FINAL- Test 1 Flashcards
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:
piccolo.
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):
chorus.
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.
three
Which of the following is Vivaldi’s best-known set of concertos?
The Four Seasons
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
