MH211 Final Exam Review

The genres that were characteristic during Beethoven's middle life period were:

What did the Florentine Camerata do?

What was one main reason for opera reform in Italy?

Which of the following forms might be represented as ABACADA?

While in Leipzig, J.S. Bach mostly composed what kind of music?

Franz Joseph Haydn was considered the Father of:

What is the division of 2 breves and 3 semibreves?

Beethoven's early style shows influence from which of the following sources?

Which of the following Baroque composers helped elevate the value of instrumental music?

Which of the following is a newly composed melody and/or text added to the end of an Alleluia chant?

What happened after Beethoven wrote the Heiligenstadt testament?

How are church modes classified?

Which composer was most known for their efforts in the reformation of Italian opera?

Which of the following is most likely to be used as the form of a symphony finale?

What style of opera is normally used by comedic characters and includes spoken dialogue?

What was the main aria form used by eighteenth-century opera composers?

What is the origin of the instrumental concerto?

Which philosophic movement inspired the development of secular music?

In the early 15th century, the Squarcialupi Codex was the main source of what type of music?

What type of character is a Basso Buffo?

_____ was a roman scholar who translated De institutione musica.

Boethius's Fundamentals of Music was important because it:

Where was the first public opera house?

What term refers to the division of breves into semi-breves?

What are three types of tetrachord?

Which style is sentimental and is marked by abrupt shifts in tempo, key, and form?

What is a troubadour?

Who was Lully's librettist?

How did Monteverdi approach counterpoint?

Who composed Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op.55 (Eroica)?

The kyrie belongs to which part of the Mass?

What is historiography?

What is the typical form for a third movement of a symphony or string quartet?

Which of these is a significant genre form for Mozart as a freelance composer?

What is basso continuo?

How did Palestrina "save polyphony"?

How did Beethoven's symphonies differ from previous composers?

How does an oratorio differ from opera?

What is the opening section of a fugue called?

What is the significance of the Esterhazy family?

From which of the following sources did opera buffa draw inspiration?

Who was Heinrich Koch?

Cantus firmus technique is best described as which of the following:

____ is the Greek term that refers to the belief or ideal that music can influence one's emotions, morals, and behaviors

What setting was a madrigal usually performed in?

In Kothen, J.S. Bach wrote primarily which types of music?

What is the main economic system for musicians in Renaissance through Classical eras?

Before Stamitz, what was the form of a symphony?

What form does sonata/1st mvt. form expand?

To what religion did Chorales belong?