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Secular Music...
was played by toubadours and trovers.
had no relation to the church.
was played by minstrels.
All of them
2
Renaissance music saw the development of of what musical categories?
Humanism
All that benefited humankind
Sacred and Secular
Mass and Motet
3
In the Renaissance, Humanism...
was the belief that people should strive to be well-educated
was the exploration of new textures.
was freedom of speech.
refers to the way melodic voices imitate one another.
4
The first movement is usually Sonata form. What are the 3 main sections in a sonata? (in order)
Exposition, Developmental, Coda.
Exposition, Recapitulation, Development.
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation.
Priniciple Subject, Second Subject, Closing Section.
5
What musical form was large and was based on a religious theme?
Oratorios.
Monody.
Trills.
Motets.
6
What is ornamentation?
Extra melodies that make up a sonata.
Extra notes that decorate a melody. Ex - Trill.
Monody
7
What is a motet?
Secular music,
A poem or words set to music
The rebirth of art, music, science, math, and many others.
A piece that combines several voices w/ different patterns.
8
What type of music was most popular in (1600-1750)?
Classical
Baroque
Romantic
Renaissance
9
In the romantic period, people emphasized the importance of...
expressing anger.
advising the young.
individual human expression.
superioty.
10
Within the first and last of those sections, there are...
Beginning and Coda.
Middle.
Beginning and end.
Principle Subject, Second Subject, Closing Section (coda).
11
What is the pattern in the 3rd movement?
A-B-A (Sherzo-Trio-Sherzo)
Both 2 and 3.
A-B-A (Minuet-Trio-Minuet).
A-B-A (Trio-Minuet-Trio).
12
The 3rd movement is usually a minuet and trio. What is the time signature?
Common Time (4/4).
None of them.
Sixteenth notes (1/16),
Triple meter (3/4).
13
The First Viennese School included what composers?
Beethoven, Hayden, and Lizt.
Beethoven, Mozart, and Hayden.
Hayden, Handel, and Chopin.
Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart.
14
Music, from the middle ages, was divided in what two categories?
Tonal and Dissonace
Love and hate
Gospel and Rap
Sacred and Secular
15
Joseph Brahms was famous for making a lot of..
instrumental conversation.
piano trios.
character pieces.
beautiful, romantic melodies.
16
What does Counterpoint mean?
To counter-attack.
Episodes that are stated in different pitches.
Episodes which can contain a Motive.
When 2+ voices fit together simaltaneously.
17
What is programmatic music?
Music that tells a story.
Music that shows anger.
Music with lots of contrast.
Music that sounds colorful and imaginative.
18
What is a Mass?
a musical church service with many sections.
A large choral work w/ various tempos.
A large symphony that mostly comprises of a choir
A piece that combines several voices with different melodies
19
The first movement is usually...
Slow, lyrical, and more reflective.
Fast and exciting.
Dance-like.
Spirited and accomplishing.
20
The 4th movement is usually in Rondo. What are the order of themes in a Rondo?
A-B-A-C
A-A-B-B-C-C
A-B-A-C-A-B-A
B-A-B-C-B-A-B
21
The 4th movement is...
Strong and Spiritied.
Fast and Exciting.
Dance-like.
Reflective.
22
Sacred music is...
Gypsy Music.
Religious music that was accompanied by Hymns.
Religious music that was an important part of worship.
Religious music that was invented by the common folk.
23
Sacred music was usually...
Monophonic in Texture
Loud and Exciting
24
Instruments from Middle ages include
All of them.
Strings
Woodwinds - flutes, pipes, and horns
Percussion - drums and bells
25
What music was most popular in (1820-1910)?
Romantic
Classical
Baroque
None are listed
26
Who created the bridge between Classical and Romantic?
Hayden.
Beethoven.
Schubert.
Mozart.
27
The mass was usually based on a main melody called "The Cantus Firmus". This was...
Stupid
the musical foundation for the entire work.
28
What does Neoclassical mean?
Something nothing to do with classical music.
The return of Classical music.
Classical music with a sense of newness.
Classical music with no passion but mathematical alignments.
29
Bach was born in...
Austria
Viennese
France
Germany
30
In a Rondo, which themes are reoccurring?
A and B.
None of them.
A, B, and C.
C.
31
A fugue features...
a subject, an answer, and a countersubject.
Episodes.
All of them.
overlapping voices that copy another, restating the melody.
32
Hayden performed in front of patrons to make a living. What are Patrons?
They help those who cannot make enough.
They provide financial support for musicians.
Schools of music that paid their performer.
Evening gatherings in which the public tossed coins in a hat
33
A part of sacred music was "plainchant", which is/are
a reworking of the themes musical elements
a free-flowing vocal line that sounded like a musical speech
sections which the subject is not fully stated in any voice
34
Who were the composers during the time of the impressionist?
Maurice Ravel and Monet.
Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy.
Monet and Claude Debussy.
Ravel, Debussy, and Monet.
35
Classical music was most popular in...
(1750-1850)
(1700-1900)
(1747-1907)
(1750-1820)
36
Renaissance music was most popular in...
(1450-1600)
(1450-1570)
(1400-1600)
(1500-1600)
37
The classical symphony usually includes...
Sonatas.
4 movements.
Terraced Dynamics.
Scherzos.
38
Who was the master composer of motets?
Claude Debussy.
Chopin.
Josquin Desprez.
Scott Joplin.
39
One main theme in the beginning followed by a set of variations on that theme is a...
Version of Sonata Form
Theme and variations form
Both
40
What musical style became popular in the Renaissance?
Complex Sounds.
Polyphony and Imitative Counterpoint.
Polyphony
Imitative Counterpoint.
41
What musical form focuses on making one melody stand out.
Ornamentation.
Fugues.
Oratorios.
Monody
42
The second theme is a "version of sonata" form, or (aka)...
Theme and Version form.
Theme and counterpoint form.
Theme and Variation form.
Counterpoint and Variation form.
43
What were the 3 main composers of the Baroque period?
Hayden, Beethoven, Mozart.
Handel, Bach, Vivaldi.
Vivaldi, Bach, Dubussy.
Bach, Lizt, Hayden.
44
The classical period was during the...
Enlightment
Rebirth
Modern
Rennaissance.
45
What are Music Historians called?
Mass
Musicologist
Motets
Music Historians
46
George Fredric Handel composed mostly....
oratorio and later operas.
Trios and later oratorios.
oratorios and later operas.
operas and later oratorios.
47
Schubert popularized the lied and....
piano trios.
All of them.
chromaticism.
secular music.
48
Music in the Middle ages was...
The time before the Renaissance. (500-1500)
The time after the classical era
Now
The time before the Baroque period
49
What are terraced dynamics?
Crescendos and Dinumendos.
Sudden change in dynamics.
None of them.
Sudden change of tempo.
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The 2nd movement is...
Strong and Spirited.
Dance-like.
Fast and exciting.
Slow, lyrical, and more reflective.
