Music Appreciation FinalReview

_______ are one of the most popular and notable rock bands of all time.

__________ was a musically conservative composer who rediscovered the music of Bach.

The core instrumental group of the Baroque was the:

A riot broke out at the premiere of The Rite of Spring, a ballet by __________.

Coming from the tradition of operetta and vaudeville, ______ is an important American genre.

In the classical period, we say RIP to:

_______ was a prolific composer of piano music.

Gregorian chant is:

Stress on tone color, atmosphere, and fluidity are characteristics of ______________ in music.

This composer/music philosopher wrote a piece comprised entirely of silence.

The first musical notation was in:

Gregorian chant+an additional melodic line, usually parallel to the original chant, is called:

Three main composers from the Classical period are:

The Baroque time period in music could possibly be described as:

A new, intimate genre of music for solo voice and piano:

________ was born in Germany but became a British citizen later in life.

______ is a notable and influential film music composer.

The __________ was marked by extreme levels of violence and bloodshed.

The Baroque time period includes these dates:

This unstable composer wrote a piece of music about murdering his stalkee.

Sonata form:

A _________ is a chord made up of tones only a half step or a whole step apart.

This minimalist composer wrote a super cool song called "It's Gonna Rain."

________ is an important element of jazz music.

The Romantic era extended from:

Two important sections in an opera are:

Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun was inspired by a poem by Symbolist poet, _______.

This art song (lied) is about a father riding through the woods with his son, who dies.

The Classical period:

Jazz features a ____ (drums, piano, bass, guitar), which is not unlike the ____ of the Baroque.

Wagner wrote "music dramas" and popularized the concept of the __________.

In the Romantic period, audiences became interested in the lives of ___________________ people.

By the early 20th century, the distinction between _____ and _____ was abandoned in most music.

_______ wrote La Boheme.

The rise of atonality is largely credited to ______ and his pupils Alban Berg and Anton Webern.

When you think of Romantic music, you should think of:

A type of jazz singing, which involves vocalizing nonsense syllables, is called:

An opera without the staging, costumes, and sets is called a/an:

The first polyphonic setting of the mass was composed by this Ars Nova composer:

What is timbre?

This Czech composer helped establish an American nationalist sound in art music.

A sonata is ______; a cantata is _____.

The Romantic era emphasized _________, imagination, and individuality.

How many moods does one expect to hear in a section of a Baroque song/aria/piece of music?

West Side Story was composed by ________ and has lyrics by ________.

Changes in musical style in the 14th century produced the ___________, or "new art" style.