Music Appreciation Midterm (1-9) Flashcards

Music: An Appreciation (Brief)
Roger Kamien
McGraw-Hill
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994640624	Music can be defined as...	...an art based on the organization of sounds in time.	0
994640625	The four main properties of musical sound are pitch, dynamic, tone color, and...	...duration.	1
994640626	The relative highness or lowness of a sound is called...	...pitch.	2
994640628	A sound that has a definite pitch is called a...	...tone.	3
994640629	The distance in pitch between any two tones is called an...	...interval.	4
994640630	When tones are separated by the interval called an _______, they sound very much alike.	octave	5
994640631	The distance between the lowest and highest tones an instrument can produce is called its...	...pitch range.	6
994640632	Dynamics in music refers to...	...degrees of loudness and softness.	7
994640634	A gradual decrease in loudness is known as a...	...diminuendo.	8
994640635	Timbre is synonymous with...	...tone color.	9
994640636	Which of the following is not a normal classification of male vocal ranges?	Contralto (correct answer) Baritone Tenor Bass	10
994640637	A symphonic band consists of mainly...	...brass, woodwind, and percussion.	11
994640638	Plucking the string with a finger instead of using a bow is called....	...pizzicato.	12
994640639	Woodwind instruments are so named because...	...they were originally made of wood.	13
994640640	The ______ are the only orchestral drums of definite pitch.	timpani	14
994640641	The ______ has strings that a plucked by a set of plastic, quill, or leather wedges.	harpsichord	15
994640642	Rapidly repeating tones by quick up and down strokes of the bow is known as...	...tremolo.	16
996060210	regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time	beat	17
996060212	organization of beats into regular groups is called	meter	18
996060213	the first, or stressed, beat of a measure is known as the	downbeat	19
996060214	this term refers to the rate of speed of the beat of the music	tempo	20
996060215	in musical notation, pitches are written on a set of five lines called a	staff	21
996060216	the repetition of a melodic pattern at a higher or lower pitch	sequence	22
996060218	musical element that refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other	harmony	23
996060219	a series of chords is called a	progression	24
996060220	the simplest most basic chord in western music is the	triad	25
996060221	chromatic is used in music to refer to the	twelve tones of an octave	26
996060222	when two or more melodic lines of equal interest are performed simultaneously, the texture is	polyphonic	27
996060223	a round is an example of	strict imitation	28
996060224	homophonic texture consists of	one main melody accompanied by chords	29
996060225	some feature of a music idea are changed, but others are retained, the technique is referred to as	variation	30
996060226	ordered flow of music through time	rhythm	31
996060227	in musical notation, silence is indicated by	rests	32
996060228	combination of tones that are unusable and tense	dissonance	33
996060229	central tone around which a musical composition is organized	tonic	34
996060230	texture of a single melodic line without accompaniment is	monophonic	35
996060231	middle ages in european history	450-1450	36
996187968	who held virtual monopoly on learning in middle ages	monks in monasteries	37
996187969	most medieval music was	vocal	38
996187970	the music medieval monks made was	gregorian chant	39
996187971	texture of gregorian chant	monophonic	40
996187972	earliest chant manuscripts from what century	ninth	41
996187973	earliest extant liturgical morality play, Ordo virtutum (Play of the Virtues), was composed by	Hildegard of Bingen	42
996187974	The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed by	french nobles called troubadors	43
996187975	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
996187976	gregorian chant with one additional melodic line	organum	45
996187977	center of polyphonic music in europe after 1150 was	paris	46
996187978	earliest known composers to write music with measured rhythm	Loenin and Perotin	47
996187979	"ars nova" refers to	italian and french music of the fourteenth century	48
996187980	Renaissance in music occured between	1450-1600	49
996187983	texture of renaissance music is chiefly	polyphonic	50
996187985	two main forms of sacred renaissance music are	mass and motet	51
996187986	the renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in	Italy	52
996187987	Weelkes's "As Vesta Was Descending" is notable for its	word painting	53
996187988	nuns and monks sang at what two types of services	office and mass	54
996187991	a capella refers to	unaccompanied choral music	55
996187992	baroque style flourished in music during this period	1600-1750	56
996188006	early baroque period was characterized by	homophonic texture	57
996188008	Montoverdi created music that was	passionate and dramatic	58
996188016	instrumental music became as important as vocal music a this time	middle baroque	59
996188018	a baroque musical composition usually expresses ________ within the same movement	constantly changing moods	60
996188019	sudden alterations between loud and soft	terraced dynamics	61
996188021	main keyboard instuments of the baroque era were	piano and harpsichord	62
996188022	most characteristic feature of baroque music is its use of	basso continuo	63
996188024	a movement in music usually refers to	piece that can be independent but is part of a larger composition	64
996188026	three movements of concerto grosso	fast, slow, fast	65
996188029	first and last movements of concerto grosso are in what form	ritornello	66
