Midterm 2 Review

An exposition, development, and recapitulation are all part of _________ form.

Which of type of concerti features multiple soloists?

A(n) ____________ is a staged play sung to music.

When was Giovanni da Palestrina composing?

Who wrote Beggar's Opera?

True or false: Word painting is when the music follows the meaning and feelings of words very closely.

The ______________________ began when Martin Luther nailed 95 theses on the door of a church in Wittemberg, Germany.

A(n) ______________ is a German language art song.

A ______________ is a 16th-century secular polyphonic song in the Italian language.

True or false: The tutti passages in a concerto are the ones that emphasize the soloist.

What is the main idea of a scherzo?

True or false: A character piece is intended to take on an evocative or picturesque character.

Which of these is true about coloratura practice?

In a Baroque concerto, the _____________ are the sections that feature different passages.

Which of these is true about sonatas?

Who wrote the opera Norma?

Which of these is not one of the five components of Romanticism?

Who wrote this aria from Rigoletto?

True or false: The oratorio grew out of later 16th-century elite prayer services in Rome.

The Agnus dei movement from Josquin de Prés L'Homme armé masses is an example of a ________________.

_____________________ is the technique of composing polyphony.

____________________ is when two or more different notes or melodies are played at the same time.

A(n) _________ is a song incorporated into an opera.

What does bel canto mean?

You are likely to hear a villancico in ______________ Renaissance polyphony.

Divertimento means...

What does opera buffa mean?

Which composer wrote a song cycle called Dichterliebe?

True or false: Claudio Monteverdi was a composer from the early Classic period.

_____________________ is instrumental music that has been written according to an external text or image.

________________, also known as hymns, are the foundation of Protestant music.

True or false: Clara Schumann was more of a conservative composer.

Who wrote the Brandenburg Concerti?

A(n) ______________ in an opera is what emulates Greek dramatic recitation.

The da capo aria form is:

The Council of Trent was part of the Counter-Reformation

Serenata means...

A ________________ is an orchestral work that does not have a prominent role for distinctive soloists.

Who wrote Dido & Aeneas?

True or false: The piano was not a popular instrument in the Classic period.

A(n) __________ is a piece that is intended to develop precise technical skills.

Read options carefully! In what ways did the invention of printing affect music?

Which of these is the correct instrumentation for a string quartet in the classic period?

Which of these composers did not belong in the Classic period?

Tonality governed the composition of Western art music from the 17th to early 20 centuries, a period called...

This clip is an example of a madrigal from...

True or false: During the Renaissance, there was a decline in the use of instruments accompanying solo voices.

Which of these is false about cantatas?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was known for his....

Grand operas began in which century?

What are two different names you can call the bass line in this aria?

How many instruments does a trio sonata have?

Franz Liszt was a composer from which time period?

In a Baroque concerto, the ____________ is the musical sections that repeat the refrain.

What is the script of an opera called?

In religious polyphony, the cantus firmus was the ________ voice part which held down the foundation melody.

_____________________ is a kind of instrumental accompaniment, with bass line and filler chords from around the 1600s.

In the late Renaissance there was a swing toward extreme expression that is commonly referred to as __________________.

True or false: One difference between a castrato singer and countertenor is that countertenors sing in falsetto.

Beethoven used a ____________________ in his Fifth Symphony.