SACS Review

The Renaissance Italian madrigals were initially intended for the enjoyment of the singers in social settings.

Neo-romanticism refers to works that exist after and incorporate elements from the Romantic era.

Humanism and Sprezzatura were characteristics of the ________ period.

By the end of the Renaissance, barlines are introduced and musical notation largely assumes its present-day form.

Gesamtkunstwerk and leitmotif are terms associated with which Composer?

Characteristics of Opera buffa include:

The Council of Trent had which musical complaints?

The two basic types of Organum are Early and Notre Dame.

The 20th century brought amplification, recording, radio, TV, internet, and electronic sound production.

An avant-garde movement in music characterized by the repetition of very short phrases, producing hypnotic effects.

"Parlor" Songs originated in which country?

Oratorios were performed during Lent, when operas were not permitted.

Which of the following composers were associated with the rise of Musical Theater?

In what era did most notational innovations occur?

Some of the main features of reform opera include:

William Byrd was the most important English composer of the Renaissance.

Rameau's Traité de l'harmonie is still one of the most important musical treatises ever written.

The piano replaced the harpsichord and clavichord in the early Classical period.

Ornamentation was always notated by the composers during the Baroque period.

Which composer is credited with the development of serialism?

According to Dr. Dolata, the best and most under-appreciated composer of all time is ______.

After the decline of the Roman Empire, the Christian Church became the main unifying force of culture in Europe.

Which of the following composers wrote lieder that were stylistically epitomal.

What two countries dominated music in the Classical era?

Who developed the hexachord?

A leading characteristic of modernism is the use of atonality.

Tchaikovsky was considered to be part of the Mighty Handful.

Chants can be musically classified according to what criteria?

The Medieval motets were polyphonic works with one or more texted voices added to a preexisting tenor.

Stravinsky's music can be classified into three periods: Russian Period, Neoclassical Period, and Serial Period

The Baroque period was known as the Age of Enlightenment.

Satié was considered to be an Impressionist composer.

Italian recitative was much more measured and structured than French recitative.

The history of western European culture begins with ancient Egypt.

Sound, situation, pitch, and ornamentation are all parameters of Performance Practice.

Prior to 1450, instrumental music was always notated.

Palestrina is credited with saving polyphony.

The years for the Renaissance period are:

The instrumental concerto was structured into three movements in Ritornello form.

How did tropes expand existing chants?

The Middle Ages produced two distinct bodies of song: sacred and secular.

The stylistic innovation of the Ars Nova centers around ....

The Introit is part of the Ordinary of The Mass.

The Doctrine of Affections is associated with the Classical period.

The leader of the musical reformation in Germany was ______.

Principal genres of the Classical period include:

The most popular household instrument in the sixteenth century was the...

Characteristics of the Tragédie Lyrique include:

In mid-17th century Italian opera, solo singing is most important.

Characteristics of Empfindsam style include: