Music 1200 Modules 3&4

Question 1

The four-note motive found in the opening of Beethoven's 5th can be heard in all 4 movements

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The fragment of a theme is called:

Accepted Answer

motive

Question 3

Who was crucial in the development of monody?

Accepted Answer

The Florentine Camerata

Question 4

What instrument is new to the Classical orchestra

Accepted Answer

clarinet

Question 5

What are the movements of a typical Baroque concerto?

Accepted Answer

three movements: Allegro-Adagio-Allegro, ritornello form

Question 6

A drama that is sung is called an?

Accepted Answer

opera

Question 7

What new symphony form was predominantly used in the Classical era?

Accepted Answer

Sonata-allegro

Question 8

The three major composers of the Classical era

Accepted Answer

Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn

Question 9

Who was Haydn's principal patron?

Accepted Answer

Prince Esterhazy

Question 10

Which of the following was not a major composer of string quartet?

Accepted Answer

Bach

Question 11

Opera Buffa characteristics are all but which:

Accepted Answer

based on mythology

Question 12

Handel's "Water Music" is an example of which genre

Accepted Answer

suite

Question 13

The greatest native born English composer of the Baroque era was:

Accepted Answer

Purcell

Question 14

Haydn and Mozart influence the first two symphonies of which composer

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 15

The three major composer of the Baroque era:

Accepted Answer

Handel, Bach, Purcell

Question 16

Which composer both maintained and disrupted the balance of the Classical style?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 17

Which of the following is not a Baroque dance form?

Accepted Answer

Waltz

Question 18

Which of the following is not an example of Bach's contrapuntal mastery:

Accepted Answer

Water Music

Question 19

Which of the following is not a figure in the Enlightenment movement:

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 20

Beethoven wrote how many symphonies?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 21

The Baroque era begins with _____ and ends with _____

Accepted Answer

polyphony to homophony

Question 22

Which of the following does not characterize Oratorio

Accepted Answer

elaborate scenery

Question 23

The vocal style in opera that imitates speech:

Accepted Answer

recitative

Question 24

Handel's "Royal Fireworks" was all but the following:

Accepted Answer

performed on a barge in the river Thames

Question 25

Which composition of Mozart's was left incomplete at his death?

Accepted Answer

Requiem Mass

Question 26

Which composer was German, wrote in Italy, and is hailed the greatest English composer

Accepted Answer

Handel

Question 27

"Stile Antico" and "Stile Moderno" were term developed by

Accepted Answer

Monteverdi

Question 28

What best describes absolute music?

Accepted Answer

music without story or text

Question 29

George Frideric Handel is the "Father" of the:

Accepted Answer

English oratorio

Question 30

From what opera is this aria? Who is the composer

Accepted Answer

"Orfeo," Monteverdi

Question 31

Turkish military instruments were used in which symphony?

Accepted Answer

"Military" symphony, Haydn

Question 32

A string quartet consists of:

Accepted Answer

two violins, viola, cello

Question 33

What genre is this?

Accepted Answer

Oratorio

Question 34

The first era in Western Music in which instrumental music was a major focus for composers

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 35

The repetition of a motive at a higher or lower pitch is called a:

Accepted Answer

sequence

Question 36

Which of the following is not a characteristic of an aria:

Accepted Answer

tell the story

Question 37

The text of an opera is called:

Accepted Answer

libretto

Question 38

The Catalogue Aria is from what Mozart opera? And what is it's tone?

Accepted Answer

Don Giovanni, Comic

Question 39

Which is not a principle element of the fugue?

Accepted Answer

homophony

Question 40

Pachelbel's canon is an example of which baroque practice?

Accepted Answer

basso continuo

Question 41

Lining-out is the compositional form intended to do all but:

Accepted Answer

dictated by the church

Question 42

What is the structure of Sonata-allegro form

Accepted Answer

Exposition, Development, Recapitulation

Question 43

Which best describes the opening idea of Beethoven's 5th symphony?

Accepted Answer

four-note motive

Question 44

Who is the "Father" of the symphony

Accepted Answer

Haydn

Question 45

What is the name of this opera and Who composed it?

Accepted Answer

"Dido and Aeneas," Purcell

Question 46

What is the final movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony?

Accepted Answer

"Ode to Joy"

Question 47

The classical era was all about order and reason, the Baroque era was all about...

Accepted Answer

grotesque and gaudy

Question 48

Who is the "Father" of the Concerto

Accepted Answer

Vivaldi

Question 49

The predecessor to the Italian and English opera was:

Accepted Answer

The Masque

Question 50

Who is the first master of opera, "Father of Opera"

Accepted Answer

Purcell

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