QUIZ 9 - INCOMPLETE Flashcards
The seventeenth-century sonata _______.
a. Involved sonata form
b. Always included dance movements
c. Was always composed for solo instrument + accompaniment
d. Was an innovative and free-form genre.
The seventeenth-century sonata _______.
a. Involved sonata form
b. Always included dance movements
c. Was always composed for solo instrument + accompaniment
d. Was an innovative and free-form genre.
Sonata form did not exist. Flowed from beginning to end. No binary form. Composers could innovative because they could do whatever they wanted
Music at the court of Louis XIV was:
a. Only sacred
b. Only secular
c. Extravagant
d. Simple and subdued
Music at the court of Louis XIV was:
a. Only sacred
b. Only secular
c. Extravagant
d. Simple and subdued
He was an absolutist ruler, over church and state, so the music was both secular and sacred
Tragedie Lyrique (secular)
Listen for Trumpet and Timpani
What was Girolamo Frescobaldi known for?
a. His unmeasured preludes
b. His binary dance forms
c. His ability to improvise
d. His concerted church music
What was Girolamo Frescobaldi known for?
a. His unmeasured preludes
b. His binary dance forms
c. His ability to improvise
d. His concerted church music
What does the old-fashioned English genre of the instrumental in nomine setting borrow from earlier styles?
a. Concerted texture
b. Fixed Forms
c. Cantus firmus style
d. Isorhythm
What does the old-fashioned English genre of the instrumental in nomine setting borrow from earlier styles?
a. Concerted texture
b. Fixed Forms
c. Cantus firmus style
d. Isorhythm
Chant tune (long sustained pitches) with instrumental (faster counterpoint around it)
Which of the following was not a part of a tragedie lyrique?
a. Dances
b. French overture
c. Ground bass aria
d. Divertissements
Which of the following was not a part of a tragedie lyrique?
a. Dances
b. French Overture
c. Ground bassaria (associate this with Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, first completely through-sung opera, descending chromatic base line)
d. Divertissements (plot stops and everyone dances for awhile)
True or False: English masques were sung all the way through.
True
False
True or False: English masques were sung all the way through.
True (Purcell)
False (English masques are like spoken plays with incidental music. Like a Curtain tune. Nothing is sung. All instrumental, incidental music. Between scene changes. Matthew Locke, The Tempest)
Where was the earliest string orchestra (the 24 Royal Violins) established?
a. Paris, France
b. Dresden, Germany
c. London, England
d. Venice, Italy
Where was the earliest string orchestra (the 24 Royal Violins) established?
a. Paris, France (24 Royal Violins, first professional string ensemble, establish at the court of Louis XIV, directed by Lully who got gangrene from keeping time with his foot)
b. Dresden, Germany
c. London, England
d. Venice, Italy
Which formal principle shapes the piece in Example 1?
a. French Overture
b. Ground Bass
c. Dance form
d. Improvisation
Which formal principle shapes the piece in Example 1?
a. French Overture
b. Ground Bass (Purcell, Dido’s Lament. Aria. Repeated bass line always starts on a G and Descends chromatically then repeats)
c. Dance form
d. Improvisation
What style is embodied in Example 1?
a. Aria
b. Recitative
[INCLUDE EXAMPLE]
What style is embodied in Example 1?
a. Aria
b. Recitative
[INCLUDE EXAMPLE]
Who is the composer of the music in Example 1?
a. Christopher Tye
b. Jean Baptiste Lully
c. Henry Purcell
d. Matthew Locke
Who is the composer of the music in Example 1?
a. Christopher Tye
b. Jean Baptiste Lully
c. Henry Purcell
d. Matthew Locke
