Test 1

Question 0

Beat

Answer 0

Unit of musical rhythm

Question 1

Pitch

Answer 1

Frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds - tone

Question 2

Meter

Answer 2

Recurring pattern of stresses or accents that provide the pulse or beat of the music

Question 3

Dynamics

Answer 3

Loudness or softness of a musical composition

Piano, mezzo-piano, mezzo-forte, forte

Question 4

Timbre

Answer 4

Tone color, quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument from another

Question 5

Voices

Answer 5

Soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass

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Brass

Answer 6

Trumpet, trombone, tuba, French horn, cornet, bugle

Question 7

Percussion

Answer 7

Drums, triangle, chimes, tam-tam, glockenspiel, timpani, bells, xylophone

Question 8

Strings

Answer 8

Violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, dulcimer

Question 9

Wood winds

Answer 9

Flute, piccolo, clarinet, bassoon, oboe

Question 10

Tempo

Answer 10

Indicated speed

Largo, adagio, moderato, allegro, presto

Question 11

Grand staff

Answer 11

Combination of staff line with treble clef and bass clef

Question 12

Melody

Answer 12

Sequence of single notes, recognizable piece

Question 13

Harmony

Answer 13

Staggered melodies played together

Question 14

Texture

Answer 14

Monophonic-a Capella single melody
Homophonic-single melody with accompaniment
Polyphonic-two or melodies at the same time

Question 15

Musical form

Answer 15

Ternary-ABA’

Binary-AABB or A:|| B:||

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Middle Ages

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450-1450

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Renaissance

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1450-1600

Question 18

Baroque

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1600-1750

Question 19

Classical

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1750-1820

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Romantic

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1820-1900

Question 21

Gregorian chant

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Monophonic
Free, un-rhythmed
Latin- a Capella, legato

Question 22

Troubadour and Trouvère

Answer 22

Created first vernacular song to be written down

Question 23

Organum

Answer 23

Chant melody with at least one voice added to enhance the harmony

Question 24

Norte dame mass- leonin & perotin

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Composed first polyphonic church music

Question 25

Guillaume de Machaut

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Helped develop motet and secular song forms | Ars Nova

Question 26

Notre dame mass

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Composed by Guillaume de Machaut Polyphonic mass Earliest complete setting of ordinary of the mass attributable to a single composer

Question 27

Gap Palestrina's mass | Pope Marcellus mass

Answer 27

Composed in memory of pope Marcellus II

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Mass ordinary

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Set of texts of the roman rites mass | Generally invariable

Question 29

Hildegard of Bingen

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German female Writer and composer of Christian music Used canon

Question 30

Characteristics of Renaissance

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Vocals>instruments Relationship between text and music-enhance emotion Word painting Dynamics were unchanging - texture was polyphonic Golden age of a Capella

Question 31

Word painting

Answer 31

Writing music that reflects the literal meaning of the text in the song

Question 32

Mass

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Ordinary (standard sections) of Roman Catholic Latin mass

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Motet

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Sacred works

Question 34

Josquin desprez

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First master of high renaissance style of polyphonic vocal music

Question 35

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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Conservative approach to church music

Question 36

Madrigal

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Secular part song - sentimental, rhythmic | A Capella

Question 37

Characteristics of baroque music

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``` Consistent mood and rhythm throughout Melody had sense of continuity and pattern Terraced dynamics and highly polyphonic Basso continuo Word painting ```

Question 38

Baroque

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Irregularity shaped, grotesque, over the top, abnormal

Question 39

Doctrine of affections/affects

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Spiritual movement of the mind | By using standard musical procedure a particular involuntary emotion response from the audience could be created

Question 40

Terraced dynamics

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Piano to forte no inbetween

Question 41

Basso continuo

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Harpsichord/organ + bassoon/cello | Center of the baroque orchestra

Question 42

Figured bass

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Bass line with intended harmonies indicated by figures instead of written out chords

Question 43

Keyboard instruments of baroque period

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Harpsichord and organ

Question 44

Concerto grosso

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Several movements | Soloists + orchestra reply to each other

Question 45

Fugue

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Theme introduced and then imitated in different pitches and recurs throughout the piece

Question 46

Composer

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Artist who writes music to be played by musicians

Question 47

Librettist

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Writer of the text of an opera

Question 48

Conductor

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Person who directs the performance of an orchestra or opera or choir

Question 49

Concertmaster

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Leading first violin player in some orchestras

Question 50

Aria

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Long accompanied song for a solo voice

Question 51

Recitative

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Narrative and dialogue- sung in rhythm of ordinary speech Sets up plot Secco-harpsichord with singer Accompanied-orchestra with singer

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Castrati singers

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Young boys-puberty age Some were castrated so voice wouldn't deepen Highest payed musicians

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Claudio Monterverdi

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Developer of opera and brought "modern" secular spirit into church music

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Henry Purcell

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Opera- dido and Aeneas

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Ostinato / ground bass

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Continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm

Question 56

Cantata characteristics

Answer 56

Music for sacred service - vocal

Question 57

Oratorio

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Performed in Place of prayer | Narrator, chorus, orchestra, soloists, concert wear

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Four seasons genre

Answer 58

Violin concerto

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The messiah genre

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Oratorio

Question 60

George Fredrick Handel genres

Answer 60

Known for operas and oratorios

Question 61

How many Brandenburg concertos did Bach compose

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Six concertos for chamber orchestra