2023 Midterm review

Question 1

7. What type of people did music in the Classical period need to appeal to?

Accepted Answer

Both A and B

Question 2

2. Who typically commissioned music?

Accepted Answer

Aristocracy, courts, churches, municipalities

Question 3

23. Word meaning Color, Mood, or The TONE of the music.

Accepted Answer

Timbre

Question 4

12. At what age did Mozart begin his musical career?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 5

13. Why wasn’t Mozart employed more by the Aristocracy to compose music?

Accepted Answer

His poor attitude and lack of decorum

Question 6

3. Who is most associated with Opera?

Accepted Answer

Claudio Monteverdi

Question 7

18. The Country of _____________ in Africa is where we study this music in class

Accepted Answer

Ghana

Question 8

4. What is the most distinguishable feature of Opera?

Accepted Answer

It is entirely sung

Question 9

19. What is the name of the African drum song that we play in class this year?

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

28. A specific organization or pattern of beats.

Accepted Answer

Rhythm

Question 11

5. This word describes a performer who has great technical ability on an instrument

Accepted Answer

Virtuoso

Question 12

27. How HIGH or LOW the note sounds.

Accepted Answer

Pitch

Question 13

1. When a composer wrote a piece of music for a certain occasion, what was that called?

Accepted Answer

Commission

Question 14

11. Which Element best describes the sudden transition of volume form quiet to loud in Hadyn’s "Surprise Symphony"?

Accepted Answer

Terraced Dynamics

Question 15

20. A double bell is made out of what material?

Accepted Answer

Steel

Question 16

24. Tells us the SPEED that the music is played.

Accepted Answer

Tempo

Question 17

22. How LOUD or SOFT the music is played

Accepted Answer

Dynamics

Question 18

16. An African drum head is made out of what material?

Accepted Answer

Antelope skin

Question 19

17. In African Drumming, What instrument is the leader when performing all together?

Accepted Answer

Bell

Question 20

6. Name two most famous composers of the Baroque Period

Accepted Answer

Bach and Handel

Question 21

29. How the music “Feels”.

Accepted Answer

Texture

Question 22

21. Two or more voices or sounds played together at the same time.

Accepted Answer

Harmony

Question 23

14. When Mozart died, what was his station in life?

Accepted Answer

He was penniless and not well known

Question 24

8. Who were the three main composers of the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven

Question 25

15. What are three different kinds of instruments that are played in African music?

Accepted Answer

Bells, Rattles and Drums

Question 26

25. How many Beats Per Measure or the pulse of the music.

Accepted Answer

Time Signatre or Meter

Question 27

26. The Structure of the song, how the different parts are put together.

Accepted Answer

Form

Question 28

30. An Arrangement of pitches, the recognizable part of the song.

Accepted Answer

Melody

Question 29

9. Which of the three composers of the Classical era died in poverty?

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 30

10. What Famous “Symphony” did Haydn write to “Surprise” his audience?

Accepted Answer

Surprise Symphony

2023 Midterm review

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2023 Midterm review

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