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1
Who invented the Piano?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arthur Dent
Bartolomeo Cristofori
J.S Bach
2
What is figured bass?
Another name for the tenor line
Where numerals indicate intervals, chords, and non-chord
A fancy name for a fancy string bass
A type of basso continuo
3
What is word-painting?
Making a word fancy cuz it sounds cooler
Face Paint in performance
Literally Painting a word
Use of musical devised to reflect the meaning of the word
4
Who the hell is Giulio Caccini?
The dude who invented monody
The guy who invented the piano
Galileos Dad
The moustache man
5
What is Musica Enchiriadis?
The first surviving attempt at Polyphony
A Cathedral dedicated to music
A yummy Mexican snack
A performance technique
6
What is the L’estro Armonico?
A collection of concertos for orchestra published in 1711
the reason I cry
A Spanish harmonica
A type of composition for violin and bassoon
7
What is Basso Continuo?
A type of instrumental music
A continued Bass line that never stops
An early string bass
Accompaniment where players improvised over a figured bass
8
Why do we care about Johann Walter?
He was a prolific organ composer
He started a religion
He wrote 38 settings of chorales arranged for 4-5 voices
9
When and where did Leonin Live?
Paris in the late 12th Century
He's still kicking it in Sweden
Vienna in the middle of the 1400's
Rome in the early 13th Century
10
What is an imitation style composition?
Repetition of a melody after 1st appearance in diff. voice
Varying the melody
Thinking of a specific person when writing a musical work
Music written in the style of a different composition
11
Why do we care about Guillaume de Machaut?
He composed the first mass cycle (probably)
He put his name on his work
We don't
He used 2nds for the first time in the church
12
What is a Troubadour/Trobairitz?
Church composers from Notre Dame
The name for the audience in secular music performances
Polish travelling musicians
French ppl from the 1300ish, made monophonic secular songs
13
What is Monody?
A comp. style with a single melodic line and b/c accom.
Some kind of STD
A type of melody with lots of leaps
A type of small gutair
14
What is a character piece?
Work with a descriptive title that suggests a mood or scene
Work written for a person
A work that makes you have lots of emotions
A work where the players dress up as characters
15
What was the Seconda Practica?
Term for when a musician is asked the play 2 instruments
A reminder to practice more but in Latin
This book about music that blew everybody's mind
Giovanni Maria Artusi's clap back
16
When did Caccini live?
1500-1750
1820-1902
1500-1576
1550-1618
17
Isorhythm's use of rhythmic patterns is called what?
Rhythm
Talea
Color
tinntinabul
18
Happy Studying, Good luck and Happy Holidays
:)
:D
19
What is a Sonata (in the 17th century)?
Work for 1 or 2 melody instruments with continuo & sections
My death
Solo with orchestral acc.
Literally any music
20
What is a Cantata?
A long, unstaged, bible opera for performance
Like an Opera but not an Opera
A short, unstaged bible opera for church
A musical about the bible
21
What does strophic mean?
It has verses
It has a strong sense of meter
It is long
It has instruments and voice
22
What is a Madrigal?
A short instrumental work meant to be performed in church
Bitch Idk
Polyphonic through-composed setting of a short secular poem
A type of Orange
23
Who was Nicholas Yonge?
The guy who fueled madrigal composition in England
A popular English madrigal composer
The man who invented the philosophers stone
Invented the violin
24
What does Monophonic mean?
A Round
Many Parts/Melodies
One Part/Melody
One Voice
25
Why do we care about Claudio Monteverdi and when did he live?
1777-1829, he wrote many fugues
1567-1643, he was a very innovative composer
26
Why do we care about Chopin?
Because Michelle Boyd said he's important
He invented the piano
He was the 'poet of the piano'
He was a virtuosic piano player
27
What is a non-retrogradable rhythm?
A rhythm that is played forwards then backwards
A rhythm that can't time travel
A music palindrome
When similar rhythms are played at the same time
28
What is Ternary From?
ABCBA
ABA
AB DC al fine
ACDC
29
What is Expressionism?
Music avoids tradition 2 show feels through exaggeration
Expressive music
The scream (Painting)
Music that gives you feels
30
One of these things is not like the other
Allemande
Gigue
Prelude
Minuet
31
Where are Multi Movement instrumental works supposed to be played?
