Music: An Appreciation (Brief)
Roger Kamien
McGraw-Hill
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| 2117470718 | Music can be defined as... | ...an art based on the organization of sounds in time. | 0 | |
| 2117470719 | The four main properties of musical sound are pitch, dynamic, tone color, and... | ...duration. | 1 | |
| 2117470720 | The relative highness or lowness of a sound is called... | ...pitch. | 2 | |
| 2117470721 | A sound that has a definite pitch is called a... | ...tone. | 3 | |
| 2117470722 | The distance in pitch between any two tones is called an... | ...interval. | 4 | |
| 2117470723 | When tones are separated by the interval called an _______, they sound very much alike. | octave | 5 | |
| 2117470724 | The distance between the lowest and highest tones an instrument can produce is called its... | ...pitch range. | 6 | |
| 2117470725 | Dynamics in music refers to... | ...degrees of loudness and softness. | 7 | |
| 2117470726 | A gradual decrease in loudness is known as a... | ...diminuendo. | 8 | |
| 2117470727 | Timbre is synonymous with... | ...tone color. | 9 | |
| 2117470728 | Which of the following is not a normal classification of male vocal ranges? | Contralto (correct answer) Baritone Tenor Bass | 10 | |
| 2117470729 | A symphonic band consists of mainly... | ...brass, woodwind, and percussion. | 11 | |
| 2117470730 | Plucking the string with a finger instead of using a bow is called.... | ...pizzicato. | 12 | |
| 2117470731 | Woodwind instruments are so named because... | ...they were originally made of wood. | 13 | |
| 2117470732 | The ______ are the only orchestral drums of definite pitch. | timpani | 14 | |
| 2117470733 | The ______ has strings that a plucked by a set of plastic, quill, or leather wedges. | harpsichord | 15 | |
| 2117470734 | Rapidly repeating tones by quick up and down strokes of the bow is known as... | ...tremolo. | 16 | |
| 2117470735 | regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time | beat | 17 | |
| 2117470736 | organization of beats into regular groups is called | meter | 18 | |
| 2117470737 | the first, or stressed, beat of a measure is known as the | downbeat | 19 | |
| 2117470738 | this term refers to the rate of speed of the beat of the music | tempo | 20 | |
| 2117470739 | in musical notation, pitches are written on a set of five lines called a | staff | 21 | |
| 2117470740 | the repetition of a melodic pattern at a higher or lower pitch | sequence | 22 | |
| 2117470741 | musical element that refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other | harmony | 23 | |
| 2117470742 | a series of chords is called a | progression | 24 | |
| 2117470743 | the simplest most basic chord in western music is the | triad | 25 | |
| 2117470744 | chromatic is used in music to refer to the | twelve tones of an octave | 26 | |
| 2117470745 | when two or more melodic lines of equal interest are performed simultaneously, the texture is | polyphonic | 27 | |
| 2117470746 | a round is an example of | strict imitation | 28 | |
| 2117470747 | homophonic texture consists of | one main melody accompanied by chords | 29 | |
| 2117470748 | some feature of a music idea are changed, but others are retained, the technique is referred to as | variation | 30 | |
| 2117470749 | ordered flow of music through time | rhythm | 31 | |
| 2117470750 | in musical notation, silence is indicated by | rests | 32 | |
| 2117470751 | combination of tones that are unusable and tense | dissonance | 33 | |
| 2117470752 | central tone around which a musical composition is organized | tonic | 34 | |
| 2117470753 | texture of a single melodic line without accompaniment is | monophonic | 35 | |
| 2117470754 | middle ages in european history | 450-1450 | 36 | |
| 2117470755 | who held virtual monopoly on learning in middle ages | monks in monasteries | 37 | |
| 2117470756 | most medieval music was | vocal | 38 | |
| 2117470757 | the music medieval monks made was | gregorian chant | 39 | |
| 2117470758 | texture of gregorian chant | monophonic | 40 | |
| 2117470759 | earliest chant manuscripts from what century | ninth | 41 | |
| 2117470760 | earliest extant liturgical morality play, Ordo virtutum (Play of the Virtues), was composed by | Hildegard of Bingen | 42 | |
| 2117470761 | The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed by | french nobles called troubadors | 43 | |
