MUSIC FINAL

Question 1

Which city was the musical center of Europe by the mid-18th Century?

Answer 1

Vienna

Question 2

Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven exemplify a style of composing known as ____.

Answer 2

classical

Question 3

What is absolute music

Answer 3

When there is no story narrative(or lyrics) to accompany the music

Question 4

Who was considered to be the “Father of the Classical Symphony”?

Answer 4

Franz Joseph Haydn

Question 5

Which instruments make up a String Quartet?

Answer 5

2 violins, a viola, and a cello

Question 6

Define the term Requiem.

Answer 6

A musical setting of the roman catholic mass for the dead

Question 7

Define the term Romanticism.

Answer 7

A cultural movement in the 19th century that emphasized imagination and expression

Question 8

What is a character piece (as it relates to piano)?

Answer 8

Usually written for piano, a character piece is a relatively short composition that ranges from 3-5 minutes

Question 9

What is program music?

Answer 9

Instrumental music that is literary or pictorial association

Question 10

Which Romantic composer wrote Symphonie Fantastique?

Answer 10

Hector Berlioz

Question 11

Which Romantic composer was considered to be the creator of the Symphonic poem?

Answer 11

Franz Liszt

Question 12

Which composition by Edward Grieg can still be heard in movie trailers, commercials, and any situation that has a slow build into madness?

Answer 12

In the Hall of the Mountain King

Question 13

Who was considered to be one of the most famous Russian composers of the Romantic period? (He composed works such as The Nutcracker and Swan Lake)

Answer 13

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Question 14

Define Art Song.

Answer 14

The art song is a song for solo voice and instrumental accompaniment (usually piano) and is set to poetry. The German term for art song is Lied.

Question 15

Which French composer linked the Romantic period with musical Impressionism?

Answer 15

Claude Debussy

Question 16

What are the main characteristics of Impressionism in the Arts (see the slide titled Debussy’s Influence)

Answer 16

His stress on tone color, nuance, and fluidity in rhythms became some of the main characteristics of Impressionism in the arts.

Question 17

Define Polyrhythms.

Answer 17

the simultaneous combination of contrasting rhythms in a musical composition.

Question 18

Which composer developed the 12-tone row method?

Answer 18

Arnold Schoenberg

Question 19

What is “chance music”?

Answer 19

or music in which some element of the composition is left up to chance. Sometimes the performer is part of the chance,sometimes it is the audience.

Question 20

Name the composition by Igor Stravinsky that premiered in Paris in 1913 and included primitive choreography and dissonance.

Answer 20

the rite of spring

Question 21

Music rooted in improvisation and characterized by syncopated rhythms, a steady beat, and unique tone colors and performance techniques is known as _______.

Answer 21

jazz

Question 22

Name the composer who wrote ragtime piano pieces Maple Leaf Rag and the Entertainer.

Answer 22

Scott Joplin

Question 23

Which jazz trumpet player is known as the pioneer of jazz improvisation and the most famous swing improviser?

Answer 23

Louis armstrong

Question 24

Big Band music is centered around _________?

Answer 24

dancing and clubbing

Question 25

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Max Roach were considered to be the pioneers of _____

Answer 25

bebop