Final Exam Review

True or False: Women moved from being performers and composers to being conductors in the 20th Century?

The secular musicians of the Middle Ages were called:

Which of the following is NOT a musical style of the Baroque period?

Which of the following is one of the social classes from Medieval times?

True or False: Orchestras got larger in the 20th Century.

Which form of music was invented in the Romantic Era?

True or False: There were many challenges to the basic assumptions upon which people based their way of viewing theworld

The music we are studying is in which of the following traditions?

Which artist is responsible for the song Bo Diddley?

Which of the following Operas did Mozart write?

Which of the following did Bach use as a job application?

The Rite of Spring, written by Igor Stravinsky, was written in what form of music?

Which of the following is the most famous Theme and Variation from the Classical Era?

The earliest forms of music were called:

What does polyphony mean?

Beethoven took the words from what to create the lyrics to his 9th Symphony?

What city was the center of the Classical era?

Expressionism, like Impressionism, started in the __________ arts before transitioning into literature and music.

Which of the following is a Composer from the Renaissance?

Why did the middle class start to emerge during the Baroque Era?

Which city did Motown music come from?

Which of the following composers was able to live their life independently from wealthy patrons?

Most musicians of the Middle Ages were members of this social class:

Which of the following composers were big in the Avant-garde style?

Which composer was commissioned to write a piece to commemorate Handel’s 300th birthday?

Which of the following major world events took place during the 20th Century?

Who invented the Song Cycle?

Which of the following were the musical centers of the 20th Century?

Which Composer was the first to write a String Quartet?

Composers gradually left the patronage system and became free agents of their own works during the Romantic Era.

 True or False: Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation.

What is the definition of Classicism?

Which Composer was NOT from the Baroque Era?

Which is an important event that took place during the Renaissance?

Which of the following composers was the most important of the Baroque period?

Instruments from the Middle Ages period were:

Instrumental design limited dynamics, so what was used for dynamic changes?

True or False: Opera is a drama set to continuous music, with all dialogue sung, no talking allowed!!

You Send Me is sung by which of the following artists?

What does Homophonic mean?

20th/21st-century music, like the music of every age, effectively mirrors the prevailing patterns of the time.​

Which of these instruments was the most prominent in the church music of the Middle Ages?

What is a leitmotif?

What does R&B stand for?

Which country was Claude Debussy from?

Which of the following composers WAS NOT considered a Nationalist?

Ray Charles’ combination of gospel and blues styles is considered one of the earliest examples of what music genre?

What is a Madrigal?

What is a Composer?

Which of Aaron Copland’s works was originally written as a ballet and later rearranged as an orchestral suite?

Avant-garde was used to do what?

Which of the following is NOT one of the new genres of music developed during the Classical Era?

Which form of art (non-music) was used to break down the established rules of art?

The first ____________ occurred in the UK during the Romantic Era?

What is the name of the schools created to teach musicians?