Most missed exam questions

Not much is known about the choreography of the carole, a medieval French dance.

Who was the first composer to expand the symphony to four movements?

During the Baroque period, composers began to ignore the bass voice, and used it less.

In what U.S. state are madrigal dinners popular in?

Antonio Vivaldi wrote how many concertos?

What composer was responsible for the creation of Reform opera?

The Shawm is the predecessor to the modern day Tuba.

How many poems set to music were left behind by the trobairitz of Southern France?

Who wrote De institutione musica (Fundamentals of Music)?

Troubadours wrote a very specific form of love poetry about what?

Who provided the clearest description of the music theory of the thirteenth century in his Art of Measured Song?

A group known as the Florentine camerata sought to create a modern music that did what?

At the beginning of opera, many operas were written about which greek tragedy?

Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor begins with a very recognizable motif. What is that motif often characterized as?

Guilluame de Machaut worked in the French city of Paris.

Where does the term Baroque come from?

Which of the following is NOT one of the Classical forms?

In what year did the papacy return to Rome?

By 1650, how many churches were in Rome?

Which of the following was NOT a historical event leading up to the Renaissance?

Opera emerged in the West before opera appeared in other countries like China and Japan.

What Greek philosopher developed a system of musical tuning?

Troubadour music was mostly monophonic, just like Gregorian Chant. 

How many musical artifacts from ancient Greece still exist today?

What musical texture best describes the texture of Gregorian Chant?