Final Exam Music Facts

Question 1

“Flying Scene”

Answer 1

Composer: John Williams
Movie: E.T.
Qualities: Tension, Restraint, Wonder, Freedom

Question 2

“Taking a Chance on Love”

Answer 2

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Vocalists: Ethel Waters, Lena Horne
Trumpeter: Louis Armstrong
Band Leader: Duke Ellington
Movie: Cabin in the Sky
Qualities: 32-bar song, Symmetrical, Clever lyrics

Question 3

“Libertango”

Answer 3

Composer: Piazzolla
Movie: The Tango Lesson
Qualities: 16-bar sequence then 8-bar to make more intense and dramatic, use of architecture for dance
Instrument: Bandoneon

Question 4

“The Augers of Spring”

Answer 4

Composer: Stravinksy
Choreographer: Nijinsky
Ballet: The Rite of Spring
Qualities: Large orchestra, shocking choreography and orchestral timbre, dissonant harmony

Question 5

“Hoe Down”

Answer 5

Composer: Aaron Copland
Ballet: Rodeo
Qualities: Trumpets play angular theme, country fiddle-like meoldy

Question 6

“La Primavera” (Spring)

Answer 6

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Qualities: Ritornello form, alternates with solo passages, concerto

Question 7

“The Joke”

Answer 7

Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Qualities: Rondo form, includes a coda, slow beginning

Question 8

“Caprice in A minor”

Answer 8

Composer: Niccolo Paganini
Qualities: Beginning them snappy rhythmic motive, bravura finale