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HUMA 118 Middle Ages/Renaissance/Baroque
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1
The Baroque
concerto
could be described as:
composition with contrasting sections for solo and orchestra
contest between two or more choirs.
contest between a soloist and a conductor
blending of orchestral sounds to avoid contrast.
2
Early Baroque secular vocal music was
monophonic a cappella singing
Homophonic with lute accompaniment
virtuosic solo singing and emotion
a cappella ensemble singing
3
Strophic form is
The same as Verse - Chorus form
All verses have different music
All verses have the same music
4
In opera, a melodic song for a solo singer; has regular rhythm and stops the action
ensemble
recitative
ritornello
aria
5
The purpose of art in the Age of Absolutism was:
to impress and overwhelm.
to share personal feelings with the general population.
to demonstrate scientific absolutes.
to protest the influence of the church
6
A long semi-dramatic work for orchestra, choir, and soloists with a
religious
text
oratorio
opera
hymn
concerto
7
The primary sacred genre of the Renaissance was
Motet
Mass
Madrigal
Monophonic chant
8
what is a movement?
a transition from one key to another
a change in rhythm and meter
a tempo indication
a self-contained section of a larger work of music
9
Which of these answers
DOES NOT
describe how music sounds when using functional harmony
more tonality or sense of 'home' tone
it sounds like modern music using the major/minor system
chord progressions are more predictable
the Medieval modes become more identifiable
10
A composition of systematized imitative polyphony
Concerto grosso
Concerto
Fugue
Oratorio
11
Drama set to music is
Opera
Mass
Motet
Madrigal
12
What is ground bass?
The male voice in a Renaissance plainchant melody
Baroque male opera singing
Renaissance instrumental techniques
Baroque technique building a melody over repeated bass line
13
The preferred tone color (timbre) of the Renaissance
voices alone
brass and voices
strings and voices
organ and voices
14
What pair of instruments might you find in a
basso continuo
in the Baroque period?
piano and harp
flute and violin
harpsichord and cello
lute and harp
15
The Hallelujah Chorus is a good example of mixed
meters
textures
rhythms
tempos
16
How many sections are there in a musical Mass?
5
6
3
4
17
"Renaissance" is French for what?
Redistribute
Reunification
Reconnect
Rebirth
18
Which is NOT a movement of the musical Mass?
Kyrie
Gospel
Agnus Dei
Credo
19
The structure of the movements of a concerto is:
Fast-slow
fast-slow-fast-slow
Slow-fast-slow
Fast-slow-fast
20
In opera, speech-like singing; follows the rhythm of emotional speech; moves the plot forward
aria
ensemble
recitative
ritornello
21
Scale-like patterns used in the Middle Ages
Major/minor scales
Medieval modes
Functional harmony
Chromatic scales
22
Baroque dance form is also called binary form, meaning
each dance is stylized.
each dance ends with a strong cadence.
it has two sections, a and b, each of which is repeated (a a b b).
it has three sections, A B A.
23
Instrumental music in the Middle Ages was
Primarily secular and improvised
Always written down
Always used in sacred music
Never used outside the church
24
The earliest example of polyphony is called...
motet
organum
mass
plainchant
25
What is the primary genre of music in the church during the Middle Ages?
Paraphrase
Mass
Motet
Plainchant
26
Handel’s most famous oratorio
Messiah.
Julius Caesar
Water Music
Rodelinda
27
What dazzling aspect of performance could audiences expect from a da capo aria?
a highly ornamented version of the second A section with improvised runs an
rapidly changing sets and scenery moved by pulleys and counterweights
a virtuosic instrumental solo in the center section, usually performed by t
an emotionally dramatic retelling of the plot of the opera
28
What other innovation was developed at the Notre Dame School?
Measured notation
Equal treatment of instruments
The Printing Press
The piano
29
Vivaldi’s
The Four Seasons
depicts activities, sights, and sounds of the seasons, we classify it as:
Absolute music
opera
Weather music
Program music
30
Which is
NOT
a characteristic of Gregorian Chant?
monophonic
non-metrical
a cappella
homophonic
31
In the Baroque period, rhythm became more
irregular, with no meter
complicated and syncopated
unidentifiable
regular with a strong beat
32
Most important genre in Baroque secular vocal music
chanson
madrigal
opera
motet
33
The three main institutions in which Baroque composers could make a living
court, the university, and musical journals
church, the opera house (theater), and the court
church, the tavern, and the concert hall.
opera house, the theater, and the concert hall
34
What is
basso continuo
?
