MLC 2025 Multiple Choice Practice (no film music)

What 15th-century invention had the greatest impact on musical composition?

For which monarch did C.P.E. Bach spend most of his professional career working?

What instrument is NOT in Beethoven’s Octet in E-flat Major?

What do composers Connor Chee and Joe Hisaishi have in common?

Which range of dates is considered the "common practice period" of music?

True or false: Bernstein's musical Candide was a commercial failure.

Ave Maris Stella is part of a long tradition of hymns celebrating which biblical figure?

What is the testable date of Chee's Navajo Vocable No. 5?

Which two works in the guide make prominent use of a minor seventh interval?

Which are key characteristics of Baroque music?

What is the genre of Clyne's Dance?

What are the three themes composed by Shore for Lord of the Rings that are found in the study guide excerpts?

Which musical form did not change much from the Classical period to the Romantic period?

Put in order: I. End of the US Civil War II. Dvořák visits IA III. Rach's Piano Conc. 2 premieres IV. Titanic sinks

What was C.P.E. Bach's nationality?

What is the form of the testable excerpt of Bernstein's Thirteen Anniversaries?

True or false: a "high" pitch has a slower frequency than a "low" pitch.

What is the genre of Rameau's Musette en Rondeau?

Which composer in your guide is credited with reviving the works of J.S. Bach?

What is the genre of Adam de la Halle's Robins m'aime?

What term describes intervals that sound pleasant or stable?

What is the testable date for Vivaldi's Winter?

Antonio de Cabezón's Pavana Con Su Glosa was written during what era of music?

Which of the following harmonic progressions is referred to as a "half cadence?"

What challenge did Cabezón face in his composition of music?

True or false: Rachmaninoff almost gave up composing after his first symphony premiered to awful reviews.

What is Gustav Mahler's nationality?

What term refers to music that is directly influenced by a story, scene, or event?

What is the genre of C.P.E. Bach's Flute Concerto in D Minor?

Who choreographed Stravinsky's The Firebird?

What is Gershwin's nationality?

What is unusual about the orchestra instrumentation in Bernstein's Chichester Psalms?

What is the genre of Bernstein's Overture to Candide?

Are the excerpts of J.S. Bach's Magnificat in the study guide from the first or second version he composed?

Who conducted the premier of Bernstein's Symphony No. 2?

In "Bella figlia dell'amore" from Verdi's Rigoletto, what are the characters Rigoletto and Gilda doing?

What is counterpoint?

What is the genre of Hildegard's O Vos Angeli?

True or false: Duruflé's Requiem is written in neume notation.

What is the difference in instrumentation between Beethoven's Octet in E-flat Major and Schubert's Octet in F Major?

What term refers to music that has no deeper meaning or connection to the world?

What is the genre of Du Fay's Ave Maris Stella?

Before The Adventures of Robin Hood, Korngold had a successful career as a composer of opera.

What is Antonio de Cabezón's nationality?

What notation is used in the manuscript of Robin Loves Me?

What is Clyne's nationality?

What instrument did Jessie Montgomery learn at the age of 6?

What was Verdi's nationality?

What is the genre of Stravinsky's The Firebird?

Which of these pieces does not contain a flute?

What is the genre of Bernstein's On the Town?

What kind of meter is used in a minuet?

What term describes the space between two pitches?

Besides composing, what other major career did Mahler have?

Which of the following is an example of simple meter?

True or false: The range in Hildegard's O vos angeli is impossible for a single person to sing.

What is the genre of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons?

What is the instrumentation of Haydn's Symphony No. 22?

What is the most common number of notes in a scale?

What hardship did Telemann face in learning to play and compose music as a child?

What is the instrumentation of English Country Dances?

What European composers emigrated to the United States to avoid war and oppression?

What is the testable date for Korngold's The Adventures of Robin Hood?

What was the first "talkie," or the first full-length film with synchronized sound?

When was Du Fay's Ave Maris Stella composed?

