MU-103A Final Exam Review Winter 2023

Continuo parts were typically played by:

The first examples of Western European classical music are:

The two most influential composers of the Baroque period were: 

The cantus firmus:

_____ was a prodigiously gifted child

A sacred polyphonic composition, usually sung in Latin without accompaniment is called:

The rhythm of Gregorian chant:

Single-movement orchestral work with contrasting moods that describes something:

The composer of the famous oratorio The Messiah was:

Wagner is best known for his:

Virtuoso means: 

A setting of one note to each syllable of text is called:

A consort was:

Two violins, one viola, and one cello playing in ensemble is:

Music created to depict moods, images, stories, and characters is called:

The concerto sometimes includes:

A Lied is:

An imitative contrapuntal form built on one or two themes is called a:

Gabrieli used this church to enhance his compositions for double choirs and instruments

The orchestra of the Classic Period:

This musical genre dealt with topics such as courtly love and pastoral scenes:

Chants were not notated: 

The composer who wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier was:

Music created for its own sake, without any extramusical connotations is known as:

The rhythm of Gregorian Chant: