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Which of the following pairs of characteristics tend to be true of arias?
Slow, only sacred subject matter
Free rhythm, for more than one singer
Periodical structure of accents/rhythm, emotionally expressive
Only secular subject matter, mostly expresses action
2
In contrast with Homer’s epics, Sappho’s poetry
Sings about anger of Achilles
Narrates events that took place over a long span of time
Praises the heroic deeds of war from an objective point of view
Illustrates the narrator's emotional experience through personal reactions
3
What does the music in the excerpt represent?
End of the deelopement, beginning of recapitulation
It's purely instrumental music, which does not represent anything
Birds in springtime
Zephire, personification of wind
4
Which of the following represents the formal structure of a Da Capo Aria?
AAA
ABA
AABB
ABACA
5
Choose the answer that best identifies this piece of music:
A polyphonic 15th-century Mass by Johannes Ockeghem
Kyrie sung at the beginning of the Mass
Gregorian chant for a funeral mass
A 13th-century tavern song
6
What is ‘musica mundana’ for Boethius?
Cosmic music
Earthly music, meaning secular, opposed to sacred
Audible music
Dull music, lacking excitement
7
Which of the following is true about fugue? Mark all that apply.
Fugue is a simple, repetitive form, resembling strophic form in vocal music
There are no formal processes that govern fugue.
The subject, or the theme, may appear often and in various forms in a fugue
Fugue is a compositional technique that generates counterpoint.
8
Rhythm is organizing music in…
Organized pitches
interesting harmonic configurations
beautiful melodic lines
Recognizable patterns of sound and silence
9
Which of the following pairs of terms is synonymous?
meter and rhythm
meter and pulse
beat and rhythm
beat and pulse
10
The trumpet, trombone, and tuba are part of the ______ family
Brass
Percussion
String
Woodwind
11
What does a Leitmotiv present in Wagner’s operas?
An object
Any of the above can be presented by a Leitmotiv.
A character
A place
12
Why did Tartini write poetical lines in his scores for violin, sometimes using secret codes?
Remember the melody
Retrieve the inspiration for his music
Pray to God
To exorcize the Devil
13
What is St. Augustine saying about the origins of the chants in Milan?
They were Gregorian because Pope Gregory transcribed them
They were polyphonic
They came from the East
They were from Africa
14
Fugues always contain a predetermined (composed) ending.
True
False
15
Haydn’s Op. 33 no. 2 is a string quartet called “The Joke.” Where is the joke? Mark all that applies.
It presents happy music from beginning to end
It is a string quintet with the fifth part playing a hidden French horn
The last movement presents closure but it then plays one more phrase
It defeats expectations in the sequence of movements
16
Choose the answer that best identifies this piece of music
A polyphonic 15th-century Mass by Johannes Ockeghem
Kyrie sung at the beginning of the Mass
A 13th century tavern song
Gregorian chant for a funeral mass
17
The primary and secondary themes are presented identically in the recapitulation as they were in the exposition.
False
True
18
In what way does oratorio differ from opera?
Operas use many singers; oratorios use one soloist for the entire work
Unlike operas, oratorios do not use live orchestras
Unlike operas, oratorios are not staged.
Operas use recitative and arias, but oratorios only have arias.
19
This part of sonata form is marked by rapid modulation resulting in harmonic ambiguity
Development
Recapitulation
Introduction
Exposition
20
The following vocal passage displays a _____ text setting.
Syllabic
Timbre
Melismatic
Homorhythmic
21
How does a fugue differ from a canon?
A fugue requires imitation, while a canon does not
A fugue is an instrumental genre, and a canon is a vocal genre
A fugue’s rules can never be broken, but a canon’s rules can be
A fugue is polyphonic, while a canon is monophonic
22
The example below is written in which type of musical texture?
Heterophonic
Homophony
Monophonic
Polyphonic
23
An orchestra is composed mostly of wind players.
False
True
24
Which of the following meters (time signatures) is preferred for training soldiers to stride more orderly?
2/4
3/4
6/8
5/4
25
The pitch content of an operatic recitative can be described as _______, while the rhythmic content is ______.
symphonic, song-like
speech-like, song-like
song-like, speech-like
speech-like, symphonic
26
Why did Wagner see Beethoven's Nine as a prophecy?
