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NO THEORY V.4 Music History and Theory Midterm Exam Review
NO THEORY V.4 Music History and Theory Midterm Exam Review
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Review for the Music History and Theory Midterm Exam (Romantic and 20th Century Music)
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1
Which composer was more conservative that other of the time?
Hector Berlioz
Franz Liszt
Felix Mendelssohn
Robert Schumann
2
What is
Chance Music
?
A series written in retrograde
An instrumental piece that incorporates vocals
A piece composed by random methods, like throwing coins
A multi-movement piece for percussion
3
What is the title of the piece?
Rhapsody in Blue
Concerto for Orchestra
Afro-American Symphony
The Rite of Spring
4
A collection of songs with a common theme is called what?
Program Symphony
Symphonic Poem
Absolute Music
Song Cycle
5
Nationalism led to the unification of which nation?
France
Spain
Italy
Germany
6
Who is the composer of this piece?
George Frideric Handel
Philip Glass
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Clara Schumann
7
What is a rhapsody?
A piece in triple meter based on dance rhythms
A one movement sectional work with elements of improvisation
A piece where a main theme alternates with new material
A piece for solo instrument and orchestra
8
What is Verdi’s first opera?
Aida
Oberto
Nabucco
Rigoletto
9
The texture of Romantic music is generally:
heterophonic
homophonic
monophonic
polyphonic
10
What is polyrhythm?
Multiple contrasting rhythms at once
Multiple keys at once
Multiple time signatures at once
Multiple chords at once
11
Who composed the piece?
Haydn
Robert Schumann
Mozart
Berlioz
12
What is serialism?
Music organized with one or more series
Music based on harmonic sequences
Music that is based on mathematical equations
Music based on a melodic sequence along chords
13
This composer's primary income source was conducting
Arnold Schoenberg
Igor Stravinsky
Anton Webern
Charles Ives
14
Who rescued Wagner from financial ruin?
The Duke of Mercia
The King of Bavaria
The Medici Family
The Emperor of Austria
15
This ballet caused a riot on opening night
The Rite of Spring
The Nutcracker
The Firebird
Petrushka
16
This composer inspired Romantic composers to work freelance:
Haydn
Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
17
Verdi elected to what position after the Unification of Italy?
Prime Minister
The Camerieri
President
Parliament
18
Chopin wished that he could play his own piano etudes the way this composer did!
Hector Berlioz
Johann Brahms
Franz Liszt
Clara Schumann
19
Who is the composer of this piece?
Ben Franklin
John Cage
John Adams
Edgard Varese
20
Atonal music is:
Music written in no key
Music written in two keys
Music written with in several keys
Music written in all keys
21
Who composed the piece?
Haydn
Puccini
Robert Schumann
Verdi
22
What did Wagner call his operas?
Muzik kunstwerk
Music Dramas
Spektakel
Oper Deutsch
23
Which composer was part of the Second Viennese School?
Bela Bartok
Anton Webern
Arnold Schoenberg
Alban Berg
24
What is the title of the piece?
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, First Movement
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, First Movement
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, First Movement
Symphonie Fantastique , “March to the Scaffold”
25
Resistance to who’s rule awakened patriotic senses in many nations?
Napoleon
Marie Antionette
King George VI
Caesar
26
What was Rossini’s most famous opera?
Rigoletto
Madame Butterfly
La Boheme
The Barber of Seville
27
What opera is this from?
La Boheme
Wozzeck
Die Walküre
The Barber of Seville
28
Stravinsky studied with what classical composer?
Rimsky-Korsakov
Mozart
Haydn
Bach
29
What is a polychord?
A chord that has more than three notes
Two chords played at once
A chord that uses all 12 notes of the chromatic scale
A chord with all seven notes of the scale
30
Who composed this piece?
Richard Wagner
Giacomo Puccini
Alban Berg
Gioachino Rossini
31
What is a whole tone scale?
