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Music History Test Practice BP 2019
Music History Test Practice BP 2019
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1
Which of the following are not associated with jazz?
Improv
syncopated rhythms
march
blues
2
Rock and Roll rolled into the UK and America in which decade?
1960s
1950s
1940s
1970s
3
Which of the following are not a composer of the romantic era?
Verdi
Cage
Glinka
Tchaikovsky
4
Which descriptions are accurate? Here it is again!
Consonant, Conjunct
Dissonant, Conjunct
Consonant, Disjunct
Dissonant, Disjunct
5
Which composer belongs to the classical period?
Debussy
Vivaldi
Bach
Mozart
6
Which order is chronological (early to late)?
Jazz, Music in Film, Rock, Music Theater (current form)
Music in Film, Music Theater (current form), Rock, Jazz
Music in Film, Jazz, Music Theater (current form), Rock
Jazz, Music in Film, Music Theater (current form), Rock
7
What is rockabilly?
mixes country and hip hop
mixes hip hop and ragtime
mixes blues and country
mixes blues and ragtime
8
Which of the following is the correct date range for music of the middle ages?
476 - 1560
1020 - 1450
476 - 1450
1450 - 1560
9
This voice texture came into the Renaissance era.
Monophonic
Homophonic
Homofonic
Polyphonic
10
Dissonance was used in the romantic era. What is dissonance?
When notes or chords clash or sound "wrong"
When someone insults someone else
When notes or chords sound pleasant
11
Music theater started as...
none of the above
film based musical theater
comic opera or operetta
rock musical theater
12
Who is a prominent composer of the Renaissance era?
Beethoven
Palestrina
Gershwin
Bach
13
Which order is chronological (early to late)?
Medieval, Baroque, Renaissance, Classical, Romantic
Medieval, Baroque, Renaissance, Romantic, Classical
Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic
Renaissance, Medieval, Baroque, Classical, Romantic
14
Which composer brought jazz into musical theater?
Stephen Sondheim
Johannes Brahms
Richard Wagner
Leonard Bernstein
15
Which of the following composers composed the music for "Raiders of the Lost Arc"?
John Williams
Howard Shore
Elmer Bernstein
Hans Zimmer
16
What style, popular in jazz, started with Louis Armstrong?
Swing
Scat
Twang
Walking bass line
17
What is most important to know about the classical era?
Beethoven was going deaf, oh no!
Lyrical, 4 bar phrasing was popular
It's the best, that's why it's "classic"
Full orchestra was introduced (+ wind instruments)
18
What is underscoring?
Music is set quietly underneath dialogue to add effect
Music is the prominent sound of the scene
Music used as part of a scene (ex. live band in a film)
None of the above
19
What is Mr. Varahidis' favourite era or style from all the ones listed?
Jazz
Film Music
Romantic Era
Classical Era
20
The last answer was polyphonic. What is the voicing for the following piece?
Duet
Solo soprano
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass (SATB)
Solo tenor
21
Where does the jazz style originate from?
South East Asia
South America
Europe
Africa
22
What texture is in this piece?
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Homorhythmic
Monophonic
23
Who composed this symphony?
Bethoven
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
24
Which composer brought lyricism back to musical theater?
Stephen Sondheim
Leonard Bernstein
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Miller Wyatt
25
Which are not subgenres or rock and roll?
acid rock
ska
beebop
heavy metal
26
What type of scale is being used in the previous piece?
Chromatic Scale
Modal Scale
Minor Scale
Major Scale
27
Sacred music means music for religion. Which religion was music in the Middle Ages based upon?
Buddhist
Paganism
Muslim
Christianity
28
Music in film is important because...
it establishes a sense of the film's setting/atmosphere
all of the above
it sets the mood
it provides more depth to the storytelling
