Music Section 2

The “Mass for the Dead” is called the Requiem Mass because of the first words of the ______ chant, “Requiem aeternam."

What were the main subjects taught in the schools that Charlemagne ordered monasteries to establish

What month and year was Mozart’s Requiem first performed in a benefit concert to assist his survivors?

In what 1787 Mozart opera was a serial philanderer dragged to his death?

Which of the following remained with his aristocratic patrons, the Esterházy family, for much of his life writing music?

What is a “Singspiel”?

How old was Mozart when he died?

The patron saint of animals is

Using just the white notes on the piano, the Phrygian mode would span the notes

The performance texture of all Gregorian chants is

All of the following were Romantic tragic operas EXCEPT

Medieval composers made widespread use of all of the following modes EXCEPT

Which of the following parts of the Mass was NOT a chant?

The sequence used in the Requiem Mass, “Dies irae” was composed in which century?

In figured bass, the numbers 6/4 indicate that the chord produced was in

How many symphonies die Haydn write while working with the Esterházy family?

The term for an “emotional” type of singing in opera, often saturated with melismas is

The liturgical seasons of the church year in order are

The poetry of “Dies irae” is credited to

One of the most detailed musical pieces from the ancient Greeks dating from the first century is believed to be a(n) __

The chant “Dies irae” was not made an official part of the Requiem Mass until the ________ century.

Who commissioned Mozart to write a Requiem Mass to honor a young bride that had died early in 1791?

During the Baroque period, how many performers were required to perform the basso continuo indications?

The librettist for “Dido and Aeneas” was named

People studying music history usually describe the timeframe of the Classical period as ranging from