Music 1010 Final Review

The famous four-note figure at the beginning of Beethoven's Symphony No.5 is best described as

The recurring principal themes in Wagner's operas that carry specific meanings are called

A texture where a single voice takes the melodic interest and the accompaniment is subordinate.

Robert Schumann ended his career and life

Which of the following was a widely loved nationalist opera composer?

The approximate dates for the Renaissance era are

This early Rock & Roll pioneer contributed to the sexually charged bad-boy image.

An Italian comic opera is called a

Which movement of the symphony is traditionally the slowest?

Which was the chief institution that supported music in Renaissance society?

In opera, a vocal style that imitates speech and set freely to sparse accompaniment is called

How many movements are in a Classical concerto?

Who is America's greatest bandmaster?

The High Middle Ages witnessed

Water Music by Handel is best describes as a

What is considered to be America's unique contribution to world theater?

In sonata-allegro form, the part which rounds it off with a vigorous closing cadence is the

Which movement is the most highly organized and most characteristic o the mulitmovement cycle?

All of the following were new opera types that reflected simplicity and real emotions EXCEPT

Rock and role merged as union of which two styles?

Which meter would be conducted in a pattern of down-right-up?

Which of the following is an established, living, American composer of musicals?

A fanciful improvised solo passage interpolated into a concert movement is called

The approximate dates of the Baroque period are

The late Romantic Italian opera tradition was characterized by a movement toward realism called

In which form is the Lied Erlking

A combination of tones, three or more, that constitutes a single block of harmony is called

Who was Haydn's principal patron?

Mozart died while writing his

The chorale is a type of hymn tune created by

Which of the following was NOT a member of the Beatles?

The earliest type of polyphony was

Impressionism in music is best exemplified by the works of

Tchaikovsky's ballet about a child's Christmas gift and dreams of exotic people and places is

The standard ranges of the human voice from highest to lowest are

Clara Schumann was virtuoso performer on

Nationalistic composers expressed their nationalism by

The dream ballet was a new way of forwarding the plot in this Broadway Musical.

Instrumental music endowed with literary, philosophical, or pictorial associations is called

The element of music that organizes movement in time is

Dvorak wrote his New World Symphony while living in

Besides Schubert, which other 19th cen. composer was also prolific in Lieder?

How many players are generally necessary to perform a trio sonata?

Brahms maintained a life-long relationship with

What term suggests something of the overall character of the work, as well as its repertoire?

The rate of speed at which a piece of music is played is its

The principle of organization where we hear a piece in relation to a central tone is called

The Classical symphony had its roots in the

The three main sections of sonata-allegro form are the exposition, development, and

A large-scale work in several movements for solo instrument(s) and orchestra is called a

How do Classical artists differ from their Romantic counterparts?

Which term best describes a melody that loves by small intervals?

The composer who invented the music drama was

Which of the following best defines binary form?

The artistic trends of the early twentieth century can best be characterized as

The so-called Second Vieneese School of composition includes

Bach was most famous in his day as a performer on

The term tempo rubato, associated with Chopin's music, means that the performer should

Atonality may be characterized by

Which composer is known as "the poet of the piano?"

The Classical period in music ranged from approximately

What American composer is known as the king of ragtime?

Which of the following was the chief form of Italian secular music in the Renaissance?

Handel's Messiah is

The distance between two different pitches is called a/n

A string quartet consists of

Which of the following Russian composers was famous for his ballets?

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Impressionist music?

A highly emotional song in an opera is called

A jazz style of singing that sets syllables without meaning to improvised vocals is called

According to your text, the most popular composer of art music in the world is

Jonathan Larsen's rock opera, Rent, is inspired by which opera?

The element that most decisively separated 20th century music from that of the past was

Which 19th cen. American composer is best remembered for his ballads and astral show tunes?

In Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique what is the idea fixe?

The element of rhythm in twentieth-century music is best characterized by

The most important instrumental form of the Classical period was the

___ is the Vienesse composer who invented the twelve-tone method.

Of which national school of composition is Dvorak a representative?

A cappella, meaning "in the church style", indicates

The action of the opera occurs mainly in the

This Broadway Musical was the first to include a movie-like score under the whole show.

Which film score is NOT composed by John Williams?

Which of the following statements is NOT true about Romantic choral music?

____ worked with Paul Simon to create an album that fused styles from two geographic regions.

Which American jazz composer was also a pianist and a master of orchestration for big bands?

Comparing the # of symphonies written in the Classical era vs. Romantic, what can be concluded?

The leader of the Impressionist painters is considered to have been

The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was the

Which best describes Beethoven?

This composer is considered the creator of the modern orchestra for his use of larger ensembles

This early Rock & Roll pioneer contributed blazing guitar solos.

Which American composer wrote ballets such as Billy the Kid and Rodeo based on American themes?

Which of the following make up the movements of the Ordinary of the Mass?

Which of the following statements about Charles Ives is INCORRECT?

Composers introduced new harmonic styles in the twentieth century, including

Which description best characterized a part song?

Which of the following is a contemporary Broadway musical based on folk tales?

Which does NOT characterize an oratorio?

Which is the correct oder of bowed string instruments from highest to lowest range?