Music Appreciation Midterm (1-9) Flashcards

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	...they were originally made of wood.	13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