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Music History #musichistory chapters 4-9 powerpoints from class
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1
Why do people stand for the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah?
Out of tradition
Because King George stood up first
They don't know why
Everyone else does
2
Baroque composer of the opera Orfeo
Monte Cristo
Montague
Montezuma
Monteverdi
3
Baroque era numerical shorthand written below the bass line, was called...
accents
figured bass
beats
line of demarcation
4
Renaissance music is marked by...
classical balance and restraint
grandeur, extravagance, drama
5
Late Baroque era,
short
sacred vocal work with recitatives, arias and choruses and orchestra is
an oratorio
a motet
a church cantata
an opera
6
What is the order of a Catholic Ordinary Mass?
Agnus Dei, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
Kyrie, Sanctus, Credo, Gloria, Agnus Dei
Sanctus, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei
7
Medieval monks did all of the following except...
talk
pray 7 times a day
practice medicine
read and write
8
What is the order of the musical eras we have studied?
Medieval, Baroque, Renaissance
Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque
Renaissance, Medieval, Baroque
Baroque, Medieval, Renaissance
9
What was the name of the plucked keyboard instrument used in the Baroque period?
hurdy gurdy
harpsichord
clavichord
piano
10
Who is a German late baroque composer who spent most of his composing life in England?
Stockhausen
Handel
J.S. Bach
Brandenburg
11
Purcell and Monteverdi were composers from which musical time period?
Baroque
Romantic
Classical
Renaissance
12
What does "syllabic" mean in music?
One note, one syllable
Many syllables and many notes
13
Baroque composers used trills, turns and other techniques to ornament the music.
False
True
14
What is hocket?
a group of musicians
a medieval style of composition
a medieval ball game
a renaissance basket
15
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael were alive during which musical time period?
Medieval
Romantic
Renaissance
Baroque
16
Which of these is NOT a plane of listening recommended by Copland?
sheerly musical plane
Expressive plane
snakes on a plane
sensual plane
17
Who said that when you listen to music you should "fly with the music to the end of the piece"?
Victor Wooten
Daniel Barenboim
Fritz Kreisler
Frederic Chopin
18
Pitch in music is:
the aspect of high and low
the aspect of short and long
the quality of a sound
the aspect of loud and soft
19
This outdoor instrument was the ancestor of the trombone.
recorder
krummhorn
fife
sackbut
20
Rhythm with the accent on the weak beat or between beats is called:
supplementation
synchronization
syllabification
syncopation
21
Messe de notre dame was composed by
Claudio Monteverdi
Guillaume de Machaut
William Tell
Philip de Vitry
22
In a fugue, the main melody is called the
episode
potato
countermelody
subject
23
Bach, Vivaldi and Handel were all composers from which period?
Classical
Romantic
Medieval
Baroque
24
Bach wrote the St. Matthew and the St. John Passions . What does Passion mean in this sense?
A story Bach really cared about.
The story of the trial and death of Jesus
The story of the love life of the saints.
25
A Baroque solo concerto has how many movements?
5
4
2
3
26
Orfeo, or Orpheus, sings, and plays what instrument?
the harpsichord
the cello
the lyre
the drums
27
Who wrote the most music in the medieval era?
anonymous
Giuseppe Verdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Hildegard von Bingen
28
The _______________ of the community was the main body that kept Medieval society organized.
kings and queens
jousts
musical theater
church
29
Monteverdi's repeating musical interludes in between repeating musical strophes are called:
ritornelli (ritornello)
alternati
overtures
choruses
30
When was the Renaissance?
An era from 476-1450
An era from 1450-1600
An era from 0-476
An era from 1600-1750
31
A "ONE-two One- two" rhythm in music usually indicates what type of meter?
Triple Meter
free form
Duple Meter
Organum
32
In the story of Dido and Aeneas, what happens to Dido?
She takes a journey to Hades
She travels to Italy
After Aeneas leaves, she kills herself with poison
She becomes a Goddess
33
A waltz such as the Blue Danube waltz is in what meter?
duple meter
triple meter
no meter
Quadruple meter
34
Who wrote the Brandenburg Concertos?
Handel
Vivaldi
Bach
Corelli
35
Bass-driven chordal support for a melody in the Baroque era was called...
recitative
symphony
basso continuo
concerto
36
A succession of pitches can be called ...
a melody
a theme
a tune
a scale
37
The texture of music in the medieval chants was
polyphonic
fugal
imitative
monophonic
38
Violin, viola, violoncello and bass:
bowed instruments
the string family in the orchestra
relatives to the vielle and viola da gamba
capable of tuning in different keys
39
A text for an opera is called...
a libretto
a read out
a liber usualis
a book
40
The madrigal flourished in which era?
Romantic
Renaissance
Baroque
Medieval
41
Musically heightened speech in opera, derived from declamatory sections of monody, is called:
recitative
speech-song
explanatory verse
soliloquoy
42
Strophic Form in music can be described as:
a form with no repeats
a form with repeated verses of music but different words
a form of a theme with multiple variations
a form with a 12 bar blues pattern
43
What is the difference between the storytelling in opera and oratorio?
Opera has arias and recitatives and oratorio does not
oratorio is not staged or costumed- opera is, elaborately
Opera is in Italian and Oratorio is in English
opera tells a story, oratorio does not
44
A Baroque theory that different musical moods should be used to influence the emotions is...
Theory of Relativity
String Theory
Doctrine of Ethos
The Doctrine of Affections
45
In which musical time period did Handel compose many operas and oratorios, including Messiah?
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Medieval
46
Duration in music refers to...
the aspect of high and low
the aspect of loud and soft
the aspect of short and long
the quality of sound that identifies an instrument
47
Timbre in music refers to...
the aspect of long and short
the aspect of high and low
the aspect of loud and soft
the identifying quality of a sound
48
What does "melismatic" mean in ancient vocal music?
many notes, one syllable
one syllable, one or two notes
no syllables, many notes
49
Three genres to emerge in the Baroque era are:
symphony, madrigal, tone poem
art song, quodlibet, chanson
mass, motet, chant
oratorio, opera, concerto
50
Opera originated in...
Florence, Italy
London, England
Vienna, Austria
Munich, Germany
51
Intensity in music refers to...
the aspect of high and low
the quality of sound that identifies the instrument
the aspect of loud and soft
the aspect of short and long
52
Who was a Baroque instrumental composer of "The Seasons" who was nicknamed the "Red Priest?"
Antonio Vivaldi
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Josquin des Prez
Claudio Monteverdi
53
A monody is...
a Baroque solo song with prominent top and bottom lines
an instrumental concerto
a monophonic chant from middle ages
a declamatory speech
54
Robert Danziger recommends as a listening style:
drawing blueprints as you listen
listening outside
repetitive listening
listening while blindfolded
55
Whose music won the "contest" for word clarity in the Counter-reformation?
Henry Purcell
Georg Frederic Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
