DE Final Exam

Which two voice parts does Palestrina use extras of to create a six-part texture?

As a musical retelling of Romeo & Juliet, Bernstein's West Side Story recasts the families as

Which of the following best describes the rhythm of the recitative?

Guillaume de Machaut was appointed a canon at Rheims, meaning he __________.

What did Schumann create in 1834?

For the Romantic artist, __________.

Music was already the ______ in the Middle Ages, long before Shakespeare coined the phrase.

The kind of phrase structure with antecedent and consequent units is called a ______ structure.

Throughout the Classical Era, artists in every field looked to __________ as a model.

The general texture of "My Lord Help Me to Pray" can be characterized as __________.

A type of opera singing that lies somewhere between singing and speaking is called __________.

A ballet is a story told through __________.

The violin has __________ strings.

A melismatic setting is __________.

Which factors delineate the verse-chorus form of "Fight the Power?"

The Renaissance may be described as an age of __________.

In Hildegard's play, Satan is like __________.

During his lifetime, Beethoven was __________.

Jingju is the principal form of __________ today.

Voiles provides the listener with __________.

A la Par mixes __________.

The sound of the prepared piano has been compared to that of __________.

Mozart was __________.

Tchaikovsky suffered from __________.

What instrument families are included in the performance of Moorish Dance?

Chuck Berry developed a distinctive performance gimmick known as the __________.

Which genre of music did Bach compose for the weekly Lutheran service?

Concert manners in Haydn's time __________.

Which of the following words would be most likely to receive a melisma in Medieval chant?

White gospel music is also known as __________.

Where did Susato live?

Whenever he played a concert, Louis Gottschalk would __________.

The earliest operas were performed in __________.

Gottschalk's Union contains the following patriotic tunes: __________.

Many of Berlioz's contemporaries criticized him for his music being __________.

Brahms’ reputation was such that he is buried __________.

"The Cricket" praises the singing of __________.

What is the melodic contour of the first phrase of "Chester?"

Which of the following is a drawback of performing foreign-language operas in English?

What determined the tempo, meter, and rhythm of Renaissance dance music?

Which repeated musical idea is heard just before the guillotine falls in Symphonie fantastique?

Philip Glass' composition technique based on multiple repetitions of a few ideas, is called

In which city did Mozart compose Symphony no. 40 in G Minor?

Opera was the result of __________.

Which of the following best describes the subject of Robert Schumann's "Dedication?"

The Alleluia is an important component of which Catholic church service?

Which technique did Dvorak use that suggests a connection w/ both folk and African music?

Which formal device is used by Bach in the first movement of Cantata 140?

Like Machaut, de Bologna, de Ventadorn, & von Wolkenstein share an interest in

Which of the following is the best description of atonality?

What music technique did Schumann use at the end of the 1st section of text to create the mood?

The form of the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488 is like a _______.

The meter in dance music corresponds to the pattern of __________.

Chopin __________.

What form do many bebop compositions take?

Public Enemy's records in the second half of the 1980s were groundbreaking for their ______.

The musical features of rhyme song reflect _________.

What is the last step in the film music synchronization process?

In The Marriage of Figaro, what is the nature of the Count?

The sentiment of the "cherry blossom" in sakura symbolizes __________.

A French overture __________.

"One Love," "I Shot the Sheriff," & "No Woman, No Cry" are songs by what Caribbean singer?

The closing section of "God Save the Queen," which uses a short motif, is known as a

Which of the following is a characteristic of periodic phrase structure?

Chamber music was __________.

The A section in Barbara Strozzi's "Revenge" __________.

Monophony occurs when __________.

A form of polyphony using two or more interlocking voices is called __________.

Plainchant consists of __________.

"Knee Play 1" unfolds over a constantly repeated bass in the organ called a(n) __________.

Why does much gospel music rely on stock, formulaic harmonic progressions?

How many structural cadences occur in "No More than One Man Could Count the Stars?"

In a fugue, the passages where the main subject (the main theme) is absent are called ________.

What is the texture in the opening measures of Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488?

Berlioz's father wanted his son to follow in his footsteps and become a

In the first movement of Symphony no. 5, Beethoven transforms the opening motif by __________.

What is the name for the opening formal section of Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major?

John Williams has written __________.

Gregorian Chant is named after Pope Gregory I, who __________.

Organum was built by layering melodic lines above __________.

What is dissonance?

What musical effect represented the striving in the phrase hope of gains in "Since Robin Hood?"

In addition to composing music, Hildegard __________.

Which best describes the texture of "Since Robin Hood?"

Which sons of J. S. Bach went on to be composers?

Which of these was an important seventeenth-century composer of French opera?

Where did Sergei Diaghilev put on his Ballet Russes?

In the visual arts and architecture, ______ emphasizes functionality and a break with the past.

Why did music publishing develop after book publishing?

Which of the following is true of the Classical Era?

In William Byrd's "Sing Joyfully," each voice is differentiated by its __________.

Why must dance music be rhythmically clear and consistent?

In the first verse of "Chester," how many voices are singing?

Bach had __________ children, but only half survived into adulthood.

In their pursuit of innovation, Modernist composers __________.

The tutti __________.

Medieval courts used the arts primarily as a means of __________.

Monophonic chant appears __________.

Leon's music reflects her __________.

Hildegard's Play of Virtues is __________.