Music Appreciation final

The leader of the Romantic movement to write verismo opera was

The leader of the Romantic movement to write verismo opera was

Giacomo Puccini.

The three main sections of the Classical sonata-allegro form are the

exposition, development, and recapitulation.

A one-movement orchestral work conceived as a kind of "poem without words" was called

a symphonic poem.

A term for a romantic rhythmic technique that means "robbing" is

rubato

Charles Darwin wrote the controversial book _____________ which was praised by those who loved nature but criticized by those who strongly believed in individualism.

none of the above

When Mendelssohn was only twenty years old, he organized and conducted J. S. Bach's __________ in its first performance in a hundred years.

St. Matthew Passion

Boogie-woogie has an improvised, syncopated melody over a distinctive, rhythmic __________ repeated in the bass.

ostinato

Bartók wrote the Mikrokosmos, a set of six __________ of graded difficulty.

piano books

The finest Italian composer of the nineteenth century was

Giuseppe Verdi

The term universally applied to German art songs is

Lieder

The goals of the Enlightenment included all of the following except

to encourage mystic, supernatural, and religious beliefs.

Some Italian composers of the late Romantic period portrayed realistic, everyday characters in their operas caalled

verismo

The following were all characteristic of French composer Debussy except

he scrupulously maintained the distinction between major and minor modes.

__________, who had the reputation of being the best pianist in Vienna, was afflicted in his late twenties with an ear disease that eventually led to total deafness.

Ludwig van Beethoven

The musical masterpiece of Primitivism, Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), was written by Russian composer

Igor Stravinsky.

Some composers combined the technological resources of the synthesizer and tape recorder with the mathematical logic of total serialism. The leader of this style of composition is the American composer

Milton Babbitt.

A late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century musical style that resulted from explorations of the subconscious mind was called

Expressionism

The first and greatest Impressionistic composer was

Claude Debussy

All of the following were common forms in the Classical period except

toccata-allegro form.

The study of music of specific cultures is the science of

ethnomusicology.

The musical center of the Classical style, and the city where Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven all lived and worked was

Vienna

One of the changes that classical composers imposed on opera was

to lessen the differences between aria and recitative

__________, who was a singer before he became a composer, wrote songlike melody lines for his instrumental and vocal compositions, sensitive text settings, and expressive orchestration, making him one of the most appreciated contemporary composers.

Samuel Barber

An instrument that allows a composer to produce imitative, altered, or original sounds is called a(n)

synthesizer

The ideal solo Romantic instrument was the

piano

Some of Schubert's most effective songs are organized in song sets with texts by the same poet called

song cycles.

The father of twentieth-century Neoclassicism is

Igor Stravinsky.

Classical composers changed the orchestra in all of the following ways except

narrowing the Baroque conception of the orchestra.

Instrumental music based upon abstract principles of music rather than upon a text or program is called __________ music.

absolute

The Experimentalist composers are united by their

curiosity about and creativity toward sound and music.

All of the following were characteristics of Classical music except

composers embraced Baroque intensity of religious feeling.

Although Beethoven mastered the forms of the Classical style, he also altered them by

disguising the dividing points between large sections.
extending the length of the development section in sonata-allegro movements.
expanding the length and role of the coda to that of a second development.
Correct Answer all of these.

The following are all true of Ive's music except

his music produces mostly consonant sounds.

All of the following are true of many jazz styles except

jazz rhythms are generally regular and are simple to perform.

Bartók's serious and scientific study of __________ music led him to become one of the first and finest ethnomusicologists.

folk

Philip Glass has evolved a style of music which is sometimes referred to as

Minimalism

In the mid-1930s, Aaron Copland went through a change of style that included all of the following except

incorporating jazz elements into his music.

__________, born in California and reared in an atmosphere that precluded allegiance to musical orthodoxy, loved Chinese music and modal church music, country fiddle tunes, early American hymns, and Irish folk tunes.

Henry Cowell

It is the __________ of much twentieth-century music that many listeners find particularly challenging.

dissonance

From about __________, democratic, republican, and revolutionary causes affected every phase of European life and art.

1750-1825

__________, the "poet of the piano," was born in Poland, but lived most of his life in Paris, France.

Frederic Chopin

Gershwin composed the best known opera by an American composer,

Porgy and Bess.

Music performed by a relatively small number of people playing one to a line is called _________ music.

chamber

The most popular Classical small ensemble was the

string quartet.

__________ is often referred to as America's only truly original music, representative of its personality and soul.

jazz

In Wagner's ideal music drama

the Romantic doctrine of intermingling the arts was fully realized.
the words and the music were of equal importance.
the music served to enhance the drama.
Correct Answer all of the above.

In Wagner's dramatic works, the orchestra was of unprecedented significance, weaving melodic fragments and chords called __________ throughout the orchestral texture.

Leitmotifs

The orchestral compositions built upon literary or other extra-musical ideas used by Romantics were called

programs

Short, highly subjective piano compositions are called __________ pieces.

character

All of the following facts are true regarding William Grant Still except

he was accepted as a serious composer right from the beginning.

