FINAL EXAM MUL REVIEW

Which of the following characterize(s) plainchant?

________ was the cultural center of the United States by the mid 1800s.

The multimovement cycle of the Classical composers can be found in their

Tempo refers to the

Which of the following is a stylistic element of Impressionist music?

Which term describes a one-movement work possibly written to introduce a larger work but also played independently?

What was the formal language of the church and sacred music tradition during the Middle Ages?

In Baroque music, the instruments that provided accompaniment were referred to as

The element that propels music forward in time is

The classical concerto form has ___ movements

The property of sound that gives instruments and voices their unique tone color is 

Tempo and dynamic markings are usually given in

Which of the following describes the setting of many notes to a syllable?

Martin Luther and John Calvin believed

Impressionism began as a movement in

The term “baroque” derives from the Portuguese word for

The instruments of the Western orchestra are categorized into which groups?

The text of country or rural blues that arose in the Mississippi Delta after the Civil War

A Chinese Two-stringed violin is called

In the 1930s and 40s, early jazz gave way to

A group of Lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme is known as a

Which of the following terms describes religious or spiritual music?

Before recorded music was widespread, music like the rags of Scott Joplin could be mechanically performed by

When a melody pictorializes a word or words it is called

Which is most likely the slow movement in the multimovement cycle?

The ______ art song, or Lied, is performed by solo voice and piano.

Music with no literary basis is referred to as

The function of music in film is to

The word “song” refers to

What do the Impressionist and Expressionist composers have in common?

The most important new genre of the Baroque era was

Big-band jazz is a

The following were new instruments added to the Romantic orchestra:

Sonatas and Interludes is written for

Source music is music that

Ragtime was originally composed for what instrumentation?

The earliest polyphonic music is called

Instrumental music first flourished in conjunction with

Which term describes a one-movement work for orchestra with a literary program?

Independent parts of a large-scale work (a symphony, for example) are called

Many modern film composers have incorporated _________ in their music, a technique found in concert works by Wagner.

A principle of form that is based on repeated alterations of a given melody (which is still recognizable) is called

A highly structured contrapuntal form based on a single theme or subject is a

A texture in which two or more different melodic lines are combined is called

One recent trend by composers who embrace aspects of nineteenth-century orchestral sound is called

The text of an opera is known as a

Postmodern composers

Canons are controversial because of

The ______ was a castrated adult male soprano popular in the Baroque era.

Which Shakespeare play is the literary basis for West Side Story?

The longest and most dramatic in the multimovement cycle was generally the

Which of the following describes the celesta?

the concerto

A virtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvisation within a concerto is called a

The principal components of opera include arias, recitatives, overtures, and

A ________ is a multimovement programmatic orchestral work.

The oratorio was generally based on

The first movement of a string quartet or symphony is most likely in ________ form.

The basic unit of rhythm is the

The _____ movement of a string quartet is often in minuet-and-trio form.

Sonatas during the Classical era were

_____ is where the fusion of ragtime, blues, and other musics resulted in the development of jazz.

Guarneri, Stradivarius, and Amati were all noted Baroque makers of which instrument?

Poets and artists in the Romantic era were drawn to

Musical compositions are often identified through a cataloguing system described by

Baroque trumpets were still “natural,” meaning they

Scientifically, pitch is determined by its

Music that rejects the framework of key is called

Which is a true statement regarding the musician’s place within the patronage system during the Classical era?

A symphony

The nineteenth-century trend toward realism in opera was known as

Philip Glass is often associated with the _______ movement.

The German word Sprechstimme means

Dissonance in early-twentieth century music

_____ music gives equal importance to the twelve tones of the chromatic scale.

_______ is a technique in which a composer chooses a very simple and harmonically clear musical idea—one or two chords

Dynamics determine the ________ at which music is played.

Which of the following genres consists of a group of dance movements, usually in the same key?

Which describes a trouser role?

Music that is made up spontaneously in performance is called improvised.

Recitative is characterized by

In a Classical symphony, which of the four movements is typically the slow movement?

Which of the following is a type of program music written to accompany plays?

Which was a recommendation of the Council of Trent regarding music for the church?

A _____ can be a building block in the construction of a musical work.

The basic elements of form are

In what way is John Cage's 4'33" unusal?

A typical form of the second movement in a multimovement cycle is

As a result of the Industrial Revolution

Which current composer is credited as reviving the grand symphonic film score?

Underscoring is music that

Three or more tones sounded together produce a(n)

An aria is characterized by

Which of the following multimovement tempo schemes corresponds to the typical Classical concerto? 

Avant-garde composers

Which describes the goals of early twentieth-century modernists?

Both Italian and English madrigals often feature word-painting.

Which term refers to a category of music?

A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called

Melody

By the nineteenth century, large-scale choral works such as Masses, oratorios, and Requiems, were typically performed

Participating in performances of _____ provided an artistic outlet for the nineteenth century middle classes.

A leitmotif is a

Postmodernists broke away from the modernist stance

The conductor

____ were weekly hymns with simple and memorable melodies created by Luther and his followers for congregations to sing

Composers who share a preference for mostly consonant harmonies and small musical ideas that are combined and recombined

Which of the following pertains to modernism of the early twentieth century?

In Tan Dun’s score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he blends the styles of ______ and Western musical traditions.

The Harlem Renaissance

The larger size of the Romantic orchestra resulted in the need for a 

How many instrumentalists would you expect to find in a chamber group?

Winners of the Prix de Rome

Which is a true statement regarding the piano in nineteenth-century culture?