SACS Review

Ornamentation was always notated by the composers during the Baroque period.

Some of the main features of reform opera include:

William Byrd was the most important English composer of the Renaissance.

Characteristics of the Tragédie Lyrique include:

The Council of Trent had which musical complaints?

Principal genres of the Classical period include:

According to Dr. Dolata, the best and most under-appreciated composer of all time is ______.

Satié was considered to be an Impressionist composer.

The Medieval motets were polyphonic works with one or more texted voices added to a preexisting tenor.

A leading characteristic of modernism is the use of atonality.

The Introit is part of the Ordinary of The Mass.

The two basic types of Organum are Early and Notre Dame.

Rameau's Traité de l'harmonie is still one of the most important musical treatises ever written.

An avant-garde movement in music characterized by the repetition of very short phrases, producing hypnotic effects.

Who developed the hexachord?

In what era did most notational innovations occur?

The most popular household instrument in the sixteenth century was the...

The Renaissance Italian madrigals were initially intended for the enjoyment of the singers in social settings.

Neo-romanticism refers to works that exist after and incorporate elements from the Romantic era.

Gesamtkunstwerk and leitmotif are terms associated with which Composer?

How did tropes expand existing chants?

The history of western European culture begins with ancient Egypt.

In mid-17th century Italian opera, solo singing is most important.

"Parlor" Songs originated in which country?

Tchaikovsky was considered to be part of the Mighty Handful.

The Doctrine of Affections is associated with the Classical period.

Palestrina is credited with saving polyphony.

The leader of the musical reformation in Germany was ______.

The Middle Ages produced two distinct bodies of song: sacred and secular.

Chants can be musically classified according to what criteria?

By the end of the Renaissance, barlines are introduced and musical notation largely assumes its present-day form.

Humanism and Sprezzatura were characteristics of the ________ period.

The Baroque period was known as the Age of Enlightenment.

Characteristics of Empfindsam style include:

The instrumental concerto was structured into three movements in Ritornello form.

The piano replaced the harpsichord and clavichord in the early Classical period.

Which composer is credited with the development of serialism?

Sound, situation, pitch, and ornamentation are all parameters of Performance Practice.

The years for the Renaissance period are:

What two countries dominated music in the Classical era?

After the decline of the Roman Empire, the Christian Church became the main unifying force of culture in Europe.

Which of the following composers were associated with the rise of Musical Theater?

Italian recitative was much more measured and structured than French recitative.

The 20th century brought amplification, recording, radio, TV, internet, and electronic sound production.

The stylistic innovation of the Ars Nova centers around ....

Characteristics of Opera buffa include:

Which of the following composers wrote lieder that were stylistically epitomal.

Oratorios were performed during Lent, when operas were not permitted.

Prior to 1450, instrumental music was always notated.

Stravinsky's music can be classified into three periods: Russian Period, Neoclassical Period, and Serial Period