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A Level Music 2021: Genres of Music
A Level Music 2021: Genres of Music
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A Quiz to test knowledge of musical genres
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What is the name of a sung speech in free time with very little accomp in an opera?
Recitative accompagnato
Lied
Aria
Recitativo secco
2
Which genre was started by Monteverdi and involves a sung drama with chorus, soloists & accomp?
Mass
Operetta
Opera
Lied
3
What is the name for a humorous madrigal in English with a fa-la-la refrain from Renaissance?
Ballett
Aria
Chanson
Ayre
4
What instruments are in a piano trio?
Piano, Violin, Viola
Piano, Viola, Cello
Piano, piano.......................piano!
Piano, Violin, Cello
5
What is the name for a French Romantic period song for voice and piano?
Prelude
Melodie
Chanson
Aria
6
What is the name given to a short character piece popular with piano composers in the Romantic?
Piano sonata
Piano Trio
Piano concerto
Romantic miniature
7
An ensemble of seven instruments is a.....?
Septet
Sextet
Nonet
Quintet
8
What is the name for an a cappella secular piece 4-6 parts often about love in Renaissance?
Lied
Madrigal
Chanson
Ayre
9
What is the name for a large-scale, one movement work for orchestra with a programmatic theme?
A symphonic poem
A tone poem
A symphony
A film score
10
What is a fantasia?
An instrumental imitation of the motet, often contrapuntal
A theme and variations
A vocal piece
A Renaissance instrumental piece
11
What is a concerto grosso?
A concerto for a mainly string orchestra & group of soloists
A concerto for orchestra and one soloist
A piece for orchestra and no soloists
A piece that can only be played by clinically obese people
12
What is a cantata?
A work in Latin for the Catholic church in 5 sections
A vocal piece with instrumental accomp with a choir & solos
Sacred composition in English
A large scale sacred composition: chorus, solos, orchestra
13
Which of the following dances is NOT in a Baroque dance suite?
Waltz
Gigue
Sarabande
Gavotte
14
What is a Renaissance lute song called?
Chanson
Aria
Ayre
Canzonetta
15
Who wrote many cantatas in German in the Baroque?
Bach
Beethoven
Corelli
Purcell
16
Which work in 4 movements is for orchestra only and popular from the Classical onwards?
Sonata
Symphony
Fantasia
Concerto
17
What is a sonata?
A piece for a string quartet
A piece for an orchestra
A piece for solo instrument (and keyboard accompaniment)
A piece for solo keyboard/chordal instrument
18
How many players are there in a Trio Sonata?
Three
Five
Four
Two
19
What is the name of the Roman Catholic Church Service in 5 sections?
Mass
Cantata
Motet
Anthem
20
What is the name of a solo operatic song?
Lied
Melodie
Aria
Recitative
21
What is the name for a German song for voice and piano from the Romantic period?
Lied
Chorale
Aria
Canzon
22
Which period featured basso continuo?
Classical
Renaissance
Romantic
Baroque
23
Which is NOT a section of the Mass?
Kyrie
Chorale
Gloria
Agnus Dei
24
Which instruments form a string quartet?
2 violins, viola, cello
violin, two violas and cello
4 violins
violin, viola, cello, double bass
25
What is a canzona?
An Italian instrument
A Renaissance style instrumental piece from 16th C Italy
An instrumental arrangement of a French or Flemish song
An Italian song
26
Which period contains minimalism, expressionism, neo-classicism and avant-garde?
Renaissance
20th C
Baroque
Romantic
27
What is the name of another Latin work, not as long as a mass but part of a church performance?
Anthem
Motet
Chorale
Cantata
28
What instruments are in a piano quintet?
4 pianos and a ................piano
Piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass
Piano, 4 violins
29
What is the name of a sung speech in free time with quite a lot of accomp in an opera?
Chorale
Recitativo accompagnato
Recitativo secco
Aria
30
What is the name of the English language version of a motet?
Mass
Anthem
Cantata
Opera
31
What is a large scale sacred composition, (chorus, solos, orchestra) like an opera, not acted?
Operetta
Mass
Oratorio
Cantata
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What is the name of the bass instrument and chordal instrument accompanying Baroque pieces?
Rhythm section
Basso Continuo
Accompaniment
Figured bass
