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The First Viennese School included what composers?
Beethoven, Hayden, and Lizt.
Hayden, Handel, and Chopin.
Beethoven, Mozart, and Hayden.
Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart.
2
Within the first and last of those sections, there are...
Beginning and end.
Principle Subject, Second Subject, Closing Section (coda).
Beginning and Coda.
Middle.
3
What is programmatic music?
Music that tells a story.
Music that shows anger.
Music that sounds colorful and imaginative.
Music with lots of contrast.
4
What type of music was most popular in (1600-1750)?
Romantic
Classical
Baroque
Renaissance
5
Instruments from Middle ages include
Strings
Woodwinds - flutes, pipes, and horns
All of them.
Percussion - drums and bells
6
What music was most popular in (1820-1910)?
None are listed
Romantic
Baroque
Classical
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Who created the bridge between Classical and Romantic?
Beethoven.
Hayden.
Mozart.
Schubert.
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What is a Mass?
a musical church service with many sections.
A large symphony that mostly comprises of a choir
A piece that combines several voices with different melodies
A large choral work w/ various tempos.
9
A part of sacred music was "plainchant", which is/are
a free-flowing vocal line that sounded like a musical speech
sections which the subject is not fully stated in any voice
a reworking of the themes musical elements
10
The second theme is a "version of sonata" form, or (aka)...
Theme and Version form.
Counterpoint and Variation form.
Theme and counterpoint form.
Theme and Variation form.
11
The 3rd movement is usually a minuet and trio. What is the time signature?
None of them.
Sixteenth notes (1/16),
Common Time (4/4).
Triple meter (3/4).
12
A fugue features...
Episodes.
All of them.
a subject, an answer, and a countersubject.
overlapping voices that copy another, restating the melody.
13
What musical form focuses on making one melody stand out.
Oratorios.
Monody
Ornamentation.
Fugues.
14
Music in the Middle ages was...
The time after the classical era
The time before the Baroque period
Now
The time before the Renaissance. (500-1500)
15
Joseph Brahms was famous for making a lot of..
piano trios.
beautiful, romantic melodies.
instrumental conversation.
character pieces.
16
In the romantic period, people emphasized the importance of...
advising the young.
expressing anger.
individual human expression.
superioty.
17
What is ornamentation?
Extra melodies that make up a sonata.
Monody
Extra notes that decorate a melody. Ex - Trill.
18
One main theme in the beginning followed by a set of variations on that theme is a...
Theme and variations form
Version of Sonata Form
Both
19
What were the 3 main composers of the Baroque period?
Handel, Bach, Vivaldi.
Hayden, Beethoven, Mozart.
Bach, Lizt, Hayden.
Vivaldi, Bach, Dubussy.
20
What musical form was large and was based on a religious theme?
Monody.
Oratorios.
Trills.
Motets.
21
What is a motet?
A poem or words set to music
The rebirth of art, music, science, math, and many others.
Secular music,
A piece that combines several voices w/ different patterns.
22
Schubert popularized the lied and....
All of them.
piano trios.
secular music.
chromaticism.
23
In a Rondo, which themes are reoccurring?
A and B.
A, B, and C.
C.
None of them.
24
Secular Music...
had no relation to the church.
was played by toubadours and trovers.
was played by minstrels.
All of them
25
George Fredric Handel composed mostly....
oratorio and later operas.
Trios and later oratorios.
operas and later oratorios.
oratorios and later operas.
26
The first movement is usually Sonata form. What are the 3 main sections in a sonata? (in order)
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation.
Exposition, Developmental, Coda.
Priniciple Subject, Second Subject, Closing Section.
Exposition, Recapitulation, Development.
27
Sacred music was usually...
Loud and Exciting
Monophonic in Texture
28
Classical music was most popular in...
(1747-1907)
(1750-1850)
(1700-1900)
(1750-1820)
29
The mass was usually based on a main melody called "The Cantus Firmus". This was...
Stupid
the musical foundation for the entire work.
30
Renaissance music was most popular in...
(1400-1600)
(1450-1600)
(1450-1570)
(1500-1600)
31
Who were the composers during the time of the impressionist?
Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy.
Ravel, Debussy, and Monet.
Monet and Claude Debussy.
Maurice Ravel and Monet.
32
What is the pattern in the 3rd movement?
A-B-A (Minuet-Trio-Minuet).
A-B-A (Sherzo-Trio-Sherzo)
A-B-A (Trio-Minuet-Trio).
Both 2 and 3.
33
The 2nd movement is...
Dance-like.
Slow, lyrical, and more reflective.
Fast and exciting.
Strong and Spirited.
34
What does Neoclassical mean?
Classical music with no passion but mathematical alignments.
Something nothing to do with classical music.
Classical music with a sense of newness.
The return of Classical music.
35
What does Counterpoint mean?
Episodes that are stated in different pitches.
To counter-attack.
When 2+ voices fit together simaltaneously.
Episodes which can contain a Motive.
36
Sacred music is...
Religious music that was an important part of worship.
Gypsy Music.
Religious music that was accompanied by Hymns.
Religious music that was invented by the common folk.
37
Renaissance music saw the development of of what musical categories?
Humanism
All that benefited humankind
Sacred and Secular
Mass and Motet
38
The 4th movement is...
Fast and Exciting.
Strong and Spiritied.
Dance-like.
Reflective.
39
The 4th movement is usually in Rondo. What are the order of themes in a Rondo?
A-B-A-C
A-A-B-B-C-C
A-B-A-C-A-B-A
B-A-B-C-B-A-B
40
In the Renaissance, Humanism...
was the exploration of new textures.
was freedom of speech.
refers to the way melodic voices imitate one another.
was the belief that people should strive to be well-educated
41
What are terraced dynamics?
Sudden change in dynamics.
Crescendos and Dinumendos.
Sudden change of tempo.
None of them.
42
What musical style became popular in the Renaissance?
Imitative Counterpoint.
Polyphony
Polyphony and Imitative Counterpoint.
Complex Sounds.
43
What are Music Historians called?
Music Historians
Motets
Mass
Musicologist
44
The classical symphony usually includes...
4 movements.
Sonatas.
Terraced Dynamics.
Scherzos.
45
Who was the master composer of motets?
Claude Debussy.
Chopin.
Josquin Desprez.
Scott Joplin.
46
The first movement is usually...
Slow, lyrical, and more reflective.
Fast and exciting.
Dance-like.
Spirited and accomplishing.
47
The classical period was during the...
Enlightment
Rennaissance.
Rebirth
Modern
48
Bach was born in...
Austria
Germany
France
Viennese
49
Hayden performed in front of patrons to make a living. What are Patrons?
Schools of music that paid their performer.
Evening gatherings in which the public tossed coins in a hat
They provide financial support for musicians.
They help those who cannot make enough.
50
Music, from the middle ages, was divided in what two categories?
Love and hate
Sacred and Secular
Tonal and Dissonace
Gospel and Rap
