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Section 1
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The text implies that troubadours and trouvères considered themselves superior to minstrels because they composed the words and melodies of their songs themselves.
True
The following piece, based upon a sailor's dance called the hornpipe, comes from what type of larger work?
Orchestral Suite
The dates given in the course for the Baroque Period place it between:
1600-1750
According to the text, the Renaissance period was known as:
The Golden Age of Choral Music
Which of the following were sacred genres in the Medieval period?
Masses and organa
One difference between a Renaissance Mass and a motet is:
A Mass is always based on a specific text that is part of the liturgy of a given day.
During the Classical period, opera buffa plots were based on myths and historical figures.
False
Which of the following was regarded as a leading composer of the Ars Nova style?
Guillaume de Machaut
Composers increasingly wrote for the organ, harpsichord, and virginal in the 16th century.
TRUE
The following example was composed by a musician whose career exemplifies the dominance of composers from Northern France and the Netherlands during the Renaissance.
[Josquin Desprez] The career of Josquin Desprez exemplifies the dominance of composers from Northern France and the Netherlands during the Renaissance.
The symphony had its origins in the overture, which was the introductory music for Italian opera.
True
Which of the following contains Goliard songs—the earliest surviving examples of secular music?
Carmina Burana
According to the text, which of the following is best known for creating the first complete polyphonic setting of the entire Ordinary of the Mass by a single composer?
[Guillaume de Machaut] Machaut's Notre Dame Mass was the first such setting.
According to the text, the motet became a secular genre even though it grew out of sacred chant.
True
Which of the following important events took place during the Baroque period?
[The Thirty Years' War] Religious differences brought about years of fighting in Europe during the Baroque period.
Which of the following is NOT a chant of the Proper of the Mass?
Sederunt Principes
Which movement of Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott does the above piece represent?
Strong Rythms, Single Line Melody, Instrumental accompaniment
Troubadour song
This instrument, which was very popular during the Renaissance, is called a
Lute
Which 8th- and 9th-century ruler had a profound influence on Church music?
[Charlemagne] (c.742-814) ruled over much of the continent in the 8th and early 9th centuries, and instituted reforms that gradually pulled Europe into modern times. Charlemagne had a profound influence on Church music.
During the Baroque period, the term sonata was used for musical works __________.
to be played
From which of the following works does the above aria come?
Bach's St. Matthew Passion
Motets composed in the Middle Ages were easy to confuse with ones composed during the Renaissance because they sounded so similar.
False
Which of the following phrases best describes music of the Classical period?
balanced and well-constructed
Organa featured voices that could move independently, marking the beginning of Western polyphonic music.
True
Which of the following is not part of the Ordinary of the Catholic Mass?
[Alleluia] is a text of the Proper of the Mass.
During the Renaissance, what was the name composers gave to the original chant used as the basis for the main melody in a composition?
Cantus firmus
In the early days of the church, the only music allowed during the service was:
[Vocal Music] During this period, as in the early church, only vocal music was allowed during the service.
Which of the following was a consequence of the Thirty Years' War?
Protestantism was recognized as an acceptable religion alongside Catholicism
Based on the drums at the beginning, followed by the distinctive double-reed timbre of shawms, this excerpt is...
[Dance music from the Medieval period] That excerpt was an example of dance music from the Medieval period used to accompany dancing in the courts of medieval nobles.
A Baroque oratorio is...
A multi-movement sacred work similar to opera
The sacred text and overall musical style of this example suggests that it is part of a/an:
Oratorio
The following melody, a popular Renaissance tune, was used as the cantus firmus in many masses, such as those by Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Ockgehem, and Giovanni da Palestrina.
True
Which of the following selections is an example of a Renaissance consort?
Excerpt D
During the Baroque period, the musical feature that lent harmonic support to the main melodic line of a composition was called:
Basso continuo] The basso continuo, used throughout baroque music, is a technique by which a harmonic foundation lends support to a melodic line that carries the main melodies of a composition.
The following composition, featuring 40 voices, was written by:
Thomas Tallis
During the Renaissance Period, English and Burgundian composers popularized the use of thirds and the sixths.
True
Which of the following is true of the Florentine Camerata?
Its members were interested in re-creating the music dramas they believed to have been staged by the ancient Greeks.
Burgundian composers made each of the standard components of the Mass distinct by using a different cantus firmus melody for each component.
False
The earliest surviving opera—then called dramma per musica—was written by a member of the Florentine Camerata named:
Jacopo Peri
According to the text, at what point did England fully embrace opera?
Who composed L'Orfeo, a work that marks the beginning of opera as a major art form?
Claudio Monteverdi L'Orfeo, a work that marks the beginning of opera as a major art form, was written by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643).
According to the text, at what point did England fully embrace opera?
When George Frideric Handel brought his operas to England
Which of the following is true of the above pieces, Baci soavi e cari and Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda respectively?
Both are from books of Italian madrigals.
During the Renaissance period, musical textures were primarily monophonic.
polyphonic
Which of the following describes one of the most popular forms during the Renaissance, the chanson?
Polyphonic songs in which instruments sometimes played one or more of the voices
Which of the following events occurred in America during the time period known as the Renaissance?
Columbus discovered "The New World."
The following piece is an example of...
an overture to a French opera
Which of the following forms best describes the above excerpt?
Villancico
A setting of multiple notes per syllable, as in the setting of the word "alleluia" in the excerpt above, is known as what kind of setting?
Melismatic
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Which of the following statements best describes musical form in the Romantic period?
Romantic composers worked with traditional forms but expanded them in innovative ways to meet their expressive needs.
Which composer wrote a light-hearted Ninth Symphony (below) that Soviet leader Stalin deemed inappropriate for the occasion of celebrating the end of WWII? Hint: he was denounced by Pravda, the unofficial mouthpiece of the Communist Party, as a young man.
