Midterm Review

Music that does not have a story or program associated with it and exists just for the sake of music is called:

The term multimovement cycle is applied not only to sonatas and chamber music but also to concertos and symphonies.

Which of these tempi is very fast

A highly emotional song in an opera is called a(n):

A theme is:

Baroque composers used dissonance for emotional intensity and color.

The first performance of Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas took place at

In Machaut’s secular works, he favored French courtly love poems known as

During his lifetime, Johann Sebastian Bach held the position of

A succession of pitches that form a cohesive unit is called:

How long has music been linked with mathematics and geometry?

Notre Dame in Paris became one of the first centers in which polyphony was notated and integrated into musical worship.

Musical notation has defined the development of Western music.

Dido’s Lament from Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas is composed:

Which institution(s) supported music in Renaissance society?

What texture best describes Gregorian chant? (Hint: How many distinct melodies/vocal parts can you hear?)

Johann Sebastian Bach was most famous in his day as a performer on the

________ earned the nickname “father of the symphony.”

Our first records of “singer-songwriters” in Western music come from the American counterculture of the 1960s.

Which of the following best describes musical life in the Classical era?

A Motive can be characterized as

Which type of text setting is a many:1 ratio between notes and text syllables?

A setting of Gregorian chant with two to four notes per syllable might be considered:

The scale patterns used from Gregorian chant through music of the Renaissance are called

The melismatic style of Gregorian chant descended from the elaborate improvisations heard in which type of music?

If you arrive at a concert after the performance has begun, you should

During a concert, it is appropriate to leave your seat

The Classical movement has a clear beginning delineated by leaders arguing for radical change.

During the Middle Ages, men and women took shelter in a monastery or convent because of

Troubadours represent a continuation of unwritten traditions of musical storytelling that began before their own time.

A metric pattern that is in groupings of 2 can be called:

The Classical symphony had its roots in the

What language is traditional Sacred music sung in?

Which of these dynamics means 'loud'?

Johann Sebastian Bach lived a short, unhappy life and had no children.

The three main sections of sonata-allegro form are the exposition, the development, and the

Which element of music denotes its loudness or softness?

Which type of text setting is a 1:1 ratio between the notes and syllables of the text

The contour of the melody is:

Which one of these is the building block of a theme?

Which of the following religions use(s) music extensively in its/their worship?

Women’s roles in Baroque music :

________ is traditionally associated with collecting and organizing the chants of the church.

A drama that is sung is called a(n):

The text of an opera is called the:

Who was Haydn’s principal patron?

Music that is based off of poetry and/or has a story associated with it can be described as:

The Tonic in a piece of music can be described as:

Richard the Lionheart was a troubadour composer in addition to being king of England.

Which of the following best describes the melodies of the Classical period?

Which of these singing types does not feature any words

A form in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza of poetry is called

Which term describes a melody that moves by small intervals?

What musical style appeared in the early 1300s in France?

Vivaldi was primarily known as a composer during his time

Consonance can be described as:

The Frankish emperor who encouraged education and the concept of a centralized government was:

The different sections of a symphony are called

What is the difference between Troubadours and Trouvères

A female troubadour was known as a

The vocal style in opera that imitates the natural inflections of speech is called:

The Renaissance saw the rise of amateur musicians and home music-making.

The troubadour tradition was primarily a phenomenon of the lower classes in medieval France.

Which cultural center rejected Italian opera?

Which one of these is strophic song form?

The system in which the aristocracy sponsored musicians during the Classical era is called:

The audience claps:

A good source to find out more about works to be performed at a concert is

The element of music that organizes movement in time is:

The artificially created male soprano or alto voice that dominated opera was known as the

_______ ushered in developments in rhythm, meter, harmony, and counterpoint that transformed the art of music.

In the later Middle Ages, instruments/song styles were adapted from the highly sophisticated ___ traditions of the time

Which of the following had a strong influence on the Classical era?

Because of the clarity of the notation, multiple performances of medieval song sound nearly identical to one another

A ________ punctuates the music in the same way that a comma or period punctuates a sentence.

What distinguishes Gregorian chant from other types of Western music?