Small Chamber Settings
On a mountain
Concert halls
Churches
32
Why do we care about Schoenberg?
He was a Russian poet
He was a prolific piano composer
He pioneered atonality in music
He took a Neo-classical route to his composition
33
When did George Crumb live?
1900-2001
1869-1938
1929-present
1980-2010
34
Is Uphayinaphu in the vernacular?
No
Yes
35
When was the Medieval Era?
1450-1600
400-1450
1000-1550
1750-1820
36
What is Concertato Style?
When more than one instrument is used in the mass cycle
A musical work featuring an instrument
When instruments and voices have different parts
Divided choirs
37
When was the Classical Era?
1730-2001
1750-1820
1450-1725
1600-1750
38
The order of the movements are slow, fast, slow, fast
false
True
39
Why do we care about Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina?
He became a model composer for the church
He saved polyphony in the church (probably)
He used instruments in Mass
He invented the organ
40
What is Cantus Firmus Style?
When the alto line is different than the rest of the music
When tenor line of the music is borrowed from another music
Using a separated choir
A piece of music with a firm tempo
41
When did Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre live?
1540-1629
1665-1729
3001-3079
1750-1820
42
What is Ars Nova
A fancy art movement
1300's art movement where ppl broke from musical tradition
A type of flute
The sociopolitical movement that stemmed from the German War
43
What is it called when voices move in parallel, oblique, contrary and similar motion?
Parallel Organum
Florid Organum
Free Organum
44
What is Franconian Notation?
The first ever music that was written down
Using note shape to indicate note length
A type of figured bass line
A type of choral music that was written
45
Is Pineapple in the vernacular?
No
Yes
46
What is tempo rubato?
Robbed Time
Taking liberties with the tempo for expressive purposes
Approximately 103bpm
Slower than Allegro, faster than Adagio
47
What is a requiem?
A stylized set of dance music
A type of bass flute
A choir piece about Christmas
A mass for the souls of the dead
48
What is Sprechstimme?
Literally screaming
Talk-singing
Stretched time
Raptor Screeches
49
What is Rondo Form?
Multi-part with recurring refrain alternated diff. material
A dance style in duple meter
Music composed in the style of Tibetian Dance
A musical rodeo
50
What is an extended performance technique (according to Michelle)?
Crying
Unconventional methods of playing or singing
Extremely expressive performers
Playing an unusually long instrument
51
What is a theme and variation?
Mozarts Twinkle Twinkle little star
Using multiple themes in a composition
A melody and then variations on the melody
A piece where each time it's played it's slightly different
52
What does polyphonic mean?
Many sounds simultaneously
One melody/voice
53
Don't forget about the research part of the exam!
Oh shit u right
I got this, don't worry
I'm screwed anyway
54
What was the Florentine Camerata?
A group of scholars who met to discuss the arts
IDEK
The man who invented the printing press
famous work written by J.S Bach for Orchestra
55
What is a suite?
A type of German folk music
Bach's favourite Candy
A set of chamber music works performed in an Opera house
A set of stylized dances meant to be performed together
56
Silent Night is through-composed
False
True
57
Who was Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe?
Composer of Erlking
A German Poet
the inventor of the piano
Coined the phrase "Cometh then Goethe away"
58
Why do we care about J.S Bach?
He wrote a butt ton of music
He was a master of fugues and counterpoint
He wrote a lot of secular music
59
When did Joeseph Haydn live?
1696-1750
1732-1809
1750-1820
1556-1643
60
What is modified strophic form?
Early type of theme and variation
Verse-Chorus form but chorus is slightly different each time
Music with verses
Music with choruses
61
When was the 20th Century music era?
1450-1600
1900-present
1900-2000
1820-1900
62
What is Direct performance style?
Drone with Melody
Sung together
Many Melodies Sung together
Call and response
63
Why do we care about Leonin?
He invented Isorhythm
He was renowned for composing with polyphony
He invented the pipe organ
He created the Musica Echiracdia
64
What is modernism?
Name for technology boom in the 1940's
Movement in art music composed in 1st half of 20th century
Banksy
Composers sought something new while continuing tradition
65
What is a Ritornello?
A type of pasta
A short instrumental passage in a vocal work
When the music becomes slower
When the violin doubles the voices
66
What is Tintinnabuli?
