SACS Review

In what era did most notational innovations occur?

The Renaissance Italian madrigals were initially intended for the enjoyment of the singers in social settings.

Who developed the hexachord?

The most popular household instrument in the sixteenth century was the...

William Byrd was the most important English composer of the Renaissance.

Palestrina is credited with saving polyphony.

The stylistic innovation of the Ars Nova centers around ....

Characteristics of the Tragédie Lyrique include:

Characteristics of Opera buffa include:

Sound, situation, pitch, and ornamentation are all parameters of Performance Practice.

Prior to 1450, instrumental music was always notated.

The years for the Renaissance period are:

Humanism and Sprezzatura were characteristics of the ________ period.

The leader of the musical reformation in Germany was ______.

Oratorios were performed during Lent, when operas were not permitted.

Satié was considered to be an Impressionist composer.

Which of the following composers wrote lieder that were stylistically epitomal.

The two basic types of Organum are Early and Notre Dame.

The instrumental concerto was structured into three movements in Ritornello form.

The Middle Ages produced two distinct bodies of song: sacred and secular.

The piano replaced the harpsichord and clavichord in the early Classical period.

Stravinsky's music can be classified into three periods: Russian Period, Neoclassical Period, and Serial Period

Neo-romanticism refers to works that exist after and incorporate elements from the Romantic era.

What two countries dominated music in the Classical era?

Italian recitative was much more measured and structured than French recitative.

How did tropes expand existing chants?

The 20th century brought amplification, recording, radio, TV, internet, and electronic sound production.

The Council of Trent had which musical complaints?

The Introit is part of the Ordinary of The Mass.

Chants can be musically classified according to what criteria?

After the decline of the Roman Empire, the Christian Church became the main unifying force of culture in Europe.

The Baroque period was known as the Age of Enlightenment.

Tchaikovsky was considered to be part of the Mighty Handful.

In mid-17th century Italian opera, solo singing is most important.

"Parlor" Songs originated in which country?

Rameau's Traité de l'harmonie is still one of the most important musical treatises ever written.

Ornamentation was always notated by the composers during the Baroque period.

By the end of the Renaissance, barlines are introduced and musical notation largely assumes its present-day form.

Gesamtkunstwerk and leitmotif are terms associated with which Composer?

The Medieval motets were polyphonic works with one or more texted voices added to a preexisting tenor.

The history of western European culture begins with ancient Egypt.

According to Dr. Dolata, the best and most under-appreciated composer of all time is ______.

An avant-garde movement in music characterized by the repetition of very short phrases, producing hypnotic effects.

Principal genres of the Classical period include:

A leading characteristic of modernism is the use of atonality.

Which composer is credited with the development of serialism?

Characteristics of Empfindsam style include:

The Doctrine of Affections is associated with the Classical period.

Which of the following composers were associated with the rise of Musical Theater?

Some of the main features of reform opera include: