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2018 V.4 Music History and Theory Midterm Exam Review-PARTIAL
2018 V.4 Music History and Theory Midterm Exam Review-PARTIAL
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Review for the Music History and Theory Midterm Exam (Romantic and 20th Century Music)
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What is
Chance Music
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A series written in retrograde
An instrumental piece that incorporates vocals
A multi-movement piece for percussion
A piece composed by random methods, like throwing coins
2
Which voice DOES NOT need to be within an octave of another voice?
Soprano
Tenor
Bass
Alto
3
Minimalist music is characterized by:
large orchestras, with prepared piano and chorus of sporanos
only percussion instruments
a wide range of dynamics and pitches
steady pulse, clear tonality, short repeated melodic pattern
4
What style of architecture was revived in the Romantic era?
Gothic
Neoclassic
Plutonic
Ionic
5
What is the title of the piece?
The Rite of Spring
Concerto for Orchestra
Rhapsody in Blue
Afro-American Symphony
6
Program Music is:
Instrumental music associated with a story, idea, or theme
Vocal music based on poetry
Music that follows a literary structure
Music with a written program
7
What is the title of the piece?
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, First Movement
La Boheme, Che gelida manina
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, First Movement
Rigoletto, La donna e mobile
8
What is a tone row?
A way to alter the major scale to make the piece atonal
A specific sequence of pitches organized using math
The sequence of pitches used in serial music
A way to organize rhythm in expressionist music
9
From bottom to top, how could you write a vi
6
4
chord in F# Major?
A-F#-A-D
A#-F#-A#-D
F#-A#-D#-F#
A#-F#-A#-D#
10
Who composed this piece?
William Still
Aaron Copland
Igor Stravinsky
Hector Berlioz
11
What is a whole tone scale?
A scale made up of only five notes
A scale made up of whole steps
A scale that alternates half and whole steps
A scale with a lowered seventh, third, and fifth
12
Stravinsky studied with what classical composer?
Mozart
Bach
Rimsky-Korsakov
Haydn
13
Who composed the piece?
Mozart
Robert Schumann
Haydn
Berlioz
14
What is the title of the piece?
Afro-American Symphony
Concerto for Orchestra
Rhapsody in Blue
The Rite of Spring
15
What is Verdi’s first opera?
Nabucco
Rigoletto
Aida
Oberto
16
This ballet caused a riot on opening night
The Firebird
The Nutcracker
The Rite of Spring
Petrushka
17
What is the title of the piece?
Act III Scene 4
"Largo e Factotum"
Love Scene from Act I Finale
Scene 1 excerpt
18
What is polyrhythm?
Multiple contrasting rhythms at once
Multiple chords at once
Multiple time signatures at once
Multiple keys at once
19
This composer's primary income source was conducting
Anton Webern
Arnold Schoenberg
Igor Stravinsky
Charles Ives
20
What is rubato?
A slower version of vibrato
An unwritten change of tempo to produce an expressive effect
A tempo marking meaning "Slow and solemn'
A false ending
21
What is the correct roman numeral for this chord?
I
IV
IV64
IV6
22
What opera is this from?
Die Walküre
The Barber of Seville
Wozzeck
La Boheme
23
Who composed this piece?
Alban Berg
Gioachino Rossini
Giacomo Puccini
Richard Wagner
24
Atonal music is:
Music written with in several keys
Music written in all keys
Music written in two keys
Music written in no key
25
From bottom to top, how could you write a III
chord in A minor?
C-E-C-G
C-E-E-G
E-C-E-G
G-C-E-G
26
Which composer was more conservative that other of the time?
Robert Schumann
Hector Berlioz
Felix Mendelssohn
Franz Liszt
27
Who composed this piece?
Gioachino Rossini
Richard Wagner
Giuseppe Verdi
Giacomo Puccini
28
Debussy worked as a pianist for which patroness?
Clara Schumann
Nadazhda von Meck
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Ella Fitzgerald
29
What is a quintal chord?
A chord made up of fourths instead of thirds
A chord made up of fifths instead of thirds
Two chords played at once
A chord where the notes are a whole or half step apart
30
What opera is this from?
The Barber of Seville
Die Walküre
Rigoletto
La Boheme
31
This composer studied with French teacher Nadia Boulanger:
Arnold Schoenberg
Aaron Copland
Claude Debussy
Bela Bartok
32
This composer inspired Romantic composers to work freelance:
Bach
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
33
This composer first gained attention with the opera Wozzeck.
Alban Berg
Arnold Schoenberg
Anton Webern
Aaron Copland
34
Who composed this piece?
