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2018 V.4 Music History and Theory Midterm Exam Review-PARTIAL
2018 V.4 Music History and Theory Midterm Exam Review-PARTIAL
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Review for the Music History and Theory Midterm Exam (Romantic and 20th Century Music)
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This ballet caused a riot on opening night
The Nutcracker
The Firebird
Petrushka
The Rite of Spring
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Who composed this piece?
Alban Berg
Gioachino Rossini
Richard Wagner
Giacomo Puccini
3
What is the title of the piece?
"La Donna è Mobile"
Love Scene from Act I Finale
"Largo e Factotum"
Scene 1 excerpt
4
What is the correct roman numeral for this chord?
ii64
vii6
viio6
ii
5
What is the correct roman numeral for this chord?
I
iii
III
III+
6
From bottom to top, how could you write a i
6
4
chord in Eb Minor
Bb-Gb-Bb-Eb
B-Gb-Eb-B
G-Bb-Eb-Eb
G-Bb-Eb-G
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Who composed this piece?
William Still
Aaron Copland
Hector Berlioz
Igor Stravinsky
8
What form has a theme followed by variations on that theme?
Rondo
Sonata Form
Minuet and Trio
Theme and Variations
9
What is the title of this piece?
Rhapsody in Blue
Poeme electronique
Harmonium
Short Ride in a fast Machine
10
Major Scales start on what note?
So
Do
Fa
La
11
What is
Chance Music
?
An instrumental piece that incorporates vocals
A series written in retrograde
A multi-movement piece for percussion
A piece composed by random methods, like throwing coins
12
A collection of songs with a common theme is called what?
Program Symphony
Absolute Music
Symphonic Poem
Song Cycle
13
How did Tchaikovsky communicate with his benefactor?
Through phone calls
In person
Through servants
Through letters
14
What is a tone row?
A way to alter the major scale to make the piece atonal
A specific sequence of pitches organized using math
The sequence of pitches used in serial music
A way to organize rhythm in expressionist music
15
Debussy worked as a pianist for which patroness?
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Ella Fitzgerald
Nadazhda von Meck
Clara Schumann
16
Who composed this piece?
Gioachino Rossini
Richard Wagner
Giuseppe Verdi
Giacomo Puccini
17
Who is the composer of this piece?
Clara Schumann
Philip Glass
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
George Frideric Handel
18
Which voice DOES NOT need to be within an octave of another voice?
Alto
Bass
Tenor
Soprano
19
Who composed the piece?
Verdi
Robert Schumann
Haydn
Puccini
20
What is the title of the piece?
Rhapsody in Blue
Concerto for Orchestra
Afro-American Symphony
The Rite of Spring
21
What is an etude?
A piano piece in two movements
A piano piece for cross hand playing
A piano piece to practice a specific skill
A piano piece that is a single page long
22
What is a quintal chord?
A chord made up of fifths instead of thirds
A chord made up of fourths instead of thirds
A chord where the notes are a whole or half step apart
Two chords played at once
23
Nationalism led to the unification of which nation?
Italy
Germany
France
Spain
24
Who composed this piece?
Igor Stravinsky
Bela Bartok
George Gershwin
William Grant Still
25
What is the title of the piece?
Afro-American Symphony, Third Movement
The Rite of Spring
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, First Movement
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor
26
Atonal music is:
Music written in two keys
Music written with in several keys
Music written in all keys
Music written in no key
27
Stravinsky studied with what classical composer?
Bach
Mozart
Rimsky-Korsakov
Haydn
28
The texture of Romantic music is generally:
homophonic
heterophonic
monophonic
polyphonic
29
Who rescued Wagner from financial ruin?
The Emperor of Austria
The Duke of Mercia
The Medici Family
The King of Bavaria
30
This composer inspired Romantic composers to work freelance:
Beethoven
Mozart
Bach
Haydn
31
What is the title of the piece?
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, First Movement
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, First Movement
Symphonie Fantastique , “March to the Scaffold”
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, First Movement
32
This composer's primary income source was conducting
Charles Ives
Anton Webern
Igor Stravinsky
Arnold Schoenberg
33
What is Verdi’s first opera?
Nabucco
Rigoletto
Aida
Oberto
34
From bottom to top, how could you write a vi
6
4
chord in F# Major?
A#-F#-A#-D#
A-F#-A-D
F#-A#-D#-F#
A#-F#-A#-D
35
What is the title of the piece?
Rhapsody in Blue
Concerto for Orchestra
The Rite of Spring
Afro-American Symphony
36
What is the title of the piece?
