Test - Baroque & Classical (with answers) Flashcards
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- a method of tuning keyboard instruments
- the octave is divided into twelve equal semitones
A: Countersubject
B: clavier
C: equal temperament
D: Tonal Answer
C: equal temperament
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
-a musical shorthand developed in the Baroque era
- it has numbers below the bass line to show harmonic progression
A: figured bass
B: basso continuo
C: development
D; sonata cycle
A: figured bass
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- a highly structured, imitative contrapuntal composition
- a single theme or subject prevails
A: idiomatic
B: prelude
C: fugue
D: concerto
C: fugue
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- the first main section in sonata form
- two contrasting themes in the section
A: Coda
B: Development
C: Exposition
D: Recapitulation
A: Exposition
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- also called the “Doctrine of Affections” and in Baroque music, a single clear emotion is usually projected through an entire composition or movement
A: Ostinato
B: Baroque
C: ornamentation
D: the Affections
D: the Affections
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- consists of exposition, development and recapitulation
- often used in the first movement of a sonata cycle
A: sonata
B: sonata form
C: theme and variations
D; development
B: sonata form
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- a speech-like, declamatory style of singing supported by instrumental ensemble or orchestra
A: recitativo secco
B: da-capo aria
C: tonal answer
D: recitativo accompagnato
D: recitativo accompagnato
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- the second man section in sonata form
- the themes from the exposition are played in different ways
A: Coda
B: oratorio
C: Development
D: French Overture
C: development
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- refers to the musical style of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and their contemporaries
A: polyphonic texture
B: Internationalism
C: Absolute Music
D: Viennese school
D: Viennese School
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- a rapid ascending melody outlining an arpeggio
A: Exposition
B: Rocket Theme
C: Rondo-Sonata
D: Aria
B: rocket theme
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- Italian for ‘full’ or ‘complete’ and it means the full orchestra in the Baroque concerto
A: pedal bass
B: idiomatic
C: concerto
D: ripieno
D: reipieno
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- the text of an opera, oratorio, or cantata
- usually written by someone other than the composer
A: libretto
B: recitative
C: aria
D: French overture
A: libretto
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- Baroque performance practice of playing figured bass
- generally involve two performs - one playing the notated bass line, one playing the harmonies as indicated by the figured bass
A: the Affections
B: basso continuo
C: Ornamentation
D: Motive
B: Basso continuo
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- a large-scale work for soloists, chorus, and orchestra on serious subjects, generally based on biblical texts
- developed in Baroque era
A: oratorio
B: concerto
C: opera
D: Prelude
A: oratorio
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- a speech-like style of singing used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas and supported only by continuo
A: homophonic texture
B: melisma
C: ternary
D: recitativo secco
D: recitativo secco
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- multi-movement structure popular in the Classical era
- often used in the symphony, sonata or concerto
A: sonata
B: sonata form
C: sonata cycle
D; development
C: sonata cycle
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- a single line of melody supported by a harmonic accompaniment
A: motive
B: homophonic texture
C: rounded-binary form
D: basso continuo
B: homophonic texture
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- a structure employed in the first and third movements of the Baroque concerto and often used as a refrain
A: ritornello form
B: ternary form
C: theme-and-variations
D: da-capo aria
A: ritornello
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- an aria (solo song) employing a ternary (ABA) structure
- the most common type of aria in baroque opera and oratorio
A: word painting
B: ritornello
C: recitative
D: da capo aria
D: da capo aria
- Choose the correct term for the following definition:
- musical pictorialization in which the music mirrors the literal meaning of the words
A: melisma
B: polyphonic
C: ostinato
D: word painting
D: word painting
- Identify the title of the audio recording
Identify the poetic image
Describe the music
Spring, The Four Seasons
Poetic image: Thunder and lightning of a storm
Musical depiction:violin’s tremolando passages (quick repetition of notes) describes thunder; rising 32nd note scales suggest lightning
- Answer the following for the music excerpt.
Title of complete work
Genre of the work
Composer
Which movement and what’s the nickname of this excerpt?
What is the form of this movement?
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Serenade for strings (chamber)
Mozart
The excerpt is the second movement and Romanza is the nickname.
second movement is the rondo form (ABACA coda)
- Identify the audio and provide the following:
Title of the entire work and composer
Title of this movement
Tempo of this section
Texture
Number of voice
Subject introduced by
Type of answer
Predominant affect
Messiah by Handel
Title of this movement - Sinfony
Tempo of this section - allergo moderato*
Texture: polyphonic (fugal)
Number of voice: three
Subject introduced by: 1st violins and oboes
Type of answer: tonal
Predominant affect: energetic, lively
- Answer the following for the excerpt:
Title of entire piece:
Composer:
Genre:
Era:
Which movement is the music excerpt part of?
What is the key?
What is the form of the movement?
Is this the typical form for this movement?
Give the musical feature of the excerpt.
Title of entire piece: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
Composer: Beethoven
Genre: Symphony
Era: Classical
Which movement is the music excerpt part of? 4th movement
What is the key: C major
What is the form of the movement? sonata form
The first three notes of the theme is the tonic chord of the C major. Loud trumpets adds the powerful feelings.
