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Music Appreciation - Elements of Music, Middle Ages & Renaissance, Baroque
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1
Sets of dance inspired instrumental movements are called....
sonatas
suites
Concertos
cantatas
2
The Renaissance, as a stylistic period in western music, encompassed which years?
1450-1600
1750-1820
1600-1750
1820-1900
3
The first and last movements of the concerto grosso are often in what form?
Ritornello
Ternary
Sonata
Theme and Variations
4
What is a common feature of Baroque instrumental music?
Constantly changing moods.
A focus on the dark side of humanity.
One basic mood.
Emotional calm.
5
The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and who?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Georges Handel Bach
Galileo Galilei
Giovanni Gabrieli
6
During the Middle Ages, what institution was the center of musical life?
Opera houses
The church
The King's court
The castle
7
What is a MAJOR difference between a cantata and an oratorio?
An oratorio is based oninternational dances.
An oratorio is not intended for religious services.
An oratorio is based on biblical stories.
An oratorio features solo singers.
8
Sets of dance-inspired instrumental movements are called ______.
Sonatas
Concertos
Cantatas
Suites
9
Handel spent the major portion of his life in what country?
Germany
Italy
Ireland
England
10
The phrase
Middle Ages
refers to the period of European history spanning ______.
450-1000
1000-1150
1150-1450
450-1450
11
The Baroque period in western music is usually given as what years?
1750-1820
1450-1600
450-1450
1600-1750
12
The large group of players in a concerto grosso is known as the ______.
tutti
orchestra
concertino
soloists
13
A large-scale composition for chorus, soloists, & orchestra, usually set to biblical text, is called a(n) ______.
Chorale
Cantata
Oratorio
Opera
14
The longest period of Bach's professional life was spent as director of music at St. Thomas's Church in ______.
Eisenach
Leipzig
Cöthen
Rome
15
Between 700 -900, what happened to develop polyphony in Western music?
Monks began adding a second melodic line to Gregorian Chants.
People were dancing and singing at the same time.
Instruments began duplicating the melodic line.
More instruments were being developed.
16
What was NOT a subject of the trouvère songs of the Middle Ages?
Religion
Crusades
Dancing
Love
17
Vivaldi was known as a virtuoso on what instrument?
Violin
Harpsichord
Organ
Lute
18
An ______ is a play, set to music, sung to orchestral accompaniment, with scenery, costumes, and action.
Canata
Opera
Solo
Oratorio
19
What innovation of the school of Notre Dame can be seen in the music manuscripts of Leonin and Perotin?
Orchestration
Word painting
Measured rhythms
The use of church modes
20
What is a primary feature of Baroque music?
Basso Continuo
Gradual dynamic changes.
Monophonic textures
Simple singable melodies.
21
What are
terraced dynamics
?
A gradual change from soft to loud
The sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another
Dynamics that are not written in the music but added by the performer
A gradual change from loud to soft
22
Vivaldi spent most of his life working at an institution for orphaned and illegitimate girls in what city?
London
Rome
Paris
Venice
23
Early Gregorian chant was mostly ______ in texture.
monophonic
polyphonic
heterophonic
homophonic
24
What is a song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment called that does not further a storyline?
Recitative
Aria
Chorus
Ensemble
25
Bach was recognized as the most eminent ______ of his day.
composer
organist
conductor
violinist
26
Baroque trio sonatas usually involve ______ performers.
four
two
three
five
27
What type of sonata was intended to be played in church, and therefore dignified and suitable for sacred performance?
Sonata da camera
Basso ostinato
Trio sonata
Sonata da chiesa
28
Which of the following about Vivaldi’s
La Primavera (Spring)
from
The Four Seasons
is true?
Louis XV, king of France, detested the piece and banned it fromperformance.
The piece is an example of program music.
It was little known during his life.
Was written with a famous Venetian librettist.
29
Handel's
Messiah
is an example of what genre?
Opera
Program Music
Cantata
Oratorio
30
The first Oratorios were based on what source material?
Plays of Shakespeare
Greek tragedies
Greek and Roman literature
Bible stories
31
Who composed
Dido and Aeneas
, which many consider to be the finest opera ever written to an English text?
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frideric Handel
Henry Purcell
Claudio Monteverdi
32
An ______ is an orchestral composition performed before the curtain rises on a dramatic work.
Aria
Opera
Overture
Opening
33
Baroque melodies often feature what characteristics?
Monophonic texture.
Short and simple.
An elaborate and ornamental sound.
They are easy to sing.
34
What was the principal means of musical expression in the Lutheran service?
Cantata
Fugue
Sacred Suite
Church Opera
35
The various dances of the baroque suite typically exhibit what characteristic?
Theme and Variation
Polyphonic texture
ABA form
AABB form
36
The _______ is a Lutheran hymn tune.
Chorale
Cantata
Aria
Prelude
37
Which singer has a low range and usually takes comic roles?
Lyric Tenor
Basso Buffo
Basso Profundo
Tenor
38
What is a major difference between an oratorio and a cantata?
An oratorio is not meant for religious services.
An oratorio is features solo singers.
An oratorio is based on international dances.
A cantata is only performed in a theater.
39
Who was a leading English composer of lute songs?
John Dowland
Josquin Desprez
Thomas Weelkes
Titian
40
The first opera house in Europe to offer entry to anyone with the price of admission opened in 1637 in what city?
London
Paris
Rome
Venice
41
Handel is associated with which period?
Classical
Late Renaissance
Early Baroque
Late Baroque
42
Why is Bach's
Brandenburg
Concerto No. 5 unusual?
It gives a solo role to the harpsichord.
The first movement is not intypical ritornello form.
It consists of a single movement.
It consists of four movements.
43
Why did the church in the early musical periods frown on instruments?
They didn't have people that could play them.
They were associated with Minstrels and Jongleurs.
They had an earlier role in pagan rites.
They wanted to use the money to help the poor.
44
Today, what singing type performs a castrato part in baroque opera?
Soprano
Alto
Baritone
Counter Tenor
45
Most Medieval (Middle Age) music was written for what performing force or instrument?
Pianos
Voices
Organs
Harpsichord
46
The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly ______.
heterophonic
polyphonic
homophonic
monophonic
