier
8
How did Bach learn international styles without travelling?
he read about different composers
he transcribed/copied manuscripts
he went to concerts
9
What constitutes as a public concert?
A concert that is out in public
a concert that anyone can pay admission and attend
10
What was the Collegium Musicum?
Association of professionals who played for hire
Association of professionals who played for monarchs
Amateurs who gather to play and sing for their own pleasure
11
What are the renaissance dates?
1455-1605
1455-1600
1400-1550
1450-1600
12
What is the name of the doctrine that talks about how music affects your personality?
Doctrine of Pathos
Doctrine of Music
Doctrine of Ethos
Doctrine of Affections
13
The Florentine camerata was
A gathering of scholars who discussed German music
A gathering of scholars who discussed Roman music
A gathering of scholars who discussed Italian music
A gathering of scholars who discusses Greek music
14
Who wrote the ave maria motet?
tallis
Byrd
Josquin des Prez
Du Fay
15
How many voices cantus firmus mass?
SA
SATB
STB
TB
16
What are the number of movements in a classical symphony?
2
3
4
1
17
What is the difference between a consort and a broken consort
consort has all instruments, broken involves voices
consort ensemble has one family, broken has multiple
18
Are mummies ghosts?
yes
no
19
What is a motet?
beef
tacos
a short piece of religious choral music
a short piece of sacred choral music
20
Singspiel is
Comic French drama with spoken dialogue
Comic French drama, no spoken parts
Comic German drama with spoken dialogue
Comic Italian drama, no spoken parts
21
Who was Prince Esterhazy?
he commissioned Haydn to be his musical director
he developed a new way to tune instruments
he frequently enjoyed hearing Mozart in his court
22
Spoken dialogue vs. Recitative in comic opera
French comic opera that has recitatives
Italian opera that has recitatives but no spoken dialogue
I.C.O. doesn’t have recitatives but instead spoken dialogue
23
What is the fourteenth century in Italy called?
Trecento
Ars nova
24
What is Courtly love?
courting from afar, never consummated
love on a basketball court, like high school musical
that classy thingthang
Fine amour
25
When did Bach live?
1705-1782
1685-1750
1658-1762
26
Jean Baptise Lully established the _________ in 1648
Petits basses
Petits Violons
Petits Violoncelles
Petits Altos
27
Who is famous for composing Trio Sonatas and how many players does it need?
Corelli, four
Rameau, three
Vivaldi, four
Machaut, three
28
What is the structure of the third movement in a classical symphony?
rondo
minuet and trio
theme and variations
sonata allegro form
29
This period had Catholic resurgence due to the the Protestant Reformation was known as
Counter reformation
Table reformation
Church reformation
Balance reformation
30
Established compositional rules could be broken for the purpose of expression according to
third prattica
first prattica
second prattica
31
Can ghosts have ghost babies?
Yes
no
32
Where was the first public opera house?
Leipzig
London
Venice
Florence
33
Who created De Institutione Musica
Paratin
Machaut
Boethius
Leonin
34
What form is a da capo aria in?
duo, 2
ternary, 3
tetrenary, 4
35
Who are Troubadours?
South of France, Provençal language
French, north of France , female I
36
What is Humanism?
the belief that i just want an A
the belief that humans and their activities are significant
The belief that humans are aliens
the belief that this should be a group test
37
What is a Tetra chord?
a three note scale
a five note scale
a four note scale
38
What is the Well Tempered Clavier?
A clavier that never gets angry
The most perfect clavier ever made
Two pedagogical books written by Bach
39
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina wrote a mass sine nomine that is polyphonic
St. Matthew’s Passion
L’homme arme
Pope Marcellus Mass
Cantus Firmus Mass
40
Where was Tomas Luis de Victoria from?
Spain
England
Italy
Russia
41
Versaille’s orchestras (Vingtquatre Violons du Roi) were active from ___ to ____.
1626-1761
1685-1750
1685-1759
1705-1782
42
What are some characteristics of Gregorian chant?
strophic, simple verses
Neumatic notation, no accents, rhythm is assumed, simple
complex, though composed
43
The Sarabande is _________ and ________ from ___________
6/8, French, France
3/4 , Irish, Ireland
3/2, Spanish, Mexico
44
Basso Continuo means
A bass line of complex structure
Continuous bass
Kahoot! is stupid and mean
45
Palestrina used a great deal of chromaticism and dissonance.
false
true
46
what was the name of the collection of italian madrigals that were translated in english
Concerto della donna
ars nova
Musica transalpina
47
What is monophony?
two or more simultaneous lines
two or more musical lines, each unique
one melody line
melody and harmony
48
The Courande is ______ meter
duple
triple
compound
simple
49
Know the characteristics of the Age of Enlightenment (pause and talk about)
Wrong answer (don’t click me)
Correct answer (click me)
50
What were some characteristics of Victoria’s style?
Gradual decreasing of rhythmic distance
Treated the organ as a soloist
Overlapping and dividing choirs with multiple parts
All of the above
51
Bach wrote what concertos to get a job at this court of the same name (he didn’t get it)?
Notre Dame Concertos
St. Thomas Concertos
Brandenburg Concertos
52
Description of Galant Style
Faster harmonic motion, easy to understand
Slower harmonic motion, easy to understand
Faster harmonic motion, hard to understand
Slower harmonic motion, hard to understand
53
What is one element of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas that shows Lully's influence?
the tocatta
the fugue
the overture
54
When were the Brandenburg concertos thought to be written?
1741
1721
1711
1731
55
This composer had his own arch, in his music, you would skip upwards and come down stepwise.
Victoria
Palestrina
Du Fay
Purcell
56
Which composer is not of the renaissance period?
Guillaume dufay
William byrd
Thomas tallis
Hildegard
57
A cappella is the shortened version of
"a cappella russa"
"a cappella greca"
"a cappella sistina"
"a cappella romana"
58
The subject of a fugue is
The name of the piece
A melody or motif
What the fugue is about
59
name of the church where polyphony was invented and what did they call it
St thomas church
St peters cathedral
Notre dame
St marks
60
What is a chang Martin Luther made to the mass?
Secular Tunes, New Melodies
Adaptations of existing chant
Adaptations of existing German devotional songs
He changed the words for the common people
61
Who was Johann Stamitz?
he was the music director at the Palace of Esterhazy
he wrote the Essays on Playing the Flute
he directed the Mannheim Orchestra
he developed techniques to efficiently play the clavier
62
Opera buffa is
Italian comic opera, sung throughout
Italian comic opera, with some spoken dialogue
French comic opera, sung throughout
French comic opera, with some spoken dialogue
63
what is an importance of Guillaume de Machaut?
he established the reasons music ficta is acceptable
He wrote messe de notre dame
He helped develope motet and secular song forms
64
Where were divided choirs popular?
St marks cathedral
notre dame
coffee shops
st peters
65
Who wrote the Coffee Cantata
Bach
Haydn
Mozart
Handel
66
Characteristics of Rococo Style
Heavy and march like
Light and elegant
Largo and melancholy
Moderato and zippy
67
Which is Mass Proper
For every day mass
Christmas and easter
68
Ballad opera is
Comic opera that mixed popular songs with spoken dialogue
Comic opera mixed with sacred songs with no spoken dialogue
Serious opera with no spoken dialogue
Serious opera with spoken dialogue
69
What is a fugue?
Monophonic composition
polyphonic composition based on one main theme calledsubject
Heterophonic composition
70
In the 17 Century, Catholic sacred music written in a style was newer than that of Palestrina:
Stile moderno
Stile antico
Anathema
Venetian in origin
71
A repeating pattern in the bass that helps structure the work is known as
oratorio
basso continuo
lament
basso ostinato
72
When did Handel write his Messiah?
1751
1741
1731
1761
73
A Partita has how many movements?
2
4
3
74
What is the text setting when every verse has the same melody?
homophonic
through composed
heterophonic
Strophic
75
What was an intermezzo turned opera by Pergolesi (the gap between baroque and classical period
Trouble in Tahiti
La serva padrona
Dido and Aneas
L’Orfeo
76
Which of the following is a typical continuo instrument
Trumpet
Viola da gamba
Violin
Sacbut
77
What is a madrigal
a part-song for several voices,
A part song for one voice
a part song for tenors
78
What is the fourteenth century in france called?
Ars nova
Trecento
79
In the Opera Don Giovanni, who was Lorenzo da Ponte?
the "man hoe" from Spain
the servant character
the maiden
the supporting tenor character
80
What is not an acceptable reason to have music ficta?
For the sake of beauty
To create a landini cadence
For ease of performance
To avoid a Tritone
81
Who wrote Water Music?
Haydn
Vivaldi
Godard
Handel
82
Which one does not belong in the fundamentals of music?
