Midterm Review

Question 1

Which word best describes music from the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

monophony

Question 2

Which type of music is music that is composed by the random selection of pitches, tone color, and rhythms?

Accepted Answer

chance music

Question 3

Which ancient society used a shofar in religious ceremonies?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 4

How did the Gutenberg Press impact music in the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

It started the music publishing industry

Question 5

Early on, the first violin player kept the beat. Why were they replaced by an official conductor?

Accepted Answer

The orchestra became too big for all musicians to see

Question 6

What did the Chinese Imperial Bureau of Music do?

Accepted Answer

compose for the emporer and study folk music

Question 7

Which of the following does not belong?

Accepted Answer

harpsichord

Question 8

What are the three main parts of sonata form?

Accepted Answer

exposition – development – recapitulation/coda

Question 9

Which term names an instrumental composition associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene?

Accepted Answer

program music

Question 10

Which of the following is a recurring theme for individual characters and situations?

Accepted Answer

leitmotif

Question 11

How is word painting different from program music?

Accepted Answer

Word painting is only part of the music

Question 12

Which word best describes music in the Renaissance and Baroque periods?

Accepted Answer

polyphony

Question 13

Which instrument is most similar to a guitar?

Accepted Answer

lute

Question 14

How are plainchant, Gregorian chant, and monophony related?

Accepted Answer

They are all sung in unison

Question 15

Why isn't much pre-historic music performed today?

Accepted Answer

Music was memorized and passed down person to person

Question 16

Which word best describes music in the Classical period?

Accepted Answer

homophony

Question 17

What system allowed people to have a job as a composer for the first time in music history?

Accepted Answer

Patronage

Question 18

Which of the following does not belong?

Accepted Answer

song cycle

Question 19

Which ancient society valued music education?

Accepted Answer

Greek

Question 20

Beethoven was a bridge between the _____ era and the _____ era.

Accepted Answer

Classical and Romantic

Question 21

Why is Tchaikovsky not considered part of the Russian Five?

Accepted Answer

His music combined Russian traditions with Western techniques

Question 22

Which period leading up to the Classical Era had a musical and art style that is not as dense?

Accepted Answer

Rococo

Question 23

Which orchestra traditionally has the largest size?

Accepted Answer

Romantic

Question 24

What were the oldest playable musical artifacts?

Accepted Answer

flutes

Question 25

What is a style of singing that closely approximates speech?

Accepted Answer

recitative

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