996188031	main theme of a fugue is called the	subject	67
996188032	a play set to music with orchestral accompaniment with costumes and actors	operas	68
996188035	the text or book of a musical dramatic work	libretto	69
996188037	vocal line that imitates fluctuations of speech	recitative	70
996188039	camerata wanted the vocal line of their music to follow	rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech	71
996188041	first european opera house to offer admission to anyone paying the price opened in	venice, italy	72
996188050	castrati	lung power of man, range of woman, highly paid, castrated (all answers correct)	73
996188052	statement is not true about monteverdi	all twelve of his operas are performed regularly in europe and america	74
996188055	Dido and Aeneas was composed by	Henry Purcell	75
996335460	vivaldi spend most of his life working at an institution for orphaned and illegitimate girls in	venice	76
996335463	vivaldi was famous as a virtuoso on what instrument	violin	77
996335466	vivaldi wrote appox how many concerto grosso and solo concertos	450	78
996335468	Bach was most eminent of his day with what instrument	organ	79
996335470	Bach created masterpieces in every from except	opera	80
996335471	sets of dance inspired instrumental movements	suites	81
996335472	baroque suites typically begin with	french overture	82
996335474	congregational singing of chorales was an important way for people to	participate in the service	83
996335477	bach's cantatas closely resembled what of that time	operas	84
996335479	sonata intended to be played in a church	sonata de chiesa	85
996335482	Corelli's Trio Sonata in A Minor, op. 3, no. 10, is scored for	two violins and basso continuo	86
996335485	a vivaldi concerto typically has	three	87
996335487	vivaldi wrote concertos for a great variety of instruments (T/F)	true	88
996335489	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
996335492	which of the following is not a part of baroque suite	waltz	90
996335493	two sections of a french overture	slow-fast	91
996335496	A sung piece, or choral work with or without vocal soloists, usually with orchestral accompaniment, is the	cantata	92
996335498	how many performers in baroque trio sonata	four	93
996474101	dates for classicism in western art music	1750-1820	94
996474104	which is not a sonata form movement	rondo	95
996474105	concluding section of sonata form movement	coda	96
996474107	theme and variations form may be outlined as	AA'A''A'''A''''.	97
996474109	minuet and trio movement of classical symphony is in what form	ABA	98
996474111	minuet is generally what number movement of a classical symphony	third	99
996474112	beethoven replaces what kind of movement for the minuet in many of his works	scherzo	100
996474114	rondo may be schematically outlined as	ABACABA	101
996474116	return of the main theme in rondo form is welcome because it is in what key	tonic	102
996474117	rondo most often serves as the	finale	103
996474118	first movement of a classical symphony is almost always fast and in what form	sonata	104
996474119	usual order of movements in classical symphony is	fast, slow, dance-related, fast	105
996474120	a concerto is a large-scale work in several movements for	an instrumental soloist and orchestra	106
996474121	mozart and beethoven wrote concertos for their favorite instrument, the	piano	107
996474122	sequence of movements in classical concerto is	fast, slow, fast	108
996474123	first movement of a classical concerto has	two expositions	109
996474124	classical concerto differs from the symphony in that it doesn't have these movements	minuet or scherzo	110
996474125	In the classical period, comic operas sometimes	ridiculed the aristocracy	111
996474126	In the exposition of a sonata form movement...	the second theme is in a new key	112
996474127	each successive variation in a theme with variations	retains some elements of the theme	113
996702025	pieces of an oratorio are usually connected by means of	a narrators recitatives	114
996702026	handel's messiah is an example of	an oratorio	115
996702027	Handel spent a major portion of his time in	England	116
996702028	the core of Handel's output was english oratorios and italian...	operas	117
996702029	oratorio differs from opera in that is has no	acting, costumes or scenery	118
996702030	Oratorios first appeared in	Italy	119
996702031	2 violins, viola, cello, four movements, most important form in chamber music	string quartet	120
996702032	Haydn's two popular oratorios: the seasons and	the creation	121
996702033	Mozart's symphony no. 40 in Gmin is	one of his last three symphonies	122
996702034	major factor that distinguishes chamber music from symphony	one player per part	123
996702035	in addition to 68 string quartets, how many symphonies did Haydn write?	104	124
996702036	where were the 12 symphonies for JP Saloman first performed? (Named the _______ symphonies)	London	125
996702037	family that helped make Haydn famous	Esterhazy	126
996702038	mozart's finest german opera	the magic flute	127
996702039	piano trio is written for what 3 instruments?	violin, cello, piano	128
996746975	after he went deaf, his compositions included piano sonatas, string quartets, and the 9th symphony. these are some of beethoven's...	late works	129
996746976	beethoven had 16 of these, and they were considered some of the greatest ever recorded	string quartets	130
996746977	piano sonata is for...	piano only	131
996746978	Beethoven's third symphony commemorated	Napoleon	132
996746979	beethoven had a habbit of carrying a	musical sketchbook	133
996746980	beethoven's only opera is entitled	Fidelio	134