Music Midterm

Front 1

In sonata form, the recapitulation takes place immediately after

Back 1

the development

Front 2

In sonata form, what usually takes place during the exposition's bridge?

Back 2

modulation

Front 3

A multi-movement work for orchestra (usually featuring four movements) is:

Back 3

symphony

Front 4

Which form states an initial theme followed by sections in which the theme is restated in varied ways?

Back 4

Variation form

Front 5

Which composer is best known for breaking compositional tradition?

Back 5

Beethoven

Front 6

When composers write pieces of music in Sonata form, there are certain optional choices they can make. Which of the following is NOT optional?

Back 6

slow introduction
coda
repeating the exposition

DEVELOPMENT is NOT optional

Front 7

Which form is based on a Baroque dance?

Back 7

Minuet form

Front 8

How many movements does a typical Classical sonata have?

Back 8

three

Front 9

Here is a diagram of a particular form: ABACABACABA
Which form does the diagram best fit?

Back 9

Rondo form

Front 10

In which movement is minuet form most often used?

Back 10

third movement

Front 11

Cadenzas in the Classical Era were:

Back 11

improvised by the soloist

Front 12

In an opera, the section in which multiple singers sing about their individual emotions while also moving the plot forward is called:

Back 12

ensemble

Front 13

Which of the following could NOT be considered "chamber music?"

Back 13

concerto

Front 14

On a program, you see "Trumpet Quintet" listed as a title. What would you expect to see when the piece begins?

Back 14

one trumpet, four string instruments

Front 15

A multi-movement duo for flute and piano is called a:

Back 15

sonata

Front 16

The Baroque technique of requiring a keyboard player to add improvised chords to a bass line in a piece of music is referred to as:

Back 16

basso continuo

Front 17

In a fugue, the episode occurs:

Back 17

immediately after the exposition

Front 18

In an opera, when two or more singers are singing in dialogue (conversation), this section of the opera is called:

Back 18

recitative

Front 19

You're listening to the radio and you hear a piece of music that has a bass line in which the same five notes repeat constantly throughout the piece of music. "A-ha!" you think, "This must be composed using a ________________."

Back 19

ground bass

Front 20

The Baroque genre that is almost entirely based on systematic imitative polyphony is:

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fugue

Front 21

Which genre features a group of soloists accompanied by an orchestra?

Back 21

concerto grosso

Front 22

You're at a Lutheran church service and hear a solo organ piece. Based on your current knowledge, the genre is:

Back 22

chorale prelude

Front 23

In "ritornello" form, the initial musical material heard at the beginning of the piece will:

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return (possibly in fragmented form) multiple times throughout the piece

Front 24

How many "voices" can a fugue have?

Back 24

as many as the composer wants to use

Front 25

Which of the following genres is NOT performed for a paying audience?

Back 25

opera seria
opera buffa
oratorio
CANTATA not for paying audience

Front 26

In the second "A" section of a "da capo" aria, the singer should:

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improvise extra notes, ornaments, runs, etc.

Front 27

You turn on the radio and hear a Baroque orchestra playing in slow, dotted rhythms. Your heart quickens in excitement as you realize, "This is most likely a:

Back 27

French overture

Front 28

Recitative that features a considerable amount of orchestral involvement is called:

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accompanied recitative

Front 29

In a printed program, you see the following listed as a title: "'If Love's a Sweet Passion, why does it torment?' from The Fairy-Queen." You can guess that this would most likely be:

Back 29

an aria from an opera seria

Front 30

"Figured bass" refers to:

Back 30

a bass line which features a symbolic/numerical shorthand to help the keyboard player decide which notes to play.

Front 31

If a composer wanted to write a piece of music in the High Renaissance style, he would have to write _________________.

Back 31

alternating sections of imitative polyphony and homophony

Front 32

Which of the following is a secular genre?

Back 32

madrigal

Front 33

Troubadours are__________________.

Back 33

members of the nobility who are also composers of secular music

Front 34

In the printed program at a concert, you see the words "Agnus Dei" as part of a title. This tells you that ______________________.

Back 34

the piece of music is somehow connected to a Catholic Mass.

Front 35

You hear a song in which the word "hopping" is sung. The melody jumps all over the place during that particular word. This is an example of ________________.

Back 35

word-painting

Front 36

In the Middle Ages, a polyphonic vocal piece in which each voice part 1) sings the same syllables at the same time, and 2) has different melodic lines, is most likely ___________.

Back 36

an organum

Front 37

Which of the following is not a Renaissance dance?

Back 37

Bourree
Saltarello
Jig
NOT: Nutella

Front 38

To compose an organum, composers used a pre-existing piece of music as the basis. What pre-existing music would they use?

Back 38

a plainchant

Front 39

A church composer's birth and death dates are 432-497. The compositions he most likely focused on are:

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plainchants

Front 40

"Paraphrase" in music, means:

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when you take a melody and change the rhythm and perhaps add extra notes to make the melody more interesting or pretty.

Front 41

The most popular way to sing vocal music in the Renaissance was:

Back 41

a cappella

Front 42

In a printed program at a concert, you see a composer with the birth and death dates of 1575-1613. This tells you that:

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this composer will most likely use compositional techniques from the Renaissance.

Front 43

Which of the following types of plainchant is the most uninteresting (with regards to melody)?

Back 43

recitation

Front 44

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of plainchant?

Back 44

it is monophonic
it is nonmetrical
it uses the church modes.

NOT: the harmony is very rich, usually soprano/alto/tenor/bass--like most LDS hymns.

Front 45

If someone sings one syllable with tons of notes (like the "o" in "Glo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ria" from "Angels We Have Heard on High"), we could describe that passage as:

Back 45

melismatic