A scale made up of only five notes
A scale made up of whole steps
A scale that alternates half and whole steps
A scale with a lowered seventh, third, and fifth
32
What is a quintal chord?
Two chords played at once
A chord made up of fifths instead of thirds
A chord made up of fourths instead of thirds
A chord where the notes are a whole or half step apart
33
What is the title of this piece?
Liberation of Sound
Sonatas and Interludes
Concerto Grosso 1985
Symphony Number 3
34
What is the title of the piece?
Love Scene from Act I Finale
Scene 1 excerpt
"Largo e Factotum"
"La Donna è Mobile"
35
Minimalist music is characterized by:
steady pulse, clear tonality, short repeated melodic pattern
only percussion instruments
a wide range of dynamics and pitches
large orchestras, with prepared piano and chorus of sporanos
36
How did Tchaikovsky communicate with his benefactor?
Through servants
Through letters
Through phone calls
In person
37
What is the title of the piece?
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, First Movement
La Boheme, Che gelida manina
Rigoletto, La donna e mobile
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, First Movement
38
Who composed this piece?
Giuseppe Verdi
Gioachino Rossini
Giacomo Puccini
Richard Wagner
39
What is the title of the piece?
The Rite of Spring
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor
Eine Kliene Nachtmusik, First Movement
Afro-American Symphony, Third Movement
40
Who composed this piece?
George Gershwin
Igor Stravinsky
Bela Bartok
William Grant Still
41
What is the definition of extended technique?
Using amplification for volume
Using one instrument to imitate another
Using an instrument in a way it was not originally intended
adding onto the physical length of an instrument
42
Brahms wrote in every genre except what?
Symphonies
Program Music
Opera
Chamber Music
43
What is the title of the piece?
The Rite of Spring
Rhapsody in Blue
Concerto for Orchestra
Afro-American Symphony
44
Program Music is:
Music with a written program
Vocal music based on poetry
Instrumental music associated with a story, idea, or theme
Music that follows a literary structure
45
A sense of being loyal to one’s country and believing that it's better than other countries is:
Patriotism
Nationalism
Exoticism
Ethnocentrism
46
This composer studied with French teacher Nadia Boulanger:
Bela Bartok
Claude Debussy
Arnold Schoenberg
Aaron Copland
47
What is a tone row?
A way to alter the major scale to make the piece atonal
A way to organize rhythm in expressionist music
The sequence of pitches used in serial music
A specific sequence of pitches organized using math
48
Which political movements forced many composers from their jobs?
Jingoism
Fascism
Nazism
Communism
49
What is the title of this piece?
Rhapsody in Blue
Harmonium
Poeme electronique
Short Ride in a fast Machine
50
What opera is this from?
The Barber of Seville
La Boheme
Rigoletto
Die Walküre
51
What is a tone cluster?
A chord where the notes are a whole or half step apart
Two chords played at once
A chord based on fifths instead of thirds
A chord based on fourths instead of thirds
52
What style of architecture was revived in the Romantic era?
Gothic
Ionic
Plutonic
Neoclassic
53
Who composed this piece?
Bela Bartok
Igor Stravinsky
George Gershwin
William Grant Still
54
What form has a theme followed by variations on that theme?
Minuet and Trio
Sonata Form
Theme and Variations
Rondo
55
What is an etude?
A piano piece to practice a specific skill
A piano piece that is a single page long
A piano piece for cross hand playing
A piano piece in two movements
56
Who composed this piece?
Igor Stravinsky
Aaron Copland
William Still
Hector Berlioz
57
This composer first gained attention with the opera Wozzeck.
Arnold Schoenberg
Anton Webern
Aaron Copland
Alban Berg
58
Debussy worked as a pianist for which patroness?
Nadazhda von Meck
Clara Schumann
Ella Fitzgerald
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
59
What is rubato?
A tempo marking meaning "Slow and solemn'
A false ending
A slower version of vibrato
An unwritten change of tempo to produce an expressive effect
