Mus 100 Midterm

Front 1

The interweaving of melody and harmony is referred to as what?

Back 1

Texture

Front 2

From which region were early Christian church melodies influenced?

Back 2

Middle East

Front 3

The organum Gaude Maria virgo is written in the style of which composer?

Back 3

Pérotin

Front 4

Which secular medieval musicians entertained audiences at the higher social levels?

Back 4

Troubadours

Front 5

Which percussion instrument is capable of creating an indefinite pitch?

Back 5

Snare Drum

Front 6

Many women composers in the Baroque era and before felt a particularly strong affinity with which biblical character?

Back 6

The Virgin Mary

Front 7

Independent parts of a large-scale work are called what?

Back 7

Movements

Front 8

Which one describes ternary form (ABA) correctly?

Back 8

statement, departure, return

Front 9

Which is a characteristic of secular music during the Renaissance?

Back 9

It is not religious

Front 10

What instrument class is characterized by the production of sound from itself?

Back 10

Idiophones

Front 11

Ars Nova refers to what type of European music?

Back 11

Polyphonic

Front 12

What common feature is found in the final chord in The Art of Fugue in the Baroque Era?

Back 12

Major

Front 13

Which composer felt a personal devotion to the Virgin Mary, which influenced the polychoral settings of Magnificat?

Back 13

Cozzolani

Front 14

At the end Monteverdi wrote the opera the corporation of Poppea, what type of opera houses were opening in Venice?

Back 14

Public

Front 15

Which of these is not a characteristic of harmony?

Back 15

Horizontal aspect of music

Front 16

Which of these instruments wasn’t widely used during the Baroque period?

Back 16

Piano

Front 17

What type of voices did composers write sacred renaissance music for?

Back 17

Multiple voices

Front 18

The earliest polyphonic music is called?

Back 18

Organum

Front 19

What is a characteristic of a woodwind instrument?

Back 19

Vibrating reed or air column

Front 20

The death of which composer marks the end of the Baroque Era?

Back 20

Bach

Front 21

Which of the following is not a part of opera?

Back 21

Ars Nova

Front 22

Which composer of the Medieval Music Era was known for their songs of worship?

Back 22

Hildegard Von Bingen

Front 23

What is the highest voice range?

Back 23

Soprano

Front 24

What aspects of music does melody have?

Back 24

Horizontal

Front 25

During the Renaissance, how were the new ideas rapidly transmitted?

Back 25

Printing press

Front 26

The “heart” of the orchestra is the _________ section

Back 26

Strings

Front 27

At the end Monteverdi wrote the opera The Corporation of Poppea, what type of opera houses were opening in Venice?

Back 27

Public

Front 28

A small organized ensemble of specialized vocal singers is known as a(n) _______

Back 28

A Choir

Front 29

Which of the following indicates a walking pace?

Back 29

Andante

Front 30

Which of the instruments is not considered a soft instrument?

Back 30

Sackbut

Front 31

Which of the following is not a characteristic of secular music during the Renaissance?

Back 31

Increased focus on imitative choral polyphony

Front 32

In an opera scene which part of a scene’s structure is first?

Back 32

Recitative

Front 33

Which of the following is not a type of secular music during the Baroque era?

Back 33

Acapella

Front 34

What is fugue?

Back 34

Contrapuntal composition based on imitation

Front 35

What beat is the on-beat in the triple meter?

Back 35

First beat

Front 36

Who composed Alleluia?

Back 36

Hildegard

Front 37

How many people are needed to pay a basso continuo?

Back 37

2

Front 38

Which class emerged out of feudal society in the Medieval Times?

Back 38

Merchants

Front 39

Which string instrument is played with a bow?

Back 39

Viola

Front 40

Who composed the opera Dido and Aeneas?

Back 40

Purcell

Front 41

Which string instrument has the lowest range?

Back 41

Double Bass

Front 42

A collection of pitches arranged in ascending and descending order constitutes a ______.

Back 42

Scale

Front 43

What is the unifying formal structure that Vivaldi used in the first movement of the Spring concert?

Back 43

Ritornello

Front 44

What is the reason why sacred music progressed from the chant setting to an organum setting of Ordinary?

Back 44

Chant was no longer recognizable

Front 45

Which Instrument has the highest pitch in the Brass Family?

Back 45

Trumpet

Front 46

Which one of these belong to the sacred genre during Renaissance?

Back 46

Motet

Front 47

What is not an instrument music dance during the renaissance?

Back 47

Ronde

Front 48

What is a baroque secular vocal genre?

Back 48

Cantata

Front 49

Which composer of the Medieval Music Era was known for their songs of worship?

Back 49

Hildegard Von Bingen

Front 50

The Art of Fugue

Back 50

Bach

Front 51

Hallelujah

Back 51

Handel

Front 52

Alleluiah

Back 52

Hildegard

Front 53

Fair Phyllis

Back 53

Farmer

Front 54

Ave Maria

Back 54

Josquin

Front 55

Gloria

Back 55

Palestrina

Front 56

Dido's Lament

Back 56

Purcell

Front 57

Spring from the Four Seasons

Back 57

Vivaldi