Category - Composers

Question 1

August 2020 #1

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

He composed the first complete polyphonic setting of the mass.

Answer 1

Machaut

Question 2

August 2020 #2

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

This composer used intense dissonance and chromaticism in his Italian madrigals.

Answer 2

Gesualdo

Question 3

August 2020 #3

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

He was the leader of the Roman Catholic Church who organized and codified the chant repertoire.

Answer 3

Pope Gregory I

Question 4

August 2020 #4

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

Strum und Drang, rustic melodies, and sudden accents are often heard in his works.

Answer 4

Haydn

Question 5

August 2020 #5

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

He was an English composer known for his ballets and canzonets.

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Answer 5

Morley

Question 6

August 2020 #6

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

He composed many works in “sets”, including two- and three-part inventions, English Suites and French Suites.

Answer 6

JS Bach

Question 7

August 2020 #7

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

This composer developed the English oratorio and organ concerto.

Answer 7

Handel

Question 8

August 2020 #8

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

This composer used stile concitato to increase emotional intensity in his operas.

Answer 8

Monteverdi

Question 9

August 2020 #9

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

He was among the last composers of the trouvere tradition.

Answer 9

Josquin des Prez

Question 10

August 2020 #10

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

This composer reflected the ideals of the Counter-Reformation in his reserved polyphonic style.

Answer 10

Palestrina

Question 11

August 2020 #11

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

He was the leader of the Protestant reformation and composed the chorale tune “ A Mighty Fortress is Our God.”

Answer 11

Martin Luther

Question 12

August 2020 #12

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

He composed over 100 symphonies, many of which were humorous in nature.

Answer 12

Hyadn

Question 13

August 2020 #13

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

This was the composer, poet and author of the treatise Ars Nova (1322).

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Answer 13

Philip de Vitry

Question 14

August 2020 #14

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

This composer employed cyclical structure and introuced scherzo and trio in his symphonies.

Answer 14

Beethoven

Question 15

August 2020 #15

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

He was the notre Dame School composer who wrote Magnus Liber Organi

Answer 15

Leonin

Question 16

August 2020 #16

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

His association with Johann Christian Bach influenced his piano concerto writing.

Answer 16

Mozart

Question 17

August 2020 #17

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

He pubished his Traite de l’harmonie in 1722.

Answer 17

Rameau

Question 18

August 2020

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

The most famous composer of the Franco-Flemish School, he compsoed masses, motets, and chansons.

Answer 18

Josqunin des Prez

Question 19

August 2020 #19

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

He included trouser roles and modified sonata form in his opera buffa.

Answer 19

Mozart

Question 20

August 2020 #20

Name the composer or individual most closely associated with the following statement. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a name more than once.

This 13th century composer wrote three- and four-voice organum with substitute clausulae.

Answer 20

Perotin

Question 21

May 2019 #6

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

The most prominent figure of the Arts Nova, he composed the first competepolyphonic setting of the Mass Ordinary.

Answer 21

Machaut

Question 22

May 2019 #1

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

He embodied the ideals of the Counter-Reformation in his sacred vocal works.

Answer 22

Palestrina

Question 23

May 2019 #2

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

He produced two-part organum and wrote Magnus Liber Organi (Great Book of Organum).

Answer 23

Leonin

Question 24

May 2019 #3

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

He sometimes employed modified sonata form in his operas.

Answer 24

Mozart

Question 25

May 2019 #4

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

His monophonic chanson would have liekly been performed with an improvided accompaniment.

Answer 25

D’Arras

Question 26

May 2019 #5

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

He is best known for his English madrigals and balletts, many of which demonstrate the use of nonsense syllabes.

Answer 26

Morley

Question 27

May 2019 #7

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

He expolited the technological improvements to the piano in his thirty-two piano sonatas.

Answer 27

Beethoven

Question 28

May 2019 #8

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

He used extreme chromaticism, dissonance, and extravagant word painting in his madrigals.

Answer 28

Gesulado

Question 29

May 2019 #9

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

The most significant composer of early English opera, he often used ground bass as the structural basis of arias.

Answer 29

Purcell

Question 30

May 2019 #10

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

His Trait de l’harmonie, published in 1722, established the groundwork for the study of unctional harmony.

Answer 30

Rameau

Question 31

May 2019 #11

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

He composed many scared works for the Lutheran Church and demonstrated contrapuntal ingenuity in his fugues.

Answer 31

JS Bach

Question 32

May 2019 #12

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

Active in Paris in the early 13th century, this composer expanded on the work of earlier Notre Dame composers by writing three- and four-part polyphony.

Answer 32

Perotin

Question 33

May 2019 #13

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

One of the most isgnificant compsoers of the Franco-Flemish School, he was a master of contrapuntal techniques.

Answer 33

Josquin des Prez

Question 34

May 2019 #14

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

He composed sixty-eight string quartets and often made use of monothematic expositons in his sonata-form movements.

Answer 34

Haydn

Question 35

May 2019 #15

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

He increased emotional intensity in his operas through the use of stile concitato

Answer 35

Monteverdi

Question 36

May 2019 #16

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

Some of this English Renaissance composer’s secular dances and sets of variations may be found in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.

Answer 36

William Byrd

Question 37

May 2019 #17

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

The dramatic theatricality of this composer’s opera seria style was carried over into his English oratorios.

Answer 37

Handel

Question 38

May 2019 #18

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

Austrian folk music, dance, and humor are hallmarks of this composer’s symphonies.

Answer 38

Haydn

Question 39

May 2019 #19

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

He contributed to the development of the French keyboard suite, incorparting imaginative character pieces in his later works.

Answer 39

Rameua

Question 40

May 2019 #20

Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name more than once.

