DCMA Written Exam Review

Based on mythology

Which answer best describes the Renaissance era?

Which answer best aligns with the composer John Williams?

Shoenberg = Atonal tone = 12-tone system = serialism

Which "ism" fits John Cage's "4:33"?

The ___________ era was from 1900-Present.

Which answer best aligns with the composer Beethoven?

Bach = Organist

Which answer best aligns with the composer Verdi?

Identify the texture:

Select the opposite! Opera = __________

Messiah = Handel

Funny opera written in German

Movement #5 in Mass

Select the opposite! Mass = __________

Mozart is one of the "Big Three" Classical composers

Identify the Genre

Identify the Genre

Identify the Genre

The death of Dunstable signified the end of the Medieval period.

Which answer best aligns with the composer Haydn?

Which answer best aligns with the composer John Dowland?

The ___________ era was from 1820-1900.

This sacred piece is about the crucifixion and death of Christ:

Which answer best describes the Baroque era?

3rd part of sonata-allegro form

4th part of sonata-allegro form

The ___________ era was from 1450-1600.

Minuet Trio = 1st Movement of Symphony

The death of Bach signified the end of the Baroque period.

Martin Luther King was responsible for the Protestant Reformation in 1517.

Which answer best describes the Classical era?

Movement #3 in Mass

Identify the Genre

Carmen = Exoticism

Which "ism" fits Debussy's "Clair de Lune"?

Identify the Genre

Which answer best aligns with the composer Wagner?

A musical representation of specific poetic images

Which "ism" fits Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever"?

Libretto = Opera Music

Identify the Genre

Which answer best aligns with the musician B.B. King?

Big Mama Thornton = Hound Dog

Which "ism" fits Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire"?

Which answer best aligns with the composer Lully?

Identify the Genre

Based on Old Testament

Machaut wrote the first complete setting of the Mass.

Sonata-Allegro Form = 1st Movement of Symphony

Identify the texture:

Identify the texture:

The ___________ era was from 1600-1750.

Which answer best aligns with the composer Schubert?

What is a general term for all secular music with words in Italian? This was the first pop song.

Select the opposite! Protestant = __________

The ___________ era was from 1750-1820.

Which "ism" fits Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring"?

Serious opera written in Italian

Movement #1 in Mass

Tchaikovsky wrote The Nutcracker

Fanny Mendelssohn revived the works of J.S. Bach

Fanny Mendelssohn revived the works of J.S. Bach

This is the solo singing that reflects on actions or what is happening in an opera or oratorio:

Movement #2 in Mass

Funny opera written in Italian

Which answer best describes the Romantic era?

Lieder = secular song in German

Movement #4 in Mass

The ___________ era was from 450-1450.

Identify the Genre

Select the opposite! Secular = __________

Which answer best aligns with the composer Mozart?

What is a vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of natural speech

Which answer best aligns with the composer J.S. Bach?

Which answer best aligns with the composer John Dowland?

Leonin and Perotin were famous for writing organum in France.

Which word best aligns with the composer Hildegard?

Which answer best describes the Medieval era?

1st part of sonata-allegro form

Which answer best aligns with the composer Handel?

Select the opposite! Peasant = __________

Red Priest = Bach

Prayers sung on pitches are chants.

Which answer best aligns with the composer John Dowland?

Which answer best aligns with the composer Palestrina?

2nd part of sonata-allegro form

The death of Beethoven signified the end of the Romantic period.

Mass for the Dead is known as a Requiem.

The death of Palestrina signified the end of the Renaissance period.