Unit 6 Test

Masses were secular dances during the Medieval days.

Composed the Four Seasons (Spring).

Layered dynamic levels within a composition.

Composed Bolero.

Beethoven Bridged the gap between Classical and Romantic music.

Composed Pictures at an Exhibition.

Uncomplicated music that speaks directly of everyday matters.

__________is a French style of atomospheric music of the late 19th century.

The Baroque Era

__________means discord in music, suggesting a state of tension.

Minimalist composer who wrote "Islands" was__________.

Wrote "Tu se morta" from Orfeo.

A(n)__________is a compostion for solo voice and piano.

Baroque music featured Terraced dynamics.

Beethoven and Bach were from Germany.

Child prodigy who toured all of Europe by the time he was a teenager.

One of the newest form of modern classical music is New Romanticism.

Composed the Ninth (Ode to Joy) Symphony.

Composer who went deaf by the time he was 30.

Composed The Sunken Cathedral.

Became the "anthem" during the Civil Rights movement based on non-violence.

Wrote over 600 Lieder.

Composed "The Ring of the Nibelung (The Ring Cycle) opera.

The Romantic Era

The Medieval Era

Classical music was very structured and featured the Sonata Allegro Form.

Wrote the song "Big Yellow Taxi."

The main keyboard instrument in baroque music was the piano.

The Renaissance Era

Motets on sacred texts and secular madrigals were composed during the Renaissance.

Song by pop artists in South Africa against Apartheid.

Music that portrays the meaning of words of the text.

__________is a style of music that stresses the element of repetition with changes dictated by a rule or system.

Produced the album Earth Voice of a Planet

The Classical Era

A powerful musical genre directed at social injustices and the desire for change.

Sacred music of the Medieval ages were usually instrumental and were dances for the common people.

Composed "Blowin' in the Wind."

__________is music with no strict meter or accompaniment, sung by a single voice or unison choir.

A policy of racial segregation.

Secular music of the Medieval ages was monophonic sung by a single voice or unison choir.

Father of Mexican classical music.

__________refers to a section of a concerto in which all the instruments and/or voices perform together.

The Modern Era

Known as the "Father of the Symphony."

Wrote "As Vesta was Descending."

Composed The Erlking

A phrase used repeatedly to convey goals or convey an important message.

Music in which composers deliberately leave parts of the composition and performance undetermined.

Composed Fugue No. 16.