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Music Appreciation Final
What is a basso continuo?
What are the four elements of music?
Music Appreciation Final
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What are the four elements of music?
Pitch, Dynamics, Timbre, Rhythm
Beat, Rhythm, Dynamics, Tone
Pitch, Vibrations, Sound, Beat
Beat, Accent, Tempo, Meter
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What is a basso continuo?
Keyboard + instrument
A bass string instrument
The bass voice continues to sing
A held-out note (drone)
3
The group of Austrian composers (Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern) is called the:
Berg and the Crew
Second Viennese School
The Beatles
The Aleatorics
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Ludwig mimicked his teachers during what period?
Reflection
Externalization
Imitation
5
Ballet by Aaron Copland that uses the song Simple Gifts from the Shakers religious sect?
Gifts for Ma and Pa
Appalachian Spring
Swan Lake
Shake It
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Which answer below is the correct order of voices, from highest to lowest?
Alto, Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, Tenor
Bass, Tenor, Alto, Soprano
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Tenor, Alto, Soprano, Bass
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Tower musician who played trumpets to signal people of incoming danger
Royal Guards
Minstrels
Truveres
Turm Musician
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What is it called when a sound starts LOUD and gradually gets SOFTER?
Tempo
Decrescendo
Accelerando
Buffa
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What dynamic is this?
Medium soft
Very loud
Medium loud
Soft
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What was the deadly illness that wiped out a 3rd of the population in the Medieval Period?
Bubonic Plague
The Great Illness
The Medieval Cough
Chickenpox
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The _________ was a Renaissance double-reed instrument with an upward-curved horn and nasal sound.
Krummhorn
Viol d' Gamba
Hurdy Gurdy
Shawm
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What was a fief?
Music with two or more independent melodies
A small community of 45-50 people
The number 'five' in Medieval speech
A religious community for monks
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What kind of rest is pictured below?
Eighth rest
Quarter rest
Half rest
Whole rest
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German-born composer that traveled widely and absorbed many different genres of music
Martin Luther
Jacopo Peri
George Frederic Handel
Acrangelo Corelli
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What Romantic theme focused on high production of goods?
Nationalism
Industrialism
Exoticism
Impressionism
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This German orchestra was famous for its discipline, technique, and influenced the symphony format
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Orchestra
King Louis XIV Orchestra
Orchestra of Germany
Mannheim orchestra
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What is the name of the Medieval instrument that was a keyboard with a crank?
Shawm
Dulcian
Vielle
Hurdy Gurdy
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A half-singing, half-speaking vocal technique used in the 20th century is called:
Sprechstimme
Libretto
Sprechstimme
Aria
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Which period of music was the shortest?
Renaissance
Classical
Medieval
Romantic
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What was secular music?
The only type of music royalty liked
Music of the church about God
Music that played in different sections
Music that was not about a religious subject
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What is pitch?
How high or low a sound is
Only the highness of a sound
The standard tone of music
How loud or soft a sound is
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What kind of note is this?
Eighth note
Half note
Whole note
Quarter note
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A show-off point for an instrumentalist
Cadenza
Ornamentation
Dank solo
Embellishment
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What is the term for a German art song?
Turm
Lied
Liar
Spiel
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What is the name of the opera house that was built for Wagner?
Wagner's Haus
Festspielhaus
Die Haus de Opera
Opera Comique
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Opera _________ is a short, light-hearted comic opera that focused on the faults of commoners and the wealthy.
Reformed
Italiano
Seria
Buffa
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How do string instruments make sound?
By blowing through a wooden reed
By striking the instrument with a stick
Pressing a key to strike internal strings
By plucking or bowing
28
Lower & middle class revolts, demands for social reforms, and mass executions describes the:
German Uprising
French Revolution
American Revolution
Spanish Inquisition
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What does polyphonic mean?
A single melody with no harmony
Shapes that are placed on early staffs used to notate music
One layer of music that is played over and over again
Music with two or more independent melodies
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What is a Convent?
Religious community for nuns
A holding area for convicts
A meat dish eaten by peasants on holiday
A religious community for monks
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What is the word that means 'to gradually speed up'?
'Cha-cha' (real smooth)
Decrescendo
Accelerando
Crescendo
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Classical ensemble that combines the violin, viola, cello, and double bass
Basso continuo
Symphony
Orchestra
String quartet
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Which instrument below is NOT part of the percussion family?
Xylophone
Timpani
Trumpet
Bass Drum
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How do percussion instruments make sound?
By plucking or bowing the strings
By striking the instrument with a stick
By blowing through a wooden reed
By buzzing through a metal mouthpiece
35
What is the Italian word for 'beautiful voice'?
Spaghet
Beau voca
Bel canto
Angelus de voce
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French opera with a cast of 800 and a large orchestra:
Opera bigamus
Grande drama
Grand opera
Stadium performie
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What people were part of the clergy in the Medieval period?
Monks and priests
Poor workers
Kings, Queens, Knights, and Land owners
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Which answer below shows the correct order of the music periods?
Rena., Medi., Baro., Class., Rom., 20th
Medi., Rena., Baro., Class., Rom., 20th
Medi., Rom., Baro., Class., Rena., 20th
Medi., Rena., Class., Baro., Rom., 20th
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What is a Monastery?
Religious community for nuns
A bank for the rich
Religious community for peasants
Religious community for monks
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German town piper who performed at and supervised music events
Chorales
Bagpipers
Stadtpfeiffer
Troubadour
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What is it called when a musician uses words with music to make a musical 'picture' of the text?
Word printing
Word painting
Word play
Word singing
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Which choice below shows dynamics, from softest to loudest?
f, mf, ff, p, mp, pp
p, mp, pp, f, mf, ff
pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
ff, f, mf, mp, p, pp
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What was sacred music?
Music about love, current events, and partying
Music of the church about God
Music that was sung at the top of the singer's lungs
Music about kings and queens
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What was the three-stage process for printing music in the Renaissance period?
Staff, Notes, Lyrics
Notes, Staff, Lyrics
Notes, Lyrics, Staff
Staff, Lyrics, Notes
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Sounds that are stable and restful are called
Consonant sounds
Dissonant sounds
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What are multiple RHYTHMS played at the same time called?
Polyrhythms
Monorhythms
Polychords
Monochords
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What did the players do during Haydn's 'Farwell Symphony'?
All of the players quit the symphony forever
Each player exited the stage one by one
The players played the wrong song
The string players waved their bows to say 'goodbye'
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Large-scale drama with poetry, acting, scenery, and costumes
Cantata
Symphony
Opera
Chorale
49
Opera _________ is a serious opera with classical or mythological themes
Reformed
Classico
Seria
Buffa
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Who was Florestan?
Robert Schumann's extroverted personality
One of the greatest composers of the Romantic period
The king of Florence, Italy
Robert Schumann's little brother
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Sacred choral composition written for the church service. Contains Kyrie, credo, etc.
Mass
Chanson
Motet
Madrigal
