Music Appreciation - Exam #3 Review

He was a friend to Mozart and Beethoven's teacher.

What time period is this piece of music from?

This term describes rate of speed in which a piece of music is played.

Time period: Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci....other ninja turtles...

A chant which one note is given to each syllable of a text.

Who composed this piece of music?

This Classical form has 3 distinct sections: exposition, development, and recapitulation.

What time period is this piece of music from?

Over 600 compositions - 25 piano concertos, 41 symphonies, 23 string quartets, etc; died at 35.

Who composed this piece of music?

Vocal Genre, choral, Bach wrote one about Coffee....

Classical Genre - Solo instrument playing with orchestra

Relatively short pieces used in the Roman Catholic Church; established by Pope Gregory I.

Baroque composer, wrote a cantata about coffee, 20 children, master of fugues. Who is he?

Who helped lead the splitting of the Christian Church into Catholic and Protestant?

The bass line used in a continuo.

Usually occurring before an aria, it is narrative singing in a free tempo; the dialogue part.

A madrigal is a sacred composition typically with 8-10 parts.

She was a nun, abbess, mystic, poet, writer, and composer.

Type of motet written for more than one choir.

This is a sacred polyphonic composition, usually sung in Latin without accompaniment.

It is a dramatic stage production that involves soloists who sing arias and recitatives.

He was a child prodigy who received a superior education from his father Leopold.

Who composed this piece of music?

Who composed this piece of music?

This Classical Genre is for a small group of instruments playing with full orchestra.

Who composed this piece of music?

Call and Response singing....

He was one of the great composers of the Renaissance. Wrote innovative motets.

This term describes the level of loudness.

This composition technique used in the Baroque Era; keyboard improvised based on chord symbols.

It is a sacred composition intended for concert performance. G. F. Handel’s "Messiah" is one.

The part of the Catholic liturgy that has produced the most important sacred music.

Earliest music = Classical Style, but his later works = Romantic Style. Who is he?

He was a child prodigy who received a superior education from his father Leopold.

A suite of dances.

Who composed this piece of music?

Who composed this piece of music?

This instrument was NOT present in the Baroque Era.

Who composed this piece of music?

Instrument that displaced the harpsichord and was used for solos during the Classical Period.

What time period is this piece of music from?

A chant that was used as the basis for a polyphonic composition; "fixed melody".

St. Mark's Cathedral is shaped like...

Early chants tend to be....

Chamber music is typically written for 10 or more musicians.

Changing from one tonal center to another (key change).

What time period is this piece of music from?

A system of visual symbols which was developed to reinforce the singer's memory of a melody.

Born in Germany, Produced Italian Operas in England, Wrote Oratorios... Who is he?