Music Exam 3

Question 1

Something that everyone is doing at every time of day

Answer 1

Continual Worship

Question 2

The act of choosing and shaping a god, then giving on to its power to shape us

Answer 2

Idolatry

Question 3

A comprehensive choice that we make about who or what masters us and how we give ourselves over to that choice through devotion and service

Answer 3

Worship

Question 4

The Body of Christ (the Church) coming together to continue worshipping

Answer 4

Corporate Christian Worship

Question 5

“Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Answer 5

Ephesians 5:19-20

Question 6

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.”

Answer 6

Colossians 3:16

Question 7

Time of Rediscovery
Order and Structure

Answer 7

Characteristics of Classical era

Question 8

F.J. Haydn
W.A. Mozart
L.V. Beethoven

Answer 8

Composers of Classical era

Question 9

Loudest point of a song

Answer 9

Crescendo

Question 10

A decrease in loudness in a song

Answer 10

Decrescendo

Question 11

Large musical work for orchestra
30 - 40 players
4 movements

Answer 11

Classical symphony

Question 12

Moderate tempo
Dance - like
Meter of 3
Ternary form (A-B-A)
Third movement of classical symphony and string quartet

Answer 12

Minuet and Trio

Question 13

Chamber Music
2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello

Answer 13

String Quartet

Question 14

A short instrumental refrain or interlude in a song

Answer 14

Ritornello

Question 15

A vigorous, light, or playful composition, typically comprising a movement in a symphony or sonata.

Answer 15

Scherzo

Question 16

An instrumental work for 1 or more instruments, with 3 or 4 contrasting movements

Answer 16

Classical Sonata

Question 17

A musical form in which the first
section recurs, usually in the tonic

Answer 17

Rondo

Question 18

A melodic line that quickly ascends from a low register to a high register, often used to create a sense of dramatic impulse or excitement

Answer 18

Rocket Theme

Question 19

The most important musical structure of the Classical Period

Answer 19

Sonata Allegro form

Question 20

Exposition
Development
Recapitulation
Coda

Answer 20

Four sections of Sonata Allegro form

Question 21

Theme 1 in home key
Transition (bridge)
Theme 2 in a new key
Often repeated in Classical Era

Answer 21

Exposition section of Sonata Allegro

Question 22

Creative interplay of themes and
motives from Exposition
Often moves through various keys
Must end in the home key (tonic)

Answer 22

Development section of Sonata Allegro

Question 23

Theme 1 in home key
Transition, but stays in home key
Theme 2 in home key

Answer 23

Recapitulation section of Sonata Allegro

Question 24

Ending
Can be long or short

Answer 24

Coda section of Sonata Allegro

Question 25

Joseph Haydn Simple Rondo (A-B-A-C-A) + coda, with a rounded binary main theme

Answer 25

String Quartet in E-flat Major

Question 26

Joseph Haydn Theme (in binary form) with four variations and coda

Answer 26

Symphony No. 94 in G Major (Surprise), II

Question 27

W.A. Mozart First movement: Sonata Allegro Form in three sections: exposition - development - recapitulation Third Movement: Two dances (minuet trio), with the minuet returning; each dance is binary

Answer 27

A Little Night Music, first movement (Eine kleine Nachtmusik)

Question 28

W.A. Mozart First movement concerto form, with orchestral and solo expositions, then development, recapitulation, and coda

Answer 28

Piano Concerto in G Major

Question 29

L.V. Beethoven Modified song form; strophic with two strophes separated by a developmental section

Answer 29

Piano Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2

Question 30

L.V. Beethoven I: Concise Sonata Allegro Form, with an extended coda; repetition, sequence, and variation techniques II: Variations, with two themes; varied rhythms, melodies, harmony (major and minor) III: A-B-A plus a link to the final movement IV: Sonata Allegro form, with a long coda; cyclic (return of material from earlier movements)

Answer 30

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

Question 31

W.A. Mozart Set in eight verses, each treated with different performing forces

Answer 31

Day of Wrath (Dies irae, from Requiem)