Mid-term Music Appreciation

Affections in baroque usage refers to

The middle baroque was characterized by

The ____________ is a short instrumental composition based on a hymn tune to remind the congregation of the hymn's melody.

The middle baroque was characterized by

Which of the following characteristics best describe the baroque style?

A bass part together with numbers that specify the chords to be played above it is called

Terraced dynamics refers to

Presenting the subject of a fugue from right to left, or beginning with the last and proceeding backward to the first note, is called

A musical ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of two tones that are a whole or half step apart is a

A type of polyphonic composition based on one main theme is a

A popular keyboard instrument in which sound was produced by means of brass blades striking the strings was the

The early baroque was characterized by

The early baroque was characterized by

The concerto grosso most often has three movements whose tempo markings are

The word movement in music normally refers to

The middle baroque was characterized by

Transitional sections of a fugue that offer either new material or fragments of the subject or countersubject are called

Which of the following statements is not true? - Early baroque composers favored homophonic texture over the polyphonic texture typical of Renaissance music. - Regardless of form, baroque music often features contrasts between elements of sound. - The late baroque period was one of the most revolutionary periods in music history. - Baroque art is a complex mixture of rationalism, sensuality, materialism, and spirituality.

One of the most revolutionary periods in music history, known for a dramatic rise in the use of dissonance, was the

Composers in the middle baroque phase favored writing compositions for instruments of the ____________ family.

Baroque melodies often are

____________ is a musical idea repeated over and over in the bass while melodies above it constantly change.

Monteverdi spent the greater part of his career in

The early and late baroque periods differed in that composers in the late baroque

____________ is a musical procedure in which a fugue subject is imitated before it is completed.

Which of the following statements is not true? - Baroque art is a complex mixture of rationalism, sensuality, materialism, and spirituality. - Early baroque composers favored homophonic texture over the polyphonic texture typical of Renaissance music. - Regardless of form, baroque music often features contrasts between elements of sound. - The late baroque period was one of the most revolutionary periods in music history.

In addition to being a composer and opera impresario, Handel was a virtuoso

The early baroque was characterized by

The middle baroque was characterized by

Members of the Camerata wanted to create a new vocal style based on the

Which of the following statements is not true? - A concerto grosso normally involves two to four soloists, and anywhere from eight to twenty or more musicians for the tutti. - The first and last movements of concerti grossi are often in ritornello form, a form that features the alternation between tutti and solo sections. - A concerto grosso presents a contrast of texture between the tutti and the soloists, who assert their individuality and appeal for attention through brilliant and fanciful melodic lines. - A concerto grosso normally involves a large group of soloists accompanied by an equal number of supporting players.

In the baroque period, the ordinary citizen's opportunities for hearing music usually came from the

A bass part together with numbers that specify the chords to be played above it is called

Baroque melodies give the impression of

Degrees of loudness and softness in music are called

The very high-pitched tones that are produced when a string player lightly touches certain points on a string are called

If a string player uses vibrato — rocking of the left hand to produce small pitch fluctuations — it is because

The relative highness or lowness of a sound is called

The Italian dynamic markings traditionally used to indicate very soft, loud, and very loud are (respectively)

When a performer emphasizes a tone by playing it more loudly than the tones around it, it is called a

Sharp or flat signs immediately following the clef sign at the beginning of the staff are collectively called the

The lowest woodwind instrument in the orchestra is the

When two or more melodies of equal interest are performed simultaneously, the texture is

The distance between the lowest and highest tones a voice or instrument can produce is called

The dominant chord is the triad built on the _________ step of the scale.

The distance in pitch between any two tones is called

Timbre is synonymous with

The organization of beats into regular groups is called

A shift from one key to another within the same composition is called

We know little about the music of very ancient civilizations because

A _______ is placed at the beginning of a staff to show the exact pitch of each line and space.

A series of chords is called a(n)

Forward motion, conflict, and change of mood are produced through

The frequency of vibrations is measured in

When two or more melodic lines of equal interest are performed simultaneously, the texture is

A consonance is a combination of tones that

The first, or stressed, beat of a measure is known as the

When a melodic idea is presented by one voice or instrument and then restated immediately by another voice or instrument, the technique is called

The central key around which a musical composition is organized is called the _________ key.

