FINAL REVIEW - HUMA 118

A vocal genre based on one-stanza poems and developed in Italy after 1530 was called the

What is WORD PAINTING?

A musical motive (used by Wagner) associated with a person, idea or symbol in a music drama is called a

A coherent succession of pitches, played or sung in a certain rhythm, is called:

Which are important style features of Classical music?

Romantic music and literature often showed a fascination with

What is VARIATION form?

What are the underlying ideas of the CONCERTO and CONCERTO GROSSO?

The BEL CANTO style emphasizes what?

The third movement in a Classical symphony is usually written in

The first step in developing ORGANUM was

Master Léonin and his follower Pérotin are known as part of what school of organum?

In the Baroque period, composing music was regarded as

What was seen as the main purpose of art in the 18th Century?

Several pitches sounding simultaneously are referred to as a(n):

How did the Classical orchestra differ from the Baroque orchestra?

Though there are exceptions, music in minor mode is _____ whereas music in major mode is _____.

What effect did the patronage system of the Baroque period have on musical forms?

The first movement of a Classical symphony is usually written in

What was the chief characteristic of High Renaissance style, which emerged around 1500?

A set piece for solo singer used to mull over the character's emotions is called

Which of the following was an important innovation of the early Baroque era?

Which composer was a church organist in Leipzig, Germany?

For the plots in their operas, Romantic composers drew from

Where were Classical sonatas designed to be played?

The second movement of a Classical symphony usually offers the listener a period of contrast due to its

In Gregorian recitation, the pitch on which the text is sung is called the

What genre is a type of German song based on a Romantic poem with piano accompaniment?

A short piano piece that portrays a particular mood is called a

Sonata form can be seen as a large ABA' form, with each letter standing for a section of the movement as follows:

The three main TEXTURES of Western art music are:

The major works of Brahms tend toward

Which of the following aspects of Baroque opera differs from opera today?

Beethoven occupies a unique position between which two musical styles/periods?

The musical style known as the Classical style was developed by composers mostly centered in

Italian Baroque opera mostly took its plots from...

How were great artists beginning to be viewed in Beethoven's time?

Which composer developed DOUBLE-EXPOSITION form for his concertos?

What is the BASSO CONTINUO in Baroque music?

TONE COLOR is the musical term for the general quality of:

What is RITORNELLO form?

The fastest movement in a Classical symphony is usually the

What were medieval poet-composers called in Germany?

Rousseau's criticism of Baroque opera as artificial and overly complicated encouraged the development of

What is a dance suite?

The official music of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages is called:

What were the most important forms during the Classical period?

For special, festive occasions, which instruments did composers often add to the Baroque orchestra?

Speechlike singing in an opera to present dialogue or advance the plot is called

What does it mean to perform a cappela?