| 2117470762 | first steps toward the development of polyphony were taken sometime between 700 and 900, when | monks began to add a second line to gregorian chant | 44 | |
| 2117470763 | gregorian chant with one additional melodic line | organum | 45 | |
| 2117470764 | center of polyphonic music in europe after 1150 was | paris | 46 | |
| 2117470765 | earliest known composers to write music with measured rhythm | Loenin and Perotin | 47 | |
| 2117470766 | "ars nova" refers to | italian and french music of the fourteenth century | 48 | |
| 2117470767 | Renaissance in music occured between | 1450-1600 | 49 | |
| 2117470768 | texture of renaissance music is chiefly | polyphonic | 50 | |
| 2117470769 | two main forms of sacred renaissance music are | mass and motet | 51 | |
| 2117470770 | the renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in | Italy | 52 | |
| 2117470771 | Weelkes's "As Vesta Was Descending" is notable for its | word painting | 53 | |
| 2117470772 | nuns and monks sang at what two types of services | office and mass | 54 | |
| 2117470773 | a capella refers to | unaccompanied choral music | 55 | |
| 2117470774 | baroque style flourished in music during this period | 1600-1750 | 56 | |
| 2117470775 | early baroque period was characterized by | homophonic texture | 57 | |
| 2117470776 | Montoverdi created music that was | passionate and dramatic | 58 | |
| 2117470777 | instrumental music became as important as vocal music a this time | middle baroque | 59 | |
| 2117470778 | a baroque musical composition usually expresses ________ within the same movement | constantly changing moods | 60 | |
| 2117470779 | sudden alterations between loud and soft | terraced dynamics | 61 | |
| 2117470780 | main keyboard instuments of the baroque era were | piano and harpsichord | 62 | |
| 2117470781 | most characteristic feature of baroque music is its use of | basso continuo | 63 | |
| 2117470782 | a movement in music usually refers to | piece that can be independent but is part of a larger composition | 64 | |
| 2117470783 | three movements of concerto grosso | fast, slow, fast | 65 | |
| 2117470784 | first and last movements of concerto grosso are in what form | ritornello | 66 | |
| 2117470785 | main theme of a fugue is called the | subject | 67 | |
| 2117470786 | a play set to music with orchestral accompaniment with costumes and actors | operas | 68 | |
| 2117470787 | the text or book of a musical dramatic work | libretto | 69 | |
| 2117470788 | vocal line that imitates fluctuations of speech | recitative | 70 | |
| 2117470789 | camerata wanted the vocal line of their music to follow | rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech | 71 | |
| 2117470790 | first european opera house to offer admission to anyone paying the price opened in | venice, italy | 72 | |
| 2117470791 | castrati | lung power of man, range of woman, highly paid, castrated (all answers correct) | 73 | |
| 2117470792 | statement is not true about monteverdi | all twelve of his operas are performed regularly in europe and america | 74 | |
| 2117470793 | Dido and Aeneas was composed by | Henry Purcell | 75 | |
| 2117470794 | vivaldi spend most of his life working at an institution for orphaned and illegitimate girls in | venice | 76 | |
| 2117470795 | vivaldi was famous as a virtuoso on what instrument | violin | 77 | |
| 2117470796 | vivaldi wrote appox how many concerto grosso and solo concertos | 450 | 78 | |
| 2117470797 | Bach was most eminent of his day with what instrument | organ | 79 | |
| 2117470798 | Bach created masterpieces in every from except | opera | 80 | |
| 2117470799 | sets of dance inspired instrumental movements | suites | 81 | |
| 2117470800 | baroque suites typically begin with | french overture | 82 | |
| 2117470801 | congregational singing of chorales was an important way for people to | participate in the service | 83 | |
| 2117470802 | bach's cantatas closely resembled what of that time | operas | 84 | |
| 2117470803 | sonata intended to be played in a church | sonata de chiesa | 85 | |
| 2117470804 | Corelli's Trio Sonata in A Minor, op. 3, no. 10, is scored for | two violins and basso continuo | 86 | |
| 2117470805 | a vivaldi concerto typically has | three | 87 | |
| 2117470806 | vivaldi wrote concertos for a great variety of instruments (T/F) | true | 88 | |
