Music Appreciation Exam 3

Mrs. Walls

Program music

Instrumental music with an extra-musical reference, associated with a narrative being told via music

Absolute music

Instrumental music without a specified story or program, that exists for the intrinsic value of the music

• music for music’s sake

What is chance music that is left up to the interpretation of the performers with minimal indications from the composer as to how it should be played or sung?

Aleatoric or Chance music

What is nationalism in music?

The composer uses folk and patriotic music of his/her own culture(s)

What is exoticism in music?

Music that shows an interest in or admiration for sounds of a different culture

Which composer was a music educator in Venice for unwanted girls?

Vivaldi

Which country is most famous for producing composers of ballet?

Russia?

Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, etc.

Which nationalistic composer is associated with Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy?

Verdi

What is not a characteristic of program music?

exists for the intrinsic value of the music

What is music called that exists for the intrinsic value of the music (no story attached)?

absolute music

Which was not one of the movements you listened to in Beethoven's 6th Symphony?

Scene at the Brook

Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima had no program (story) when it was written, but was named after the composer heard a performance of his piece.

True

What is chance music that is left up to the interpretation of the performers with minimal indications from the composer as to how it should be played or sung?

Aleatoric music

Nationalism is the style of music in which composers use folk music of their own culture.

True

Exoticism is the style of music in which composers seek to imitate the sounds of a culture that is not their own.

True

Who wrote Rodeo?

Copland

The Roman Camerata around the year 1700 was a group of individuals who developed opera.

False

A librettist is a person who

writes text for an opera or musical

Symphonies with four movements often following the pattern

fast/slow/moderate/fast

Coda means

tail

A concerto grosso has

a group of soloists and a larger group

An instrumental form with a bit of melody that keeps returning is a

Ritornello

A flashy solo that may be improvised in a concerto is a

Cadenza

The word that means two movements are played without a pause in between is

Attacca

The dance suite originated in the

Baroque era

In the Hall of the Mountain King was written by

Edvard Grieg

Pines of Rome was written by

Ottorino Respighi

Danzas de Panamá was written by

William Grant Still

A recital generally has

a soloist or small group

Musicology is

the study of music history

A fugue

uses imitative polyphony

What is the difference between a concerto and a sonata?

a concerto generally has orchestral accompaniment and a sonata is solo keyboard or soloist of another instrument with keyboard accompaniment

Who established the form of the string quartet?

Haydn

Symphony refers to

Both an instrumental form and an instrumental group

It’s a bird, It’s a plane, It’s a _____

Mozart!

Really strong piano forte, followed by inquisitive horns

Grieg

Flute solo (BAAAAA ba da ba ba da)

Debussy (fawn)

A concerto grosso

has a large group and a small group of players

In "crossover" music

Classical influences popular and popular influences classical

Which of the following is NOT true about Ragtime?

It featured primarily stringed instruments

Which pianist is most associated with ragtime?

Scott Joplin

Rock and roll developed

In the 1950s, from blues and country

Which French composer incorporated American jazz in his 1922 orchestral piece La Creation du Monde?

Darius Milhaud

What does "toccata" mean?

To touch

Basso continuo in its simplest form during the Baroque era used

A harpsichord and a cello or bass

The tune to "Be Thou My Vision" comes from the middle ages.

False

Libertango was written by

Piazzolla

The Kaiserquartett was written by

Haydn

What does fugue mean?

to flee

What is chamber music?

condensed for a small space

What are the names of various Beethoven sonatas (and which name goes with which piece?)

Sonata no. 8 = Pathetique (sweet, Turkish rondo)

Sonata no. 14 = Moonlight Sonata!

Editions

add performance indications such as slurs and fingerings and possibly cadenzas, but don’t fundamentally change the piece

Transcription

Don’t fundamentally change the melody or harmonies, but rewrite it so that it is playable by a different instrument or in a different key – kept close to the original

Urtext

seeks to reprint exactly what the composer originally included

Harmonization

add a harmony to a pre-existent melody, like an arrangement

Orchestration

take a harmonization and distribute the pitches of the chords between various instruments, like an arrangement

Piano/orchestral reduction

take something written for orchestra or band and reduce it so that it is playable with piano (or a smaller group)

Arrangement

original tune is still perceivable, but rhythm, melodies and/or harmonies may be altered

What is a typical string quartet?

Two violins, a viola, and a cello

Woodwind quintent

Flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn

How did Milhaud incorporate American jazz in his work? Which work?

He included a saxophone in the orchestra

La Création du monde

What is a calliope? How does it work?

That circus/steamboat thing! Steam-powered (heat)

How does copyright law affect the relationship between pop and classical music?

• Difficulty of copyright restrictions on newer music – quotes are difficult, but pop music influences classical quite strongly in instrumentation and style

• It has to be a certain number of years old

What is the Carnival of the Animals?

Camille Saint-Saens

14 Movements: (only four)

The Swan

The Elephant

The Fossils

The Pianists?

What tune is Finlandia?

Be Still My Soul

Concerto sequence

Fast/slow/fast

Which piece was the turning point from Romanticism to Impressionism (for Debussy)?

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn

Who finished Mozart’s requiem?

Süßmayr (soos-mayer)

Where is William Grant Still from?

Arkansas