A type of metal percussion instrument
A composition style developed by Arvo Pärt
When bells are used in music
Begins with diatonic mel. other parts sing from tonic triad
67
Why do we care about Giovanni Gabrieli?
known for polychoral writing combining voice and instruments
Worked for a fancy cathedral ∴ had the chance to write a lot
He wrote secular choral works
He published 680 chorales
68
When did Oliver Messiaen live?
1750-1822
1923-2010
1908-1992
1976-2017
69
When was the piano invented?
1455
1921
1623
1709
70
What is that?
A Piano
An early Piano
An Organ
A Harpsichord
71
Why was the Catholic Church so important to music at this time?
Everyone was Catholic at the time
They got the funds
All of the music had to be non-secular at the time
They got the power
72
Mass Proper does not change text based on the calendar year
True
False
73
Cori Sepzzati means separated choir
True
False
74
What is a fugue?
A type of ornament performed on pipe organs
The thing Bach is known for
Counterpoint type where voices enter successively w subject
A type of choral composition
75
Why do we care about Mozart?
He wrote a lot of music
He was a child prodigy
His music was rlly good
76
What is contrapuntal?
Music with more than one melodic line
A low drum
When the melodic line is in the altos
Switching words but not music
77
Musical monologue/soliloquy is
An Aria
A recitative
78
What's that?
A lute
A Theorbo
The good kush
An old guitar
79
Mass Ordinary Does not change texts based on the calendar year
True
False
80
What is a mazurka?
A type of movement in a Sonata
A type of piano music
Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo
An early French horn
81
What is an Antiphonal Performance style?
More than one voice singing
Played by two groups
Call and Response
Melody sung in parallel fifths
82
When did Bach live?
1500-1750
1685 - 1750
1770-1825
1650-1730
83
What is a Chorale?
Unison, unacc., metric, rhymed, strophic music in vernacular
Secular Music
Polyphonic performance music in Latin meant for Mass
Any song that's not in Latin
84
What's a Neume?
A type of Rhythm
A medieval Trumpet
An early form of musical notation
A delicious snack
85
What is it called when the harmonizers sing the chant a perfect 5th below the original pitch?
Florid Organum
Parallel Organum
Free Organum
86
The Sonata has 3 movements
False
True
87
What is sonata-allegro form?
A three-movement piece where all the movements are Allegro
A fast sonata
The first movement in concertos
exposition, development, and recapitulation
88
When did Vivaldi live?
1678-1741
1684-1750
1460-1540
1820-1930
89
What is a Trio Sonata?
A sonata with three melody instruments
a three-movement sonata
A sonata with three instruments
A sonata with three parts
90
What is a song cycle?
A type of round/canon
A group of lieder meant to be performed together
a bicycle for song
A song that repeats itself
91
When was the Baroque Era?
1600-1750
1600-1800
1450-1775
1550-1820
92
What did Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre do?
She wrote a very famous requiem
Was the first-ever female composer
Published a book of harpsichord suites
Played the harpsichord like a madwoman
93
Why was Pope Gregory important?
He was a pretty cool guy
He invented Polyphony
He created Gregorian Chant
His actions led to the standardization of chant
94
What is a mensuration symbol
basically just frankonian notation
The fuck if I know
The very first notation of music
The first time signatures
95
Why do we care about Josquin des Prez?
He had a rad hat
He invented the organ
He pioneered the symphony
He wrote polyphonic vocal compositions
96
Why do we care about Arcangelo Corelli?
He invented the piano
1st composer whose instrumental works where studied
He wrote a book on composition
He was a leading composer of Sonatas and Concertos
97
When did Robert Schumann live?
1787-1839
1801-1870
1810-1856
1730-1750
98
What is an Oratorio?
A long, unstaged, bible opera for performance
A short, unstaged bible opera for church
Like an Opera but not an Opera
A musical about the bible
99
What is contrafactum?
When the melody is in the bass
Changing the music but not the text
A type of low clarinet
Changing the text but not the music
100
Musical Dialogue is
A recitative
An Aria
101
What is Atonality?
Music centred around the note A
Music that avoids establishing important and central pitches
Some weird ass sounding music
Music that uses extended techniques
102
When did Mozart live?
1750-1820
1756-1791
400-600
1570-1572
103
What does idiomatic mean?
A personal composition
In the style of a particular period, individual, or group
referring to an idiot
A very simple work
104
Why do we care about Messiaen?
