FINAL EXAM MUL REVIEW

Big-band jazz is a

The earliest polyphonic music is called

A highly structured contrapuntal form based on a single theme or subject is a

________ was the cultural center of the United States by the mid 1800s.

The first movement of a string quartet or symphony is most likely in ________ form.

Source music is music that

Which is most likely the slow movement in the multimovement cycle?

A _____ can be a building block in the construction of a musical work.

Sonatas during the Classical era were

Tempo refers to the

The longest and most dramatic in the multimovement cycle was generally the

the concerto

The element that propels music forward in time is

The text of country or rural blues that arose in the Mississippi Delta after the Civil War

Tempo and dynamic markings are usually given in

A ________ is a multimovement programmatic orchestral work.

The German word Sprechstimme means

Which current composer is credited as reviving the grand symphonic film score?

Which is a true statement regarding the musician’s place within the patronage system during the Classical era?

Which term describes a one-movement work possibly written to introduce a larger work but also played independently?

By the nineteenth century, large-scale choral works such as Masses, oratorios, and Requiems, were typically performed

The text of an opera is known as a

Participating in performances of _____ provided an artistic outlet for the nineteenth century middle classes.

In Baroque music, the instruments that provided accompaniment were referred to as

Guarneri, Stradivarius, and Amati were all noted Baroque makers of which instrument?

A texture in which two or more different melodic lines are combined is called

What was the formal language of the church and sacred music tradition during the Middle Ages?

One recent trend by composers who embrace aspects of nineteenth-century orchestral sound is called

Independent parts of a large-scale work (a symphony, for example) are called

The term “baroque” derives from the Portuguese word for

Melody

What do the Impressionist and Expressionist composers have in common?

Sonatas and Interludes is written for

Which term describes a one-movement work for orchestra with a literary program?

Dynamics determine the ________ at which music is played.

Baroque trumpets were still “natural,” meaning they

Dissonance in early-twentieth century music

In the 1930s and 40s, early jazz gave way to

Music that rejects the framework of key is called

Which of the following describes the setting of many notes to a syllable?

Which of the following is a type of program music written to accompany plays?

In a Classical symphony, which of the four movements is typically the slow movement?

Which of the following characterize(s) plainchant?

The conductor

Postmodern composers

Before recorded music was widespread, music like the rags of Scott Joplin could be mechanically performed by

Which describes the goals of early twentieth-century modernists?

Many modern film composers have incorporated _________ in their music, a technique found in concert works by Wagner.

The ______ art song, or Lied, is performed by solo voice and piano.

Composers who share a preference for mostly consonant harmonies and small musical ideas that are combined and recombined

The following were new instruments added to the Romantic orchestra:

Both Italian and English madrigals often feature word-painting.

Instrumental music first flourished in conjunction with

Which describes a trouser role?

Avant-garde composers

Poets and artists in the Romantic era were drawn to

Music with no literary basis is referred to as

A symphony

Philip Glass is often associated with the _______ movement.

The _____ movement of a string quartet is often in minuet-and-trio form.

A group of Lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme is known as a

A virtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvisation within a concerto is called a

Underscoring is music that

_______ is a technique in which a composer chooses a very simple and harmonically clear musical idea—one or two chords

Canons are controversial because of

Which of the following terms describes religious or spiritual music?

Impressionism began as a movement in

The Harlem Renaissance

Which is a true statement regarding the piano in nineteenth-century culture?

Recitative is characterized by

When a melody pictorializes a word or words it is called

Music that is made up spontaneously in performance is called improvised.

Postmodernists broke away from the modernist stance

The ______ was a castrated adult male soprano popular in the Baroque era.

Which term refers to a category of music?

The multimovement cycle of the Classical composers can be found in their

Which of the following multimovement tempo schemes corresponds to the typical Classical concerto? 

A leitmotif is a

Winners of the Prix de Rome

In what way is John Cage's 4'33" unusal?

____ were weekly hymns with simple and memorable melodies created by Luther and his followers for congregations to sing

Which of the following pertains to modernism of the early twentieth century?

The nineteenth-century trend toward realism in opera was known as

Which of the following describes the celesta?

Which Shakespeare play is the literary basis for West Side Story?

_____ music gives equal importance to the twelve tones of the chromatic scale.

The basic unit of rhythm is the

Which of the following genres consists of a group of dance movements, usually in the same key?

A typical form of the second movement in a multimovement cycle is

Martin Luther and John Calvin believed

The word “song” refers to

Which of the following is a stylistic element of Impressionist music?

The oratorio was generally based on

The classical concerto form has ___ movements

A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called

In Tan Dun’s score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he blends the styles of ______ and Western musical traditions.

A Chinese Two-stringed violin is called

Which was a recommendation of the Council of Trent regarding music for the church?

The principal components of opera include arias, recitatives, overtures, and

Three or more tones sounded together produce a(n)

The most important new genre of the Baroque era was

The larger size of the Romantic orchestra resulted in the need for a 

An aria is characterized by

A principle of form that is based on repeated alterations of a given melody (which is still recognizable) is called

How many instrumentalists would you expect to find in a chamber group?

Ragtime was originally composed for what instrumentation?

The property of sound that gives instruments and voices their unique tone color is 

Scientifically, pitch is determined by its

The function of music in film is to

The instruments of the Western orchestra are categorized into which groups?

As a result of the Industrial Revolution

_____ is where the fusion of ragtime, blues, and other musics resulted in the development of jazz.

Musical compositions are often identified through a cataloguing system described by

The basic elements of form are