Mus 101 Final

Question 1

Impressionism is based on the belief that experiences in life are based more on impressions than detailed observations

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True

Question 2

Madrigal composers often employed a technique called Text painting.

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True

Question 3

12 tone (tone row music) was devised by

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Schoenberg

Question 4

Meter is

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patterns of the beats

Question 5

The term "mainstream," when applied to twentieth-century music, refers to music that

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is not experimental nor committed to any particular approach to composing

Question 6

Music concrete is

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recorded sounds manipulated electronically

Question 7

The most important form developed during the Classical period was

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sonata

Question 8

The term for the orderly flow of music through time is called

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Rhythm

Question 9

This early Greek believed music could affect your moral character.

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Plato

Question 10

When used in music, the word texture refers to

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the basic approach in the use of pitches

Question 11

A melody is

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a series of pitches that forms a cohesive entity

Question 12

The artistic viewpoint of expressionism focuses on

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the dark side of human nature

Question 13

The term a cappella indicates that the music is to be sung

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without accompaniment

Question 14

Nationalism in the 19th c. was partly an attempt by various composers to break free from the prevailing

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German-Austrian style

Question 15

A piece about clouds would be an example of this genre

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impressionism

Question 16

Romantic operas often end in tragedy

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True

Question 17

Romantic era composers believed in reason and logic.

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False

Question 18

This composer believed music doesn't have to mean anything

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Cage

Question 19

tone quality or tone color is known as timbre

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True

Question 20

It is difficult to describe accurately the features of twentieth-century music because

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all of these choices

Question 21

Instrumental music itself can literally tell a story.

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False

Question 22

Primitivism is

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a fascination with non-western and non literate societies

Question 23

Harmonies in twentieth-century music are generally more consonant than those of the in nineteenth-century music

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False

Question 24

The term "rubato" means to be played

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with rhythmic flexibility

Question 25

Which is the most accurate definition of music?

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organized sounds occurring within a specified span of time

Question 26

What instrument replaced the harpsichord as the favored instrument of the Classical period?

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the piano

Question 27

Except for recitatives, the rhythm of the Baroque period strongly metrical

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True

Question 28

Wagner called his operas "music dramas" because he

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wanted to eliminate the separation between recitatives and arias

Question 29

The text of an opera is called the

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libretto

Question 30

If a composer composed an instrumental piece that was trying to depict the library at KVCC it would be an example of

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Program music

Question 31

When writing an Art song, the composer

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selects a poem and then writes music that enhances the sense of that text

Question 32

The two most important composers of piano music in the Romantic era are

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Chopin and Liszt

Question 33

A Baroque suite is a group of

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stylized dances

Question 34

What are the three general characteristics of the Baroque period?

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love of drama, grandiose dimensions and religious intensity

Question 35

Classical melodies are made up of long flowing phrases

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False

Mus 101 Final

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Mus 101 Final

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