He wrote song of the whale
He rlly liked birds
He invented the modern Piano
He was an organist and influential French composer
105
What is stylized dance music?
Extended technique where u dance and play at the same time
Music written in the style of dance but not for dance
Music written for dance performances
Folk music
106
What is a rhythmic mode?
A way of notating rhythm
A set of long and short rhythms in patterns
Music written to a specific dance
who even knows
107
Why do we care about Schubert?
He was a very prolific composer
We don't
He changed the world of lieder
He's a scary German man (@Andrea)
108
What were the reformation and counter-reformation?
M.Luther shade with church and their response to his shit
A new approach to music and the response from the public
Books of music published in 1450
A boom in musical instrument technology
109
When was the Renaissance Era?
1450-1600
1300-1754
1500-1650
Never, it never happened
110
When did Schubert live?
1007-1206
1797 - 1828
1706-1727
1800-1856
111
What is a motet?
Part of the mass cycle
A Monophonic flute-choral comp. with sacred Spanish text
A dance
A polyphonic vocal composition with sacred Latin text
112
Why do we care about Thomas Weelkes?
He was known for madrigals and church music
He was besties with Mark Luther
He invented madrigals
An English poet
113
What is Lied?
Biblical Austrian Music
A secular vocal music in German
An Irish character piece
Music written in the style of traditional Brazilian dance
114
What is a mode of limited transposition?
Never transposing in ur composition
When u transpose something but it still has the same notes
Transposing to vastly different keys
Not using major or minor scales
115
When did Arcangelo Corelli live?
He did not
1653-1713
1633-1701
1750-1450
116
Isorhythm's use of melodic patterns is called what?
tinntinabul
Talea
Color
Melody
117
What is Avant-garde?
Broadly applied to anyone who departs from convention
A term for French 20th century composers
What they shout in fencing before a match
Meaning keep before
118
When did Handel live?
1540-1620
1663-1750
1685 - 1759
1820-1910
119
Which part of Mass Ordinary is
not
sung in Latin?
Santus
Agnus Dei
Kyrie
Credo
120
What is the order of Mass Ordinary?
Credo, Gloria, Kyrie, Sanctus, Angus Dei
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Santus, Agnus Dei
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Santus, Angus Deli
Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
121
Why do we care about Handel?
He wrote music for profit, therefore, it was usually popular
He was a master of counterpoint
He wrote about his music frequently
One of first composer whose music never fell out of favour
122
Why do we care about guido of Arezzo?
He invented polyphony
He invented the harpsichord
He invented plainchant
He invented notation
123
What is a Melisma?
Multiple notes on one syllable
One note per syllable
124
Why is George Crumb important?
He invented atonality
He explored non-traditional means of composing/performing
He's not
He wrote medieval music in the modern era
125
What is retrograde?
Moving backwards
Your grades but in the 1980's
Moving upsidedown and backwards
Moving upsidedown
126
When did Chopin live?
1810-1849
1910-1988
1670-1750
1800-1888
127
What is it called when there is a 'drone' voice below the melody?
Free Organum
Florid Organum
Parallel Organum
128
Repeat after me songs are an example of responsorial music (kind of)
false
True
129
What is nationalism?
Being apart of multiple nations
Being very patriotic
Promoting the interested of a nation
130
What is a sacred concerto?
Music written for solo instrument and small group
Any music that combines voices and instruments
Instrumental music about the bible
A type of trumpet music
131
What is a Palindrome?
A word that can be rearranged into a different word
Bob
A word that is the same forwards and backwards
An exaggeration of a word (eg. I am literally dying)
132
What is a movement anyway?
a section of music
A dance move
self-contained part of a musical composition
133
Why do we care about Robert Schumann?
He was the founding member of music journal
He was married to Clara Schumann
He wrote lots of piano music
He pioneered a-tonal music
134
Why was Haydn important?
He was creator of the fundamental genres of classical music
He influenced a lot of other composers
He wasn't that important
He created the first symphony
135
Why do we care about Martin Luther?
He started a war
He composed a butt ton of chorales
He was a renowned Organ composer
He pissed off the Catholic Church
136
When did Arnold Schoenberg live?
1900-1987
1899-1923
1670-1750
1874-1951
137
Discant is when the parts move in nearly equal Rhythm
True
False
138
When was the romantic period?
1450-1600
1820-1900
2001-2005
1750-1820
