Music Exam 2

Question 1

Musical Period from 6th to 15th centuries

Answer 1

Medieval

Question 2

Musical period from 1400 - 1600

Answer 2

Renaissance

Question 3

Musical period from 1600 - 1750

Answer 3

Baroque

Question 4

Musical period from 1750 - 1820

Answer 4

Classical

Question 5

Musical period from 1820 - 1900

Answer 5

Romantic

Question 6

Musical period from 1900 - present

Answer 6

Modern

Question 7

When an artist is sponsored by someone of means or wealth

Answer 7

Patronage System

Question 8

Places where music was preserved during the Middle Ages

Answer 8

Monasteries

Question 9

Monophonic, free flowing music (plainchant, plainsong)

Answer 9

Gregorian Chant

Question 10

One note per syllable

Answer 10

Syllabic

Question 11

Small groups of notes (up to six) per syllable

Answer 11

Nematic

Question 12

More than six notes per syllable

Answer 12

Melismatic

Question 13

Earliest harmonic music, takes the chant and adds another voice to it

Answer 13

Organum

Question 14

Adds text to the harmony part of the organum

Answer 14

Motet

Question 15

Notre Dame School
Raimbout de Vaqueiras
Guillame de Machaut
Hilldeguard of Bingen

Answer 15

Composers of the Middle Ages

Question 16

Music written for the church

Answer 16

Sacred Music

Question 17

Voices only

Answer 17

A Capella

Question 18

Sacred form of single Latin text, 3, 4, or more voices

Answer 18

Motet

Question 19

Singing in your own language

Answer 19

Protestant Reformation

Question 20

Countering the protestant reformation

Answer 20

Counter Reformation

Question 21

Music writer for the non-religious purposes

Answer 21

Secular Music

Question 22

Lyric driven, is for voice or voices, sometimes with instrumental accompaniment

Answer 22

Secular Music

Question 23

Sung as chamber music, one person on a part

Answer 23

Chanson

Question 24

Josquin des Perez
Martin Luther
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Claudio Monteverdi
John Farmer
Tielman Susato

Answer 24

Composers of the Renaissance

Question 25

A large scale music drama that combines poetry, acting, scenery, and costumes with singing and instrumental music

Answer 25

Opera

Question 26

A large scale musical work for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, generally based on a Biblical study

Answer 26

Oratorio

Question 27

A musical declamation whose purpose is to move the story along

Answer 27

Recitative

Question 28

A lyrical solo song, usually emotional

Answer 28

Aria

Question 29

A musical ensemble

Answer 29

Chorus

Question 30

An instrumental form based on the opposition of two dissimilar masses of sound

Answer 30

Concerto

Question 31

A solo instrument is featured, supported by a group of instrumentalists

Answer 31

Solo Concerto

Question 32

A small group of instrumentalists contrasted against a larger group of instrumentalists

Answer 32

Concerto Grosso

Question 33

Latin for flight, implies the flight of a theme from one voice to another

Answer 33

Fugue

Question 34

A multi-movement work, made up of a series of contrasting dance movements, generally all in the same key

Answer 34

Orchestral Suite

Question 35

Johann Sebastian Bach Henry Purcell Antonio Vivaldi George Frideric Handel

Answer 35

Composers of the Baroque Era

Question 36

The language spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region

Answer 36

Vernacular

Question 37

Series of meetings from 1545-1563 that defined Catholic doctrine in response to the Protestant Reformation

Answer 37

Council of Trent

Question 38

A pearl of irregular shape

Answer 38

Barroco

Question 39

A style of accompaniment that uses a bass line and improvised harmonies

Answer 39

Basso Continuo

Question 40

A musical technique that involves abrupt change in volume, from loud to soft or soft to loud

Answer 40

Terraced Dynamics

Question 41

A solo vocal style distinguished by having a single melodic line and instrumental accompaniment

Answer 41

Monody

Question 42

Creating music on the spot

Answer 42

Improvisation