Nineteenth-century writers, painters, and musicians were highly __________ in their approach to the arts, vividly expressing their most intimate and personal thoughts and experiences in the effort to assert their individual personalities.

subjective

In the 1950s, __________ jazz offered a more subdued style with lyrical melodies, using instruments not commonly associated with jazz.

cool

Most Classical chamber ensembles consisted of several instruments belonging to

the same family.

All of the following were true regarding the Romantic period around the turn of the nineteenth century except

even as music performance moved from the private chamber to the public concert hall, the quality and quantity of music remained unchanged.

Schumann's brief career was nonetheless varied, including all of the following achievements except

he was a brilliant and well-known concert pianist.

All of the following are true of Beethoven's music except

his music shows a consistency in mood.

__________ studied composition with three important revolutionaries: Schoenberg, Varèse, and Cowell.

John Cage

__________ was an influential and gifted Romantic composer whose life was marred by depression and mental instability.

Robert Schumann

One of the features of comic operas in all countries was that

the operas were written in the language of the country

Romantic multimovement symphonic compositions which had literary and programmatic orientations were called __________ symphonies.

program

An outstanding trait of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is the use of the

chorus and orchestra.

Music in which there is no dominance of or momentum toward a tonic pitch, like that written by Schoenberg, is called

atonal

Although it is closely related to its vocal model, the piano blues, also known as __________, is happy in mood and brisk in tempo.

boogie-woogie

A new symphonic form that mated literary and musical concepts was called the

concert overture.

The classic form of the blues

is strophic.

The opera buffa introduced the __________ to bring an act or an opera to a musically and dramatically exciting close.

ensemble finale

The field of __________ is the scientific study of music.

musicology

__________ conducted far-reaching experiments that extended the range of timbres that may be produced by a grand piano.

Henry Cowell

Romantic music to be played during the performance of plays was called __________ music.

incidental

Although Mozart had a short life that was marked by financial difficulties

he delighted his audiences and was highly paid for his services.

When two or more meters are combined at one time, the technique is called

polymeter

Light in mood and concerned with everyday characters and events, __________ operas developed in several countries during the eighteenth century.

comic

__________, best known for his powerful symphonies, used a huge orchestra and extensive range of orchestral colors.

Gustav Mahler

Where does the cadenza usually occur in a concerto?

toward the end of a movement

An inventive nature, plus an unconventional upbringing, destined __________ to become an Experimentalist who made his living selling insurance.

Charles Ives

__________ evolved in the American South sometime after the Civil War, as newly emancipated blacks, struggling in a hostile environment, lamented their hard lot in a new form of solo song.

the blues

In the twelve-tone method of composition, all twelve notes within an octave are

arranged into a series, or row that forms the basis of the work.

The revolutionaries who have radically altered not only the traditional methods of composing and presenting music, but also the very concept of what constitutes music as opposed to noise are called

Experimentalists

__________ consists of syncopated melody that was related to a favorite dance called the cakewalk.

ragtime

The first important center of jazz was in

New Orleans

It is customary to divide Beethoven's work into _____ periods.

3

At the height of the Harlem Renaissance, __________ became the first black American to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra.

William Grant Still

Patter songs features

Patter songs features
tuneful settings.
multisyllabic texts.
incredible rapidity.
Correct Answer all of the above.

In the 1920s, white musicians first imitated the New Orleans style in what became known as __________ jazz.

dixieland

In the 1940s, John Cage devised an economical means of expanding the range of a piano's sound by inventing the __________ piano.

prepared

One of history's most tragic figures, __________, began his performing career as a child prodigy.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

__________ was an outstanding pianist and composer, as was her more famous brother.

Fanny Mendelssohn

An extended closing section in the Classical sonata-allegro form is called the

coda

The most important composer of piano music in the Romantic period and style was

chopin

__________ approached the composition of music more as a craft than as an art; he played many orchestral instruments well and therefore knew how to write effectively for them.

Paul Hindemith

Who was transitional figure who composed in both the Classical and Romantic styles and the only "Viennese" composer who was actually from Vienna.

Franz Schubert

Opéra comique was originally known for using __________ in some scenes.

spoken dialogue

Robert Schumann wrote several beautiful sets of songs called

cycles

Which Classical composer accepted the social and artistic restrictions of court employment?

Haydn

It was the French who articulated and defended the ideas that led to the Age of Reason, but they freely acknowledged their debt to the English for pointing the way toward the intellectual movement called the

Enlightenment

The most important composer of German music theater in the late nineteenth century was

Richard Wagner.

All of the following were characteristic of Romantic harmony except

the orchestra decreased in size.

In the early 1920s, __________ led the first generation of American composers determined to devote their professional lives to writing music.

Aaron Copland

In the 1950s, __________ jazz offered a more subdued style with lyrical melodies, using instruments not commonly associated with jazz.

cool

Philip Glass has evolved a style of music which is sometimes referred to as

Minimalism