Cumulative Final Exam Review Game

Which of the following is NOT a value of Baroque Era music?

Atonal music is music that lacks a tonal center/ home key signature.

Which of the following is NOT true of Ludwig van Beethoven?

Which of the following is a difference between Classicism and Neo-Classicism?

The book-end dates of the Modern Era are:

Which of the following is NOT a main value of Modern Music?

____ is a light-hearted style of opera with a pleasant subject, comedy, and a happy ending. (Select all that apply!)

Ludwig van Beethoven nearly single-handedly ushered in the Romantic Era.

What does "Emancipation of the Dissonance" mean?

________________ is the lead pitched drum, also known as the talking drum, in traditional African music.

The language of Blues and Jazz music is one element that comes from traditional African music.

George Frideric Handel was extremely well known for his oratorios.

What are the book-end dates of the evolution of American Music and Jazz?

______ is the Father of Western Art Music.

_________ is a genre composed for solo piano that uses a highly syncopated melody over a rhythmically-steady bass.

Which of the following titles belong to Franz Joseph Haydn? (Select all that apply!)

Edgard Varese experimented with computerized (or synthesized) sound in music.

Which of the following is NOT a value of Postmodern Music?

Which of the following composers IS an Impressionist Composer?

When music is ________, that means it is easy for many people to enjoy it.

A _____ is a single-movement work for orchestra that is meant to evoke a poem, story, or piece of art.

Which of the following did NOT happen to Orchestras between the Classical and Romantic Eras?

______ is the dominant driving force in Western Art Music:

A _________ is a piece written for a solo instrument with orchestral (large ensemble) accompaniment.

Romantic music has increased amounts of chromaticism, as compared with Classical music.

Which of the following is NOT part of Franz Liszt's legacy?

What are the book-end dates for the Swing/ Big Band era?

Which of the following is NOT a value of Romantic Music?

Which of the following composers made significant contributions to Classical Opera?

Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead is an example of a Symphonic Poem.

Music is a reflection of a given place and time in history.

____ is the concept of providing a commentary on or response to something through music.

______ is a musical sentence, with a clear beginning, middle, and end:

This type of music is meant to reach as many people as possible:

A _________ is a piece written for a solo instrument with only 1-2 instruments (often piano) accompanying.

The book-end dates of the Romantic Era are:

_________ is the height of Jazz.

Which of the following is arguably the single biggest difference between the Classical and Romantic Eras?

______ is when multiple pitches sound simultaneously, with some pitches being subservient to others:

Developments in Music and the Arts in the 1900s were highly influenced by WWI and WWII.

_________ are intervals in pitch that are smaller than a half-step (the smallest interval in Western Music).

Besides J. S. Bach, who was ONE more influential composer in the Baroque Era?

Which of the following composers is known as the Father of the Classical Era?

This type of music is a traditional part of the society from which it comes:

Western Art Music is unique in that it is the only music that values harmony above all other musical elements.

Who wrote the first opera in history?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his first composition when he was 5 years old.

The book-end dates of the Impressionist Era are:

In music, the term "dynamics" refers to volume (how loud or soft something is):

_________ is a response to BeBop. The music was overall softer, slower, and lower in pitch.

Which of the following is NOT a value of Western Art Music?

The book-end dates of the Postmodern Era are:

Antonio Vivaldi was employed by an Orphanage for orphaned girls and young woman.

The Tin Pan Alley was/ is in which major city?

Which composer was the hero of the Counter-Reformation?

The Classical and Romantic Eras have extremely little in common.

Franz Schubert was very famous and well-known during his lifetime.

__________________________ are notes that are lowered to give a sense of sadness.

_________ is the first true American music:

What are the book-end dates for the Blues era?

Classicism takes the formal structures and conventions of Romanticism and stretches/ expands them.

Which of the following composers IS a Neo-Classical Composer?

________________ is the principle singer who calls others to worship through the Adhan in traditional Islamic music.

____ is the main sequence of individual, consecutive pitches:

______________________ is the melody in traditional Indian music. It is the main expressive element of Indian music.

______ was mostly known for his skill at composing Motets, the most notable of which is, perhaps, Ave Maria.

______________________ are the rests, or silence, in traditional Japanese Folk Music.

_____________ is the belief that people are strong, intelligent, and in charge of their own lives.

What are the book-end dates for the New Orleans Jazz era?

This type of music is meant to be listened to actively (not passively):

Rossini's Opera The Barber of Seville is an example of Comedic Opera.

Orchestras tripled in size between the Classical and Romantic Eras.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Minimalist Music?

What are the book-end dates of the Baroque Era?

______ is a system of organization in music in which each of the 12 pitches are used in a fixed order.

Impressionism first began in France in the Visual Arts.

Haydn's music was considered light and humorous during his time.

Franz Liszt is remembered as one of the most prolific Symphony composers in history.

____ is the act of depicting the text, in music, through literal musical gestures.

A/ an ___________ is a religious piece that is performed with choir & orchestra. It is opera-like but lacks staging.

Edgard Varese composed ___________ music.

When did American Popular Music first begin to emerge?

_____ are usually written for solo voice and piano, the music enhances the emotions of pre-existing text (like a poem).

Which of the following IS a value of Romantic Music?

_________ is the first true American Art music:

_________ is monophonic, vocal, religious music of the Middle Ages:

Organum was typically performed in early Cathedrals.

What are the book-end dates of the Renaissance?

The book-end dates of the Classical Era are:

______ are any non-conventional way of producing sound on a musical instrument