| 2117470807 | A two-part collection of preludes and fugues, one in each major and minor key, basic to the repertoire of keyboard players today, is Bach's | well-tempered clavier | 89 | |
| 2117470808 | which of the following is not a part of baroque suite | waltz | 90 | |
| 2117470809 | two sections of a french overture | slow-fast | 91 | |
| 2117470810 | A sung piece, or choral work with or without vocal soloists, usually with orchestral accompaniment, is the | cantata | 92 | |
| 2117470811 | how many performers in baroque trio sonata | four | 93 | |
| 2117470812 | dates for classicism in western art music | 1750-1820 | 94 | |
| 2117470813 | which is not a sonata form movement | rondo | 95 | |
| 2117470814 | concluding section of sonata form movement | coda | 96 | |
| 2117470815 | theme and variations form may be outlined as | AA'A''A'''A''''. | 97 | |
| 2117470816 | minuet and trio movement of classical symphony is in what form | ABA | 98 | |
| 2117470817 | minuet is generally what number movement of a classical symphony | third | 99 | |
| 2117470818 | beethoven replaces what kind of movement for the minuet in many of his works | scherzo | 100 | |
| 2117470819 | rondo may be schematically outlined as | ABACABA | 101 | |
| 2117470820 | return of the main theme in rondo form is welcome because it is in what key | tonic | 102 | |
| 2117470821 | rondo most often serves as the | finale | 103 | |
| 2117470822 | first movement of a classical symphony is almost always fast and in what form | sonata | 104 | |
| 2117470823 | usual order of movements in classical symphony is | fast, slow, dance-related, fast | 105 | |
| 2117470824 | a concerto is a large-scale work in several movements for | an instrumental soloist and orchestra | 106 | |
| 2117470825 | mozart and beethoven wrote concertos for their favorite instrument, the | piano | 107 | |
| 2117470826 | sequence of movements in classical concerto is | fast, slow, fast | 108 | |
| 2117470827 | first movement of a classical concerto has | two expositions | 109 | |
| 2117470828 | classical concerto differs from the symphony in that it doesn't have these movements | minuet or scherzo | 110 | |
| 2117470829 | In the classical period, comic operas sometimes | ridiculed the aristocracy | 111 | |
| 2117470830 | In the exposition of a sonata form movement... | the second theme is in a new key | 112 | |
| 2117470831 | each successive variation in a theme with variations | retains some elements of the theme | 113 | |
| 2117470832 | pieces of an oratorio are usually connected by means of | a narrators recitatives | 114 | |
| 2117470833 | handel's messiah is an example of | an oratorio | 115 | |
| 2117470834 | Handel spent a major portion of his time in | England | 116 | |
| 2117470835 | the core of Handel's output was english oratorios and italian... | operas | 117 | |
| 2117470836 | oratorio differs from opera in that is has no | acting, costumes or scenery | 118 | |
| 2117470837 | Oratorios first appeared in | Italy | 119 | |
| 2117470838 | 2 violins, viola, cello, four movements, most important form in chamber music | string quartet | 120 | |
| 2117470839 | Haydn's two popular oratorios: the seasons and | the creation | 121 | |
| 2117470840 | Mozart's symphony no. 40 in Gmin is | one of his last three symphonies | 122 | |
| 2117470841 | major factor that distinguishes chamber music from symphony | one player per part | 123 | |
| 2117470842 | in addition to 68 string quartets, how many symphonies did Haydn write? | 104 | 124 | |
| 2117470843 | where were the 12 symphonies for JP Saloman first performed? (Named the _______ symphonies) | London | 125 | |
| 2117470844 | family that helped make Haydn famous | Esterhazy | 126 | |
| 2117470845 | mozart's finest german opera | the magic flute | 127 | |
| 2117470846 | piano trio is written for what 3 instruments? | violin, cello, piano | 128 | |
| 2117470847 | after he went deaf, his compositions included piano sonatas, string quartets, and the 9th symphony. these are some of beethoven's... | late works | 129 | |
| 2117470848 | beethoven had 16 of these, and they were considered some of the greatest ever recorded | string quartets | 130 | |
| 2117470849 | piano sonata is for... | piano only | 131 | |
| 2117470850 | Beethoven's third symphony commemorated | Napoleon | 132 | |
| 2117470851 | beethoven had a habbit of carrying a | musical sketchbook | 133 | |
| 2117470852 | beethoven's only opera is entitled | Fidelio | 134 |
