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1
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Identify the composer of the Brandenburg Concertos

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Bach

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Name the composer of the opera Fidelio

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Beethoven

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Name the composer of the opera Aida

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Verdi

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Name the composer of the opera Tosca

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Puccini

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Name the composer of the opera Lohengrin

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Wagner

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Which one or ones of the following four chords in the key of D Major contain a wrong note?1.) F-sharp, B, A, D2.) E, B, G, E3.) A, A, G, D4.) D, A, G, D

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3 and 4

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Which one of the following four keyboard instruments was not used in the year 1700?1.) Organ2.) Harpsichord3.) Pianoforte4.) clavichord

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3

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8
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Staccato

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Performed in a detached manner

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9
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Fermata

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Symbol indicating that a note should be sustained longer than it’s written value

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10
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Glissando

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Continued unbroken glide from one note to another

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Coda

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Passage which brings a piece or a movement to a conclusion

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12
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Name the four pitches that comprise the complete dominant seventh chord in the key of F major

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C, E, G, B-flat

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Which one or ones of the following four composers were active during the Classical Period?1.) Handel2.) Mozart3.) Haydn4.) J.S. Bach

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2 and 3

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14
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Name the three pitches in the G major Triad

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G, B, D

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Name the brass instrument that is a member of the standard woodwind quintet

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French Horn

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16
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What is the root of the dominant chord in the key of C minor?

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G

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17
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Match the instrument to its familyViola

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String

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18
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Match the instrument to its familyEuphonium

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Brass

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19
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Match the instrument to its familySaxophone

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Woodwind

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20
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Match the instrument to its familyBagpipes

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Woodwind

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21
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Musician sitting in the first chair of each section of an orchestra is known as the

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principal player

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22
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First major composer to use the trombone in a symphony

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Beethoven

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23
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Name the third of the tonic chord in B-flat major

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D

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24
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Match the composition to its composerPeer Gynt Suite

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Edvard Grieg

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25
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Match the composition to its composerWest Side Story

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Leonard Bernstein

26
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Match the composition to its composerPictures at an Exhibition

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Modest Mussorgsky

27
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Match the composition to its composerFinlandia

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Jean Sibelius

28
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Match the composition to it’s composer and his country of birthThe Seasons

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Antonio VivaldiItaly

29
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Match the composition to it’s composer and his country of birthSwan Lake

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Peter TchaikovskyRussia

30
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Match the composition to it’s composer and his country of birthSymphony Fantastique

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Hector BerliozFrance

31
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Identify respectively the following four wind instruments as single reed or double reed1.) Clarinet2.) Bassoon3.) Oboe4.) Saxophone

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SingleDoubleDoubleSingle

32
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Arrange the following five musical style periods in chronological order1.) Classical2.) Impressionism3.) Renaissance4.) Romantic5.) Baroque

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3, 5, 1, 4, 2

33
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Which one of the following four major keys has the most sharps or flats in its key signature?1.) D- flat2.) B3.) A4.) F-sharp

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4

34
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Identify the major key that has two sharps in its key signature

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D

35
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Who am I? I was born in Vienna is 1797 and taught school for several years, composing music in my spare time. My art songs were of particular interest to the musical world. I died at the age of 31, but left behind a legacy of more than 600 art songs. Alas, I never did get along to finishing my Symphony #8 in B minor

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Schubert

36
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Match the performer to his or her instrumentYo Yo Ma

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Cello

37
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Match the performer to his or her instrumentLeila (layla) Josefovrtz

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Violin

38
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Identify the composer of La Mer

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Claude Debussy

39
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Identify the composer of The Pines of Rome

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Respighi

40
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Give the year in which Johann Sebastian Bach died

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1750

41
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Which one or ones of the following four instruments are members of the percussion family?1.) Celesta2.) Cymbals3.) Castanets4.) Chimes

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1, 2, 3, and 4

42
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Match each of the musical terms to its English translation.1.) Accelerando2.) Da Capo3.) Fine4.) LegatoA.) EndB.) Getting FasterC.) SmoothlyD.) From the Beginning

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A2, B4, C1, D3

43
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Which one or ones of the following four operas was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1.) Aida2.) Fidelio3.) The Magic Flue4.) Lohengrin

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3

44
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Match the work to its composerEine Kleine Nachtmusik

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Mozart

45
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Match the work to its composerLa Mer

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Debussy

46
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Match the work to its composerSymphony #3, Eroica

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Beethoven

47
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Match the work to its composerRhapsody in Blue

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Gershwin

48
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The end of the violin bow which the player holds is referred to as the _____?

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Frog (also nut, Frosch, or lower end)

49
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Which one or ones of the following terms refers to wind instrument articulation?1.) pizzicato2.) staccato3.) suspension4.) col legno

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2

50
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Identify the composer of Fanfare for the Common Man

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Copland

51
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Identify the nationality of the composer of Fanfare for the Common Man

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American

52
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Identify the style period in which the following composer workedFranz Liszt

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Romantic

53
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Identify the style period in which the following composer workedGeorge Philippe Telemann

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Baroque

54
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Identify the style period in which the following composer workedFranz Joseph Haydn

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Classical

55
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Identify the style period in which the following composer workedClaude Debussy

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Impressionism

56
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Which one or ones of the following four instruments belongs to the percussion family?1.) guiro2.) guitar3.) glockenspiel4.) viola de gamba

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1, 3

57
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Match each of the scale degrees found in the key of C to the pitch.A.) TonicB.) SubDominantC.) SuperTonicD.) Dominant

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C, F, D, G

58
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Identify the Italian City in which the first opera was performed.

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Florence

59
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Identify the french impressionist composer who produced the work titled La Mer

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Debussy

60
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Which one or ones of the following descriptions accurately applies to a musical fugue?1.) It includes a subject2.) It is always written in contrapuntal style3.) It is homophonic throughtout

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1, 2

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