While professional singers can command a pitch range of two octaves or more, an untrained voice is usually limited to about

An outstanding composer of the ars nova was

The intellectual movement called humanism

Pope Gregory the Great

Which of the following was an important innovation of the Notre Dame composers in the Middle Ages?

An outstanding composer of the ars nova

Reorganizer of the Catholic liturgy

A famous French woman troubadour

A major composer of the school of Notre Dame

Abbess and composer active in the twelfth century

Gregorian chant

An estampie is a medieval

Leonin and Perotin are notable because they

The earliest known composers to write music with measured rhythm were

The phrase Middle Ages refers to the period of European history spanning

One of the major characteristics of ars nova music is its use of

Which of the following is not true of Gregorian chant? + The melodies tend to move stepwise within a narrow range of pitches. + Its rhythm is flexible, without meter. + It conveys a calm, otherworldly quality. + It is usually polyphonic in texture.

The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed

Gregorian chant melodies tend to move

Which of the following is not a part of the mass ordinary?

The ars nova or new art differed from older music in that

medieval music consisting of Gregorian chant and one or more additional lines

wandering minstrels of the Middle Ages

poet-musicians of the French nobility

early double-reed woodwind instrument

plucked string instrument with pear-shaped body and usually a bent neck and fretted fingerboard

Latin term meaning fixed melody, referring to a chant that is used as the basis for polyphony

Scales consisting of seven different tones, whose patterns are different from the major and minor scales

melody sung without accompaniment

text portions of the Roman Catholic mass which remain the same each day

text portions of the Roman Catholic mass which change from day to day

A new system of music notation that allowed composers to specify almost any rhythmical pattern had evolved by the

The first steps in a revolution that eventually transformed western music began sometime between 700 and 900 with the

Gregorian chant

The two types of services at which monks and nuns sang were

Beatriz de Dia was

The use of organs in church

As a young student in Paris, Henri de Malines sang

One of the major characteristics of ars nova music is its use of

One function of secular music in the late Middle Ages was to provide accompaniment for

The church frowned on instruments because of their

Cantus firmus is the term used for

Which of the following was an important innovation of the Notre Dame composers in the Middle Ages?

The earliest extant liturgical morality play, Ordo virtutum (Play of the Virtues), was composed by

The wandering minstrels, or jongleurs, of the Middle Ages

Trouvère songs of the Middle Ages dealt with all of the following subjects except

polyphonic choral composition in five sections

polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text

strophic dancelike choral song with a fa-la refrain

stately dance in duple meter

family of bowed string instruments

plucked string instrument with a body shaped like half a pear

motet for two or more choirs

unaccompanied choral singing

musical representation of specific poetic images

Renaissance music sounds fuller than medieval music because

The Renaissance madrigal is a

The two main forms of sacred Renaissance music are the mass and the

Which of the following statements is NOT true about Renaissance instruments?

Pope Marcellus Mass

As Vesta Was Descending

Plaudite (Clap Your Hands)

Passamezzo and Galliard from Terpsichore

Ave Maria . . . virgo serena

Now Is the Month of Maying

Which of the following is not a part of the Renaissance mass?

Which of the following helped to spread secular music during the Renaissance?

Which of the following statements is not true of the Renaissance?

St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice was noted for its

Unlike most Renaissance choral music, Venetian choral music of the late sixteenth century often

The Renaissance motet is a

Besides the madrigal, the ________ was another type of secular music that enjoyed popularity during the Renaissance.

The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly

The focal point of music in Venice was

Which of the following statements is not true? Josquin's compositions strongly influenced other composers, and were praised enthusiastically by music lovers. Josquin spent most of his life in the province of Hainaut, today a part of Belgium. Josquin's Ave Maria . . . Virgo serena uses polyphonic imitation, a technique typical of the period. Josquin's compositions include masses, motets, and secular vocal pieces.

Which of the following is not a part of the Renaissance mass? Agnus Dei Sanctus Alleluia Gloria

Which of the following statements is not true of Renaissance music?

The development of the English madrigal can be traced to 1588 and considered a result of