Quiz 7

Question 1

What was Artusi’s main issue with Monteverdi’s compositional style?

a. Monteverdi used too many words.
b. Monteverdi used only consonances.
c. Monteverdi did not follow preexisting contrapuntal rules.
d. Monteverdi’s polyphony was too dense.

Answer 1

What was Artusi’s main issue with Monteverdi’s compositional style?

a. Monteverdi used too many words.
b. Monteverdi used only consonances.

c. Monteverdi did not follow preexisting contrapuntal rules.

d.Monteverdi’s polyphony was too dense.

Question 2

Monteverdi defended his compositional style by

a. Establishing a new musical style.
b. Correcting his incorrect treatment of dissonance.
c. Using more dissonance
d. Setting texts in different languages

Answer 2

Monteverdi defended his compositional style by

a. Establishing a new musical style.

b. Correcting his incorrect treatment of dissonance.
c. Using more dissonance
d. Setting texts in different languages

Question 3

Whose music is characteristic of the “first” practice?

a. Giovanni Gabrieli
b. Josquin
c. Claudio Monteverdi
d. Carlo Gesualdo

Answer 3

Whose music is characteristic of the “first” practice?

a. Giovanni Gabrieli

b. Josquin

c. Claudio Monteverdi
d. Carlo Gesualdo

Question 4

Concerted music is:

a. Specifically a soloist vs. an orchestra
b. Strictly vocal
c. Strictly instrumental
d. Arranged for groups of vocalists and/or instrumentalists

Answer 4

Concerted music is:

a. Specifically a soloist vs. an orchestra
b. Strictly vocal
c. Strictly instrumental

d. Arranged for groups of vocalists and/or instrumentalists

Question 5

What architectural element facilitated the performance of concerted music at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice?

a. Domes
b. A rood screen
c. Choir balconies
d. Vaulted ceiling

Answer 5

What architectural element facilitated the performance of concerted music at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice?

a. Domes
b. A rood screen

c. Choir balconies

d. Vaulted ceiling

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the Baroque period.

a. Mimesis
b. A focus on sacred, vocal music
c. A developing practice of orchestration
d. Development of theatrical genres

Answer 6

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the Baroque period.

a. Mimesis

b. A focus on sacred, vocal music

c. A developing practice of orchestration
d. Development of theatrical genres

Question 7

What makes up a continuo group?

a. A trio of singers
b. Viola da gamba/cello, a theorbo/lute and/or harpsichord.
c. Two cellos/gambas

Answer 7

What makes up a continuo group?

a. A trio of singers

b. Viola da gamba/cello, a theorbo/lute and/or harpsichord.

c. Two cellos/gambas

Question 8

Where was the first public concert venue opened?

a. Paris
b. Venice
c. Vienna
d. Burgundy

Answer 8

Where was the first public concert venue opened?

a. Paris

b. Venice

c. Vienna
d. Burgundy

Question 9

What is monody?

a. A soloist accompanied by basso continuo
b. An ensemble divided into smaller groups, each containing several musicians
c. A full choir

Answer 9

What is monody?

a. A soloist accompanied by basso continuo

b. An ensemble divided into smaller groups, each containing several musicians
c. A full choir

Question 10

What issue did Giulio Caccini address in his preface to Le nuove musiche?

a. The singers’ funny smell
b. Ornamentation
c. The ubiquitous use of vibrato
d. Intonation

Answer 10

What issue did Giulio Caccini address in his preface to Le nuove musiche?

a. The singers’ funny smell

b. Ornamentation

c. The ubiquitous use of vibrato
d. Intonation

Question 11

ADD COMMENTARY FROM CLASS Nov 7 2018