Musica Humana (body and the soul)
Musica mente (music and the mind)
Musica mundana (music and space earth around the sun)
Musica instrumentalis (music and instruments)
83
What is ars cantus mensurabilis
"The Art of Measured Song.",
The italian name for the hundred years war
A set of madrigals
set down the system of longs, breves, and semi-breves,
84
Corelli’s Concerto Grosso in G minor Op. 6, No. 8 is more commonly known as
Ash Wednesday Concerto
Lent Concerto
Christmas Concerto
Easter Concerto
85
Antonio Vivaldi’s L’Estro Armonico was published in:
1721
1713
1731
1711
86
What does cori spezzati mean?
spaced choirs
Divided choirs
87
What was Jean Baptise Lully known for in terms of orchestra
all of the above
wrote the Tragedies lyriques
established bowing in all the same directions
88
Rameau’s Traite de l’harmonie was published in
1744
1711
1722
1733
89
What are the dates for the Medieval Period?
1550-1618
500-1450
500- 1550
450-1550
90
What are the Baroque dates?
1315-1375
1550-1618
1600-1750
91
War of the Buffoons is also known as
Querelles des bouffons
Querelles des lapins
Querelles des clowns
Querelles des requins
92
Who wrote the Brandenburg Concertos?
Bach
Handel
Vivaldi
Machaut
93
What is an exposition in a fugue?
The last section in a fugue
each voice presents the subject in turn (initial section)
The middle section of the fugue
94
The Gigue is ______ and is also known as the ______ _______.
3/4, Scottish jig
6/8, Irish jig
2/4, French jig
95
What is De Institutione Musica?
The Background of Music
The Fundamentals of Music
The Institution of Music
96
who wrote the cantus firmus mass?
Tallis
Boethius
Hildegard
Du fay
97
The group of intellectuals, discussed Greek tragedy, in the process devised opera are known as
Florentine camerata
Greek camerata
Venetian camerata
98
What is the professional version of the lyre?
guitar
Kithhara
arahhtik
cello
99
Farinelli lived when?
1685-1750
1626-1761
1685-1759
1705-1782
100
For the bulk of Monteverdi's career, his main employment was
St. Mark's, Venice
St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Notre Dame, Paris
101
What is heterophony?
two or simultaneous lines (a fugue)
two or more musical lines, each unique
one melody line
melody and harmony (most pop songs)
102
What is the structure of the forth movement in a classical symphony?
rondo
theme and variations
minuet and trio
sonata allegro form
103
There are two main categories of the seven liberal arts, which one is associated with music?
Quadrivium
Quintilian
Trivium
104
The first opera to have a longstanding place in repertory is
Monteverdi's L'orfeo
Purcell's Dido and Aneas
Mozart's Don Giovanni
105
Who are Trouvères
South of France, Provençal language
French, north of France , female I
106
What was the Council of Trent
A council who decided that there should be less instruments
People who met to discuss wrongdoings of the church
A council who said no more secular tunes
All of the above
107
When was Giulio Cesare written?
1744
1754
1724
1734
108
J. Quantz wrote what?
95 Theses
Don Giovanni
Essays on Playing the Flute
Don Quixote
109
What is the Doctrine of affections?
music should move the listener
affections should be expressed by certain types of music
music should have a purpose
110
Who wrote St. Matthew’s Passion?
Bach
Machaut
Mozart
Monteverdi
111
What are the sections of the fugue that do not have the subject, this section modulates
Prelude
Answer
Episode
Subject
112
What percentage of the world population is left handed?
10
15
5
20
113
Frederick the Great of Prussia played what?
harp
flute
piano
guitar
114
What is St. Matthew’s Passion?
A sacred oratorio for a small choir
A secular oratorio for a small choir
A sacred oratorio for solo voices
A secular oratorio for solo voices
115
What is the structure of the first movement in a classical symphony?
theme and variations
rondo
minuet and trio
sonata allegro form
116
Bass Realization is
when you make up the tenor line
When you make up the bass line
when you fill in the top voices
when you fill in the inner voices
117
A cappella came from
St. John’s Chapel
The Sistine chapel
St. Mark’s Chapel
St. Peter’s chapel
118
Gluck changed the part of Orfeo from a castratti to
high tenor
baritone
tenor
bass
119
the first composer to express specific dynamics, piano forte, specify specific instruments?
Du Fay
Josquin des Prez
Giovani Gabrelli
120
italian madrigals were primarily published in what format?
Part Books
volumes
brochures
catalogues
121
What was the War of the Buffoons?
Traditional French court opera v lighter Italian opera buffa
A bunch of clowns fighting for independence
Traditional german opera vs. lighter french opera
122
When did Handel live?
1685-1759
1626-1761
1675-1750
1705-1782
123
Who wrote ars cantus mensurabilis?
Franco of cologne
Boethius
Tallis
Du Fay
124
Notes Inegales was
double dotting
single dotting
triple dotting
125
Lully created a small ___to play for the king, it was the first time ___was referred to as this
chamber group
orchestra
ensemble
consort
126
Are trevor and brandon destined to have a podcast on the capabilities of ghosts?
yes
no
127
What is a proper mass ?
has songs sung on christmas and easter
has songs sung every day
128
Christoph Gluck reformed opera in what way?