It represented a new, freer form and fluid genre with voices and orchestra
because of its popular appeal
Schiller's text prophesized the coming of a new world order
because it was staged like an opera
27
To which family do the following instruments belong?
Percussion
Brass
Woodwind
String
28
Important essential feature of African-rooted American music are:
duple meters, percussion, strong sense of rhythm
drinking songs, pentatonic scales
collective participation, polyrhythm, spontaneity
epic songs, diatonic scales, absence of counterpoint
29
Which of the following best describes fugal texture?
Transposition
Cantus firmus
Imitative Counterpoint
Monophonic
30
Ockeghem’s Kyrie from his Missa prolationum is:
A mass written to be performed at funerals
Sacred drama
A secular work
a double canon
31
Which term best describes the tempo of this piece? (Dvorak Symphony No. 9, Movement 4)
Grave
Allegro
Prestissimo
32
Which of the following best describes the fugal phenomenon of stretto?
When two voices enter simultaneously with the subject
The subject enters before the last voice finishes presenting the subject
The subject returns after the last voice finishes presenting the subject
Stretto is not fugal and is only in vocal music, not instrumental music
33
Listen to this organ piece by Bach (it plays from the beginning) and pick the answer that best describes it
4-voice fugue
3-voice canon
3-voice fugue
4-voice canon
34
This part of sonata form introduces the primary and secondary themes:
Recapitulation
Introduction
Exposition
Development
35
Which is the highest instrument in the orchestra?
Bassoon
Piccolo
Oboe
Clarinet
Flute
Bass drum
36
Which music can be labeled as “secular”?
Ordo virtutum
Dies Irae
In taberna quando sumus
Kyrie
37
Which of the following operas include a lot of accompanied recitative?
None of the above
Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice
Jacopo Peri’s Euridice
Claudio Monteverdi’s Orfeo
38
The printed music (or score) of Pachelbel's Canon is an example of:
A graphic visualization of a specific perfromance
A verbal description of how musicians could express feelings in music
Descriptive notation
Prescriptive notation
39
The Following excerpt of Barbara Strozzi’s “Lagrime mie” is an example of which of the following?
Syllabic text
Polyphonic song
Monody
Monophony
Chant
40
From which of the following epic poems did the story of Wagner’s Ring originate?
Völsung Saga
Edda
All of them
Niebelungslied
41
Which of the following is NOT true about modes?
The fundamental is the most important note.
They contain similar sequence of half steps (tones) and whole steps (tones)
They contain 7 notes.
They contain 2 half steps (tones) and 5 whole steps (tones)
42
Enlightenment music theory was based on
The trinitarian doctrine of the Church
Mathematics and physics of sound
Strict diatonicism and ban on chromaticism
A theory of emotions based on the exploration of the subconscious
43
In what notable ways does Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice differ from Monteverdi’s Orfeo?
Gluck and Monteverdi start their operas in the same spot in the story
Gluck emphasized longer acts, larger choruses, and continuous music.
Monteverdi’s opera is in French, while Gluck’s is in Italian
While Monteverdi uses large orchestra but Gluck only a string quartet.
44
Which of the following instruments does not belong?
English Horn
French Horn
Trombone
Trumpet
45
The Leitmotif below is representing the _________
Giants
Gold
Rheinmaidens
Sword
46
Which response best describes the following excerpt from “Madamina, il catologo è questo”?
Quick tempo, syllabic
Slow tempo, melismatic
Slow tempo, syllabic
Quick tempo, melismatic
47
Pick the best decription of the clip:
Chorus about the fall of Adam and Eve in Haydn's Creation
Prima-prattica chorus from Allegri's Miserere
Seconda-prattica chorus from Monterverdi's Orfeo
Seconda-prattica chorus from Gluck's Orfeo
48
When the primary theme returns in the original key, we have reached the _________ in a sonata form
Recapitulation
Exposition
Development
Introduction
49
Restatements and developments of the subject and countersubject in different contrapuntal variations are known as…
Ritornello
Da Capo
Episodes
Verse
