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Test - Jan 20, 2024 - vocab, audio, compositions with answers Flashcards

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  1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
  2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choerography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

A direction to string players to strike the strings with the wooden part of their bow

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Col legno
Rite of Spring

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  1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
  2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choreography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

The full ensemble in a Baroque concerto

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ripieno
Spring from Four Seasons

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  1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
  2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choreography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

Italian for “robbed time”; indicates rhythmic flexibility

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Rubato
Polonaise in A flat major

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  1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
  2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choreography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

A genre featuring one player per part and meant for small performance spaces

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chamber music
Emperor Quartet

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  1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
  2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choreography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

A loud, ceremonial flourish featuring brass instruments

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Fanfare
Ride in a Fast Machine.

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  1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
  2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choreography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

A chant melody for the Requiem Mass for the dead

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Dies irae
Symphonie fantastique

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  1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
  2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choreography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

A passage within a fugue in which neither subject nor answer is present

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episode
Prelude and Fugue in B flat major

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  1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
  2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choreography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

The art of designing the dance steps and movements in a ballet or musical

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choreography
Rite of Spring

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  1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
  2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choreography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

A two-part musical form wherein the second section contains a return of the opening material

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rounded binary
Little Night Music (Third Movement; p. 67)

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  1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
  2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choreography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

. A rhythmic or melodic pattern that is repeated for an extended period

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ostinato
Spring
Carmen

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  1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
  2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choreography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

A song for solo voice and orchestra found in opera or oratorio

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aria
Messiah
Carmen

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1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choreography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

A rapidly ascending melody outlining an arpeggio, often used as dramatic opening motive

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Rocket theme
Little Nig Music
Symphony No 5 in C-

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  1. Choose correct term for the following definition.
  2. Provide example composition.

Col legno; ripieno; rubato; chamber music; dies irae;
episode; fanfare; choreography; rounded binary; ostinato; aria; rocket theme; hemiola

A temporary shift of metric accent caused by re-grouping sets of three pulses into sets of two or vice versa

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hemiola
Changes
West Side Story

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14 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

The fifth movement quotes a theme form the Mass for the Dead.

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Symphonie fanstique

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15 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

This orchestration of this work includes the use of antique cymbals.

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Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (p. 117)

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16 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

The Scherzo in this work begins with a rocket theme.

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Symphony No. 5 in C -

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17 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

This work is a modern reinterpretation of Romeo and Juliet.

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West Side Story

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18 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

Subtitled Romanza, the second movement of this work is an elegant rondo in C major.

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Little Night Music

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19 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

This keyboard collection takes advantage of the equal temperament tuning system

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The Well Tempered Clavier

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20 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

The ballet features changing meters and polytonality.

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Rite of Spring

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21 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

This solo piano work demonstrates Polish nationalism.

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Polonaise in A flat major

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22 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

The choruses in this work frequently alternate between imitative and homorhythmic texture.

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Messiah

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23 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

This work is often performed by double string quartet with double bass.

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Little Night Music

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24 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

The opening flute solo in this work outlines a triton.

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Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

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25 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

This opera demonstrates exoticism.

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Carmen

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26 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

The second movement of this work features two themes and variations.

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Symphony No. 5 in C -

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27 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

This work is written for an expanded orchestra, including unusual instruments such as the ophicleide.

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Symphonie fanstique

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28 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

This work sets the words of a German poet and features a piano part equal in importance to the soloist.

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Erlking

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29 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

This work opens with a French overture.

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Messiah

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30 Provide a composition title for each of the following statements. You may use a title more than once.

This work includes Latin American dances such as the mambo and the ch-cha.

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West Side Story

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31 Answer the following for the music excerpt:

  1. Title:
  2. Composer:
  3. Era:
  4. Genre:
  5. Name the instrument that plays the theme in the opening theme.
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  1. Title of entire piece: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
  2. Debussy
  3. Modern
  4. Symphonic poem
  5. What instrument plays the opening melody: flute
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32 Answer the following questions for the excerpt:

  1. Title of the entire piece
  2. What’s the genre of the entire piece?
  3. Title of this movement
  4. Name of this specific theme
  5. Who is the composer?

Bonus: Identify two style features of this work.
1.
2.

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  1. Symphonie fantastique
  2. Program Symphony
  3. Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath
  4. idee fixe (the beloved)
  5. Berlioz
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33 Answer the following for the excerpt:

1.Title of entire piece:
2.Composer:
3.Genre:
4.Era:
5. What is the form of the movement?
6.This theme shows the influence of: ☐ J. S. Bach ☐ bel canto opera ☐ the Mannheim School

Bonus: Give the musical feature of the excerpt.

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1.Title of entire piece: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
2.Composer: Beethoven
3.Genre: Symphony
4.Era: Classical
5.Form of the movement: ABC (ternary) - scherzo and trio
6.This theme shows the influence of: ☐ J. S. Bach ☐ bel canto opera ☒ the Mannheim School

Bonus: musical feature - The third movement has a rocket theme played by the low strings in the beginning. The rocket theme is very quiet (pp).

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34 Answer the following for the excerpt:
1.Title:
2.Composer:
3.Era:
4.Genre:
5.Name the poetic image depicted in this passage.

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1.Title: Spring from the Four Seasons
2.Composer: Vivaldi
3.Era: Baroque
4.Genre: Solo Violin concerto
5.Name the poetic image depicted in this passage. Thunder and lightning

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