Most missed exam questions

Opera emerged in the West before opera appeared in other countries like China and Japan.

Which of the following is NOT one of the Classical forms?

By 1650, how many churches were in Rome?

What Greek philosopher developed a system of musical tuning?

How many musical artifacts from ancient Greece still exist today?

Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor begins with a very recognizable motif. What is that motif often characterized as?

During the Baroque period, composers began to ignore the bass voice, and used it less.

A group known as the Florentine camerata sought to create a modern music that did what?

What composer was responsible for the creation of Reform opera?

Troubadours wrote a very specific form of love poetry about what?

Which of the following was NOT a historical event leading up to the Renaissance?

In what U.S. state are madrigal dinners popular in?

What musical texture best describes the texture of Gregorian Chant?

Guilluame de Machaut worked in the French city of Paris.

Who wrote De institutione musica (Fundamentals of Music)?

Antonio Vivaldi wrote how many concertos?

At the beginning of opera, many operas were written about which greek tragedy?

The Shawm is the predecessor to the modern day Tuba.

In what year did the papacy return to Rome?

Who provided the clearest description of the music theory of the thirteenth century in his Art of Measured Song?

How many poems set to music were left behind by the trobairitz of Southern France?

Not much is known about the choreography of the carole, a medieval French dance.

Who was the first composer to expand the symphony to four movements?

Troubadour music was mostly monophonic, just like Gregorian Chant. 

Where does the term Baroque come from?