Defying Gravity Revision Quiz

Question 1

What is a leitmotif?

Accepted Answer

A musical idea associated with an idea, character or place

Question 2

Sus chords can be used to describe which element of music?

Accepted Answer

Harmony

Question 3

In which year was Wicked first staged?

Accepted Answer

2003

Question 4

What is the main texture of Defying Gravity?

Accepted Answer

Melody Dominated Homophony

Question 5

In this context, what does doubling mean?

Accepted Answer

Players playing more than one instrument throughout the show

Question 6

What does 'colla voce' mean?

Accepted Answer

With the voice

Question 7

Which of these speeds is slowest?

Accepted Answer

Maestoso

Question 8

Name the composer of Wicked

Accepted Answer

Stephen Schwartz

Question 9

Which of these speeds is fastest?

Accepted Answer

Allegro

Question 10

Describe how the accompaniment differs at the starts of verses 1 and 2 (choose two answers)

Accepted Answer

Tremolo strings and piano in verse 1, not verse 2, Sycopated, detached + accented strings in verse 2, not 1

Question 11

What voice type does Elphaba have?

Accepted Answer

Mezzo Soprano

Question 12

Wicked is a book musical. What is a book musical?

Accepted Answer

A musical where the musical numbers are integral to the plot

Question 13

Which of these has the highest range?

Accepted Answer

Soprano

Question 14

What is an orchestral stab?

Accepted Answer

A short, loud chord played by an orchestra

Question 15

What other texture also appears, particularly at the start of the song?

Accepted Answer

Monophonic

Question 16

In the anthology, Defying Gravity is written in D major. What is it's original key?

Accepted Answer

Db major

Question 17

Name the song that the 'Unlimited' motif is based on

Accepted Answer

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Question 18

How can a leitmotif help unify a long work like a musical?

Accepted Answer

By returning, maybe altered, at different places in the work

Question 19

How are the 'x' headed notes in the score performed (eg. in bar 1)?

Accepted Answer

Half-spoken

Question 20

Where can orchestral stabs be found in Defying Gravity?

Accepted Answer

Bars 1-3

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