Music App 111: miscellaneous facts

Question 1

passage of imitative polyphony usually using one musical motive

Answer 1

a point of imitation

Question 2

The greatest English composer of the Baroque period

Answer 2

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Question 3

A texture that gained prominence in 17th century Venice

Answer 3

homophony

Question 4

3 main sources of instrumental music in the early Baroque period

Answer 4

dance, virtuosity and vocal music

Question 5

What is true of the rhythm of Perotin’s “Alleluia. Diffusa est gratia”?

Answer 5

The meter is free then compound duple then free.

Question 6

The ‘surprise’ in the 4th movement of Beethoven’s Symphony #5 in C minor is…

Answer 6

the appearance of the 2nd theme (Scherzo movement) before the recapitulation.

Question 7

The pre-existing melodies on which Lutheran Church cantatas are based on

Answer 7

chorales

Question 8

Music can be defined as the art of…

Answer 8

…sound in time.

Question 9

Traditionally, the ________, a 3-movement genre, does not include a minuet.

Answer 9

classical sonata

Question 10

Which instrument(s) play(s) the cadenza in the 1st movement of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #5?

Answer 10

harpsichord

Question 11

In Baroque music, what is the form in which there is a repeated bass figure with chords above which the upper instruments/voices play different melodies?

Answer 11

ground bass

Question 12

The chromatic scale consists of …

Answer 12

…all white and black keys on a piano.