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Why do we care about Martin Luther?
He composed a butt ton of chorales
He was a renowned Organ composer
He pissed off the Catholic Church
He started a war
2
Why do we care about Thomas Weelkes?
An English poet
He was besties with Mark Luther
He was known for madrigals and church music
He invented madrigals
3
What is the L’estro Armonico?
A Spanish harmonica
the reason I cry
A type of composition for violin and bassoon
A collection of concertos for orchestra published in 1711
4
What is Tintinnabuli?
When bells are used in music
A type of metal percussion instrument
A composition style developed by Arvo Pärt
Begins with diatonic mel. other parts sing from tonic triad
5
Repeat after me songs are an example of responsorial music (kind of)
True
false
6
What is Rondo Form?
Multi-part with recurring refrain alternated diff. material
A dance style in duple meter
Music composed in the style of Tibetian Dance
A musical rodeo
7
What is a Madrigal?
Polyphonic through-composed setting of a short secular poem
Bitch Idk
A short instrumental work meant to be performed in church
A type of Orange
8
When was the romantic period?
1750-1820
1450-1600
1820-1900
2001-2005
9
Mass Ordinary Does not change texts based on the calendar year
False
True
10
What is Monody?
A type of small gutair
A comp. style with a single melodic line and b/c accom.
A type of melody with lots of leaps
Some kind of STD
11
Silent Night is through-composed
False
True
12
Isorhythm's use of melodic patterns is called what?
Color
Melody
tinntinabul
Talea
13
What is Lied?
Biblical Austrian Music
A secular vocal music in German
Music written in the style of traditional Brazilian dance
An Irish character piece
14
The Sonata has 3 movements
True
False
15
Where are Multi Movement instrumental works supposed to be played?
On a mountain
Concert halls
Churches
Small Chamber Settings
16
What is a fugue?
Counterpoint type where voices enter successively w subject
A type of ornament performed on pipe organs
The thing Bach is known for
A type of choral composition
17
What is that?
A Piano
An Organ
A Harpsichord
An early Piano
18
When did Caccini live?
1500-1576
1550-1618
1820-1902
1500-1750
19
When did Oliver Messiaen live?
1750-1822
1908-1992
1923-2010
1976-2017
20
Musical Dialogue is
An Aria
A recitative
21
What is a Troubadour/Trobairitz?
The name for the audience in secular music performances
Church composers from Notre Dame
Polish travelling musicians
French ppl from the 1300ish, made monophonic secular songs
22
What is a sacred concerto?
Instrumental music about the bible
Music written for solo instrument and small group
Any music that combines voices and instruments
A type of trumpet music
23
What is a requiem?
A stylized set of dance music
A mass for the souls of the dead
A type of bass flute
A choir piece about Christmas
24
What's a Neume?
A type of Rhythm
An early form of musical notation
A medieval Trumpet
A delicious snack
25
What is the order of Mass Ordinary?
Credo, Gloria, Kyrie, Sanctus, Angus Dei
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Santus, Agnus Dei
Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Santus, Angus Deli
26
What is Direct performance style?
Drone with Melody
Call and response
Many Melodies Sung together
Sung together
27
When did Handel live?
1540-1620
1685 - 1759
1663-1750
1820-1910
28
Why do we care about Handel?
One of first composer whose music never fell out of favour
He wrote about his music frequently
He was a master of counterpoint
He wrote music for profit, therefore, it was usually popular
29
What is a song cycle?
A type of round/canon
A group of lieder meant to be performed together
A song that repeats itself
a bicycle for song
30
Why do we care about J.S Bach?
He wrote a lot of secular music
He wrote a butt ton of music
He was a master of fugues and counterpoint
31
Why do we care about Claudio Monteverdi and when did he live?
1777-1829, he wrote many fugues
1567-1643, he was a very innovative composer
32
When did Mozart live?
400-600
1750-1820
1756-1791
1570-1572
33
Why was Pope Gregory important?
His actions led to the standardization of chant
He created Gregorian Chant
He was a pretty cool guy
He invented Polyphony
34
What is Ternary From?
ACDC
ABA
AB DC al fine
ABCBA
35
Why do we care about Robert Schumann?
He was the founding member of music journal
He wrote lots of piano music
He pioneered a-tonal music
He was married to Clara Schumann
36
Who was Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe?