The style of singing for men in the Baroque period
It does not appear in the Baroque or Renaissance periods
the bass line and chords of a Baroque composition
The bottom part of a Renaissance motet
35
What is a melisma?
many notes sung on one syllable of text
plainchant notation
polyphonic melody
many repetitions of a word or phrase
36
What technique did madrigal composers use to illustrate the words with musical elements?
paraphrase
text painting
motet
elaboration
37
“Stylized” dances were intended for
operas
accompaniment for singing
listening
dancing
38
Ornamentation is the practice of
improvising changes in the beat.
improvising changes to the words of an aria
improvising extra notes in the melody.
wearing highly decorative costumes in operas.
39
Section of a fugue in which all subject entries first occur
exposition
countersubject
episode
subject
40
What is a cadenza?
a direction found in the score telling certain instruments to stop playing
a form that features returning ensemble part alternating with solo section
an improvised or improvisatory solo section within a larger work
a small keyboard instrument that is a type of harpsichord
41
Troubador songs were composed in what form?
Strophic form
Non-metrical form
Antiphon form
Variation form
42
The primary secular genre of the Renassiance was
Monophonic chant
Mass
Motet
Madrigal
43
Which is
NOT
a characteristic of an operatic Recitative?
Full orchestra accompaniment
text is prose (not poetry-not repeated)
dialogue which moves plot forward
rhythm follows patterns of speech-nonmetrical
44
The principal theme of a fugue is called the:
stretto.
subject.
inversion.
exposition.
45
In a concerto the beginning orchestra section that returns from time to time
ritornello
subject
episode
countersubject
46
concerto grosso
emphasizes the contrast between an orchestra and
a small group of soloists
another orchestra
a basso continuo
a single soloist
47
Which is NOT a characteristic of operatic Aria
Meditation or soliloquy and emotions frozen
Text is poetry with many repeated lines
accompanied by basso continuo only
Song with metered rhythm and melody
48
The plot of Handel’s
Julius Caesar
deals with
the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony.
the story of Easter.
Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, and Sextus’s revenge on Ptolemy
the story of Christ’s birth.
49
What world event ushered in the Middle Ages (Medieval times)?
The Protestant Reformation
World War I
The fall of the Roman Empire
The Revolutionary War
50
A common practice in the Baroque era was to put a collection of miscellaneous dances together in a genre called a
suite.
gigue.
grouping.
fugue.
51
This excerpt (Gabrielli) demonstrates which characteristic of Early Baroque music?
Equal treatment of instruments and voices
a cappella singing ensembles
Virtuoso solo singers
Homophonic solos with lute accompaniments
52
What was the primary reason composers wrote new music for the Ordinary of the Mass?
To reform the Catholic church
To provide complex music the congregation could not sing
To make money
To musically unify the Mass
53
"Voices alone"
strophic
a cappella
paraphrase
melisma
54
A secular genre from the Middle Ages
Mass
Troubador song
Gregorian Chant
Madrigal
55
What culture(s) inspired people of the Renaissance?
Ottoman and Greek
Ancient Rome and Greece
Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamian and Ottoman
56
Whose style evolved from Renaissance madrigals to Baroque opera (1st great opera composer)
Guilluame Machaut
Henry Purcell
Claudio Monteverdi
Giovanni Gabrielli
57
Renaissance composers took plainchants and modified them for their own original compositions
improvisation
modulation
harmonization
paraphrase
58
Vocal music in the Renaissance was primarily
solo singing with lute accompaniments
a cappella music ensembles
treated equally with instruments
virtuosic solo singing
59
What technique left over from the Renaissance is used in "Glory to God", chorus from
Messiah
recitative
paraphrase
a cappella singing
word painting
60
Functional harmony replaced what in the Baroque period?
polyphony
Melismas
Basso continuo
Medieval modes
61
The book containing the lyrics of an opera is called:
a play
a libretto
a recitativo
a script
62
the
musical
depiction of emotion in the late Baroque era
The performer expressed what he or she felt at the moment.
Emotions categorized, expressed through musical techniques
Emotional display was kept at a minimum.
Emotions were expressed freely and naturally.
