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Complete Music History 1 Final
What is a Fugue?
Who is François Couperin?
Complete Music History 1 Final
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Who is François Couperin?
One of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th
Worked in France for King and Aristocracy
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What is a Fugue?
Variations over a repeated bass line called the ground bass or ground
A genre in which a single thematic idea (subject) is subjected to imitation
Variations over a repeated harmonic progression
A free-form piece with rapid passagework and little large-scale repetition
3
Who is Giovanni Artusi?
Composed brass works and polychordal motets
Theorist that set forth the rules of counterpoint known as prima prattica
The "English Guise"
Critic and theorist. Criticized Monteverdi's use of dissonances
4
Who is Jean-Philippe Rameau?
One of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th
Composed refined, well-crafted keyboard works in ordres (collections)
5
What is a Concertino?
Small group of soloists within a concerto grosso
A free-form piece with rapid passagework and little large-scale repetition
A series of dance or dance-like movements
Set of contrasting dance-related movements based on one thematic idea
6
A renaissance motet is polyphonic and is in Latin
True
False
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What is style brisé?
Variations over a repeated harmonic progression
Variations over a repeated bass line called the ground bass or ground
Style of writing for the keyboard that imitates the broken chords
A free-form piece with rapid passagework and little large-scale repetition
8
What is NOT one of the characteristics of Renaissance?
The Basso Continuo (Figured Bass).
Harmony- Greater concern with the flow and progression of chords.
Music still based on modes, but gradually more accidentals creep in.
Blending rather than contrasting strands in the musical texture.
9
A polyphonic mass that uses all sections of the mass ordinary and is united by a Cantus Firmus
Imitation or Parody Mass
Renaissance Cyclic Mass
Paraphrase Mass
Motto Mass
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What is an Anthem?
The dominant chant of the middle medieval period in Europe.
Was used in place of the Renaissance motet in Anglican sacred music
Party Rock
French song
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Which is not true about Secular Music Mass?
Much of it was never written down
From layered to more homogenous texture and sound
Could take multiple forms
Had rhythmic percussion
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This class sucks
True
False
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What is Equal Temperament?
a system of tuning in which each note is tuned with an adjacent ratios
Variations over a repeated harmonic progression
14
What is NOT a characteristic of Baroque music?
One mood throughout the entire piece.
Later masses and motets employed polyphony
The Basso Continuo (Figured Bass).
Important String sections.
15
When is the Baroque period?
1600-1700
1700-1750
1600-1750
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What is a sonata?
Features a small group of soloists pitted against a larger ensemble
Solo instrumentalist pitted against the ripieno
Broadly, it meant a work for multiple instruments playing together
"That which is sounded" Term used in the Renaissance and Baroque
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What are the GOLDBERG VARIATIONS?
Each variation presents a different dance or style
Considered to be one of the cornerstones of keyboard and variation repertoi
Every third variation is a canon at a different interval
Composed for a court (Kaiserlang) who had insomnia
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What is NOT one of the characteristics of a Fugue?
For 3-6 voices, polyphonic
Much variation in how it can be written
something that is "sounded"
Not a strict form, but rather a manner of composition
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What is NOT a characteristic of Medieval music?
Later masses and motets employed polyphony
Dances and other secular compositions
Later acred music and secular music employed measured rhythm
Richer texture in four or more parts. Bass part is added below the tenor
20
What was the Council of Trent?
Martin Luther's followers meeting to discuss Lutheranism
The meeting of Catholic officials to discuss the Counter-Reformation
21
Who is the Contenance Angloise?
German composer who studied in Venice with Gabrielli
The "English Guise"
Theorist that set forth the rules of counterpoint known as Prima Prattica
22
Who is Girolamo Frescobaldi?
An Italian violinist and composer of the Baroque era.
A musician from the Duchy of Ferrara, in what is now northern Italy
Major composer of the opera seria
Composed hundreds of concerti for various instruments
23
What is a Concerto?
Broadly, it meant a work for multiple instruments playing together "in conc
Features a small group of soloists pitted against a larger ensemble
Solo instrumentalist pitted against the ripieno
No soloists, just larger ensemble
24
Who is JS Bach?
Representative composer of the trio sonata
Roman composer who composed some of the most significant and early oratorio
Major composer of the opera seria
One of the most admired and skilled composers of the entire Western music
25
A troubadour is a musician from Northern France close to Italy
True
False
26
Founded the Anglican Church
Martin Luther
Peter
King Henry
Frank Calvin
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What are Neumes?
Stringed Instruments
Opposed the sale of indulgences
First surviving form of musical notation
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Who was Jean-Baptiste?
A French Composer who was the court composer to Louis XIV
German Composer who studied in Venice with Gabrielli
Referred to composer John Dunstable
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Basso Continuo is just a fancy word for a bass player
False
True
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What is a Toccata?