A German Poet
Coined the phrase "Cometh then Goethe away"
the inventor of the piano
Composer of Erlking
37
What did Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre do?
Published a book of harpsichord suites
Played the harpsichord like a madwoman
Was the first-ever female composer
She wrote a very famous requiem
38
What is Musica Enchiriadis?
A performance technique
A Cathedral dedicated to music
A yummy Mexican snack
The first surviving attempt at Polyphony
39
When was the Classical Era?
1600-1750
1750-1820
1450-1725
1730-2001
40
Cori Sepzzati means separated choir
False
True
41
What is figured bass?
A fancy name for a fancy string bass
Where numerals indicate intervals, chords, and non-chord
A type of basso continuo
Another name for the tenor line
42
Why do we care about Leonin?
He invented the pipe organ
He was renowned for composing with polyphony
He created the Musica Echiracdia
He invented Isorhythm
43
What is a movement anyway?
a section of music
self-contained part of a musical composition
A dance move
44
What is a character piece?
A work that makes you have lots of emotions
A work where the players dress up as characters
Work with a descriptive title that suggests a mood or scene
Work written for a person
45
Musical monologue/soliloquy is
A recitative
An Aria
46
What is a mensuration symbol
The first time signatures
The fuck if I know
basically just frankonian notation
The very first notation of music
47
Why do we care about Johann Walter?
He was a prolific organ composer
He started a religion
He wrote 38 settings of chorales arranged for 4-5 voices
48
What is a rhythmic mode?
Music written to a specific dance
who even knows
A set of long and short rhythms in patterns
A way of notating rhythm
49
What is stylized dance music?
Folk music
Music written for dance performances
Extended technique where u dance and play at the same time
Music written in the style of dance but not for dance
50
What does Monophonic mean?
A Round
Many Parts/Melodies
One Voice
One Part/Melody
51
What is a suite?
A set of stylized dances meant to be performed together
A type of German folk music
Bach's favourite Candy
A set of chamber music works performed in an Opera house
52
Discant is when the parts move in nearly equal Rhythm
True
False
53
When and where did Leonin Live?
Rome in the early 13th Century
Paris in the late 12th Century
Vienna in the middle of the 1400's
He's still kicking it in Sweden
54
What is modified strophic form?
Music with choruses
Music with verses
Verse-Chorus form but chorus is slightly different each time
Early type of theme and variation
55
What is a mode of limited transposition?
When u transpose something but it still has the same notes
Transposing to vastly different keys
Not using major or minor scales
Never transposing in ur composition
56
Why do we care about Josquin des Prez?
He wrote polyphonic vocal compositions
He pioneered the symphony
He had a rad hat
He invented the organ
57
What is contrapuntal?
A low drum
Music with more than one melodic line
When the melodic line is in the altos
Switching words but not music
58
When did Bach live?
1685 - 1750
1770-1825
1650-1730
1500-1750
59
When did Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre live?
1665-1729
3001-3079
1540-1629
1750-1820
60
What is a Melisma?
Multiple notes on one syllable
One note per syllable
61
When was the piano invented?
1709
1455
1921
1623
62
Why do we care about Schoenberg?
He was a Russian poet
He pioneered atonality in music
He took a Neo-classical route to his composition
He was a prolific piano composer
63
What is a Cantata?
A musical about the bible
A long, unstaged, bible opera for performance
Like an Opera but not an Opera
A short, unstaged bible opera for church
64
What is Franconian Notation?
A type of figured bass line
Using note shape to indicate note length
A type of choral music that was written
The first ever music that was written down
65
What were the reformation and counter-reformation?
A boom in musical instrument technology
M.Luther shade with church and their response to his shit
A new approach to music and the response from the public
Books of music published in 1450
66
What is a Chorale?
Unison, unacc., metric, rhymed, strophic music in vernacular
Any song that's not in Latin
Polyphonic performance music in Latin meant for Mass
Secular Music
67
What is it called when voices move in parallel, oblique, contrary and similar motion?
Parallel Organum
Free Organum
Florid Organum
68
What is contrafactum?
Changing the text but not the music
When the melody is in the bass
A type of low clarinet
Changing the music but not the text
69
Don't forget about the research part of the exam!
I'm screwed anyway
I got this, don't worry
Oh shit u right
70
Why do we care about Arcangelo Corelli?