What is unique about the form of Mahler's Sympony No. 5?

Where was Bernstein's Fancy Free premiered?

What term refers to a triad built on the third note of a major scale?

Fancy Free was developed into what other work by Bernstein?

When was Rameau's Musette en rondeau published?

Is Vivaldi's The Four Seasons an example of absolute or programmatic music?

When was Haydn's The Philosopher completed?

What term refers to the quality of a given sound?

What is Vivaldi's nationality?

What term describes intervals that clash or require resolution?

Who is the youngest composer in this year's study guide, born in 1991?

Candide is based on a book by what author?

What is Adam de la Halle's nationality?

Why do we know so much about Machaut's music?

What is happening in Stravinsky's The Firebird ballet during "Infernal Dance?"

What instruments does Clyne use to blend with the cello's upper register in Dance?

What musical texture heard in Korngold's The Adventure of Robin Hood is used to build tension?

In general terms, the Romantic era was a reaction to _________.

Which of the following is an example of triple meter?

What form does Beethoven use in the first movement of his Octet in E-flat Major?

Who composed the opera Hippolyte et Aricie?

Order: I. JS Bach dies II. End of US Civil War III. Rameau publishes Les Cyclopes IV. The Dec. of Independence is signed

Which two pieces in your guide are examples of basso continuo?

Is Machaut's Douce Dame Jolie a sacred or secular work?

What was notable about the ensemble for which Gipps wrote Seascapes?

What unique wind instrument is used in Haydn's The Philosopher?

What is Du Fay's nationality?

True or False: Bernstein's "Danzon" was an instant hit when it premiered in 2024.

Bernstein wrote the ballet Fancy Free for which dancer/choreographer?

How did Bernstein and Robbins communicate during the process of creating the ballet Fancy Free?

What is Rachmaninoff's nationality?

What musical terminology is used to describe the pace at which music moves through different harmonies or chord changes?

What term refers to a triad built on the seventh note of a major scale?

What is the testable date of Stravinsky's The Firebird?

The earliest surviving copies of Antonio de Cabezón's Pavana Con Su Glosa were written in what notation?

Who was the first person to explain the shift from Renaissance polyphony to Baroque melody and harmony?

True or false: "Compound Meter" refers to time signatures where the beat is subdivided in three.

Who is conducting Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in the testable recording?

What was J.S. Bach's nationality?

What instrument did Duruflé learn to play as a child?

What term refers to music in which all musicians play or sing the same thing?

Which eras belong to the "common practice period" of music?

What is the genre of Gershwin's Three Preludes?

What was the nationality of the composer of English Country Dances?

What is notable about Cabezón's compositions?

What era of music is Mendelssohn credited with reviving public interest in?

To whom did Rachmaninoff dedicate his Piano Concerto No. 2?

What type of scale is used in Dvořák's American Quartet?

Chords in Western music are most typically based on...

Verdi was ____ years old when he wrote his first opera, and ____ years old when he finished his last one.

What is Machaut's nationality?

What real-life culture is the Hardanger Fiddle associated with?

For which European noble family did Haydn work?

For whom did C.P.E. Bach write his Flute Concerto in D Minor?

What term refers to a triad built on the second note of a major scale?

Which technique was frequently used in the Baroque era near the conclusion of a piece of music?

What is the order of typical Classical symphony and string quartet form?

What term refers to the combination and interaction of the various vocal and/or instrumental parts in a piece of music?

What is the genre of Rameau's Les Cyclopes?

Is J.S. Bach's Magnificat an example of secular or sacred music?

For which monarch did Machaut frequently compose music?

What is the genre of Bach's Magnificat?

Which French historical figure did Rameau not get along with?

What is the instrumentation of Mahler's Symphony No. 5?

What musical mode can be heard throughout Bernstein's "Danzon" from Fancy Free?

What is Howard Shore's nationality?

What is Hildegard's nationality?

