Music Appreciation Final Exam Review

What term would a composer use to indicate a holding back of tempo

The tempos in a three-movement concerto are Adagio-Allegro-Andante.

The entire mass Ordinary is sung in Latin.

Where was the madrigal first developed?

The first section of the Ordinary of the Mass, a plea for mercy, is called the _______

Which of the following is Vivaldi’s best-known set of concertos?

Words that occur after each stanza are called the refrain or chorus.

A sharp lowers the tone by a half step.

Handel’s Messiah is a(n) __________

A chord is produced when three or more pitches sound together.

The text of Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is in praise of _____________

Musical ___ is the structured pattern of beats in a piece of music, organizing the rhythm into repetitive cycles.

Adding a second voice to a Gregorian melody at the interval of a fifth or a fourth is called organum.

A flat is used to take a pitch down a half step.

The standard range of the human voice from highest to lowest.

A setting of plainchant with many notes per syllable is called syllabic.

Scat- singing is common in ____

The madrigal was the most important genre during the ________

George Frideric Handel is considered a master of the ___________

Although a skilled composer, Bach never mastered the art of the fugue.

The Four Seasons is considered to be program music.

The _____ consists of five lines and four spaces, each representing different pitches

This musical symbol "#" represents a ______.

A ______ is a symbol in musical notation indicating a period of silence where no notes are played.

The development of plainchant led to more recognition for individual composers such as Léonin.

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion” from Messiah is an example of ________

The Introit is the first movement of the Ordinary of the Mass.

Who is credited with compiling the Great Book of Organum (Magnus liber organi)?

Vivaldi lived and worked in ________

Multiple sounds or melodies played at the same time.

Vivaldi was a German composer who is credited with developing the concerto.

Music pitch refers to the perceived frequency of a sound determining how high or low a note sounds.

The concerto lends itself to virtuoso playing.

The standard ranges for female singers are Soprano, Tenor, Alto.

Which of the following are the movements of the Ordinary of the Mass?

Where was Handel born?

Many composers wrote motets in praise of the Virgin Mary.

Antonio Vivaldi composed over two hundred concertos for solo violin.

Handel’s oratorios were designed to turn a profit.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a composer born in __________

Strophic form is one of the most common in vocal music, both popular and classical.

Vivaldi was a composer who primarily worked for the church.

Polyphony was initially reserved for worship on the highest feast days.

The typical solo concerto has ________ movements.

Ternary form is represented by the pattern _____.

A unit within the melody is called ______

The “Hallelujah Chorus” is the climax of the Christmas section of Messiah.

Claudio Monteverdi was a composer born in _________

Music performed a cappella is for voices only, without instrumental accompaniment.

The Renaissance motet is a sacred genre with a single Latin text.

Which portion of the Mass stays the same in every celebration of the service?

Bach composed the famous set of works known as the Brandenburg Concertos.

The Roman Catholic service that symbolically reenacts the sacrifice of Christ is ______

The term timbre refers to the _______ of a tone.

Allegro is the Italian term for fast, cheerful tempo.

Monteverdi’s composed works included _________

The text of an oratorio is called ______

The famous choral climax of Handel’s Messiah is ________

A whole note split in two will give you _____.

Johann Sebastian Bach is the culminating figure of the ________ musical style.