Test 1 Review UEM

The percussion family is the most diverse of the Western instrument families.

What best describes Theme and Variations

In SATB, where does the Cello fall?

All music has some artistic merit

in Baroque music the rhythm is almost always moving steadily.

What is the typical format of the baroque concerto?

What are the two main parts of the mass?

Most madrigal texts were about the Virgin Mary.

What is the original definition of baroque?

Music is present in every culture of the world

The snare drum and tympani would be an example of

Music designed for small spaces and for relatively small audiences was known as:

Who composed L'Orfeo (the first opera)

Between the mass and motet, the motet was a larger, much more involved piece of music.

The string quartet could be written for both amateurs and skilled musicians.

Art music is easily accessible after the first listening experience.

A better term for "Classical Music" is

Secular Music is about religion.

The concerto grosso is a piece for solo instrument and orchestra accompianment

Abstraction became a focus for 20^th century composers

The 21^st century represents a new stylistic era, yet to be named.

The most basic unit of rhythm is

Art music is confined to the years 1730 to 1900

The preferred language for the motet was:

Which is not a category of Western instrument classification?

Who created the protestant church?

what is a lied best described as?

The strings on a piano are plucked to produce a sound

Which would NOT be a topic of a troubadour song?

Form is the aural shape of music.

The Baroque era occurred during which years?

What is a series of pitches recognizable as a complete unit?

In the Baroque era there was great disparity between the rich and the poor.

Monumental works from the Romantic era includes chamber music

What composes the basso continuo & What era is it from?

Using pitches outside the established key center is known as:

Who is the father of the string quartet & symphony?

Which is the correct instrumentation for the standard string quartet?

The 20^th century was an age of modernism

What does one pitch per syllable mean?

The Renaissance era occurred during which years?

What animal sang chants into the Pope’s ear for transcription?

What were the main genres of the Renaissance?

Pitch is measured in

What are the dates for the Age of Enlightenment

What invention likely had the greatest influence of the proliferation of music during the Renaissance?

Which was unique to Beethoven’s 9^th symphony at its premiere?

The Sachs-Hornbostel classification system is very “Eurocentric.”

Sonata-allegro, Rondo, and Theme and Variations are all examples of:

Renaissance dances outlined the social classes of the period.

The two greatest variables on the depth chart are

Two or more melodic lines heard at the same time create:

Art music is usually contained to a single generation.

Which was NOT a trait of expressionism?

In the SATB structure, what voice does the French horn occupy in the brass family?

Who made up the School of Vienna?

Which of the following was not a theme of 19^th century romanticism?

Music that employs elements of chance, making it different with every performance is called:

__________ is the term for many melodic pitches sung over a single syllable.

Who is regarded as one of the great composition teachers of the 20^th century?

SATB has strict designation for male and female voices.

Opera died out in the nineteenth19^th century.