Music 177 Flashcards
(5 cards)
Which of the following statements does not apply to both the Medieval and Renaissance eras?
A.The church was a primary patron of music, and instrumental music was not as developed as vocal music.
B.Preserving music using a system of music notation resulted in a more stable body of music literature.
C. Music printing was important to the dissemination of music in Europe.
D. Chant and chant melodies were utilized in the composition of sacred music.
C is correct. The advent of music printing was an important milestone that occurred in the mid 1400’s, during the Renaissance period, and is not associated with events of the Middle Ages.
To what musical period/era do all the following general stylistic statements best apply?
A.Renaissance
B.Baroque
C.Rococo
D.Classical
Answer B is correct. The Baroque period is an era that is can generally be divided into 3 periods by some scholars: Early (1580-1630), Middle (1630-1680, and Late (1680-1730). The latter period is extended to 1750 to include the compositions of Bach and Handel, whose works generally mark a culmination and conclusion to the era. Most of the general statements could be used to describe music of the Classical (1750-1830) and early Romantic period, except for simple binary and ternary forms being structural foundation, because sonata-allegro form became the notable structural form of the Classical era.
Which of the following statements does not apply to music of the Romantic period?
A.They were becoming more interested in nature and the supernatural.
B.They wrote more music with patriotic and nationalist undercurrents.
C.They were more inclined to be trained in universities and conservatories.
D.They were more inclined to entitle music by genre (i.e. Sonata #5 in A).
Answer D is correct. A by-product of the trend in the Romantic era away from absolute music to program music was to attach “extra-musical” meaning to compositions by entitling a work more descriptively. An example is Beethoven’s Sonata no. 23 (c. 1805) in F minor (op. 57) that a publisher titled Appasionata upon publishing an arrangement for piano duet in 1838. The correct answer is D.
Which of the following THREE composers are credited with strongly influencing the transition to a new musical era?
A.Saint-Saëns, Giovanni Gabrieli, Byrd
B.Monteverdi, Telemann, Dvořák
C.Beethoven, Couperin, Mahler
D.Stravinsky, Domenico Scarlatti, CPE Bach
The correct answer is C. The works of Beethoven (1770-1827), Couperin (1668-1733), and Mahler (1860-1911) foreshadow the characteristics of the new or upcoming musical era. Beethoven’s music points to the Romantic period, Couperin’s to the Rococo, and Mahler’s to the twentieth century. The correct answer is C.
Which of the following THREE composers are credited with strongly influencing the transition to a new musical era?
A.Couperin, Monteverdi, Mahler
B.Beethoven, Schoenberg, Dvořák
C.Byrd, Stravinsky, Saint-Saëns
D.Telemann, Giovanni Gabrieli, Rachmaninoff
Answer A is correct. The works of Couperin (1668-1733), Monteverdi (1567-1643), and Mahler (1860-1911) foreshadow the characteristics of the new or upcoming musical era. Couperin’s music points to the Rococo period, Monteverdi’s to the Baroque era, and Mahler’s to the twentieth century.