No more castratti and made the overture important
Synthesis of french and italian opera
All of the above
Lessen the contrast between aria and recitative
129
What is another reason for Handel writing English oratorios?
He had a stroke and only remembered how to write english
God told him to
Handel wanted to get more publicity
130
Basso ostinato is also known as
floor bass
foundation bass
ground bass
131
Who wrote the music and the words for Guilio Cesare?
Bach and Handel
Bach and Haym
Handel and Haym
Handel and Telemann
132
Opera comic is
Italian comic opera with some spoken dialogue
French comic opera with some spoken dialogue
German comic opera with some spoken dialogue
English comic opera with some spoken dialogue
133
In Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, the scene structure reveals the influence of
Jean Baptise Lully
Monteverdi
Tomas Luis de Victoria
134
How many movements did the solo concerto have and what are the speeds of them?
3 movements; slow, fast, slow
3 movements; fast, slow, fast
4 movements; fast, slow, fast, fast
135
What did polyphony used to be called?
polynotes
polifayeet
munagro
Organum
136
an early form of trombone used in Renaissance music.
cornetto
Sackbut
137
What is the Great Schism?
part of the catholic reformation
Roman Catholic C. and the Orthodox Christian C. didn't talk
A war between england and france
138
What is homophony?
melody and harmony (most pop songs)
one melodic line
two or more musical lines, each unique
two or more simultaneous lines (a fugue)
139
Which one of these is not a “Great Violin Maker of Cremona”?
Jean Baptise Lully (1632-1687)
Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737)
Giuseppe Guarnei (1698-1744)
Nicole Amati (1596-1684)
140
What was the Hundred Years' War?
100 year of fighting over the time signature of greek songs
A period without secular music
A war between england and france over land
141
The first public concerts in England began in
1680
1650
1670
1690
142
Name of the instrument that you crank
jack n the box
Hurdy Gurdy
Aulos
rubber chicken
143
Orfeo ed Euridice was written by Christoph Gluck in
1752
1772
1742
1762
144
what is not an importance of ars nova
Syncopation
Use of duple meter
Development of polyphony
established text settings
145
The bridge of the fugue is
When a new theme is introduced
A transition into a new key
A 2 bar transition that takes you back to the original key
146
Who is Franco of cologne?
created different-shaped notes, indicate different durations
caused the great schism
Created the first french cologne
147
Drama per musica means
drama through music
music is drama
music through drama
drama through art
148
Baroque texture focused on
alto and tenor
Soprano and bass
tenor and bass
soprano and alto
149
St marks cathedral is where?
florence
apt 1101
rome
venice
150
Rameau’s Traite de l’harmonie (Treatise on harmony) was important because
It became the basis for teaching functional harmony
all of the above
Most important of all theoretical works
Included 5 innovations
151
Vingtquatre Violons du Roi translates to
26 Violins of the King
27 Violin of the King
25 Violins of the King
24 Violins of the Kings
152
What is an answer in a fugue?
the section that modulates but doesn't have the subject
the bridge to the next section
second voice enters restates the subject with it transposed
153
Baroque started to represent idealized emotions like laments, it's called the doctrine of
Pathos
Affections
Logos
Ethos
154
The War of the Buffoons happened when and where?
1752, Paris
1752, Leipzig
1752, Mannheim
1752, London
155
What is an Aulos?
Another name for the cult of Dionysus
Originated in Rome. A solo instrument
YEET
greek reed instrument, usually played in pairs (party)
156
What are the dates of Guillaume de Machaut?
1350-1422
1280-1455
1300-1377
157
The Versailles Palace is in
France
Germany
England
Italy
158
What is the structure of the second movement in a classical symphony?
sonata allegro form
rondo
minuet and trio
theme and variations
159
what is the last name of the guy who wrote lute songs
Dowland
Du fay
tallis
Boethius
160
What is one reason that English oratorios were written?
Operas were banned during lent
Handel wanted to broaden his horizons
Handel got tired of writing operas
161
Who wrote La serva padrona
Vivaldi
Telemann
Purcell
Pergolesi
162
Text setting of secular medieval music
through composed
strophic
163
The Allemande is ________ and starts with a __________
4/4, pick up note
6/8, pick up note
3/4, pick up note
164
"little horn" in italian
sackbut
cornetto
165
Who started the idea of word painting and being very musically expressive?
Byrd
Tallis
Josquin des Prez
Du Fay
166
What is polyphony?
two or more musical lines, each unique
two or more simultaneous lines (a fugue)
one melody line
melody and harmony (most pop songs)
