EXAM 3 Flashcards
EXAM 3
Alban Berg and Anton Weber were students of
Arnold Schoenberg
The Rite of Spring opened in Paris in 1913 to
a near riot
Which of the following does NOT characterize the musical language of expression?
extended passages of consonance
Music that rejects the framework of key is described as
atonal
Which Viennese composer invented the twelve-tone method after writing in both post-Romantic and atonal styles?
Schoenberg
Which early twentieth-century style wealth with the realm of the psyche?
Expressionism
Which painter associated with Expressionism influence Schoenberg?
Munch
Which of the following Stravinsky works is from his primitivist period?
The Rite of Spring
Which of the following is NOT a Stravinsky ballet?
Daphnis and Chloé
Which of the following was the Russian-born composer who wrote post-Impressionist, primitivist, Neoclassical and twelve-tone styles?
Stravinsky
Copland’s Appalachian Spring quotes the early American tune:
Simple Gifts
Copland’s Billy the Kids is a
ballet
During the 1940s, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk developed
bebop
George Gershwin’s folk opera ______ was far ahead of its time
Porgy and Bess
In his early years, William Grand Still was associated with which artistic movement
the Harlem Renaissance
In which musical style did Copland compose
twelve-tone, jazz, neoclassical
John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes is a work for
prepared piano
John Williams was the music director and principal conductor of the
Boston Pops
Leonard Bernstein was the first American-born conductor to be appointed director of the
New York Philharmonics
Prokofiev and Shostakovich were prominent composers from
the Soviet Union
Nadia Boulanger was an extraordinarily gifted
teacher
One composer in Paris who explored post-Impressionist trends was
Ravel
The introduction to Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring begins with a melody played on the
bassoon
The comparative study of musics of the world is called
ethnomusicology
The early twentieth-century style that sought to revive certain principles and forms of earlier music was
neo-Classicism
The first great American composer of the twentieth century was
Charles Ives
The principal exponent of cool jazz was the trumpeter
Miles Davis
West Side Story is a modern-day musical retelling of Shakespeare’s
Romeo and Juliet
What kind of jazz is Duke Ellington known for?
big band
What was the trademark of bebop?
a two-note phrase
Which American city is considered the birthplace of jazz?
New Orleans
Which Hungarian composer combined native folk music characteristics with main currents of European music?
Bartók
Which Russian figure played a crucial role in the development of the twentieth-century ballet?
Serge Diaghilev
Which mass-media forum was launched in 1981?
MTV
Which of the following composers invented the prepared piano?
John Cage
Which of the following composers would NOT have been emulated during the neoclassical era
Wagner
Which of the following did NOT characterize the career of George Gershwin?
He lived a long life and was a mentor to other young composers
Which of the following does NOT characterize Ive’s Country Band March?
standard march form
Which of the following does not characterize John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes?
lyrical melodies
Which of the following is NOT a balled by Copland?
Our Town
Which of the following music genres developed around the turn of the twentieth century and incorporates elements of African music and Western popular and art music?
jazz
Which of the following musical was NOT a collaboration by Rodgers and Hammerstein
The Phantom of the Opera
Which of the following was NOT composed by Leonard Bernstein
An American in Paris
Which of the following works by John Cage has no musical content and can be performed by anyone any instrument
4’33
Which of the following wrote the lyrics for West Side Story?
Stephen Sondheim
Which work did Gershwin compose in France?
An American in Paris
With which contemporary movement is the composer John Cage linked?
chance music
Bartok’s use of rhythm was
particularly innovative
Berg’s opera Wozzeck centers on
a soldiers obsession with unhappy love
Berg’s opera Wozzeck is best described as an example
Expressionism
Bernstein rose to prominence as
a conductor
a pianist
a composer
Bernstein’s West Side Story updates the feud of the Capulets and the Montagues to a feud between
The Jets and the Sharks
In the twelve-tone method, the arrangement of the twelve tones is called a
tone row
Irving Berlin’s first hit song was
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Louis Armstrong was also known as
Satchmo
Louis Armstrong’s instrument-like approach to singing is called
scat-singing
Schoenberg created a new style in which vocal melodies were spoken rather than sung with exact pitches and rhythms. This was known as
Sprechstimme
The third movement of William Grand Still’s Suite for Violin and Piano can best be described as
bluesy
The twelve-tone method is also known as
serialism
Which composer was a disciple of Schoenberg and is best known as his operas Wozzeck and Lulu?
