Music Appreciation Final Exam Review

Over 600 compositions - 25 piano concertos, 41 symphonies, 23 string quartets, etc; died at 35.

What does MIDI stand for?

Mexican folk music - Violins, Guitars (big and small), trumpets..and sometimes voice and harp!

Who composed this piece of music?

Instruments whose material of contruction is the sound producing agent. Hit it or Shake it!

It is a sacred composition intended for concert performance. G. F. Handel’s "Messiah" is one.

Who is the legendary Folk Singer and Songwriter that headed the Urban Folk Revival?

The words to an opera.

He was a friend to Mozart and Beethoven's teacher.

The part of the Catholic liturgy that has produced the most important sacred music.

The composers symbols which can be translated into musical sounds....they are on paper!

This is the indigenous music of North America.

Who composed this piece of music?

She was a nun, abbess, mystic, poet, writer, and composer.

After Gospel Music, Elvis Presley crossed into commercial genres like Rock and Roll.

What is the best description of the texture? (Listen for a bit)

Radio station WSM in Nashville started a hillbilly program that became the Grand Ole Opry.

Who is NOT a contemporary country artist?

Where did traditional gospel music come from?

This term describes rate of speed in which a piece of music is played.

Which of these genres is NOT from Latin America?

A resurgence or return to a popularity of an existing style of music.

Who composed this piece of music?

Chamber music is typically written for 10 or more musicians.

All of these are traditional Jazz instruments except...

This Classical Genre is for a small group of instruments playing with full orchestra.

This is done when one listens attentively in an attempt to understand the musical process.

These were put together to improve the "deplorable" state of psalm singing.

This Classical form has 3 distinct sections: exposition, development, and recapitulation.

A harmony with 3 or more simultaneous sounds.

What time period is this piece of music from?

St. Mark's Cathedral is shaped like...

The Classical Period was restrained, balanced, and clear when compared to the Romantic Era.

Changing from one tonal center to another (key change).

Baroque composer, wrote a cantata about coffee, 20 children, master of fugues. Who is he?

The bass line used in a continuo.

An unstable feeling in music. It doesn't feel good.

Born in Germany, Produced Italian Operas in England, Wrote Oratorios... Who is he?

Minstrel Shows and Vaudeville were variety shows containing many different acts.

What time period is this piece of music from?

What type of music is this?

When America first took shape, whose culture did Americans borrow to help shape their own?

Which of these is NOT a genre of music?

A steady beat. The "heartbeat" of the music.

The blending of cultures.

What time period is this piece of music from?

A chant that was used as the basis for a polyphonic composition; "fixed melody".

It is a dramatic stage production that involves soloists who sing arias and recitatives.

This is a job that makes music a business.

The loudness of softness of music. Varies in intensity.

What time period is this piece of music from?

Instrument that displaced the harpsichord and was used for solos during the Classical Period.

Type of motet written for more than one choir.

I think I'll do well on this Final Exam.

Who composed this piece of music?

Call and Response singing....

Time period: Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci....other ninja turtles...

Who is the "King" of R&B? (The old kind)

This German Romantic composer of EPIC operas was a self-taught musician. Very Brassy!

A system of visual symbols which was developed to reinforce the singer's memory of a melody.

Soul is....

Who helped lead the splitting of the Christian Church into Catholic and Protestant?

R&B stands for...

What type of music is this?

Changing keys. Shifting the tonal center from one pitch to another.

13 stringed instrument from Japan. Having one in your home suggests an artist's upbringing.

What genre does this piece fit best into?

Usually occurring before an aria, it is narrative singing in a free tempo; the dialogue part.

Someone who performs in any medium with creativity/sensitivity/communication with the audience.

A type of folk song that promotes union organization, patriotism, and political candidates.

What is the instrumentation of this piece?

Jazz Style pioneered in the 1950's and 1960's by Ornette Coleman. Pure Improv!

This instrument was NOT present in the Baroque Era.

1890's-1950's - Greatest period of American songwriting...also a street in NYC.

This is a sacred polyphonic composition, usually sung in Latin without accompaniment.

The rate of speed of a piece of music.

What is most likely the form of this piece?

What time period is this piece of music from?

He was one of the great composers of the Renaissance. Wrote innovative motets.

A theatrical work containing songs, dances, and drama....like Phantom of the Opera.

Who is the father of modern black gospel music?

One of the most famous Russian composers. Best known for his Ballet Music.

What is the best description of the tempo?

Which of these is NOT a type of Folk Music.

Who composed this piece of music?

What type of music is this?

What is the best description of the melody played by the clarinet?

What type of music is this?

What type of music is this?

This city hosts one of the best known Folk Festivals AND Jazz Festivals.

The illegal downloading or copying of music.

This term describes the level of loudness.

The roots of Rap and Hip-Hop can be traced to this area.

Which of these is not an element of sound?

What type of music is this?

This composition technique used in the Baroque Era; keyboard improvised based on chord symbols.

Who composed this piece of music?

Who composed this piece of music?

What type of music is this?

Music created for its own sake, without any extra musical connotations...no feels.

A chant which one note is given to each syllable of a text.

Afro-Cuban dance that has been popular since the 1970's.

Relatively short pieces used in the Roman Catholic Church; established by Pope Gregory I.

One of the most influential Rock and Roll artists...

Scholars in music culture. They research, write and teach about music of a particular culture.

A succession of musical tones, usually varying in pitch and rhythm. Horizontal.

What time period is this piece of music from?

What does A Cappella mean?

He was a child prodigy who received a superior education from his father Leopold.

The shape or structure of a piece of music. How it is organized.

When music is passed down generations without the use of notation. Word of mouth.

What type of music is this?

We put music into these categories to help us understand it better.

A suite of dances.

Classical Genre - Solo instrument playing with orchestra

This American Composer created prepared piano, chance music, and electrified cactus.

Oldest documented orchestra music in the world.

Vocal Genre, choral, Bach wrote one about Coffee....

Berry Gordy founded Motown Records.

Worldwide point of view that requires an awareness and respect for other nations and cultures.

Who composed this piece of music?

What type of music is this?

Who composed this piece of music?

This form is used quite a bit in Jazz Music.

The science of sound.

Schubert wrote over 600 Italian Art Songs.

A better term for what we used to consider "Classical Music".

Music styling where an artist will slightly lower the pitch and return to the same pitch.

These are the hymn books that contain psalms to be sung during worship.

What type of music is this?

Popular Mexican-based dance music, originating on the border of Mexico and Texas. Accordion!!!

Who composed this piece of music?

Who developed Ragtime in St. Louis?

Early chants tend to be....

Who composed this piece of music?

A song that has sustained popularity through decades and generations. A staple!

Earliest music = Classical Style, but his later works = Romantic Style. Who is he?

A madrigal is a sacred composition typically with 8-10 parts.

The Easy Instructor introduced this system , where each pitch of a is notated on a staff.