Music Exam 2

Front 1

A Vivaldi concerto usually has how many movements?

Back 1

three

Front 2

Sets of dance-inspired instrumental movements are called what?

Back 2

suites

Front 3

Unlike other movements in the symphony, the ____ movement is generall NOT in the tonic key.

Back 3

Slow

Front 4

Which is not true of the minuet?

Back 4

Presto Tempo

Front 5

In the recapitulation of a sonata-form movement, ___________.

Back 5

all themes are in the tonic key.

Front 6

Sonata form is used frequently as the ____ movemenet of a symphony.

Back 6

first

Front 7

A classical concerto is a 3-movement work for who?

Back 7

instrumental soloist and orchestra

Front 8

The _____ is a Lutheran hymn tune.

Back 8

chorale

Front 9

J.S. Bach created masterpieces in every Baroque form except

Back 9

opera

Front 10

The two giants of Baroque composition were

Back 10

Bach and Handel

Front 11

Handel spent the major portion of his life in

Back 11

England

Front 12

A bass part together with numbers that specify the chords to be played above it is called

Back 12

basso continuo

Front 13

The main keyboard instruments used during the Baroque were

Back 13

organ and harpsichord

Front 14

Within the same movement, a Baroque musical composition usually expresses

Back 14

one basic mood

Front 15

The composer whose career and musical style was a model for many romantic era composers was

Back 15

Beethoven

Front 16

A study piece, designed to help a performer master specific technical difficulties, is a (an)

Back 16

etude

Front 17

The section often added on to the end of a piece is called

Back 17

coda

Front 18

Instrumental music written for its own sake, and for which the composer did not intend a program, is called

Back 18

absolute music

Front 19

A symphony is a ________work for orchestra.

Back 19

four movement work for orchestra

Front 20

"Terraced" dynamics refers to

Back 20

the sudden change from one dynamic level to another

Front 21

The position of a Baroque period composer was that of

Back 21

a high class servant

Front 22

Sonata form's three main sections are

Back 22

exposition, development, recapitulation

Front 23

Short musical fragments of themes, containing just a few notes, are called

Back 23

motives

Front 24

A piano sonata is a musical composition in two or more movements for how many players?

Back 24

one player

Front 25

A polyphonic composition based on one main theme called a "subject" is the

Back 25

fugue

Front 26

In Beethoven's 5th Symphony, a _______ is used instead of the minuet.

Back 26

scherzo

Front 27

The usual order of movements in a classical syphony is

Back 27

fast, slow, dance, fast

Front 28

An art song, or "lied" in German, is a musical composition for who?

Back 28

solo voice and piano

Front 29

A choral work with orchestra performed in church services is

Back 29

cantata

Front 30

Oratorios differ from operas in that they contain no

Back 30

scenery and costumes

Front 31

Which of the following is NOT part of a sonata form movement?

Back 31

rondo

Front 32

Dance movements called ______ often appear in classical symphonies.

Back 32

minuets

Front 33

The piano's relentless rhythm in "Erlkonig" suggests the

Back 33

galloping of the horse

Front 34

The orchestra in the Romantic period had how many players?

Back 34

60-100

Front 35

A ____________ is an instrumental composition in several movements based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.

Back 35

program symphony

Front 36

A slow, lyrical composition for piano is a (an)

Back 36

nocturne

Front 37

The first movement of a classical symphony is usually fast and in _______ form.

Back 37

sonata

Front 38

The rondo may be schematically outlined as

Back 38

A B A C A

Front 39

The second movement of Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" is in

Back 39

themes and variations form

Front 40

Program music is

Back 40

instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene

Front 41

Composers expressed nationalism in their music by

Back 41

basing their music on the folk songs of their country

Front 42

Schubert's song "Erlkonig" is set to a poem by

Back 42

Goethe

Front 43

A large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists and orchestra NOT usually heard in a regular church service is

Back 43

oratorio

Front 44

A section of music that sounds complete but is part of a larger composition is called a

Back 44

movement

Front 45

A _____________ is a one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.

Back 45

tone poem

Front 46

Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique" is unified by the recurrence of a theme called a (an)

Back 46

"idee fixe"

Front 47

The piece by Smetana that depicts Bohemia's main river is the

Back 47

Moldau

Front 48

A slight slowing down or speeding up of the tempo is called

Back 48

rubato

Front 49

In Puccini's "La Boheme," the character Rodolfo is a young

Back 49

poet