DCMA Written Exam Review

Lieder = secular song in German

Which "ism" fits Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring"?

Which answer best describes the Renaissance era?

Messiah = Handel

Identify the Genre

Shoenberg = Atonal tone = 12-tone system = serialism

Which answer best aligns with the composer John Dowland?

Which "ism" fits John Cage's "4:33"?

4th part of sonata-allegro form

Select the opposite! Mass = __________

Funny opera written in Italian

Red Priest = Bach

Prayers sung on pitches are chants.

Which answer best aligns with the composer Handel?

Movement #1 in Mass

The ___________ era was from 450-1450.

Bach = Organist

Which answer best aligns with the musician B.B. King?

3rd part of sonata-allegro form

Which answer best aligns with the composer John Dowland?

Which answer best aligns with the composer J.S. Bach?

What is a vocal line that imitates the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of natural speech

2nd part of sonata-allegro form

The ___________ era was from 1600-1750.

The death of Palestrina signified the end of the Renaissance period.

Identify the Genre

What is a general term for all secular music with words in Italian? This was the first pop song.

Martin Luther King was responsible for the Protestant Reformation in 1517.

Fanny Mendelssohn revived the works of J.S. Bach

The ___________ era was from 1750-1820.

This sacred piece is about the crucifixion and death of Christ:

Identify the Genre

Tchaikovsky wrote The Nutcracker

Mozart is one of the "Big Three" Classical composers

Select the opposite! Peasant = __________

Movement #2 in Mass

Which answer best describes the Romantic era?

Which "ism" fits Debussy's "Clair de Lune"?

Identify the Genre

Identify the texture:

1st part of sonata-allegro form

Which answer best aligns with the composer Lully?

Which answer best aligns with the composer Mozart?

Libretto = Opera Music

Machaut wrote the first complete setting of the Mass.

Which answer best aligns with the composer Beethoven?

Which answer best aligns with the composer Haydn?

Identify the texture:

Movement #4 in Mass

Select the opposite! Protestant = __________

Funny opera written in German

The ___________ era was from 1900-Present.

Based on Old Testament

Identify the Genre

Which "ism" fits Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire"?

Identify the Genre

The ___________ era was from 1820-1900.

Based on mythology

Which "ism" fits Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever"?

Which answer best describes the Medieval era?

The death of Bach signified the end of the Baroque period.

Big Mama Thornton = Hound Dog

The death of Dunstable signified the end of the Medieval period.

Identify the texture:

Which answer best aligns with the composer Wagner?

A musical representation of specific poetic images

Leonin and Perotin were famous for writing organum in France.

Fanny Mendelssohn revived the works of J.S. Bach

Movement #5 in Mass

Which answer best aligns with the composer Schubert?

Identify the Genre

Which answer best describes the Baroque era?

Which word best aligns with the composer Hildegard?

Select the opposite! Secular = __________

Identify the Genre

Sonata-Allegro Form = 1st Movement of Symphony

Minuet Trio = 1st Movement of Symphony

The ___________ era was from 1450-1600.

Which answer best aligns with the composer John Dowland?

Which answer best aligns with the composer Palestrina?

Which answer best describes the Classical era?

Movement #3 in Mass

Mass for the Dead is known as a Requiem.

Serious opera written in Italian

Select the opposite! Opera = __________

Which answer best aligns with the composer John Williams?

This is the solo singing that reflects on actions or what is happening in an opera or oratorio:

Which answer best aligns with the composer Verdi?

Carmen = Exoticism

The death of Beethoven signified the end of the Romantic period.