True or false: Rachmaninoff could not physically play his own piano music because his hands were not large enough.

True or false: Trouvères wrote music that was primarily secular.

What is unique about the instrumentation of Mahler's Symphony No. 5?

What term refers to a triad built on the sixth note of a major scale?

Who arranged the testable recording of Gershwin's Three Preludes?

To whom did Mozart dedicate Dissonance Quartet?

What was Leonard Bernstein's nationality?

What is the genre of Duruflé's Requiem?

True or false: Rameau was known as a composer before he became a music theorist.

Which of the below is not one of the basic trends in 20th-century music that Roger Sessions identified in 1933?

What is Stravinsky's nationality?

What is another term for a change in key signatures?

Which prestigious university did Washington study music at?

What sounds did Chee use as inspiration for Navajo Vocable No. 5?

What term refers to a triad built on the first note of a major scale?

Gershwin's Three Preludes was originally composed for what instrumentation?

Vivaldi's Winter was composed for a noble.

Which of the following harmonic progressions is referred to as a "authentic cadence?"

What is the genre of Cabezón's Pavana Con Su Glosa?

What major innovation is credited to Guido of Arezzo?

Why did Montgomery title her piece Break Away?

Where did Vivaldi spend most of his professional life?

What is Duruflé's nationality?

What term describes pitches that DO NOT fall within a given key signature?

Cabezón primarily served in which royal court?

What is Rameau's nationality?

How many vocal roles are in Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti?

What is the testable date for Verdi's Rigoletto?

What is Stravinsky's The Firebird based on?

What body of water inspired Seascapes?

When writing "Danzon," Bernstein drew inspiration from the music of what culture?

What is the instrumentation of Bernstein's Dance Suite for Wind Quintet?

What string instrument is used in the Rohan theme from Shore's The Lord of the Rings?

What musical terminology is used to describe the pace at which music moves through different harmonies or chord changes?

What instrument was Rameau's Musette en rondeau written for?

Generally, what was the musical shift between the baroque and classical eras?

Mozart's Dissonance Quartet uses a ______ form, which is a type of ternary or ABA form.

What is the genre of Machaut's Douce Dame Jolie?

Which famous orchestra did Leonard Bernstein conduct?

What language is used in the testable excerpt from Bernstein's Chichester Psalms?

What term refers to a triad built on the fourth note of a major scale?

Order: I. Schubert is arrested II. Start of French rev. III. Beethoven's Septet premiere IV. J.S. Bach dies.

What is the form/genre of Haydn's Symphony No. 22?

What is Haydn's nationality?

Which MLC composer is credited for reviving the works of Mahler?

What country was the "opera capital" of the world during the Romantic Era?

What term refers to a triad built on the fifth note of a major scale?

What university did Gershwin attend?

What did Hildegard do in her childhood?

Which of the following is true about Hildegard of Bingen?

Which piece focuses on life in the suburbs?

What is the genre of Haydn's The Philosopher?

Machaut's Douce Dame Jolie is an example of a ______, which typically has three stanzas and a repeated refrain.

What form is Part 1 of Bernstein's Age of Anxiety?

One of the earliest uses of the term "Romantic" to describe music was used to describe the music of what composer?

What is the form/genre of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons?

Which passage(s) is/are associated with Vivaldi's Winter?

What is Guillaume de Machaut's nationality?

What is the subject of Machaut's Douce Dame Jolie?

What is the instrumentation of Mozart's String Quartet No. 19 in C Major?

Which of the following is an example of compound meter?

In the play Le Jeu de Robin et de Marion, whom does Marion fall in love with?

What symbol is used to indicate what pitches belong on what lines of a musical staff?

Which social movement occurred during the Classical Era?

What term describes pitches that fall within a given key signature?

What is the form of both "Half Hannikin" and "Stringo" from English Country Dances?

Which term refers to a rhythm that emphasizes the weak beats or beat divisions of a meter?

Which term refers to a type of medieval poet-composer from northern France?