MfaLT Final Exam

The dates 1750-1825 represent the?

Any instrument that produces tones by means of vibrating a stretched membrane is?

The combination of notes sounded simultaneously to produce chords is call?

The dates 1890-1940 represent the?

Organum is the earliest type of paper folding art.

Modern food & dance merged into "performance music," a multimedia genre explored by John Cage.

Idiophones & membranophones that are struck are all?

Pope Gregory is traditionally associated with collecting & organizing the chants of the church.

Johannes Guttenberg is most famous for inventing the coffee maker.

The two centers of power during the early Middle Ages were the church and the mob.

Visual symbols for sound & silence in music are known as?

European & American composers response after World War II was to produce avant-garde music.

In music, the relative loudness or softness of a musical composition is called?

The correct order of voice parts from high to low is…

A melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic pattern that is repeated is an?

An instrument that is sounded by bowing, plucking, or striking a string is?

The dates 1600-1750 represent the?

A group of instrumental musicians typically involving wind and percussion instruments is?

A large group of singers who perform together in parts (soprano, alto, tenor, & bass) is?

The two most important genres of Renaissance secular music were the chanson and the madrigal.

Chordophones called: violins, violas, cellos, and double basses are all?

Martin Luther King was a leader in the Protestant Reformation.

Beethoven suffered hearing loss in his late 20s, Died at age 27 unknown and completely blind.

Johannes Brahms’ symphonies and concertos are unsurpassed in the Romantic Era.

Hector Berlioz drew on his infatuation with an actress for his "Symphonie Fantastique."

The dates 476-1450 represent the?

The dates 1450-1600 represent the?

Aerophones like: trumpet, horn, trombone, baritone, and tuba are all?

Two movements of the 20th century were Post-Romanticism in Germany; & Impressionism, in France.

The dates 1940-2010 represent the?

Important keyboard instruments in the Baroque include the piano.

Aerophones like: flutes, clarinets, oboe, bassoon, and saxophones are all?

Instrument that produce sounds from the material of the instrument itself vibrating is?

The location of a tone in relation to others, giving it a sense of being high or low is?

The Industrial Revolution spurred technical advances in more affordable musical instruments.

In music, expressionism was the German response to French Impressionism.

Broadway Musicals are the American answer to Opera.

Minimalist music is based on repetitive musical patterns.

Form is the most important organizing element in absolute music.

Bach was the most famous in his day as a performer on the trapeze.

The most important French Impressionist composer was Jean-Claude Van Damme.

An instrument that produces sound by using air as the primary vibrating means is?

Opera is a performance with scenery, costumes, & instrumental music with a dialog that is sung.

Jazz started in New York in 1956.

Jazz had nothing to do with the beginnings of Rock ‘N’ Roll music.

The Classical era is the golden age of chamber music, especially of the string quartet.

In a piece of music, the _______ is the dominant tune of the composition.

A group of instrumental musicians (mostly strings) who perform on a variety of instruments are?

The structure of a musical composition, based on repetition, contrast, and variation is called?

The dates 1825-1900 represent the?