Reference no: EM131904899
(Place the correct letter in the blank with the definition.)
1._____is the line, or tune, in music
2._____is what moves music forward in time.
3._____marked off in measures organizes the beats (the basic units) in music.
4._____describes the vertical events in music, or how they sound together.
5._____The tonic is the central tone around which a melody and its harmonies are built; this principle of organization is called
6._____is created by an unstable, or discordant, combination of tones.
7._____occurs with a resolution of dissonance, producing a stable or restful sound.
8._____single- voiced music without accompaniment
9._____many- voiced, one line set against another.
10._____ common in songs, features repeated music for each stanza of text.
11._____ is the rate of speed, or pace, of the music.
12._____describes the volume, or how loud (forte) or soft (piano) the music is played
13._____tone color
14._____The voice ranges
15._____Choral groups with no accompaniment.
A.Consonance B.Dissonance C.Dynamics D.Harmony E.Melody F.Meter G.Monophony
H.Polyphony I.Rhythm J.Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass K.Strophic form L.Tempo
M.Timbre N.Tonality O.A cappella
Answer T for True or F for False (write clearly!)
16._____ Romantic music is characterized by order, objectivity, and harmonious proportion.
17._____ Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, were members of the Parisian school
18._____ The Classical melody is singable and lyrical
19._____All Classical music-making revolved around public ticket sales
20._____During the Classical period, women did not hold court positions as musicians and teachers
21._____The Romantic Period is the golden age of chamber music
22._____The string quartet consists of 2 violins, viola, cello and basso continuo
23._____Beethoven worked under the patronage of the Esterházy court.
24._____Mozart was a child prodigy who started to write music before the age of five.
25._____The French Revolution destroyed the middle- class
26._____The Industrial Revolution spurred many technical advances in musical instruments
27._____ Classical composers used nationalistic, folkloric, and exotic subjects.
28._____ Romantic composers used richly expressive harmony, and broad, expanded forms.
29._____During the Romantic Period, women musicians excelled as performers, teachers, composers, music patrons
30._____The Lied is French for solo voice and piano
31._____Absolute instrumental music depicts a literary or pictorial association
32._____Political unrest throughout Europe stimulated schools of nationalistic composers
33._____Dates for the Classical Period are 450-1450
34._____Dates for the Romantic Period are 1750-1820
35._____The idée fixe was used by Berlioz
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36.____ 1450-1600
37. ____1600-1750
38.____ 476-1450
39.____ A-B-A-C-A
40.____a "2/4" rhythmic feel instead of "3/4".
41.____a shorthand that allowed the performer to improvise the chords.
42.____Baroque Keyboard Instruments
43.____chamber sonata for small setting
44.____church sonata
45.____contrapuntal composition with single theme
46.____divided the octave into 12 equal parts.
47.____earliest polyphony
48.____texts added to upper voices of organum
49.____The fixed melody based on the chant that was the lower voice of organum
50.____featured solo song with instrumental accompaniment
51.____Golden age of a cappella style
52.____highly emotional and lyrical opera songs
53.____large sung drama combining vocal, instrumental music acting, scenery and costumes 54.____large work for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, without scenery, biblical theme
55.____moves plot and action of opera forward
56.____music notation by square notes on four-line staff
57.____Musical pictoralization with text.
58.____musically pictoralized without text.
59.____orchestra alternates with solo violin
60.____ostinato descending bass line
61.____overture, allemande, courante, sarabande, hornpipe, minuet, gigue
62.____part of the Lutheran church service.
63.____performed on a royal barge
64.____Secular vocal composition for three to eight voices
65.____solo instrument with accompanying instrumental group
66.____Stradivari, Guarneri, Amati
67.____text or scripts of the opera
68.____The bass part often played by two instruments
69.____The emotional and dynamic union of text and music
70. ____sacred vocal monophony, nonmetric, sung in Latin from Middle Ages.
A.aria B. basso continuo C. Cantata D. Cremona violin makers E. doctrine of the affections F. duple meter G. equal temperament tuning system H. figured bass I. Fugue J. Gregorian chant K. ground bass L. libretto M. monody N. neumes
O. Opera P. Oratorio Q. orchestral ritornello R. Organ, harpsichord, and clavichord S. Organum T. Motet U. Cantus Firmus V. program music W. recitative X. Renaissance dates Y. Renaissance Style Z. Rondo Form 1. Solo concerto
2. Sonata da camera 3. Sonata da chiesa 4. The Baroque dates 5. The Baroque Suite 6. The Madrigal 7. The Middle Ages dates 8. Water Music 9. word painting
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71.___was the international counterpart to a French movement.
72.___A relevant break from the Romantic Movement that included Impressionism, Expressionism, Neoclassicism.
73.___a return to an earlier era of detached, objective style of music. Absolute music.
74.___The writers and publishers of Popular music in New York City at the turn of the twentieth century.
75.___the mixture of popular and serious idioms and away for the strictness of Modernism
76. ___Total abandonment of key center.
77.___certain elements are left up to the performer.
78.___Contemporary musical style featuring the repetition of short melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns with little variation.
79.___ technology standard that allows networking of computers with electronic musical instruments.
80.___Late-nineteenth-century piano style created by African Americans, characterized by highly syncopated melodies.
81.___was a French movement developed by painters
82.___used natural sounds recorded on magnetic tape as a new medium for composition.
83.____had its origins in rhythm and blues, country- western, pop and gospel
84.____drew elements from African traditions and Western popular and art music.
85.___The diverse artistic trends of the early twentieth century were a reaction against __?
A.Atonality B. Chance Music C. Impressionism D. Expressionism E. MIDI F. Minimalist G. Neoclassical H. Postmodernist I. Ragtime J. Tin Pan Alley K. Modernism L.Musique concrète M. Romanticism N. Jazz O. Rock
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A. Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno (Italian madrigal)
B. Bach: Contrapunctus (Fugue)
C. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (Classical Symphony)
D. Bernstein: Tonight Quintet (Musical Theater)
E. Copland: Appalachian Spring, (American Ballet)
F. Debussy: Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" (Impressionism)
G. Handel: Messiah, (Oratorio)
H. Hildegard of Bingen: Alleluia, O virga mediatrix (Plainchant)
I. Holiday: Billie's Blues (Blues)
J. Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag (Piano Rag)
K. Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire, (Expressionism)
L. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Modernism)
M. Strayhorn/Ellington: Take the A Train (Big Band Jazz)
N. Wagner: Die Walküre, (German Opera)
O. Williams: Imperial March (Movie Score)