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NO THEORY V.4 Music History and Theory Midterm Exam Review
NO THEORY V.4 Music History and Theory Midterm Exam Review
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Review for the Music History and Theory Midterm Exam (Romantic and 20th Century Music)
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Who composed the piece?
Berlioz
Robert Schumann
Mozart
Haydn
2
What is an etude?
A piano piece for cross hand playing
A piano piece to practice a specific skill
A piano piece in two movements
A piano piece that is a single page long
3
Which political movements forced many composers from their jobs?
Jingoism
Nazism
Communism
Fascism
4
Who is the composer of this piece?
George Frideric Handel
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Clara Schumann
Philip Glass
5
Atonal music is:
Music written in all keys
Music written in no key
Music written in two keys
Music written with in several keys
6
Who composed this piece?
William Grant Still
Igor Stravinsky
Bela Bartok
George Gershwin
7
Verdi elected to what position after the Unification of Italy?
President
Prime Minister
The Camerieri
Parliament
8
What is polyrhythm?
Multiple time signatures at once
Multiple keys at once
Multiple contrasting rhythms at once
Multiple chords at once
9
What is the title of this piece?
Sonatas and Interludes
Concerto Grosso 1985
Symphony Number 3
Liberation of Sound
10
What is rubato?
An unwritten change of tempo to produce an expressive effect
A false ending
A tempo marking meaning "Slow and solemn'
A slower version of vibrato
11
What was Rossini’s most famous opera?
Rigoletto
La Boheme
The Barber of Seville
Madame Butterfly
12
Which composer was more conservative that other of the time?
Felix Mendelssohn
Hector Berlioz
Franz Liszt
Robert Schumann
13
What is the title of the piece?
The Rite of Spring
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor
Afro-American Symphony, Third Movement
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, First Movement
14
What is a polychord?
A chord with all seven notes of the scale
Two chords played at once
A chord that uses all 12 notes of the chromatic scale
A chord that has more than three notes
15
What style of architecture was revived in the Romantic era?
Ionic
Plutonic
Neoclassic
Gothic
16
Stravinsky studied with what classical composer?
Rimsky-Korsakov
Bach
Haydn
Mozart
17
What is a tone cluster?
A chord based on fifths instead of thirds
Two chords played at once
A chord based on fourths instead of thirds
A chord where the notes are a whole or half step apart
18
What is the title of the piece?
Concerto for Orchestra
Afro-American Symphony
Rhapsody in Blue
The Rite of Spring
19
Who composed the piece?
Puccini
Robert Schumann
Haydn
Verdi
20
What is the title of the piece?
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, First Movement
Symphonie Fantastique , “March to the Scaffold”
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, First Movement
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, First Movement
21
This composer inspired Romantic composers to work freelance:
Beethoven
Mozart
Bach
Haydn
22
A sense of being loyal to one’s country and believing that it's better than other countries is:
Patriotism
Exoticism
Nationalism
Ethnocentrism
23
A collection of songs with a common theme is called what?
Song Cycle
Symphonic Poem
Program Symphony
Absolute Music
24
This composer first gained attention with the opera Wozzeck.
Arnold Schoenberg
Aaron Copland
Alban Berg
Anton Webern
25
The texture of Romantic music is generally:
homophonic
heterophonic
polyphonic
monophonic
26
What is the title of this piece?
Harmonium
Rhapsody in Blue
Poeme electronique
Short Ride in a fast Machine
27
What is the title of the piece?
Concerto for Orchestra
The Rite of Spring
Rhapsody in Blue
Afro-American Symphony
28
What is the title of the piece?
Scene 1 excerpt
Love Scene from Act I Finale
"Largo e Factotum"
"La Donna è Mobile"
29
What is a tone row?
A way to organize rhythm in expressionist music
A specific sequence of pitches organized using math
The sequence of pitches used in serial music
A way to alter the major scale to make the piece atonal
30
Who composed this piece?