Igor Stravinsky
George Gershwin
William Grant Still
Bela Bartok
35
What is the correct roman numeral for this chord?
iio6
iio64
II64
ii6
36
A collection of songs with a common theme is called what?
Program Symphony
Song Cycle
Absolute Music
Symphonic Poem
37
What is the title of the piece?
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor
Afro-American Symphony, Third Movement
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, First Movement
The Rite of Spring
38
A sense of being loyal to one’s country and believing that it's better than other countries is:
Ethnocentrism
Exoticism
Patriotism
Nationalism
39
What is the definition of extended technique?
adding onto the physical length of an instrument
Using an instrument in a way it was not originally intended
Using amplification for volume
Using one instrument to imitate another
40
Which political movements forced many composers from their jobs?
Nazism
Communism
Jingoism
Fascism
41
Natural Minor Scales start on what note? (hint: related to a Major key)
Ti
Re
La
Mi
42
What is an etude?
A piano piece that is a single page long
A piano piece to practice a specific skill
A piano piece for cross hand playing
A piano piece in two movements
43
What form has a theme followed by variations on that theme?
Minuet and Trio
Rondo
Theme and Variations
Sonata Form
44
Who composed this piece?
Bela Bartok
William Grant Still
George Gershwin
Igor Stravinsky
45
What is the title of this piece?
Poeme electronique
Rhapsody in Blue
Harmonium
Short Ride in a fast Machine
46
What is serialism?
Music organized with one or more series
Music based on harmonic sequences
Music that is based on mathematical equations
Music based on a melodic sequence along chords
47
What is the correct roman numeral for this chord?
ii64
ii
viio6
vii6
48
Who rescued Wagner from financial ruin?
The Medici Family
The King of Bavaria
The Emperor of Austria
The Duke of Mercia
49
What is the title of this piece?
Liberation of Sound
Sonatas and Interludes
Symphony Number 3
Concerto Grosso 1985
50
Who composed the piece?
Haydn
Verdi
Robert Schumann
Puccini
51
Verdi elected to what position after the Unification of Italy?
President
Parliament
The Camerieri
Prime Minister
52
What is a polychord?
Two chords played at once
A chord with all seven notes of the scale
A chord that uses all 12 notes of the chromatic scale
A chord that has more than three notes
53
Brahms wrote in every genre except what?
Opera
Chamber Music
Symphonies
Program Music
54
From bottom to top, how could you write a i
6
4
chord in Eb Minor
G-Bb-Eb-G
Bb-Gb-Bb-Eb
G-Bb-Eb-Eb
B-Gb-Eb-B
55
Major Scales start on what note?
La
Do
So
Fa
56
What is the title of the piece?
"Largo e Factotum"
"La Donna è Mobile"
Scene 1 excerpt
Love Scene from Act I Finale
57
What was Rossini’s most famous opera?
La Boheme
The Barber of Seville
Madame Butterfly
Rigoletto
58
How did Tchaikovsky communicate with his benefactor?
Through letters
Through servants
Through phone calls
In person
59
What is the correct roman numeral for this chord?
III
III+
iii
I
60
Chopin wished that he could play his own piano etudes the way this composer did!
Clara Schumann
Johann Brahms
Hector Berlioz
Franz Liszt
61
What is the title of the piece?
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, First Movement
Symphonie Fantastique , “March to the Scaffold”
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, First Movement
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, First Movement
62
Resistance to who’s rule awakened patriotic senses in many nations?
Caesar
Marie Antionette
King George VI
Napoleon
63
The texture of Romantic music is generally:
homophonic
monophonic
polyphonic
heterophonic
64
Who is the composer of this piece?
Ben Franklin
Edgard Varese
John Cage
John Adams
65
Who is the composer of this piece?
Philip Glass
George Frideric Handel
Clara Schumann
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
66
Nationalism led to the unification of which nation?
Italy
France
Germany
Spain
67
What did Wagner call his operas?
Oper Deutsch
Spektakel
Muzik kunstwerk
Music Dramas
68
What is a tone cluster?
A chord based on fourths instead of thirds
A chord based on fifths instead of thirds
Two chords played at once
A chord where the notes are a whole or half step apart
69
Which composer was part of the Second Viennese School?
Arnold Schoenberg
Alban Berg
Anton Webern
Bela Bartok
70
What is a rhapsody?
A one movement sectional work with elements of improvisation
A piece for solo instrument and orchestra
A piece in triple meter based on dance rhythms
A piece where a main theme alternates with new material
