Music Appreciation Final Exam

Front 1

The higher the vibration the higher the note. (T/F)

Back 1

True

Front 2

Polyrhythm

Back 2

--use of several rhythmic patterns @ same time
--common in 20th century

Front 3

Which note of a scale is the most important?

Back 3

Tonic / 1st base

Front 4

Monophonic

Back 4

Single-line without accompaniment

Front 5

Homophonic

Back 5

Melody and accompanying harmony

Front 6

Contrapuntal

Back 6

Texture employing counterpoint, or two or more melodic lines

Front 7

What are the four main vocal ranges?

Back 7

--Soprano
--Alto
--Tenor
--Bass

Front 8

Which is bigger, the chorus or the choir?

Back 8

Chorus

Front 9

In the Middle ages, secular music was most important. (T/F)

Back 9

False; Church music was most important

Front 10

Who was the first composer to specify instruments and dynamics in music?

Back 10

Giovanni Gabrieli

Front 11

What type of music was popular in the Rennisance era?

Back 11

Polyphonic music

Front 12

In Western music, how many steps are used?

Back 12

12 steps

Front 13

What is the smallest interval?

Back 13

Half-step

Front 14

Modulation

Back 14

Changing from one key to another

Front 15

Figured bass

Back 15

The composer puts a numeral above or below the bass note, indicating the chord required (part of basso continuo)

Front 16

What two instruments were used for basso continuo?

Back 16

Cello or bassoon

Front 17

What tonality was used in the Baroque era?

Back 17

Major / minor

Front 18

Who was the first master of opera?

Back 18

Monteverdi

Front 19

What is the name of Vivaldi's four violin concertos?

Back 19

Four Seasons

Front 20

What type of music was most important in the Classical era?

Back 20

Symphony

Front 21

How many movements in a Classical symphony?

Back 21

4; fast, slow, moderate, fast

Front 22

What was at the heart of the orchestra in the Classical era?

Back 22

Strings

Front 23

1st movement of a Classical symphony

Back 23

Sonata-allegro

Front 24

2nd movement of a Classical symphony

Back 24

Slow movement

Front 25

3rd movement of a Classical symphony

Back 25

Minuet and trio

Front 26

4th movement of a Classical symphony

Back 26

(the finale) Rondo

Front 27

What terrible thing happened to Beethoven?

Back 27

He went deaf

Front 28

Who invented the modern piano style?

Back 28

Chopin

Front 29

When did impressionism occur?

Back 29

End of Romantic era and into the 20th century

Front 30

What did Franz Schubert mostly write?

Back 30

Leiders

Front 31

Four short lyric piano pieces

Back 31

--Prelude
--Intermezzo (interlude)
--Impromptu (spur of moment)
--Nocturne (a night piece)

Front 32

What was the name of the 4 opera song cycle Richard Wagner wrote?

Back 32

Ring of Niblung

Front 33

Atonality

Back 33

Moves from one level of dissonance to another w/o relaxiation

Front 34

Polytonality

Back 34

--Using 2 or more keys @ same time
--20th century

Front 35

Twelve tones

Back 35

--aka serialism
--tone row

Front 36

Tone row

Back 36

--Twelve chromatic tones
--Unifying idea for a composition

Front 37

Forms of the tone row

Back 37

--Transposed
--Inversion
--Retrograde
--Retrograde inversion

Front 38

Emancipation of Dissonance

Back 38

Freeing it from the obligation to resolve to consonance

Front 39

What song produced a riot @ the end of its premire?

Back 39

Igor Stravansky's "Rite of Spring"

Front 40

Who invented the 12 tone system?

Back 40

Schoenberg

Front 41

Why did Bela Bartok name his last piece "Concerto for Orchestra"?

Back 41

He wrote solos for every instrument in the orchestra

Front 42

When Bela Bartok fled Hungary, where did he go?

Back 42

New York City

Front 43

What genre was "Billy the Kid"?

Back 43

Orchestral suite from a ballet

Front 44

What were the popular styles in the 20th century?

Back 44

--Ragtime
--Blues
--Early Jazz

Front 45

Who is the King of Ragtime?

Back 45

Scott Joplin

Front 46

Where were musicals invented?

Back 46

America

Front 47

What Shakesperian play does "West Side Story" resemble?

Back 47

Romeo & Juliet

Front 48

Texture

Back 48

Interweaving of melodic and harmonic elements

Front 49

Form

Back 49

Structure and design in music