A free-form piece with rapid passagework and little large-scale repetition
Small group of soloists within a concerto grosso
A series of dance or dance-like movements
Set of contrasting dance-related movements based on one thematic idea
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Early Italian Madrigal Composers
Morley, Farmer, Bennet, Weekles, Tomkins
Marenzio, Luzzaschi, Gesualdo
Willaert, Rore
Arcadelt, Verdelot, Ecti
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Middle Italian Madrigals
Willaert, Rore
Morley, Farmer, Bennet, Weekles, Tomkins
Marenzio, Luzzaschi, Gesualdo
Arcadelt, Verdelot, Ecti
33
What is a Variation Suite?
A series of dance or dance-like movements
Set of contrasting dance-related movements based on one thematic idea
Small group of soloists within a concerto grosso
A free-form piece with rapid passagework and little large-scale repetition
34
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
An Italian violinist and composer of the Baroque era
Worked in Venice, including at a girls' orphanage. Major Composer
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Who is Arcangelo Corelli?
Worked in Venice, including at a girls' orphanage
Major composer of the opera seria
JS Bach's brother
An Italian violinist and composer of the Baroque era.
36
What was the Counter-Reformation?
Martin Luther's answer to the 95 theses
The Catholic answer to the 95 theses
37
Primary Chanson emerged in the 1520's
False
True
38
Ritornello means literally "brief return"
False
True
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What is a trio sonata?
Scored for three notated parts
Does not include dance movements because of its use in church sanctuaries
Musical idea that returns at several points over the course of a work
Includes dance forms for its movements
40
Medieval Church Modes are known today by names such as: Dorian, Lydian, Phyrgian, and Mixolydian
True
False
41
Which of these is true of Chanson?
Featured texts in Italian
Courtly Love
Dance-like Rhythms
Secular
42
Who is George Frideric Handel?
Worked in Hamburg, Germany; composed his first opera at the age of 19
Representative composer of the trio sonata
Major composer of the opera seria
One of the most admired and skilled composers of classical music
43
Late Baroque is from 1700-1790
False
True
44
Who is Giacomo Carissimi?
Roman composer who composed some of the most significant and early oratorio
One of the most admired and skilled composers of the entire Western music
Major composer of the opera seria
Representative composer of the trio sonata
45
What is a Chorale?
"That which is sounded"
No soloists, just larger ensemble
Features a small group of soloists pitted against a larger ensemble
A hymn, either in its harmonized form or as a melody alone
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Mass began as the work used to represent the Last Supper
False
True
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What is the Prima Prattica?
The new style of the early Baroque period
A supporting instrument or instruments that play a realized figured bass li
Essentially the "Renaissance Style"
A drama sung entirely from beginning to end
48
What is a Chaconne?
Variations over a repeated bass line called the ground bass or ground
Variations over a repeated harmonic progression
Literally, "broken style"
Each variation presents a different dance or style
49
What are the multiple types of Cantata?
Organum and Concerto
Solo and Sacred
Sonata and Chorale
Aria and Arietta
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What is an Oratorio?
Literally, a composition that is sung
Fake Opera that was created during lent
51
Who was Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina?
Also known as Missa Papae Marcelli
Posted the 95 theses
Italian Renaissance Composer of sacred music. Roman School of Music Compos
A Major composer that worked for Gonzagas in Mantua
52
Morley, Farmer, Bennet, Weelknes, and Tomkins are composers of the Italian Madrigals
False
True
53
Who is Domenico Scarlatti?
Major composer of the opera seria
Worked in Hamburg, Germany; composed his first opera at the age of 19
One of the most admired and skilled composers of classical music
Representative composer of the trio sonata
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A Fugue is A genre in which a single thematic idea (subject) is subjected to imitative treatment for the entire song
True
False
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What is Dido and Aenas?
Composed by Henry Purcell
Libretto based upon an episode from Virgil's Aeneid
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What is a Chaconne?
Variations over a repeated bass line called the ground bass or ground
Set of contrasting dance-related movements based on one basic thematic idea
Variations over a repeated harmonic progression
A free-form piece with rapid passagework and little large-scale repetition
57
What is a Gregorian chant?
The dominant chant of the middle medieval period in Europe.
Was used in place of the Renaissance motet in Anglican sacred music
Chants written by Greg Heffley
French song
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What is a Passacaglia?
Variations over a repeated bass line called the ground bass or ground
Variations over a repeated harmonic progression
59
Who is Hildegard von Bingen?
Benedictine abbess of a convent in modern-day Germany
Composed one of the only all-sung Baroque operas in English
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What is a Suite?
Small group of soloists within a concerto grosso
A free-form piece with rapid passagework and little large-scale repetition
Set of contrasting dance-related movements based on one thematic idea
A series of dance or dance-like movements
61
A Madrigal is a word painting
True
False
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An Arietta is a song or aria of relatively small dimensions
True
False
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Who is Claudio Monteverdi?
Began the Counter-Reformation
A major composer situatated between the Renaissance and Baroque eras
A king of Prussia that instructed music to be stopped
A major theologian that was monumental in the Reformation
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What is Opera Italian for?
Art
Work
Drama
Home
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What is an Organum?
A supporting instrument or instruments that play a realized figured bass li
Modal and horizontal textures
The first polyphony which is adding one or more musical voices to a chant
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Ripieno means literally "empty"
False
True
