Final Exam

The Mass is a choral composition that sets the ordinary portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music

The Industrial Revolution allowed improvements in mechanical valves and keys that most brass and woodwinds depend on.

During the medieval period, the liturgical genre was predominantly _____________ chant.

Medieval music was only secular.

A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players–two violin players, a viola player and a cellist.

The Standard Structure for a string quartet include all of the following...

The belief, creed, or political ideas that connects an individual with her/his own nation is

The shape of a melodic line is called the __________

The _ era is thought of as a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail.

All of the following were invented during the Romantic Era except...

There are four stringed instruments commonly used in the modern orchestra. All are made of or use these elements except

Troubadours were traveling musicians who performed music in the vernacular tradition usually accompanied by instruments.

The classical orchestra is different from a modern symphony orchestra in all of the following ways except….

The term ____________ refers to Western art music.

All of the following are a part of the ordinary of the mass except

A____________ is a contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices

__________ texture has one clearly melodic line; all other parts provide accompaniment or fill in chords

Which of the following in not a Classical Period instrument?

The Baroque Era began around __________ in Rome, Italy, and spread to most of Europe.

Who composed "Moonlight Sonata"?

Durrins the Renaissance, music developed in all of the following ways except

In the early 1470's, music started to be printed using a

____________ are the words of an opera.

The monk known for inventing the modern musical notation is

Over the course of the nineteenth century, composers continued to subtract from the size of the symphonic orchestra.

The invention of the Gutenberg press made distribution of music and musical theory possible on a wide scale.

A timely arranged linear sequence of pitched sounds that the listener perceives as a single entity is __________.

An art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and music in a theatrical setting is

A ____________ is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment involving a choir.

Orchestral__________ is an instrumental opening to most of the operas, and some are based on melodies from the arias.

Music with the feeling of 1-2 is said to be in __time and music with the feeling of 1-2-3 is said to be in __ time.

Beethoven was a German composer and pianist and a crucial figure in the transition between classical and romantic.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.

A form in which one section is repeated many times with the melody remaining recognizable in each section is

The main characteristics of Renaissance music include all of the following except

Who composed "The Rite of Spring"?

Tempo is the speed or pace of a piece, and is typically written at the start of the score.

Characteristics of plain chant or Gregorian chant include all of the following except

A string instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck.

Which of the following instruments does the Classical Orchestra not have?

The most commonly used system used in the west today includes all of the following instrument divisions except…

Mozart came to the attention of Haydn, who considered the younger man his only true peer in music

The title for a single-movement piece of instrumental music is "sonata."

The classical orchestra is considerably __________ than the modern symphony orchestra.

The Doctrine of the Affections was a theory in the aesthetics of painting, music, and theater.

The word Renaissance, literally meaning __________ in French, first appears in English in the 1830's.

____________ is a formal song in which characters expresses their emotions.

The string quartet is one of the most prominent chamber ensembles in classical music.

_________ is how the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic materials are combined in a composition.

The earliest Medieval musical notations were called neumes.