Shostakovich
Which of the following composers wrote, and is famous for, twelve London symphonies?
Haydn
The above excerpt from Rigoletto showcases its composer's gift for catchy melodies. Which of the following is the composer?
Giuseppi Verdi
The above Piano Sonata by C.P.E. Bach was representative of the transitional period between the Baroque and Classical periods. Which of the following terms describes this piece?
Empfindsamer Stil (sensitive style)
According to the text, what was the significance of Debussy's work?
It represented the first viable alternative to tonal music.
With which royal family was Haydn closely associated?
Esterházy
The following choral work, based on the German Bible, was written by:
Brahms
Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro cemented his reputation as a master of the genre, yet it received a lukewarm reception in Vienna. Which of the following reasons does the text give as to why this was the case?
The correct answer is: The opera poked fun of the aristocracy, which unsettled the aristocratic Viennese.
Which of the following represents a typical order of movements for a Classical concerto?
Fast, Slow, Fast
The course places the Romantic period in music between the years:
1820-1910
The above excerpt from a Smetana piece demonstrates a typical characteristic of Romantic music. What is it?
flowing melodies
Which of the following excerpts is most likely a composition by Paganini?
Excerpt C
According to the text, the concept of the idée fixe was new because it explicitly represented a character while simultaneously acting as a musical motive.
True
We can say that the melody in the following example is typical of the Classical period because it is:
Short, symmetrical, and balanced
Who was NOT considered a nationalist composer?
[Liszt] Although many think of Liszt as a Hungarian nationalist composer, and the Hungarians themselves have claimed him as a national treasure, the fact is that he remained very much an international artist and man of the world throughout his life.
Which of the following trends in contemporary music does this excerpt exemplify?
Jazz Influence
The composer pictured above is best known for taking older forms and styles and redefining them in modern ways. Antonin Dvorak was inspired by his Hungarian Dance No. 1. What is this composer's name?
brahms
Which of the following composers envisioned operas as "musical dramas"—a combination of all the arts?
[Wagner] Wagner envisioned operas as "musical dramas"—a combination of all the arts
The melody in this composition is representative of Romantic music because it:
Is long, flowing, and lyrical
Listen to the above excerpt from Mozart's Symphony No. 40. Which of the following would be the most likely tempo marking?
Although Ludwig van Beethoven's output was great, he didn't produce any works for voice.
False
According to the text, modernism consciously rejects tradition and insists on radical experimentation as the way forward.
true
The following threnody by Krzystof Penderecki was dedicated to the victims of which WWII event?
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan
His Violin Concerto (below) is a favorite in concert halls all over the world today, but upon its 1881 premiere in Vienna, it was lambasted by critics, including one who called it "odorously Russian." During his lifetime, he was thought of as "too Russian" by foreign critics and "too cosmopolitan" by his countrymen, yet his music endures to this day. Who is this composer?
Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
The final movement of his Symphony No. 4 (below) was a passacaglia with 32 variations. Deemed old-fashioned by his German contemporaries, he was seen as a progressive after his death thanks to an essay by Arnold Schoenberg. What is his name?
Johannes Brahms
Notes that don't belong to the traditional scale are known as ______________ alterations.
chromatic
Listen to the following example and select the genre that best defines it:
Symphony
Which of the following does the above excerpt showcase?
Fast tempo with accented rhythms based on folk dances
Which of the following represents a typical order of movements for a Classical concerto?
Which of the following best explains why it is the case that nowadays, older works are performed in concert halls whereas newer works are only heard by a small number of people?
Modern composers do not have audience pleasure as their goal, and their works have become incomprehensible to wider audiences
The following piano sonata was composed by one of the first female virtuoso performers. Identify this composer.
Clara Wieck Schumann
The bell-like effects in the above excerpt indicate that the piece is:
Liszt's La Campanella
The following piece, nicknamed "Emperor," features piano sections alternating with orchestral sections. What type of work is it?
concerto
The following waltz was written by:
Chopin
This is an example of a new style of opera called opera buffa that emerged during the Classical period. It differed from opera in previous periods because...
Stories were based on "real people," and the music was light and humorous.
Verismo is a style of opera that used emotionally charged melodies and harmonies to depict everyday people in melodramatic situations.
True
Which Classical genre is represented by this example?
Chamber music
Which of the following statements is NOT true of music from the Romantic period?
Romantic composers shied away from loud dynamic levels to make music more pleasing to the audience.
What feature of Gustav Mahler's symphonies reflect the extremes of the late Romantic period?
They are all at least an hour long
According to the text, composers of the Romantic period were reluctant to stray from the seven tones of the traditional scale (i.e., A, B, C, D, E, F, G).
FALSE
According to the text, which of the following is a Post-Romantic composer?
Rachmaninoff
From the following composers, select the one that best understood the intrinsic nature and potential of the piano as an expressive instrument:
[Frédéric Chopin] Few composers in the history of Western music have understood the intrinsic nature and potential of the piano as an expressive instrument as well as Chopin did.
Which of the following composers wrote this symphony?
Ludwig van Beethoven That was the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (Eroica)
The following piece became a national anthem. What is its name?
Finlandia
The above Requiem was written by an influential Romantic composer who helped found the National Society of French music. Who was this composer?
Gabriel Fauré
The following movement from a Haydn symphony features sudden shifts in volume. To which symphony does the movement belong?
Symphony No. 94, "Surprise"
Which of the following composers was the first to make an independent living by composing?
Beethoven
What is the title of the following movement from Maurice Ravel's Violin Sonata in G Major?
Blues
The texture of the following example from the Classical period can best be described as:
homophonic
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