Music History 4

Question 1

George Gershwin, William Howard Schuman, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Modern Composers

Question 2

Josquin Des Prez (c. 1450–1521), Thomas Tallis (c. 1505–1585), William Byrd (1549–1623)

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Renaissance composers

Question 3

A style of music can take well beyond thirty minutes to perform in its entirety with fast, slow and dance-like movement.

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classical symphony

Question 4

The most famous composer of the Baroque is

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 5

Literally means (‘together’) (‘sounding’)

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Symphony

Question 6

Great musical inventiveness, as witness the rise of the cantus firmus, chorale, French chansons, and madrigals.

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Renaissance

Question 7

During which PERIOD the harmonica was invented and Henry Steinway created his first grand piano.

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Romantic

Question 8

Imitating the pattern and rhythm of speech

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Recitative

Question 9

Mozart, Beethoven, Paganini, Rossini, etc

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Classical Composers

Question 10

Which style did not defined 20th Century Music?

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Chamber Music

Question 11

Compositions became more homophonic, (based on one melody) with harmonic support coming from a keyboard player.

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Baroque

Question 12

Music is expressive, dramatic, and orchestral—composed and played with a level of drama and emotionality.

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Romantic

Question 13

Johann Strauss I, Felix Mendelssohn, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms

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Romantic Composers

Question 14

This period is exemplified by an interest in all things secular, scientific exploration, and travel to distant lands.

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Renaissance

Question 15

A stage presentation or work that combines music, costumes, and scenery to relay a story.

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Opera

Question 16

Johann Sebastian Bach ("Passion According to Saint John" and George Frideric Handel ("Messiah" and "Samson")

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Examples of Oratorios

Question 17

From relatively traditional, to the outrageously experimental.

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Modern Period

Question 18

Operas, sonatas, concerto grosso, choral works, chorale prelude, mass, and oratorio

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Baroque Period

Question 19

Sacred Drama for Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra

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Oratorio

Question 20

Music based on one melody with harmonic support coming from a keyboard player.

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Homophonic

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