Berg
Which early twentieth-century songwriter composed the wartime hit Over There
George M. Cohan
Who was a prominent student of Nadia Boulanger?
Copland
The leading composer of Italian opera in the late-Romantic era was:
Puccini
Which of the following compositions is LEAST likely to be an example of program music?
String Quartet in B-flat Major
The late-Romantic Italian opera tradition was characterized by a movement toward realism, called:
verismo.
In Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, what is the idée fixe?
the basic theme of the symphony, heard in every movement
The first movement of a symphony is usually in ________ form.
sonata-allegro
Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is an example of a:
program symphony
Which of the following composed The Barber of Seville and William Tell?
Rossini
Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in:
New Orleans
The German term for the art song is:
Lied
The Dies irae text from the Requiem Mass describes:
Judgement Day
Which of the following was NOT a leading composer of Italian opera?
Bizet
Impressionism in music is best exemplified by the works of:
Claude Debussy
What is the form of the second movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5?
theme and variation
Music composed without literary or pictorial meanings is called:
absolute music
The “Ode to Joy” is the finale of Beethoven’s:
Symphony No.9
Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Impressionist music?
strong accents on the first beat of each measure
In which country was Franz Liszt born?
Hungary
Which of the following inspired Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique?
the actress Harriet Smithson
How many movements are in a Classical concerto?
3
Which group of instruments was the nucleus of the Classical orchestra?
strings
Which of the following composers created the symphonic poem?
Liszt
Beethoven suffered from perhaps the most traumatic of all maladies for a musician. What was it?
deafness
Mozart died while writing his:
Requiem.
How many symphonies did Beethoven write?
9
Of which genre is Fauré is considered to be a master?
song
Which of the following Russian composers was famous for his ballets?
Tchaikovsky
Wagner’s cycle of four music dramas is called:
The Ring of the Nibelung
Which of the following was a widely beloved nationalist opera composer?
Verdi
The nickname “father of the symphony” was earned by:
Haydn
Wagner’s total artwork, in which all the arts—music, poetry, drama, visual spectacle—are fused together, is called:
the Gesamtkunstwerk
A group of Lieder unified by a narrative thread or by a descriptive or expressive theme is called a(n):
song cycle
A rondo is most typically found in the ________ movement of a Classical multimovement cycle.
last
A typical feature of a concerto is a free solo passage without orchestral accompaniment called the:
cadenza
Chopin spent his early years in:
Poland
Which of the following best describes the form of the first movement of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik?
sonata-allegro
The Dies irae is:
a chant from the Mass for the Dead
Which nineteenth-century composer’s entire output centered around the piano?
Chopin
Schubert was born in:
Vienna
Which composer is from Finland?
Sibelius
Oratorios primarily drew their stories from:
bible
Which composer both maintained and disrupted the balance of the Classical style?
Beethoven
The librettist for Wagner’s music dramas was:
Wagner himself
The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was the:
piano
Chopin spent most of his productive life in:
Paris
How did Classical artists differ from their Romantic counterparts?
Classical artists emphasized clarity and beauty of form.
What trend inspired composers to write music evoking scenes or sounds of far-off lands?
exoticism
Which of the following was a noted woman composer of the Romantic era?
Clara Schumann
A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called:
a Requiem
Impressionism: Sun Rising, the painting that sparked the Impressionist art movement, was created by:
Claude Monet.
Robert Schumann’s A Poet’s Love is set to texts by:
Heinrich Heine
Which composer rebelled against the patronage system and struggled to achieve financial independence?
Mozart
How many movements are in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique?
5
How many movements make up a typical Haydn symphony?
4
Which of the following does NOT characterize Romantic music?
reserved emotions
Which movement of a symphony is traditionally the slowest?
2nd
Which of the following composers was NOT a master of the Viennese school?
