Review - Eras

Question 1

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

The English Oratorio originated in this era.

Answer 1

Baroque

Question 2

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Representative composer include Igor Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein

Answer 2

Modern

Question 3

2016 Practice Paper 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

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Rocket themes were often used as the dramatic opening of a movement during this era.

Answer 4

Classical

Question 5

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Composers employed ritornello form in concertos during this era.

Answer 5

Baroque

Question 6

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Musical theater was developed in this era.

Answer 6

Modern

Question 7

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

The symphony and string quartet were created.

Answer 7

Classical

Question 8

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Nationalism and exoticism were important elements.

Answer 8

Romantic

Question 9

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Representative composers include Frederic Chopin and Hector Berlioz.

Answer 9

Romantic

Question 10

2016 Practice Paper 3
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 10

Classical

Question 11

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Composers cultivated short lyric forms for piano.

Answer 11

Romantic

Question 12

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Representative composers include Antonio Vivaldi and George Frideric Handel

Answer 12

Baroque

Question 13

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Compositions from this era are characterized by elegance, balance, and restraint

Answer 13

Classical

Question 14

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

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

Answer 14

Modern

Question 15

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Representative composers include Franz Josephy Hadn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Answer 15

Classical

Question 16

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Figured bass provided the structure for guide improvisation.

Answer 16

Baroque

Question 17

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

This era saw the use of expanded rhythmic elements, including polyrhythm and changing meter

Answer 17

Modern

Question 18

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Impressionism and Expressionism were two art movements that influenced composers

Answer 18

Modern

Question 19

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

The French overture was used to introduce dramatic works in this era

Answer 19

Baroque

Question 20

2016 Practice Paper 3
Indicate the historical era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern) most closely associated with:

Composers cultivated several genres of program music, including the program symphoy

Answer 20

Romantic

Question 21

August 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example of the piece we studied.

rubato

Answer 21

Romantic
Chopin - Polonaise A flat major - solo piano

Question 22

August 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and the composer

the Affections

Answer 22

Baroque
Bach - Fugue and B flat major - solo keyboard

Question 23

August 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its composer

musical theatre

Answer 23

Romantic
Bernstein - West Side Story

Question 24

August 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer

sonata cycle

Answer 24

Classical
Mozart - A Little Night Music (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) - serenade for strings (chamber)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C-, Op 67 - Symphony

Question 25

August 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer

Polyrhythm

Answer 25

Modern
Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring - ballet

Question 26

August 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer

ritornello form

Answer 26

Baroque
Vivaldi - Spring, the Four Seasons

Question 27

August 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer.

French overture

Answer 27

Baroque
Handel - Messiah - oratorio

Question 28

August 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer.

program music

Answer 28

Romantic
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique - program symphony

Question 29

August 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer.

figured bass

Answer 29

Baroque
Vivaldi - Spring, the Four Seasons
Handel - Messiah - oratorio

Question 30

August 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer.

Viennese School

Answer 30

Classical
Mozart - A Little Night Music (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) - serenade for strings (chamber)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C-, Op 67 - Symphony
Haydn - Emperor Quartet (String Quartet in C Major, op. 76, no. 3

Question 31

May 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the follo.wing term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer

Ritornello

Answer 31

Baroque
Vivaldi - Spring, the Four Seasons

Question 32

May 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer.

basso continuo

Answer 32

Baroque
Vivaldi - Spring, the Four Seasons
Handel - Messiah - oratorio

Question 33

May 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer.

program music

Answer 33

Romantic
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique - program symphony

Question 34

May 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer.

ophicleide

Answer 34

Romantic
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique - program symphony

*ophicleide is the brass instrument (equivalent to modern day tuba) that plays the dies irae theme

Question 35

May 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer.

rocket theme

Answer 35

Classical
Mozart - A Little Night Music (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) - serenade for strings (chamber) - rocket theme in first movement

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C-, Op 67 - Symphony - rocket theme is the scherzo theme in the third movement

Question 36

May 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer.

polytonalty

Answer 36

Modern
Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring - ballet

Question 37

May 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer.

minuet and trio

Answer 37

Classical
Mozart - A Little Night Music (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) - serenade for strings (chamber) - minuet and trio is the form in the third movement

Question 38

May 2010
1. Indicate the era (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) most closed associated with the following term and 2. give one example and its genre and composer.

whole-tone scale

Answer 38

Modern
Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - program symphony

Question 39

May 2014 Answer the questions for each era. Identify and briefly explain three significant musical style features. Do NOT repeat your answers.

The Baroque Era
The dates are: choose one
1500 - 1650 or 1600-1750 or 1750-1825
One representative genre:

Style features:
1.
2.
3.

Answer 39

Baroque:
Dates: 1600-1750
One representative genre:
any of: concerto, solo keyboard music, oratorio

style features: choose three below but make sure they are unique to this era as answers cannot be repeated with other eras.

1. Composers used ritornello form in concertos.
2. Figured bass used in guiding improvisation
3. The French overture was used to introduce dramatic works
4. Equal temperament tuning system became popular
5. Movements often have a single “affect” or ‘affection.”
6. Chromatic harmony was increasingly used by composers

Question 40

May 2014 Answer the questions for each era. Identify and briefly explain three significant musical style features. Do NOT repeat your answers.

The Classical Era
The dates are: choose one
1750-1825 or 1800-1900 or 1700-1800
One representative genre:

Style features:
1.
2.
3.

Answer 40

Classical era:

Dates: 1750-1825
Representative genre - any of: symphony, string quartets, opera

Style features:
Rocket themes often open a movement
The symphony and string quartet were created
The sonata form became the primary for instrumental music
Music is characterized by elegance, balance, and restraint.
Absolute music is preferred over program music.

Question 41

May 2014 Answer the questions for each era. Identify and briefly explain three significant musical style features. Do NOT repeat your answers.

The Romantic Era
The dates are: choose one
1750-1850 or 1825-2000 or 1825-1900
One representative genre:

Style features:
1.
2.
3.

Answer 41

Romantic era:

Dates: 1725-1900
One representative genres: any of program symphony, lied, serenade for strings (chamber)

Style features:
The Lied was an important genre and captures the spirit of this era.
Nationalism and exoticism are closely associated with this era.
Short lyric forms for piano became popular.
Program music became popular, including the program symphony
Rubato used in piano often.

Question 42

May 2014 Answer the questions for each era. Identify and briefly explain three significant musical style features. Do NOT repeat your answers.

The Modern Era
The dates are: choose one
1825-1900 or 1950-2000 or 1900-present

One representative genre:

Style features:
1.
2.
3.

Answer 42

Modern:
Dates: 1900- present
one representative genre; an of program symphony, solo piano, ballet, musical

Style features:
Music theatre was developed in this era.
Composer used non-traditional scales, including modes and
Rhythm became more flexible, including polyrhythm, and
changing meter
Impressionism and Expressionism were two art movements that influenced composers.
French overture was used to introduce dramatic works