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As what is the period before 450 AD known?
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The Dark Ages
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What does our beloved professor want us to know about the Dark Ages?
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nothing
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As what is the period from 450 to 1450 AD known?
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Middle Ages
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The composer of note from the Middle Ages, mentioned in class, is whom?
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Machaut
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A young boy who had his testicles removed, to aviod going through puberty, so that he will become an artist level superstar male soprano, is known as what?
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Castrato
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Especially in the Middle Ages what is the name for the sustained tone, either instrumental or vocal, that is held beneath the moving melody line?
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Drone
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As what is music of the church known?
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sacred
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As what is music not of the church known?
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secular
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As what is the period form 1450 to 1600 AD known?
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Renaissance
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Who is the composer of note from the Renaissance, mentioned in class?
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Palestrina
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In secular music of the Renaissance, the text of "Fa, La, La, La, Fa, La, La" generally meant what?
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fucking
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In what period did instrumental music begin to emerge?
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Renaissance
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As what is the period from 1600 to 1750 AD known?
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Baroque
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Who are the 4 composers of note from the Baroque period?
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Handel, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach
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Who wrote "Messiah?"
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Handel
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Who is credited with mostly developing opera?
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Monteverdi
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In what period was opera most developed?
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Baroque
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What is a long, usually sacred, musical work for the concert stage-- telling a story -- with orchestra, chorus, vocal soloist -- but NO staging, costumes, drama, or dancing?
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Oratorio
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What is a long, usually secular, musical work -- telling a story -- with orchestra, chorus, vocal soloist-- and also with staging, costumes, drama, and dancing?
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Opera
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Other than organ, what was the most common keyboard instrument during the baroque period?
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harpsichord
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As what is the period from 1750 to 1820 AD known?
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Classical
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Who are the 3 composers of note from the Classical period?
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Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
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Who wrote "The Surprise Symphony?"
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Haydn
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Who wrote "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik?"
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Mozart
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As what is the period form 1820 to 1900 AD known?
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Romantic
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Who are the 6 composers from the Romantic period mentioned in class?
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Brahms, Dvorak, Puccini, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff
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What is the favorite musical era of your beloved professor?
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Romantic
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Who is the favorite opera composer of your beloved professor?
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Puccini
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Who is the favorite overall composer of your beloved professor?
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Rachmanioff
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Aw what is the period from 1900 to 2000 AD known?
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20th Century
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Who are the 9 composers from the 20th Century mentioned in class?
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Debussy, Stravinsky, Schenberg, Bartok, Varese, Ives, Gershwin, Copland, Cage
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What is the name of the piece that caused protest and rioting upon its world premiere in Paris, France?
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Rite of Spring
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Who composed the Rite of Spring?
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Stravinsky
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Who is credited with most developing the 12-tone row method of composing?
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Schenberg
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Who composed music in "layers", as if it were really two different pieces being performed at the same time?
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Ives
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Who composed the electronic and feedback-based piece, "Poeme Electonique?"
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Varese
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Who composed the piece 4'33'' -- which asks the pianist to "not play" for 4 mins 33 sec?
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Cage
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True or False: Music is NOT a universal language, but occurs Universally?
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false
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all sound is caused by what?
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vibrations
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who originally composed that music in The String?
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Scott Joplin
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Who adapted the music that was used in the movie The Sting?
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Marvin Hamlisch
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For what instrument was Ragtime orignially written and intended?
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piano
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What guitar-like instrument was first made from a gourd?
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Banjo
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Who was one of the first minstral performers, especially to popularize the banjo?
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Joel Sweeney
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In what year did the "Protest Reformation" take place?
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1517
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Who is credited with bringing baout the "Protestant Reformation?"
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Martin Luther
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In what year did the Moravians arrive to settle in America?
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1735
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Who is thought to be the first important America-bor MORAVIAN composer?
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John Antes
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What is another name for "Sacred Harp Music?"
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Shaped Notes
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In what year were amateur concerts thought to have been started in the US?
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1720
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Who is credited with starting the "singing Schools"?
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Wiiliam Billings
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In what year were professional concerts thought to have been started in the US?
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1760
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In what year was the "glass harmonica" invented?
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1761
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Who invented the glass harmonica?
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Ben Franklin
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The piano generally replaced the harpsichord in what approximate years?
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late 1760s
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How many parts does a typical Steinway grand piano have?
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12,000
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In what year did the US bands start to resemble the European model?
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1792
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In what year did the Marine Corps charter an official band of approximately 35 members?
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1798
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What three things are considered to be in the Trivium?
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Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic
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What three things are considered to be in the Quadrivium?
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Geometry, Astronomy, Music
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Who wrote the words to the US National Anthem, "Star Spangled Banner?"
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Francis Scott Key
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In what year did American Westward expansion begin?
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1841
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Who was the first well-known arranger of Spirituals, having taught at the university that had the Jubliee Singers, living from 1866 to 1949?
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Henry Burleign
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What University has the renowned Spiritual Choir, "The Jubilee Singers"?
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Fiske University
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Who is the person credited with instituting Music Education in American schools (K-12)?
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Lowell Mason
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Approx how many people lived in the Us in 1780?
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3 million
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Approx how many people lived in the US in 1790?
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4 million
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Approx how mnay people lived in the US in 1840?
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17 million
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Approx how many people live in the US now (2008)?
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300 million
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In what year were frets for the banjo developed?
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1880
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Who was the first, well known, African-American songwriter?
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James Bland
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Who composed Florida's earlier State Song, "Way Down Upon The Suwannee River?
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Stephen Foster
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As what is it known when a piece of music first presents the tune (or song) in its original form, and is then repeated numerous times, each one varied from the previous times?
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theme & variations
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