Final Exam

Question 1

Medieval

Answer 1

500-1400 (A.D.)

Question 2

Renaissance

Answer 2

1400-1600

Question 3

Baroque

Answer 3

1600-1750

Question 4

Classical

Answer 4

1750-1825

Question 5

Romantic

Answer 5

1825-1900

Question 6

Modern

Answer 6

1900-present

Question 7

Pitch

Answer 7

Highness or lowness of a note

Question 8

Phrase

Answer 8

A musical sentence

Question 9

Harmony

Answer 9

Simultaneous sounding of a number of different notes

Question 10

Rhythm

Answer 10

The beat of a piece of music

Question 11

Meter

Answer 11

The way in which beats are grouped together

Question 12

Form

Answer 12

The overall structure of a piece of music

Question 13

Tempo

Answer 13

The speed of a piece of music

Question 14

Dynamics

Answer 14

Intensity (loudness or softness) of sound

Question 15

What are the four sections of the orchestra

Answer 15

Strings
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion

Question 16

Machaut

Answer 16

Greatest composer of the French Ars Nova; wrote the first complete polyphonic setting of the ordinary of the mass

Question 17

Josquin de Prez

Answer 17

Greatest composer of the renaissance

Question 18

Palestrina

Answer 18

Renaissance composer who best represented the wishes of the Council of Trent

Question 19

Monteverdi

Answer 19

Bridge composer between the renaissance and baroque

Question 20

Vivaldi

Answer 20

Most celebrated Italian baroque composer; wrote hundreds of violin concerti

Question 21

Handel

Answer 21

German baroque composer who made his game in England; composer messiah

Question 22

Bach

Answer 22

Greatest composer of the baroque; master of polyphony (counterpoint)

Question 23

Haydn

Answer 23

“Grandfather” of the classical period; helped establish standard forms of the symphony, sonata, and string quartet; wrote 104 numbered symphonies

Question 24

Mozart

Answer 24

Greatest musical genius of all time; master of every classical genre; wrote 40 numbered symphonies & a requiem (mass for the dead)

Question 25

Beethoven

Answer 25

Supreme iconic figure of the western art music; bridged the classical and romantic periods; wrote 9 symphonies, 32 piano sonatas

Question 26

Schubert

Answer 26

Wrote 9 classical symphonies, & over 600 romantic songs; master of melody

Question 27

Chopin

Answer 27

Polish romantic master of the piano

Question 28

Schumann

Answer 28

Romantic zealot; married to Clara (one of the greatest pianist of her time)

Question 29

Liszt

Answer 29

Perhaps the greatest pianist ever

Question 30

Brahms

Answer 30

Romantic composer who was the last great composer of the classical tradition; composed 4 symphonies and a German requiem

Question 31

Tchaikovsky

Answer 31

Russian romantic composer of intensely emotional music; wrote 6 symphonies & the ballets “swan lake “, “nutcracker “, & “sleeping beauty”

Question 32

Verdi

Answer 32

Greatest Italian romantic imposter of opera

Question 33

Wagner

Answer 33

Greatest German romantic composer of opera

Question 34

Rachmaninov

Answer 34

Great Russian post romantic composer and pianist

Question 35

Dvorak

Answer 35

Greatest of the Czech (bohemian) nationalist (romantic) composers

Question 36

Grieg

Answer 36

Greatest Norwegian nationalist composer (romantic)

Question 37

Sibelius

Answer 37

Greatest Finnish nationalist composer (romantic)

Question 38

Debussy

Answer 38

Greatest French impressionist composer

Question 39

Ravel

Answer 39

Took French Impressionism and adapted it to classical forms

Question 40

Schoenberg

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His explorations with atonality broke with the past and ushered in the modern period

Question 41

Stravinsky

Answer 41

Considered the greatest Russian composer of the 20th century

Question 42

Ives

Answer 42

American composer who was well ahead of his time in experimenting with 20th century techniques