Test - Vocabulary - p. 6-63

Question 1

1. Choose the correct term for the following definition:
   - a method of tuning keyboard instruments
   - the octave is divided into twelve equal semitones

A: Countersubject
B: clavier
C: equal temperament
D: Tonal Answer

Answer 1

C: equal temperament

Question 2

2. Choose the correct term for the following definition:

-a musical shorthand developed in the Baroque era
- it has numbers below the bass line to show harmonic progression

A: figured bass
B: basso continuo
C: development
D; sonata cycle

Answer 2

A: figured bass

Question 3

3. Choose the correct term for the following definition:
   - a highly structured, imitative contrapuntal composition
   - a single theme or subject prevails

A: idiomatic
B: prelude
C: fugue
D: concerto

Answer 3

C: fugue

Question 4

4. Choose the correct term for the following definition:
   - the first main section in sonata form
   - two contrasting themes in the section

A: Coda
B: Development
C: Exposition
D: Recapitulation

Answer 4

A: Exposition

Question 5

5. Choose the correct term for the following definition:
   - also called the “Doctrine of Affections” and in Baroque music, a single clear emotion is usually projected through an entire composition or movement

A: Ostinato
B: Baroque
C: ornamentation
D: the Affections

Answer 5

D: the Affections

Question 6

6. Choose the correct term for the following definition:
   - consists of exposition, development and recapitulation
   - often used in the first movement of a sonata cycle

A: sonata
B: sonata form
C: theme and variations
D; development

Answer 6

B: sonata form

Question 7

7. Choose the correct term for the following definition:
   - a speech-like, declamatory style of singing supported by instrumental ensemble or orchestra

A: recitativo secco
B: da-capo aria
C: tonal answer
D: recitativo accompagnato

Answer 7

D: recitativo accompagnato

Question 8

8. Choose the correct term for the following definition:
   - the second man section in sonata form
   - the themes from the exposition are played in different ways

A: Coda
B: oratorio
C: Development
D: French Overture

Answer 8

C: development

Question 9

9. Choose the correct term for the following definition:

• refers to the musical style of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and their contemporaries

A: polyphonic texture
B: Internationalism
C: Absolute Music
D: Viennese school

Answer 9

D: Viennese School

Question 10

10. Choose the correct term for the following definition:

• a rapid ascending melody outlining an arpeggio

A: Exposition
B: Rocket Theme
C: Rondo-Sonata
D: Aria

Answer 10

B: rocket theme

Question 11

11. Choose the correct term for the following definition:

• Italian for ‘full’ or ‘complete’ and it means the full orchestra in the Baroque concerto

A: pedal bass
B: idiomatic
C: concerto
D: ripieno

Answer 11

D: reipieno

Question 12

12. Choose the correct term for the following definition:
    - the text of an opera, oratorio, or cantata
    - usually written by someone other than the composer

A: libretto
B: recitative
C: aria
D: French overture

Answer 12

A: libretto

Question 13

13. Choose the correct term for the following definition:
    - Baroque performance practice of playing figured bass
    - generally involve two performs - one playing the notated bass line, one playing the harmonies as indicated by the figured bass

A: the Affections
B: basso continuo
C: Ornamentation
D: Motive

Answer 13

B: Basso continuo

Question 14

14. Choose the correct term for the following definition:
    - a large-scale work for soloists, chorus, and orchestra on serious subjects, generally based on biblical texts
    - developed in Baroque era

A: oratorio
B: concerto
C: opera
D: Prelude

Answer 14

A: oratorio

Question 15

16. Choose the correct term for the following definition:

• a structure employed in the first and third movements of the Baroque concerto and often used as a refrain

A: ritornello form
B: ternary form
C: theme-and-variations
D: da-capo aria

Answer 15

A: ritornello

Question 16

16. Choose the correct term for the following definition:

• a speech-like style of singing used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas and supported only by continuo

A: homophonic texture
B: melisma
C: ternary
D: recitativo secco

Answer 16

D: recitativo secco

Question 17

17. Choose the correct term for the following definition:

• multi-movement structure popular in the Classical era
• often used in the symphony, sonata or concerto

A: sonata
B: sonata form
C: sonata cycle
D; development

Answer 17

C: sonata cycle

Question 18

18. Choose the correct term for the following definition:

• a single line of melody supported by a harmonic accompaniment

A: motive
B: homophonic texture
C: rounded-binary form
D: basso continuo

Answer 18

B: homophonic texture

Question 19

19. Choose the correct term for the following definition:
    - an aria (solo song) employing a ternary (ABA) structure
    - the most common type of aria in baroque opera and oratorio

A: word painting
B: ritornello
C: recitative
D: da capo aria

Answer 19

D: da capo aria

Question 20

20. Choose the correct term for the following definition:
    - musical pictorialization in which the music mirrors the literal meaning of the words

A: melisma
B: polyphonic
C: ostinato
D: word painting

Answer 20

D: word painting