He was a leading composer of Sonatas and Concertos
He wrote a book on composition
He invented the piano
1st composer whose instrumental works where studied
71
What is Cantus Firmus Style?
When tenor line of the music is borrowed from another music
A piece of music with a firm tempo
Using a separated choir
When the alto line is different than the rest of the music
72
Why is George Crumb important?
He invented atonality
He's not
He wrote medieval music in the modern era
He explored non-traditional means of composing/performing
73
What does idiomatic mean?
In the style of a particular period, individual, or group
referring to an idiot
A very simple work
A personal composition
74
What is an Oratorio?
Like an Opera but not an Opera
A musical about the bible
A short, unstaged bible opera for church
A long, unstaged, bible opera for performance
75
What is retrograde?
Your grades but in the 1980's
Moving upsidedown and backwards
Moving upsidedown
Moving backwards
76
When was the 20th Century music era?
1900-present
1450-1600
1900-2000
1820-1900
77
When did Vivaldi live?
1684-1750
1678-1741
1460-1540
1820-1930
78
Who was Nicholas Yonge?
The man who invented the philosophers stone
The guy who fueled madrigal composition in England
A popular English madrigal composer
Invented the violin
79
What is Ars Nova
A type of flute
1300's art movement where ppl broke from musical tradition
A fancy art movement
The sociopolitical movement that stemmed from the German War
80
What is a Trio Sonata?
A sonata with three instruments
a three-movement sonata
A sonata with three melody instruments
A sonata with three parts
81
When did Chopin live?
1810-1849
1910-1988
1670-1750
1800-1888
82
Why do we care about Giovanni Gabrieli?
known for polychoral writing combining voice and instruments
He published 680 chorales
He wrote secular choral works
Worked for a fancy cathedral ∴ had the chance to write a lot
83
When did George Crumb live?
1980-2010
1929-present
1869-1938
1900-2001
84
Why do we care about Schubert?
He was a very prolific composer
He's a scary German man (@Andrea)
We don't
He changed the world of lieder
85
Why do we care about Chopin?
Because Michelle Boyd said he's important
He was the 'poet of the piano'
He was a virtuosic piano player
He invented the piano
86
What is nationalism?
Being apart of multiple nations
Being very patriotic
Promoting the interested of a nation
87
What is Concertato Style?
When instruments and voices have different parts
Divided choirs
A musical work featuring an instrument
When more than one instrument is used in the mass cycle
88
What was the Seconda Practica?
Term for when a musician is asked the play 2 instruments
Giovanni Maria Artusi's clap back
This book about music that blew everybody's mind
A reminder to practice more but in Latin
89
Happy Studying, Good luck and Happy Holidays
:)
:D
90
What is Atonality?
Some weird ass sounding music
Music centred around the note A
Music that avoids establishing important and central pitches
Music that uses extended techniques
91
Which part of Mass Ordinary is
not
sung in Latin?
Agnus Dei
Kyrie
Santus
Credo
92
When did Arcangelo Corelli live?
1633-1701
1653-1713
1750-1450
He did not
93
When was the Baroque Era?
1600-1750
1600-1800
1450-1775
1550-1820
94
What is an extended performance technique (according to Michelle)?
Crying
Extremely expressive performers
Unconventional methods of playing or singing
Playing an unusually long instrument
95
What is modernism?
Composers sought something new while continuing tradition
Movement in art music composed in 1st half of 20th century
Name for technology boom in the 1940's
Banksy
96
What is Sprechstimme?
Raptor Screeches
Stretched time
Talk-singing
Literally screaming
97
When was the Medieval Era?
1750-1820
1450-1600
1000-1550
400-1450
98
What is an imitation style composition?
Thinking of a specific person when writing a musical work
Varying the melody
Repetition of a melody after 1st appearance in diff. voice
Music written in the style of a different composition
99
What is a theme and variation?
A piece where each time it's played it's slightly different
Using multiple themes in a composition
A melody and then variations on the melody
Mozarts Twinkle Twinkle little star
100
What is it called when there is a 'drone' voice below the melody?
Parallel Organum
Free Organum
Florid Organum
101
What's that?
The good kush
An old guitar
A lute
A Theorbo
102
What does strophic mean?
It is long
It has verses
It has instruments and voice
It has a strong sense of meter
103
The order of the movements are slow, fast, slow, fast
false
True
104
Why do we care about Messiaen?
