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1
Who was the master composer of motets?
Chopin.
Josquin Desprez.
Claude Debussy.
Scott Joplin.
2
What musical form focuses on making one melody stand out.
Fugues.
Oratorios.
Monody
Ornamentation.
3
Instruments from Middle ages include
All of them.
Woodwinds - flutes, pipes, and horns
Percussion - drums and bells
Strings
4
A fugue features...
overlapping voices that copy another, restating the melody.
a subject, an answer, and a countersubject.
All of them.
Episodes.
5
The 4th movement is usually in Rondo. What are the order of themes in a Rondo?
B-A-B-C-B-A-B
A-B-A-C
A-A-B-B-C-C
A-B-A-C-A-B-A
6
Joseph Brahms was famous for making a lot of..
instrumental conversation.
beautiful, romantic melodies.
character pieces.
piano trios.
7
Renaissance music was most popular in...
(1400-1600)
(1450-1600)
(1450-1570)
(1500-1600)
8
The first movement is usually...
Slow, lyrical, and more reflective.
Dance-like.
Spirited and accomplishing.
Fast and exciting.
9
Within the first and last of those sections, there are...
Beginning and Coda.
Principle Subject, Second Subject, Closing Section (coda).
Middle.
Beginning and end.
10
Renaissance music saw the development of of what musical categories?
Sacred and Secular
Humanism
All that benefited humankind
Mass and Motet
11
The 4th movement is...
Reflective.
Fast and Exciting.
Dance-like.
Strong and Spiritied.
12
What musical form was large and was based on a religious theme?
Oratorios.
Motets.
Monody.
Trills.
13
What is ornamentation?
Extra melodies that make up a sonata.
Extra notes that decorate a melody. Ex - Trill.
Monody
14
In the Renaissance, Humanism...
was the belief that people should strive to be well-educated
refers to the way melodic voices imitate one another.
was freedom of speech.
was the exploration of new textures.
15
In the romantic period, people emphasized the importance of...
superioty.
advising the young.
expressing anger.
individual human expression.
16
Bach was born in...
Germany
Viennese
Austria
France
17
What are Music Historians called?
Musicologist
Motets
Mass
Music Historians
18
The 2nd movement is...
Fast and exciting.
Dance-like.
Slow, lyrical, and more reflective.
Strong and Spirited.
19
What music was most popular in (1820-1910)?
Romantic
Baroque
Classical
None are listed
20
What were the 3 main composers of the Baroque period?
Bach, Lizt, Hayden.
Vivaldi, Bach, Dubussy.
Handel, Bach, Vivaldi.
Hayden, Beethoven, Mozart.
21
What is a Mass?
a musical church service with many sections.
A large symphony that mostly comprises of a choir
A large choral work w/ various tempos.
A piece that combines several voices with different melodies
22
The 3rd movement is usually a minuet and trio. What is the time signature?
Triple meter (3/4).
Common Time (4/4).
Sixteenth notes (1/16),
None of them.
23
One main theme in the beginning followed by a set of variations on that theme is a...
Both
Theme and variations form
Version of Sonata Form
24
Schubert popularized the lied and....
secular music.
All of them.
chromaticism.
piano trios.
25
The First Viennese School included what composers?
Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart.
Beethoven, Mozart, and Hayden.
Hayden, Handel, and Chopin.
Beethoven, Hayden, and Lizt.
26
Sacred music was usually...
Monophonic in Texture
Loud and Exciting
27
Who were the composers during the time of the impressionist?
Monet and Claude Debussy.
Ravel, Debussy, and Monet.
Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy.
Maurice Ravel and Monet.
28
What does Neoclassical mean?
Classical music with a sense of newness.
Something nothing to do with classical music.
Classical music with no passion but mathematical alignments.
The return of Classical music.
29
Who created the bridge between Classical and Romantic?
Hayden.
Mozart.
Schubert.
Beethoven.
30
What is a motet?
The rebirth of art, music, science, math, and many others.
A piece that combines several voices w/ different patterns.
Secular music,
A poem or words set to music
31
Music, from the middle ages, was divided in what two categories?
Gospel and Rap
Love and hate
Tonal and Dissonace
Sacred and Secular
32
Hayden performed in front of patrons to make a living. What are Patrons?
They help those who cannot make enough.
Schools of music that paid their performer.
Evening gatherings in which the public tossed coins in a hat
They provide financial support for musicians.
33
The mass was usually based on a main melody called "The Cantus Firmus". This was...
the musical foundation for the entire work.
Stupid
34
What is programmatic music?
Music that tells a story.
Music that sounds colorful and imaginative.
Music that shows anger.
Music with lots of contrast.
35
The classical period was during the...
Rebirth
Enlightment
Rennaissance.
Modern
36
In a Rondo, which themes are reoccurring?
A and B.
C.
None of them.
A, B, and C.
37
The classical symphony usually includes...
Terraced Dynamics.
Sonatas.
Scherzos.
4 movements.
38
A part of sacred music was "plainchant", which is/are
a reworking of the themes musical elements
sections which the subject is not fully stated in any voice
a free-flowing vocal line that sounded like a musical speech
39
Sacred music is...
Religious music that was accompanied by Hymns.
Gypsy Music.
Religious music that was invented by the common folk.
Religious music that was an important part of worship.
40
Classical music was most popular in...
(1750-1850)
(1700-1900)
(1750-1820)
(1747-1907)
41
What are terraced dynamics?
None of them.
Sudden change of tempo.
Crescendos and Dinumendos.
Sudden change in dynamics.
42
Music in the Middle ages was...
The time after the classical era
The time before the Baroque period
Now
The time before the Renaissance. (500-1500)
43
What type of music was most popular in (1600-1750)?
Romantic
Classical
Renaissance
Baroque
44
What does Counterpoint mean?
Episodes that are stated in different pitches.
To counter-attack.
When 2+ voices fit together simaltaneously.
Episodes which can contain a Motive.
45
George Fredric Handel composed mostly....
oratorio and later operas.
oratorios and later operas.
Trios and later oratorios.
operas and later oratorios.
46
The first movement is usually Sonata form. What are the 3 main sections in a sonata? (in order)
Exposition, Recapitulation, Development.
Priniciple Subject, Second Subject, Closing Section.
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation.
Exposition, Developmental, Coda.
47
Secular Music...
was played by toubadours and trovers.
All of them
was played by minstrels.
had no relation to the church.
48
The second theme is a "version of sonata" form, or (aka)...
Theme and counterpoint form.
Theme and Variation form.
Theme and Version form.
Counterpoint and Variation form.
49
What is the pattern in the 3rd movement?
A-B-A (Sherzo-Trio-Sherzo)
A-B-A (Minuet-Trio-Minuet).
A-B-A (Trio-Minuet-Trio).
Both 2 and 3.
50
What musical style became popular in the Renaissance?
Polyphony
Complex Sounds.
Polyphony and Imitative Counterpoint.
Imitative Counterpoint.