Chopin
The Classical period in music ranged from approximately:
1750-1825
Brahms is often described as a(n) ________ because of his use of the forms established by the Classical masters.
traditionalist
How did comic opera differ from opera seria?
It was sung in the vernacular.
It presented down-to-earth plots.
It featured ensemble as well as solo singing.
In the Classical multimovement cycle, the third movement is usually in ________ form.
minuet and trio
In Schubert’s Elfking, the obsessive triplet rhythm of the piano accompaniment represents:
the galloping of the horse
The standard ranges of the human voice, from highest to lowest, are:
soprano, alto, tenor, bass
The term timbre refers to the
color of a tone
The bass instrument in the brass family is the:
tuba
The device placed on the bridge of string instruments to muffle the sound is called a:
mute
The highest-sounding member of the woodwind family is the:
picolo
The instruments of the Western orchestra are categorized in four groups: strings, brass, percussion, and:
woodwinds
The soprano brass instrument sometimes described as possessing a brilliant timbre is the:
trumpet
The special effect produced on a string instrument by plucking a string with the finger is called:
pizzicato
Timpani are members of the ________ family of instruments.
percussion
Which is the correct order of bowed string instruments from highest to lowest in range?
violin, viola, cello, double bass
Which of the following instruments is NOT a member of the bowed string family?
guitar
Which of the following is NOT a double-reed instrument?
clarinet
Which of the following is NOT a member of the brass family?
English horn
Which of the following is an unpitched percussion instrument?
bass drum
A fairly large group of singers who perform together is called a(n):
chrous
Approximately two-thirds of a symphony orchestra consists of:
strings
The term a cappella refers to choral music performed:
without any accompaniment.
Which of the following is the proper chronological order of musical style periods?
Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, twentieth century
Which of the following women was a religious leader and a prominent figure in literature and music?
Hildegard of Bingen
________ is traditionally associated with collecting and organizing the chants of the church.
. Pope Gregory the Great
The earliest type of polyphony was:
organum
The first major center of polyphony was:
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
During the fourteenth century, a style of music developed that became known as:
. the Ars nova.
The French courtly love song of the Middle Ages was called the:
chanson
The outstanding composer-poet of the Ars nova was:
Machaut
The tradition of troubadours and trouvères developed in:
France
The vivid depiction of a text through music, known as word-painting, is a hallmark of the:
madrigal
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
Josquin’s Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is an example of the:
motet
The text of Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is:
in praise of the Virgin Mary.
What best describes the texture of ideal Renaissance sacred music?
imitative
What is a cantus firmus?
a fragment of Gregorian chant or a secular tune used as the foundation of a polyphonic Mass
After the Protestant Reformation of the early sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church responded with a movement to recapture the loyalty of its people. This was known as:
the Counter-Reformation
What was the primary language of the Mass?
Latin
Which composer responded to the reforms of the Council of Trent in an exemplary fashion?
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Which of the following are the movements of the Ordinary of the Mass?
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
Which of the following was a leader in the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
The greatest native-born English composer of the Baroque was:
Henry Purcell
The orchestral introduction at the beginning of an opera is called the:
overture.
The text of an opera is called the:
libretto
The vocal style in opera that imitates the natural inflections of speech is called:
recitative
Which of the following composers is regarded as the first master of opera?
Monteverdi
In the Lutheran Church, the weekly hymns sung by the congregation were called:
chorales
Johann Sebastian Bach was most famous in his day as a performer on the:
organ
The expansion of the chorale with new poetry resulted in the:
cantata
The famous choral climax of Handel’s Messiah is:
the “Hallelujah Chorus
The orchestra for Messiah relies primarily on the:
strings
The stories for oratorios are generally drawn from:
the Bible
________ was born in Germany and studied in Italy, but spent much of his creative life in England.
Handel
The first era of Western music history in which instrumental music was a major focus for composers was the:
Baroque
The solo instrument in Spring, from The Four Seasons, is the:
violin
The typical solo concerto has ________ movements.
3
Which of the following is Vivaldi’s best-known set of concertos?
The Four Season
The ________ is a keyboard form based on the principle of voices imitating each other.
fugue
The ________ is a keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by quills.
harpsichord
The model for Bartók’s melodies can be found in:
Hungarian folk songs.