He invented the modern Piano
He rlly liked birds
He was an organist and influential French composer
He wrote song of the whale
105
Is Pineapple in the vernacular?
No
Yes
106
When did Schubert live?
1007-1206
1706-1727
1800-1856
1797 - 1828
107
Mass Proper does not change text based on the calendar year
False
True
108
What does polyphonic mean?
One melody/voice
Many sounds simultaneously
109
What is a Palindrome?
An exaggeration of a word (eg. I am literally dying)
A word that is the same forwards and backwards
Bob
A word that can be rearranged into a different word
110
What is it called when the harmonizers sing the chant a perfect 5th below the original pitch?
Florid Organum
Parallel Organum
Free Organum
111
Why do we care about Mozart?
He was a child prodigy
His music was rlly good
He wrote a lot of music
112
What is Expressionism?
Music that gives you feels
Expressive music
Music avoids tradition 2 show feels through exaggeration
The scream (Painting)
113
What is a non-retrogradable rhythm?
A rhythm that can't time travel
When similar rhythms are played at the same time
A rhythm that is played forwards then backwards
A music palindrome
114
What is tempo rubato?
Robbed Time
Slower than Allegro, faster than Adagio
Approximately 103bpm
Taking liberties with the tempo for expressive purposes
115
What is word-painting?
Face Paint in performance
Literally Painting a word
Making a word fancy cuz it sounds cooler
Use of musical devised to reflect the meaning of the word
116
What was the Florentine Camerata?
The man who invented the printing press
A group of scholars who met to discuss the arts
famous work written by J.S Bach for Orchestra
IDEK
117
What is a Ritornello?
When the music becomes slower
A type of pasta
A short instrumental passage in a vocal work
When the violin doubles the voices
118
When was the Renaissance Era?
Never, it never happened
1300-1754
1450-1600
1500-1650
119
What is sonata-allegro form?
exposition, development, and recapitulation
The first movement in concertos
A fast sonata
A three-movement piece where all the movements are Allegro
120
Why do we care about Guillaume de Machaut?
He composed the first mass cycle (probably)
He used 2nds for the first time in the church
We don't
He put his name on his work
121
Who invented the Piano?
Bartolomeo Cristofori
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
J.S Bach
Arthur Dent
122
Isorhythm's use of rhythmic patterns is called what?
Talea
tinntinabul
Color
Rhythm
123
What is a mazurka?
A type of piano music
An early French horn
Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo
A type of movement in a Sonata
124
What is Avant-garde?
What they shout in fencing before a match
A term for French 20th century composers
Broadly applied to anyone who departs from convention
Meaning keep before
125
What is Basso Continuo?
An early string bass
Accompaniment where players improvised over a figured bass
A continued Bass line that never stops
A type of instrumental music
126
When did Arnold Schoenberg live?
1900-1987
1670-1750
1874-1951
1899-1923
127
When did Joeseph Haydn live?
1732-1809
1750-1820
1696-1750
1556-1643
128
One of these things is not like the other
Gigue
Minuet
Allemande
Prelude
129
What is a motet?
A polyphonic vocal composition with sacred Latin text
A dance
A Monophonic flute-choral comp. with sacred Spanish text
Part of the mass cycle
130
Who the hell is Giulio Caccini?
Galileos Dad
The guy who invented the piano
The dude who invented monody
The moustache man
131
Why was the Catholic Church so important to music at this time?
They got the power
They got the funds
All of the music had to be non-secular at the time
Everyone was Catholic at the time
132
When did Robert Schumann live?
1787-1839
1730-1750
1810-1856
1801-1870
133
Why do we care about Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina?
He saved polyphony in the church (probably)
He invented the organ
He became a model composer for the church
He used instruments in Mass
134
Why do we care about guido of Arezzo?
He invented the harpsichord
He invented plainchant
He invented polyphony
He invented notation
135
Why was Haydn important?
He created the first symphony
He influenced a lot of other composers
He wasn't that important
He was creator of the fundamental genres of classical music
136
What is a Sonata (in the 17th century)?
Literally any music
Solo with orchestral acc.
My death
Work for 1 or 2 melody instruments with continuo & sections
137
What is an Antiphonal Performance style?
Played by two groups
Call and Response
More than one voice singing
Melody sung in parallel fifths
138
Is Uphayinaphu in the vernacular?
No
Yes
