Test - Exam 2017 Dec (no answers, no more than 35 mins)

Question 1

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

The sonata cycle served as the primary form for instrumental music

Question 2

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

English oratorio originated in this era

Question 3

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

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

Question 4

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

Electronic instruments like the synthesizer were used in instrumental works

Question 5

Dec 2017 - Identify the era
Nationalism and exoticism emerged as important currents.

Question 6

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

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

Question 7

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

Composers of this era absorbed popular music and jazz into their works

Question 8

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

Composers employed ritornello form in concerto

Question 9

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

Equal temperament emerged as a preferred tuning system for keyboard

Question 10

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

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

Question 11

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

Movements were often dominated by a single “affect”

Question 12

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

Composers of the Viennese School favored absolute music in this era.

Question 13

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

Figured bass provided the structure for guided improvisation.

Question 14

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

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

Question 15

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

The Lied was an important genre, capturing the spirit of this era.

Question 16

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

Elements of the musical style included chromatic harmony, virtuosity and lyrical melodies

Question 17

Dec 2017 - Identify the era

Composers cultivated several genres of program music, including the program symphony and the symphonic poem

Question 18

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

1. A Baroque performance practice involving two performers, one playing the notated bass line and one realizing the harmonies.
   Term: _______________ Title: ________________
   Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 19

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

2. A musical effect created largely through strong accents, heavy syncopation, polyrhythm, and an expanded percussion section
   Term: _______________ Title: ________________
   Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 20

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

3. the second main section of a sonata form, involving frequent modulations and the manipulation of previously introduced themes
   Term: _______________ Title: ________________
   Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 21

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

4. musical embellishments that decorates a melody line
   Term: _______________ Title: ________________
   Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 22

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

5. A temporary shirt of the metric accents; notes groups in threes are momentarily groups in twos or vice versa
   Term: _______________ Title: ________________
   Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 23

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

6. Fasciation with foreign lands and cultures evoked through melody, rhythm, harmony, and orchestration
   Term: _______________ Title: ________________
   Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 24

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

7. a non-traditional scale consisting of six different, equally spaced pitches.
   Term: _______________ Title: ________________
   Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 25

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

8. A note that is sustained while the harmony changes in other parts
   Term: _______________ Title: ________________
   Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 26

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

9. music composed for a small ensemble of two to ten players, usually performed without a conductor
   Term: _______________ Title: ________________
   Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 27

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

10. A song structure that does not repeat entire sections of the music, thereby allowing for a close relationship between the text and music
    Term: _______________ Title: ________________
    Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 28

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

11. A French literary movement of the lat 19th century in which authors sought to suggest images rather than depict them directly
    Term: _______________ Title: ________________
    Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 29

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

12. A two-part form in which opening material from Section A returns after B material
    Term: _______________ Title: ________________
    Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 30

Dec 2017 - Provide the term for all of the following definitions. Name one representative composition title for each term. Composition titles must be chosen from the works required for this examination.

13. a monophonic chant melody dating from the late Middle Ages drawn from the Roman Catholic Mass for the dead
    Term: _______________ Title: ________________
    Composer: __________ Genre: ____________

Question 31

4. Name the composer most closely associated with all of the following and explain the musical association. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. (out of 21)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Composer: ___________
Association:

Question 32

4. Name the composer most closely associated with all of the following and explain the musical association. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. (out of 21)

Charles Jennens Composer: ___________
Association:

Question 33

4. Name the composer most closely associated with all of the following and explain the musical association. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. (out of 21)

Lorenzo da Ponte Composer: ___________
Association:

Question 34

4. Name the composer most closely associated with all of the following and explain the musical association. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. (out of 21)

Prosper Merimee Composer: ___________
Association:

Question 35

4. Name the composer most closely associated with all of the following and explain the musical association. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. (out of 21)

Harriet Smithson Composer: ___________
Association:

Question 36

4. Name the composer most closely associated with all of the following and explain the musical association. Composers must be chosen from those required for this examination. (out of 21)

Stephen Sondheim Composer: ___________
Association: