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1
What year did
What a Wonderful World
become popular in the U.S. due to a film soundtrack?
1988
1975
1994
1967
2
Amy Beach’s composition, inspired by a hermit thrush, combines which two musical sections?
An A section with a rondo and a B section in canon
An A section in march style and a B section in waltz style
An A section with a waltz and a B section with arpeggios
3
What is a defining feature of Romantic music?
simplicity
Strict form
emotional expression
Kanye invented it
4
In sonata-allegro form, which section comes after the exposition?
recapitulation
prelude
Batman
Development
5
In “The Flight of the Bumblebee,” how is the transformation of Prince Gvidon represented musically?
With a slow waltz theme
By a descending chromatic scale
With a repeating ostinato pattern
6
In opera, what is a "libretto"?
The music score
The way they sing
The text or "lyrics"
The overture
7
Which type of polyphony is characterized by voices exchanging melodic lines that harmonize?
Rota
Rondellus
Canon event
Ostinato
8
What is a defining characteristic of baroque music?
Use of basso continuo
Batman was the artist
atonlity
simple harmonies
9
An octave is eight "HALF steps" between two notes
False
True
10
Which famous composition by Ferde Grofé was inspired by a natural wonder?
Himalayan mountains
Green canyon
Grand Canyon
Niagra falls
11
Mozart composed the play "Carmen"
False
True
12
An overture is a fast paced movement in a symphony
True
False
13
What term refers to short instrumental compositions that convey an image but do not tell a story?
Opera
Concerto
Symphonic Poem
Character piece
14
Which song structure does
What a Wonderful World
follow?
A-A-B-A form
Rondo
Sonata
Strophic
15
What term describes the recurring main theme in a rondo?
cadenza
A certain billionaire who lives on wayne island
Minuet
Ritornello
16
Which instrument family became more prominent in the classical period?
Brass
Strings
Batmobile
Percussion
17
Which composer is known for his operas "Don Giovanni" and "The Magic Flute"?
Batch
Batman
verdi
Wolf gang
18
Unifying worship rituals was one of the earliest purposes of musical notation in the Catholic Church!
True
False
19
Which period is known for the development of opera?
renaissance
romantic
Medieval
Baroque
20
What is a partial differential equation that governs the wave function of a non-relativistic quantum-mechanical system?
General probability distribution
Wavefunction probability equation
Wavefunction for N particles in 3d
Schrodinger's equation
21
Which of the following describes a fugue?
Imitative polyphonic composition
Repeated verses and choruses
22
What is an overture?
beginning instrumental section of an opera
huh
fast paced movement in a symphony
closing piece of a concert
23
What form is often used for the first movement of symphonies?
Tertiary
Sonata-Allegro
Rondo
Binary
24
Which mode is used in the Middle Eastern section of
Global Warming
?
Mixolydian
phrygian
Dorian
ionian
25
What inspired Michael Abels’s
Global Warming
?
His passion for nature
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Desert Environments
26
Which term describes music with a recurring theme in different keys?
Ritornello
Grunge
Sequence
Rondo
27
In
Global Warming
, which instrument imitates the sound of cicadas?
A Guiro
Cello
Bohdran
Harp
28
Torō Takemitsu created music inspired by a Hawaiian rain tree, blending Japanese and Western styles?
True
False
29
Mozart is considered the father of classical music!
True
False
30
What IS an octave?
eight notes in the interval between two notes with twice or half frequency
eight line poem
one less ab than batman has
i dont know man i cant do this anymore
31
Which composer is known for his symphonies and for bridging the Classical and Romantic eras?
Bach
Batman
Beethoven
Haydn
32
What sound effect is used in “On the Trail” to represent the burro’s “hee-haw”?
drum roll
Violin cadenza
Clapping Coconuts
Downward Disjunct Interval
33
Who composed the play "Carmen?"
Bizet
Mozart
BATMAN??!!
Enrico Pucci
34
Who is considered the father of classical music?
Batman
Beethoven
Bach
Mozart
35
What is a defining feature of Renaissance music?
plolyplonies
Simultanusly combining difernt parts, each formin a melody and harmonizing
polyphonies
phonypolies
36
Abels employs Hemiola to make the meter in
Global Warming
temporarily feel like compound-duple?
True
False
37
Which composer is known for the movement “Thunderstorm” in his Symphony No. 6?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ferde Grof
38
Which composer wrote "Symphonie Fantastique"?
Alfred "the buttler"
Brahms
Berlioz
Beethoven
39
What was the purpose of the “On the Trail” movement in Grofé’s Grand Canyon Suite?
to depict a mule ride
to depict a hike down the grand canyon on foot
to depict a horse ride
to depict a ride in the batmobile
40
What is an aria?
Solo in an oper
of sorrow?!?! omg i love that game!!!
the opening of an opera
everyone playing together in an opera
41
What is program music?
Music without a specific narative
Music that tells a story or depicts a seen
For religious ceremonies
for programs
42
In Beethoven’s “Thunderstorm” movement, what instrument is used to create the sound of howling wind?
trombone
cello
trumpet
Piccolo
43
Have you ever had a dream that you, um, you had, your, you- you could, you’ll do, you- you wants, you, you could do so?
huh
NO!
ran out of room in the question box thing
Yes
44
What feature do musical depictions of spring and summer often express?
JOY
Serenity
Aggresion
Melancholy
