Final Exam

Question 1

Romantic Period (1820-1900):
Composers

Answer 1

Johannes Brahms
Franz Liszt
Giacomo Puccini
Richard Wagner
Giuseppe Verdi
Franz Schubert 
Robert Schumann
Frédéric Chopin
Felix Mendelssohn
Hector Berlioz
Antonio Dvorák
Peter Llyich Tchaikovsky

Question 2

Romantic Period: Musical Composition Styles

Answer 2

Sonata: A composition in several movements for 7-8 instruments.
Concerto: A 3 movement work for an instrumental soloist & orchestra.
Symphonic Tone: 1 movement orchestral composition.
Nocturne: a night piece, is slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano.

Question 3

20th Century (1900-1999): Composers

Answer 3

Claude Debussy
Igor Stravinsky
Arnold Schoenberg
Alban Berg
Anton Webern
Béla Bartók
Amy Beach
Charles Ives
George Gershwin
William Grant Still
Aaron Copland
Alberto Ginastera

Question 4

20th Century: Musical Composition Styles

Answer 4

Jazz: made up of a piano, plucked double bass, percussion, & sometimes a banjo or guitar consisting of 3-8 or 10-15 players.
African: highly emphasized rhythm, percussion, & dance.
Blues: An early form of jazz, with flatted notes on a scale.
Indian: A whiny kind of sounding music.

Question 5

20th Century: Performers

Answer 5

Jazz: Louie Armstrong, & Duke Ellington.
Blues: Bessie Smith & Billie Holiday.
Rock: Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, & The Beatles.
Rock Fusion: Miles Davis