Which phrase best describes an opera?

production that uses music, dance, sets, & costumes to help story telling.

What are the four families of the orchestra?

woodwinds, strings, brass, percussion

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1
Which invention dramatically changed how music was created and distributed in the Renaissance?
typewriter
printing press
microphone
bread
2
Which instrument usually accompanies art songs?
banjo
orchestra
guitar
piano
3
Which term names music that incorporates native folk songs, stories, and history?
regional music
homeland music
nationalistic music
domestic music
4
Which phrase best describes an opera?
a one act play with a story told and sung by a single character
a theatrical play of a classical Greek or Roman story
a short musical play with songs interspersed among spoken parts
production that uses music, dance, sets, & costumes to help story telling.
5
Who created a songbook of liturgical melodies and a singing school?
Pope Gregory
Hildegard von Bergen
Guillaume de Machaut
Guido d'Arezzo
6
Which term names a person who leads the orchestra?
arranger
composer
orchestrator
conductor
7
Which type of musical piece describes nature?
sacred music
program music
elegant music
nature music
8
Beethoven's final symphony, Symphony No. 9, was the first symphony to ever use what?
Manheim crescendo
Electric guitars
chorus and soloists
wind and percussion instruments
9
Which kind of harmony did Classical period composers prefer?
tonic-subdominant-tonic (VIII-VI-VII-V-III-0-IX)
tonic-median-tonic (I-iii-I)
tonic-submediant-tonic (I-vi-I)
tonic-dominant-tonic (I-V-I)
10
Which term names music with no tonal center?
atonal
noise
polytonal
Impressionistic
11
What are the four families of the orchestra?
brass, harp, woodwinds, strings
woodwinds, strings, brass, percussion
aerophone, idiophone, membranophone, electrophone
Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
12
Bach was a master of which form?
fugue
symphony
Rap
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