George Gershwin
Igor Stravinsky
William Grant Still
Bela Bartok
31
Debussy worked as a pianist for which patroness?
Clara Schumann
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Nadazhda von Meck
Ella Fitzgerald
32
What opera is this from?
Wozzeck
The Barber of Seville
Die Walküre
La Boheme
33
Which composer was part of the Second Viennese School?
Bela Bartok
Anton Webern
Alban Berg
Arnold Schoenberg
34
What is a quintal chord?
A chord made up of fifths instead of thirds
Two chords played at once
A chord made up of fourths instead of thirds
A chord where the notes are a whole or half step apart
35
What did Wagner call his operas?
Music Dramas
Muzik kunstwerk
Spektakel
Oper Deutsch
36
What is a rhapsody?
A piece in triple meter based on dance rhythms
A one movement sectional work with elements of improvisation
A piece where a main theme alternates with new material
A piece for solo instrument and orchestra
37
Who rescued Wagner from financial ruin?
The Duke of Mercia
The King of Bavaria
The Medici Family
The Emperor of Austria
38
Program Music is:
Music that follows a literary structure
Instrumental music associated with a story, idea, or theme
Music with a written program
Vocal music based on poetry
39
How did Tchaikovsky communicate with his benefactor?
Through letters
Through phone calls
In person
Through servants
40
Brahms wrote in every genre except what?
Symphonies
Chamber Music
Opera
Program Music
41
What form has a theme followed by variations on that theme?
Minuet and Trio
Sonata Form
Theme and Variations
Rondo
42
What is the definition of extended technique?
Using one instrument to imitate another
adding onto the physical length of an instrument
Using an instrument in a way it was not originally intended
Using amplification for volume
43
Nationalism led to the unification of which nation?
Italy
Germany
France
Spain
44
This composer studied with French teacher Nadia Boulanger:
Claude Debussy
Arnold Schoenberg
Bela Bartok
Aaron Copland
45
What is the title of the piece?
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, First Movement
La Boheme, Che gelida manina
Rigoletto, La donna e mobile
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, First Movement
46
This ballet caused a riot on opening night
The Firebird
Petrushka
The Nutcracker
The Rite of Spring
47
Who is the composer of this piece?
John Adams
Edgard Varese
Ben Franklin
John Cage
48
What is serialism?
Music that is based on mathematical equations
Music organized with one or more series
Music based on harmonic sequences
Music based on a melodic sequence along chords
49
What is Verdi’s first opera?
Nabucco
Oberto
Aida
Rigoletto
50
Resistance to who’s rule awakened patriotic senses in many nations?
Marie Antionette
Caesar
King George VI
Napoleon
51
Who composed this piece?
Giuseppe Verdi
Richard Wagner
Gioachino Rossini
Giacomo Puccini
52
Minimalist music is characterized by:
steady pulse, clear tonality, short repeated melodic pattern
large orchestras, with prepared piano and chorus of sporanos
only percussion instruments
a wide range of dynamics and pitches
53
Who composed this piece?
Richard Wagner
Gioachino Rossini
Alban Berg
Giacomo Puccini
54
What opera is this from?
Rigoletto
The Barber of Seville
Die Walküre
La Boheme
55
What is a whole tone scale?
A scale that alternates half and whole steps
A scale with a lowered seventh, third, and fifth
A scale made up of whole steps
A scale made up of only five notes
56
This composer's primary income source was conducting
Igor Stravinsky
Arnold Schoenberg
Charles Ives
Anton Webern
57
What is
Chance Music
?
A series written in retrograde
A multi-movement piece for percussion
An instrumental piece that incorporates vocals
A piece composed by random methods, like throwing coins
58
Chopin wished that he could play his own piano etudes the way this composer did!
Franz Liszt
Clara Schumann
Johann Brahms
Hector Berlioz
59
Who composed this piece?
Aaron Copland
William Still
Igor Stravinsky
Hector Berlioz
