Music Appreciation Final Exam REVIEW

Question 1

Secular music is the foundation of Western classical music.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

The Sunken Cathedral

Accepted Answer

Claude Debussy

Question 3

Wozzeck

Accepted Answer

Alban Berg

Question 4

The composer who spanned the Classical and Romantic periods was__________.

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 5

1450 - 1600

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Renaissance

Question 6

A work consisting of a recurring theme alternating with contrasting sections.

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Rondo

Question 7

A(n)_____is a composition for solo voice and piano.

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Lieder

Question 8

A(n)_____is a pictorial orchestral work in several movements.

Accepted Answer

Program Symphony

Question 9

The Ring of the Nibelung (The Ring Cycle)

Accepted Answer

Richard Wagner

Question 10

Vesta is the goddess of__________.

Accepted Answer

beauty and purity

Question 11

Markings over or under the text to signal pitch changes are called______.

Accepted Answer

Neumes

Question 12

Ode to Joy Theme

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Ludwig Van Beethoven

Question 13

Beethoven was completely deaf when he wrote his 9th symphony.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Music being performed only exactly as the composer wrote it an example of Aleatory Music.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

There are usually two main themes in Classical music.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Leonard Bernstein conducted the 9th symphony in Berlin when East and West Germany were united.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which of the Four Seasons did we listen to in class?

Accepted Answer

Spring

Question 18

Called the "Father of the Symphony"

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Franz Joseph Haydn

Question 19

Pictures at an exhibition consisted of thirteen movements.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

The Firebird is Stravinsky's first_________score.

Accepted Answer

ballet

Question 21

Motets on sacred texts and secular madrigals were composed during the Renaissance.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

What refers to a section of a concerto in which all the instruments perform together?

Accepted Answer

Tutti

Question 23

A vigorous & lighthearted movement in triple meter with a middle section or trio is a _______.

Accepted Answer

Scherzo

Question 24

Gregorian chant named for:

Accepted Answer

Pope Gregory

Question 25

The term_____means a rebirth and revival of human creativity.

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Renaissance

Question 26

Pope Marcellus Mass

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Palestrina

Question 27

Expressionism in art drew heavily on the inner thoughts and emotions of the artist.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

The Moldau

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Bedrich Smetana

Question 29

_____refers to the quality of a system of pitches.

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Tonality

Question 30

A(n)_____is a series of notes comprising the 12 pitches of the chromatic scale.

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Tone Row

Question 31

The story of the Firebird is adapted from several Russian fairy tales.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

Modern classical music features electronic music.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

The term______refers to written notation.

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Score

Question 34

Manuel Maria Ponce is often referred to as the "father of modern Mexican music."

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

_____is when two voice parts sing the same melody, one a fourth or fifth higher than the other.

Accepted Answer

Parallel Organum

Question 36

Writing a high pitch on the word "heaven" is an example of__________.

Accepted Answer

word painting

Question 37

The Erlking

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Franz Schubert

Question 38

Twelve-tone music emphasized form and structure, not__________.

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melody

Question 39

Guido of Arezzo devised a notation system based on a five-line staff.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

Music that portrays the meaning of the words of the text is called________.

Accepted Answer

Word Painting

Question 41

_____is a method of assigning a syllabic name to each tone of the scale.

Accepted Answer

Solimazation

Question 42

Bolero

Accepted Answer

Maurice Ravel

Question 43

Fugue No. 16 in g minor

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 44

Music in which composers leave parts of the composition and performance undetermined is_______.

Accepted Answer

Aleatory Music

Question 45

Hector Berlioz was studying to be a doctor before he chose a career in music.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 46

During the Romantic period, composers wrote music that_________.

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Exploded with emotion

Question 47

12-tone and atonal music are similar to lullabies in that they are very soothing to listen to.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 48

Piano Sonata in c minor (Pathetique)

Accepted Answer

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Question 49

Tu se' morta

Accepted Answer

Claudio Monteverdi

Question 50

When the Classical music era started, composers no longer performed music from previous times.

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False

Question 51

Pictures at an Exhibition

Accepted Answer

Modest Mussorgsky

Question 52

1750 - 1820

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Classical

Question 53

The Greeks established the octave as the basic mathematical unit in music.

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True

Question 54

_____is a style of music that stresses repetition with changes dictated by a system of rules.

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Minimalism

Question 55

1900 - present

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Modern

Question 56

_________composed Symphony No. 101 (The Clock).

Accepted Answer

Haydn

Question 57

Pied Piper Fantasy

Accepted Answer

Phillip Glass

Question 58

1820 - 1900

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Romantic

Question 59

Nationalism in the 17th century was in music all over the world.

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False

Question 60

As Vesta Was Descending

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Thomas Weelkes

Question 61

450 - 1450

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Medieval

Question 62

The Four Seasons

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Antonio Vivaldi

Question 63

A twentieth-century composer who uses Indian, African, classical, & rock elements in his music.

Accepted Answer

Phillip Glass

Question 64

A German composer known for writing opera's is__________.

Accepted Answer

Wagner

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Music Appreciation Final Exam REVIEW

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