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