Test - Jan 15 - eras, vocab, audios with answers

Question 1

1. Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Composers used non-traditional scales, including modes and pentatonic scales

Answer 1

Modern

Question 2

2. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and

ritornello form

Answer 2

Baroque

Question 3

3.
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

The Lied is an important genre from this era.

Answer 3

Romantic

Question 4

4. Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

The sonata cycle emerged as the primary form for instrumental music.

Answer 4

Classical

Question 5

5. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term

rocket theme

Answer 5

Classical

Question 6

6.
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Composers cultivated short lyric forms for piano.

Answer 6

Romantic

Question 7

7. Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

The English Oratorio originated in this era.

Answer 7

Baroque

Question 8

8.
Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term.
the Affections

Answer 8

Baroque

Question 9

10.
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

The symphony and string quartet were created.

Answer 9

Classical

Question 10

9.
Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term.

polytonality

Answer 10

Modern

Question 11

11.Choose a term that matches the definition.

basso continuo; minimalism; sonata cycle; aria; chromatic harmony; rubato; ternary form; chamber music; concerto; Viennese School; pedal point; Lied; hemiola

harmony making use of extensive notes outside the prevailing key signature

Answer 11

Chromatic harmony

Question 12

12.Choose a term that matches the definition.

basso continuo; minimalism; sonata cycle; aria; chromatic harmony
rubato; ternary form; chamber music; concerto; Viennese School; pedal point; Lied; hemiola

a term referring to the style of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and their contemporaries

Answer 12

Viennese School

Question 13

13.Choose a term that matches the definition.

timpani, ostinato, ritornello, word painting, col legno, rocket theme, fanfare, polytonality, chamber music, exposition, episode, pedal point, rondo

musical paternalization of text; used as an expressive device

Answer 13

word painting

Question 14

14.Choose a term that matches the definition.

timpani, ostinato, ritornello, word painting, col legno, rocket theme, fanfare, polytonality, chamber music, exposition, episode, pedal point, rondo

ABACA or ABACABA; a form used in a sonata cycle

Answer 14

rondo

Question 15

15.Choose a term that matches the definition.

timpani, ostinato, ritornello, word painting, col legno, rocket theme, fanfare, polytonality, chamber music, exposition, episode, pedal point, rondo

a direction to string players to strike the strings with the wood of the bow

Answer 15

col legno

Question 16

16.Choose a term that matches the definition.

basso continuo; minimalism; sonata cycle; aria; chromatic harmony; rubato; ternary form; chamber music; concerto; Viennese School; pedal point; Lied; hemiola

a note, or series of notes, sustained while the harmony changes in other parts

Answer 16

pedal point

Question 17

17.Choose a term that matches the definition.

basso continuo; minimalism; sonata cycle; aria; chromatic harmony; rubato; ternary form; chamber music; concerto; Viennese School; pedal point; Lied; hemiola

the musical setting of a German poem for solo voice and piano accompaniment

Answer 17

Lied

Question 18

18.Choose a term that matches the definition.

basso continuo; minimalism; sonata cycle; aria; chromatic harmony; rubato; ternary form; chamber music; concerto; Viennese School; pedal point; Lied; hemiola

the use of rhythmic flexibility as an expressive device for interpreting music

Answer 18

rubato

Question 19

19.Choose a term that matches the definition.

basso continuo; minimalism; sonata cycle; aria; chromatic harmony; rubato; ternary form; chamber music; concerto; Viennese School; pedal point; Lied; hemiola

an instrumental genre developed in the Baroque era for soloist(s) and orchestra

Answer 19

Concerto

Question 20

20.Choose a term that matches the definition.

timpani, ostinato, ritornello, word painting, col legno, rocket theme, fanfare, polytonality, chamber music, exposition, episode, pedal point, rondo

the opening section of a sonata-form movement

Answer 20

exposition

Question 21

21.Choose a term that matches the definition.

timpani, ostinato, ritornello, word painting, col legno, rocket theme, fanfare, polytonality, chamber music, exposition, episode, pedal point, rondo

a rapidly ascending arpeggiated theme often used as the dramatic opening of a Classical-era works

Answer 21

Rocket theme

Question 22

22.Choose a term that matches the definition.

basso continuo; minimalism; sonata cycle; aria; chromatic harmony
rubato; ternary form; chamber music; concerto; Viennese School; pedal point; Lied; hemiola

a Baroque performance practice in which one performer plays a notated bass line, while another plays the harmonics

Answer 22

basso continuo

Question 23

23.Choose a term that matches the definition.

basso continuo; minimalism; sonata cycle; aria; chromatic harmony; rubato; ternary form; chamber music; concerto; Viennese School; pedal point; Lied; hemiola

a temporary shift of metric accent in which notes grouped in threes are momentarily grouped in twos or vice versa.