He expanded the develpment and code sections in his sonata-form movements and experiments with cyclical strcture.

Answer 40

Beethoven

Question 41

August 2017 #1

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

In response to the Council of Trent, this composer’s approaches to counterpoint focused on clear-cut phrasing and a sparing use of dissonance.

Answer 41

Palestrina
Gloria from Pope Marcellus Mass

Question 42

August 2017 #2

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

The dramatic, theatrical style of this composer’s opera seraia was carried over into his English oratorio.

Answer 42

Handel
Creation

Question 43

August 2017 #3

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

This composer increase emotional intensity in his operas through the use of stile concitato

Answer 43

Monteverdi
L’Orfeo

Question 44

August 2017 #4

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

He composed the first polyphonic setting of the Mass Ordinary.

Answer 44

Machaut
Kyrie from Messe de Nostre Dame

Question 45

August 2017 #5

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

His virtuosity is demonstrated in his challenging works for organ, including toccatas, Fugues, fantasias, and passacaglias.

Answer 45

JS Bach
Cantata No 80
(The Mighty Fortress is Our God)

Question 46

August 2017 #6

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

Austrian folk music, dance, and humor are hallmarks this composer’s symphonies.

Answer 46

Haydn
London

Question 47

August 2017 #7

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

He somtimes imposed imposed instrumental forms such as sonata form on vocal numbers in his operas.

Answer 47

Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro

Question 48

August 2017 #8

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

One of the most significant Franco Flemish composers he demonstrates contrapuntal mastery in his motets

Answer 48

Josquin des Prez
Ave Maria…virgo serena

Question 49

August 2017 #9

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

His vocal lyricism and use of word painting established this compsoer as the most significant figure in early English opera.

Answer 49

Henry Purcell
Dido and Aenase

Question 50

August 2017 #10

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

Active in Paris in the early 13th century, this composer expanded on the polyphonic techniques of early Notre Dame composers by writing three- and four-part polyphony.

Answer 50

Perotin

Question 51

August 2017 #11

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

Some of this English Renassiance composer’s secular dances and sets of variations may be found in the Fitzwilliam Virginal book.

Answer 51

William Byrd
The Carman’s Whistle

Question 52

August 2017 #12

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

Known for the careful architecture of his formal structures, he also expolited the technological improvements to the piano in his sonatas.

Answer 52

Beethoven
Piano sonta in C Minor op. 13
(Pathetique)

Question 53

August 2017 #13

a) Name the composer most closely associated with each of the following statements. b) Also provide the composotion for each composer. Composer names and composition titles must be chosen from those required for this examination. You may use a composer’s name and the compositionan titles more than once.

His Italian madrigals demonstrate extreme chromaticism and extravagant word painting.

Answer 53

Gesulado
Moro Lasso

Question 54

May 2017 #2

Name the composer who matches each description. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination.

He produced two-part organum and wrote Magner Liberi Organi (Great Book of Organum).

Answer 54

Leonin

Question 55

May 2017 #1

Name the composer who matches each description. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination.

He embodied the ideals of the Counter-Reformation in his sacred vocal works.

Answer 55

Palestrina

Question 56

May 2017 #3

Name the composer who matches each description. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination.

He composed sixty-eight string quartets and often made use of monothematic exposition in his sonata-form movements.

Answer 56

Haydn

Question 57

May 2017 #4

Name the composer who matches each description. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination.

One of the most significant composers of the Franco-Flemish School, he was a master of contrapuntal technqiues.

Answer 57

Josquin des Prez

Question 58

May 2017 #5

Name the composer who matches each description. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination.

He composed many sacred works for the Lutheran Church and demonstrated contrapuntal ingenuity in his many fugues.

Answer 58

JS Bach

Question 59

May 2017 #6

Name the composer who matches each description. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination.

He created emotional intensity through the use of stile concitato; his mottoe was ‘the text is the master; the music is the servant.”

Answer 59

Monteverdi

Question 60

May 2017 #7

Name the composer who matches each description. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination.

He used extreme chromaticism, dissonce, and extravagant word word painting in his madrigals.

Answer 60

Gesulado

Question 61

May 2017 #8

Name the composer who matches each description. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination.

The most common figure of the French Ars Nova, he composed the first complete polyphonic setting of the Mass Ordinary.

Answer 61

Machaut

Question 62

May 2017 #9

Name the composer who matches each description. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination.

The most significant composer of the early English opera, he often used ground bass as the structural basis of arias.

Answer 62

Henry Purcell

Question 63

May 2017 #10

Name the composer who matches each description. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination.

His monophonic chanson would have likely been performed with an imprised accompaniment.

Answer 63

d’Arras

Question 64

Dec 2016 #1

Identify the composer for the following pairs of statements.

His madrigals frequently sue extreme chromaticism; most effective use of word painting.

Answer 64

Gesualdo

Question 65

Dec 2016 #2

Identify the composer for the following pairs of statements.

Responds to the ideals of the Counter Reformation; composed over one hundred masses and three hundred motets

Answer 65

Palestrina

Question 66

Dec 2016 #3

Identify the composer for the following pairs of statements.

A 13th century composer of the Notre Dame School; composed three- and four- voice organum.

Answer 66

Perotin

Question 67

Dec 2016 #4

Identify the composer for the following pairs of statements.

Contributed to the development of the French keyboard suite. His later works incorporated imagiative character pieces; inspired by the suites of Francois Couperin.

Answer 67

Rameau

Question 68

Dec 2016 #5

Identify the composer for the following pairs of statements.

A leading composer of the Franco-Flemish; a grea tmaster of contrapuntal techniques, including canonic writing and imitative counterpont.

Answer 68

Josquin des Prez