Music History Forms and Vocabulary

Baroque form pioneered by Handel.  Like an opera without staging or costumes.

Which of the following is not a part of the Mass?

In the Medieval Period, chant with just one line of melody was called:

In the classical period, composers returned to this form--melody with accompaniment.

Romantic piece that is programmatic

Baroque style of writing where loud and soft dynamics shift back and forth abruptly.

Homophonic music =

A1A2A3A4A5.....is a representation of which musical form?

Simple AB form

Music written with an extra-musical inspiration such as a story, artistic picture or character

The opposite of program music, Absolute music is:

A way of ornamenting chant and other melodic lines by singing multiple notes per syllable

20th Century music is often dissonant.

Atonal refers to music that:

Which of the following is not a movement  of the mass?

A medieval composition technique that is a repeated harmony line, usually in whole notes.

Ternary Form is best represented by:

A group of instruments playing together in the Renaissance period...

Which of the following is more likely to be in Latin?

Which is NOT a characteristic of the Romantic period?

In Symphony Form the 2nd movement is most likely to be:

Melodies played at intervals, chasing each other are typical of which kind of music?

Strophic:

Early form of harmony practiced in chants--2 part parallel harmony.

Baroque form:  Word means "to chase"

Music written for the the sake of the music itself--no outside theme or inspiration or story

Rondo form is best represented by:

The first movement of a symphony is most often in this form:

John Cage was interested in "found sound" according to Cage, means that:

Rounded binary is best represented by:

The classical period was so named because:

20th Century musical technique where all 12 chromatic pitches are arranged in sets.

Sonata Allegro form is best represented by:

The word Baroque means:

In a symphony, the first movement is most likely to be:

Polyphonic Music is a major characteristic of which time periods?