Content and Instruction

Question 1

Sarabande

Answer 1

Slow dance in triple meter often emphasizing the second beat

Question 2

Sonata

Answer 2

To be played on one or more instruments; Work in several movements for one or two solo instruments

Question 3

Sonata Form

Answer 3

Used mostly in first movements
- Exposition - Development - Recapitulation

Question 4

Episode

Answer 4

Passage that does not state the principal subject (esp in Fugue)

Question 5

Exposition

Answer 5

Section in which subject(s) are announced in fugues, sonatas, and concertos

Question 6

Fugue

Answer 6

Composition or section in which subject is answered or repeated by several parts

Question 7

Hocket

Answer 7

Splitting up a melodic line between two voices

Question 8

Leitmotif

Answer 8

Musical theme or motive associated with a person, thing, emotion, or idea in a drama

Question 9

Monody

Answer 9

Accompanied solo song

Question 10

Motet

Answer 10

Polyphonic vocal composition with sacred text

Question 11

Passacaglia

Answer 11

Pattern of pitches serving as a foundation for harmony

Question 12

Partita

Answer 12

Single variation of a theme, set of such variations

Question 13

Recapitulation

Answer 13

Section of a movement in which the subjects announced in the exposition are reviewed

Question 14

Renaissance

Answer 14

1450-1600; Rebirth of secular musical activity/ideas of antiquity

Question 15

Ripieno

Answer 15

Tutti as opposed to solo

Question 16

Rondeau Form

Answer 16

AbaAabAB

Question 17

Stretto

Answer 17

Imitation of a subject at a close time-interval

Question 18

Tetrachord

Answer 18

Scale of four notes spanning a fourth (Greek/Medieval); Set of four pitches (Modern)

Question 19

Toccata

Answer 19

Introductory improvised instrumental piece

Question 20

Triplum

Answer 20

Second part in early polyphony; Set against a Tenor and Duplum

Question 21

Abgesang

Answer 21

Song form in which first melodic component is sung 2x with different text (Stollen); and the remainder is sung once (Abgesang)

Question 22

Ad Libitum

Answer 22

Details of execution left to discretion of the performer

Question 23

Aggregate

Answer 23

Unordered set of pitch classes of the chromatic scale

Question 24

Air

Answer 24

Art song with lute or violin accompaniment

Question 25

Air de cour

Answer 25

French monodic song

Question 26

Aleatory

Answer 26

Deliberately leaving choices of pitches, rhythmic values, or order of events to chance

Question 27

Ambitus

Answer 27

Pitch range of a mode or plainchant

Question 28

Antiphonal

Answer 28

One group answers the other; Performance method

Question 29

Achlute

Answer 29

Lute with an extra peg box for long bass strings

Question 30

Aria

Answer 30

Songful monologue or duet in an opera

Question 31

Baroque

Answer 31

1600-1750

Question 32

Basse Dance

Answer 32

Family of dances (duple + triple) whose music was often improvised over a tenor cantus firmus

Question 33

Cadenza

Answer 33

Improvised passage usually placed just before the end of a piece or section