Music 1010 Final Review

Besides Schubert, which other 19th cen. composer was also prolific in Lieder?

Nationalistic composers expressed their nationalism by

Which of the following is an established, living, American composer of musicals?

Which of the following statements is NOT true about Romantic choral music?

Which 19th cen. American composer is best remembered for his ballads and astral show tunes?

How many movements are in a Classical concerto?

Which of the following was the chief form of Italian secular music in the Renaissance?

The composer who invented the music drama was

Jonathan Larsen's rock opera, Rent, is inspired by which opera?

The leader of the Impressionist painters is considered to have been

Which was the chief institution that supported music in Renaissance society?

The Classical symphony had its roots in the

Which composer is known as "the poet of the piano?"

What American composer is known as the king of ragtime?

Which American composer wrote ballets such as Billy the Kid and Rodeo based on American themes?

The most important instrumental form of the Classical period was the

Which movement of the symphony is traditionally the slowest?

What term suggests something of the overall character of the work, as well as its repertoire?

In Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique what is the idea fixe?

The Classical period in music ranged from approximately

Tchaikovsky's ballet about a child's Christmas gift and dreams of exotic people and places is

This early Rock & Roll pioneer contributed to the sexually charged bad-boy image.

The principle of organization where we hear a piece in relation to a central tone is called

Impressionism in music is best exemplified by the works of

In which form is the Lied Erlking

___ is the Vienesse composer who invented the twelve-tone method.

The element of music that organizes movement in time is

How many players are generally necessary to perform a trio sonata?

Handel's Messiah is

According to your text, the most popular composer of art music in the world is

Which of the following statements about Charles Ives is INCORRECT?

Instrumental music endowed with literary, philosophical, or pictorial associations is called

Atonality may be characterized by

Which of the following Russian composers was famous for his ballets?

The element of rhythm in twentieth-century music is best characterized by

Which of the following was NOT a member of the Beatles?

Which term best describes a melody that loves by small intervals?

A jazz style of singing that sets syllables without meaning to improvised vocals is called

All of the following were new opera types that reflected simplicity and real emotions EXCEPT

____ worked with Paul Simon to create an album that fused styles from two geographic regions.

Which of the following is a contemporary Broadway musical based on folk tales?

The term tempo rubato, associated with Chopin's music, means that the performer should

Robert Schumann ended his career and life

A string quartet consists of

A large-scale work in several movements for solo instrument(s) and orchestra is called a

A highly emotional song in an opera is called

The late Romantic Italian opera tradition was characterized by a movement toward realism called

This composer is considered the creator of the modern orchestra for his use of larger ensembles

Which does NOT characterize an oratorio?

This Broadway Musical was the first to include a movie-like score under the whole show.

The element that most decisively separated 20th century music from that of the past was

What is considered to be America's unique contribution to world theater?

Which description best characterized a part song?

How do Classical artists differ from their Romantic counterparts?

Which of the following was a widely loved nationalist opera composer?

Of which national school of composition is Dvorak a representative?

The rate of speed at which a piece of music is played is its

The chorale is a type of hymn tune created by

Who was Haydn's principal patron?

Water Music by Handel is best describes as a

Which movement is the most highly organized and most characteristic o the mulitmovement cycle?

Which best describes Beethoven?

A fanciful improvised solo passage interpolated into a concert movement is called

A texture where a single voice takes the melodic interest and the accompaniment is subordinate.

The High Middle Ages witnessed

Rock and role merged as union of which two styles?

Which is the correct oder of bowed string instruments from highest to lowest range?

Bach was most famous in his day as a performer on

Which film score is NOT composed by John Williams?

The artistic trends of the early twentieth century can best be characterized as

The approximate dates of the Baroque period are

Which of the following make up the movements of the Ordinary of the Mass?

Who is America's greatest bandmaster?

Clara Schumann was virtuoso performer on

The action of the opera occurs mainly in the

Which meter would be conducted in a pattern of down-right-up?

In opera, a vocal style that imitates speech and set freely to sparse accompaniment is called

Brahms maintained a life-long relationship with

Dvorak wrote his New World Symphony while living in

A cappella, meaning "in the church style", indicates

Mozart died while writing his

The so-called Second Vieneese School of composition includes

In sonata-allegro form, the part which rounds it off with a vigorous closing cadence is the

The dream ballet was a new way of forwarding the plot in this Broadway Musical.

Composers introduced new harmonic styles in the twentieth century, including

Comparing the # of symphonies written in the Classical era vs. Romantic, what can be concluded?

A combination of tones, three or more, that constitutes a single block of harmony is called

The earliest type of polyphony was

The recurring principal themes in Wagner's operas that carry specific meanings are called

The approximate dates for the Renaissance era are

The standard ranges of the human voice from highest to lowest are

Which of the following best defines binary form?

The famous four-note figure at the beginning of Beethoven's Symphony No.5 is best described as

The three main sections of sonata-allegro form are the exposition, development, and

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Impressionist music?

Which American jazz composer was also a pianist and a master of orchestration for big bands?

The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was the

An Italian comic opera is called a

The distance between two different pitches is called a/n

This early Rock & Roll pioneer contributed blazing guitar solos.