Answer 23

hemiola

Question 24

24.Choose a term that matches the definition.

timpani, ostinato, ritornello, word painting, col legno, rocket theme, fanfare, polytonality, chamber music, exposition, episode, pedal point, rondo

a rhythmics or melodic pattern; this is repeated for an extended period

Answer 24

ostinato

Question 25

25.Choose a term that matches the definition.

timpani, ostinato, ritornello, word painting, col legno, rocket theme, fanfare, polytonality, chamber music, exposition, episode, pedal point, rondo

a short, recurring instrumental passage found in the Baroque concerto

Answer 25

ritornello

Question 26

26.Choose a term that matches the definition.

timpani, ostinato, ritornello, word painting, col legno, rocket theme, fanfare, polytonality, chamber music, exposition, episode, pedal point, rondo

a loud, ceremonial flourish featuring brass instruments

Answer 26

fanfare

Question 27

27.Choose a term that matches the definition.

timpani, ostinato, ritornello, word painting, col legno, rocket theme, fanfare, polytonality, chamber music, exposition, episode, pedal point, rondo

a sustained note over which harmonies change

Answer 27

pedal point

Question 28

28.Choose a term that matches the definition.

basso continuo; minimalism; sonata cycle; aria; chromatic harmony; rubato; ternary form; chamber music; concerto; Viennese School; pedal point; Lied; hemiola

the multi-movement structure used for instrumental genres in the Classical era

Answer 28

sonata cycle

Question 29

29.Choose a term that matches the definition.

basso continuo; minimalism; sonata cycle; aria; chromatic harmony; rubato; ternary form; chamber music; concerto; Viennese School; pedal point; Lied; hemiola

a musical style using repetition of melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns with little variation

Answer 29

minimalism

Question 30

30.Choose a term that matches the definition.

timpani, ostinato, ritornello, word painting, col legno, rocket theme, fanfare, polytonality, chamber music, exposition, episode, pedal point, rondo

a genre featuring one player per part, originally meant for small performance

Answer 30

chamber music

Question 31

31.Answer the following for the music excerpt:

1.Title:
2.Composer:
3.Genre:
4. Is there a metric accent clear or fuzzy?
5.Identify two innovative features of this work’s orchestration.

Answer 31

1.Title: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
2. Composer: Debussy
3. Genre: symphonic poem
4. The metric accent is unclear.
5. Two innovative orchestration: harp glissandi, muted horns, muted strings

Question 32

32. Answer the following questions for the excerpt:
33. Title of complete work:
34. Genre:
35. Composer:
36. Title of this movement:
37. Identify the theme in this passage.
    6.The instruments that play this theme are:
    ☐ bassoons and ophicleide ☐ trumpets and violins ☐ flutes and clarinets

Answer 32

1. Symphonie fantastique
2. Program Symphony
3. Berlioz
4. Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath
5. Dies irae
6. bassoon, ophicleide

Question 33

33. Answer the following for the music excerpt.

1.Title:
2.Composer:
3.Genre:
4.What is the form of this movement?
5.What’s the nickname of this movement?

6.This composition demonstrates: ☐ program music ☐ absolute music ☐ exoticism
 

Answer 33

1.Eine kleine Nachtmusik
2.Mozart
3.Serenade for strings (chamber)
4..second movement is the rondo form (ABACA coda)
5.The excerpt is the second movement and Romanza is the nickname.

6.This is an example of absolute music

Question 34

34. Identify the audio clip and answer the following

1.Title:
2.Composer:
3.Era:
4.Form of this movement:
5.Identify the source of this theme.

Answer 34

Emperor Quartet
Haydn
Classical
Theme and Variations
It’s dedicated to an anthem that is dedicated to the emperor