"Largo e Factotum"
Act III Scene 4
Scene 1 excerpt
Love Scene from Act I Finale
37
What is a rhapsody?
A piece where a main theme alternates with new material
A piece in triple meter based on dance rhythms
A one movement sectional work with elements of improvisation
A piece for solo instrument and orchestra
38
Program Music is:
Vocal music based on poetry
Instrumental music associated with a story, idea, or theme
Music with a written program
Music that follows a literary structure
39
Chopin wished that he could play his own piano etudes the way this composer did!
Franz Liszt
Clara Schumann
Hector Berlioz
Johann Brahms
40
Who is the composer of this piece?
Ben Franklin
John Cage
John Adams
Edgard Varese
41
What is a polychord?
A chord that uses all 12 notes of the chromatic scale
A chord that has more than three notes
A chord with all seven notes of the scale
Two chords played at once
42
What is the correct roman numeral for this chord?
iio64
II64
ii6
iio6
43
What is the title of this piece?
Symphony Number 3
Liberation of Sound
Concerto Grosso 1985
Sonatas and Interludes
44
Minimalist music is characterized by:
a wide range of dynamics and pitches
large orchestras, with prepared piano and chorus of sporanos
only percussion instruments
steady pulse, clear tonality, short repeated melodic pattern
45
From bottom to top, how could you write a III
chord in A minor?
C-E-E-G
G-C-E-G
E-C-E-G
C-E-C-G
46
What is the correct roman numeral for this chord?
IV6
IV64
IV
I
47
What is polyrhythm?
Multiple contrasting rhythms at once
Multiple keys at once
Multiple chords at once
Multiple time signatures at once
48
What is rubato?
A false ending
A slower version of vibrato
A tempo marking meaning "Slow and solemn'
An unwritten change of tempo to produce an expressive effect
49
What opera is this from?
The Barber of Seville
La Boheme
Die Walküre
Rigoletto
50
Verdi elected to what position after the Unification of Italy?
The Camerieri
President
Prime Minister
Parliament
51
What is the title of the piece?
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, First Movement
Rigoletto, La donna e mobile
La Boheme, Che gelida manina
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, First Movement
52
A sense of being loyal to one’s country and believing that it's better than other countries is:
Ethnocentrism
Exoticism
Nationalism
Patriotism
53
Natural Minor Scales start on what note? (hint: related to a Major key)
Mi
Re
Ti
La
54
Which composer was part of the Second Viennese School?
Arnold Schoenberg
Alban Berg
Anton Webern
Bela Bartok
55
What is serialism?
Music that is based on mathematical equations
Music based on harmonic sequences
Music based on a melodic sequence along chords
Music organized with one or more series
56
What style of architecture was revived in the Romantic era?
Plutonic
Ionic
Neoclassic
Gothic
57
Who composed this piece?
Bela Bartok
George Gershwin
Igor Stravinsky
William Grant Still
58
What did Wagner call his operas?
Spektakel
Muzik kunstwerk
Music Dramas
Oper Deutsch
59
Who composed the piece?
Berlioz
Mozart
Haydn
Robert Schumann
60
This composer studied with French teacher Nadia Boulanger:
Aaron Copland
Claude Debussy
Arnold Schoenberg
Bela Bartok
61
Brahms wrote in every genre except what?
Program Music
Chamber Music
Symphonies
Opera
62
Which composer was more conservative that other of the time?
Franz Liszt
Hector Berlioz
Felix Mendelssohn
Robert Schumann
63
What opera is this from?
La Boheme
Wozzeck
The Barber of Seville
Die Walküre
64
What is a tone cluster?
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
A chord based on fifths instead of thirds
65
What is a whole tone scale?
A scale that alternates half and whole steps
A scale made up of only five notes
A scale made up of whole steps
A scale with a lowered seventh, third, and fifth
66
What was Rossini’s most famous opera?
La Boheme
Madame Butterfly
Rigoletto
The Barber of Seville
67
Which political movements forced many composers from their jobs?
Fascism
Communism
Jingoism
Nazism
68
What is the definition of extended technique?
Using amplification for volume
Using an instrument in a way it was not originally intended
adding onto the physical length of an instrument
Using one instrument to imitate another
69
This composer first gained attention with the opera Wozzeck.
Alban Berg
Aaron Copland
Anton Webern
Arnold Schoenberg
70
Resistance to who’s rule awakened patriotic senses in many nations?
Napoleon
Caesar
King George VI
Marie Antionette
