Final Exam 2019

Ends of phrases where a melody stops or pauses

Style period for Oratorio

Musical elements represent the literal meaning of a text

All are characteristics of plainchant EXCEPT

Style period of Basso continuo

The speed at which beats follow one another; the speed of the music

A "nocturne" represents

Musical Element: the structure and organization of music

Each verse is set to the same music

The three main sections of sonata form in order are

Musical element: how music moves through time

Style period of the invention of polyphony

Style period of German lied

Subject matter of Classical opera buffa

Style period of the fugue

Style period of sonata form

Ritornello form

Style period of polyphonic Mass

Texture with two or more melodies at the same time

Another term for tone color

Each verse or stanza has different music

Style period of 1st example of program music (Vivaldi "Spring")

Style period of String Quartet

Texture with a single melody line and nothing else (no accompaniment)

Musical Element: layers of melody and harmony

Style period of character piece

Style period of the invention of opera

Berlioz' changes in the idee fixe represent this concept:

Style period of Troubadour song

Musical Element: Loudness or softness of a sound

Main subject matter of a piece of music

Style period of Program symphony

Texture of a single melody with accompaniment

Style period of Madrigal

Highness or lowness of a sound

Shortest fragment of melody or rhythm

Style period of Concerto grosso

Musical Style periods in chronological order, earliest to latest

Style period of monophonic plainchant

Musical Element: General sound quality of an instrument or voice

"Robbed Time" - fluctuations in tempo

A short piece for piano evoking one mood or idea

Musical Element: Organized series of pitches combined with rhythm to make a memorable whole.

The exposition of a fugue includes

Style period of invention of the symphony