History 2 Composer Traits

Question 1

This composer’s output included both Renaissance madrigals and Baroque operas.

Answer 1

Claudio Monteverdi

Question 2

This composer’s symphonies often feature monothematic expositions in the sontata-allegro movements.

Answer 2

Franz Joseph Haydn

Question 3

This composer’s religious dramas drew upon newly-composed melodies influenced by plainchant.

Answer 3

Hildegard von Bingen

Question 4

This composer’s madrigals featured extravagant word painting exaggerated chromaticism, and extreme dissonance.

Answer 4

Carlo Gesualdo

Question 5

This composer’s instrumental compositions embodied the Classical spirit, while his vocal works looked toward the Romantic era.

Answer 5

Franz Schubert

Question 6

This composer’s polyphonic chansons demonstrated a new rhythmic complexity through devices such as syncopation, hocket, and isorhythm.

Answer 6

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 7

This composer’s motets contain triadic modal harmonies and demonstrate a mastery of contrapuntal techniques.

Answer 7

Josquin des Prez

Question 8

This composer’s single-movement sonatas for keyboard feature many technical challenges such as hand crossings, arpeggiated figures, ornaments, repeated notes and rapid passagework.

Answer 8

Domenico Scarlatti

Question 9

This composer’s approach to vocal counterpoint defined Renaissance polyphony with clear-cut phrases, stepwise melodic lines, and sparing use of dissonance.

Answer 9

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Question 10

This composer’s piano works demonstrate a wide and diverse range of approaches to the sonata cycle and are among the most important compositions in the keyboard literature.

Answer 10

Ludwig van Beethoven

Question 11

This composer’s madrigals often contrast slow, chromatic passages with faster, diatonic passages.

Answer 11

Carlo Gesualdo

Question 12

He composed secular chansons as well as the first complete polyphonic setting of the Mass Ordinary.

Answer 12

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 13

The dances in this composer’s orchestral suites demonstrate the international influences common to music of the period.

Answer 13

George Frideric Handel

Question 14

One of the leading composers of the Franco-Flemish school, his works show rich emotional expression and contrapuntal mastery.

Answer 14

Josquin des Prez

Question 15

Known for his innovative formal designs, he also exploited technological improvements to the piano in his sonatas.

Answer 15

Ludwig van Beethoven

Question 16

This member of the Notre Dame school expanded organum to three and four parts.

Answer 16

Perotin

Question 17

This transitional composer used word painting in both his madrigals and his operas.

Answer 17

Claudio Monteverdi

Question 18

His cantatas display contrapuntal ingenuity large architectural structures, vocal lyricism and word paining.

Answer 18

J.S. Bach

Question 19

This composer composed original monophonic chants in the style of plainsong; melodies were often based on repeated motives

Answer 19

Hildegard von Bingen

Question 20

He composed four-voice English madrigals, made abundant use of word painting, and combined chordal homophonic textures with imitative polyphony

Answer 20

John Farmer

Question 21

This composer was influenced by the the Mannheim School, his orchestral writing expanded the use of wind instruments.

Answer 21

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 22

This composer crystallized the 18th-century piano style in his solo works and 27 concertos.

Answer 22

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 23

Opera was central to his career; he made important contributions to opera seria, opera buffa, and Singspiel.

Answer 23

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 24

He is the first composer of polyphony known to us by name; he produced two-part organum using organal and discant styles.

Answer 24

Leonin

Question 25

In his operas, he increased the role of ensembles, and developed the “love duet”. He increased the emotional intensity through the use of stile concitato.

Answer 25

Claudio Monteverdi

Question 26

His motto was, “The text is the master; the music the servant”.

Answer 26

Claudio Monteverdi

Question 27

This composer embodied the ideals of the Counter-Reformation in his music.

Answer 27

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Question 28

He composed more than 100 masses and 300 motets. His sacred vocal works typically employ four to six voices.

Answer 28

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Question 29

This composer demonstrates a Classical approach in his use of sonata form (for example, repeated expositions), but romantic traits are evident in his Lieder of which he composed over 600

Answer 29

Franz Schubert

Question 30

This composer found inspiration in the works of German Romantic poets, especially Goethe

Answer 30

Franz Schubert

Question 31

This composer was the “Father” of the string quartet, as he composed 68 of them.

Answer 31

Franz Joseph Haydn

Question 32

This composer contributed to the development of idiomatic writing for the harpsichord. He wrote over 500 single-movement keyboard sonatas.

Answer 32

Domenico Scarlatti

Question 33

His art songs were often premiered at small gatherings in his honour.

Answer 33

Franz Schubert