Multiple Choice Questions

This piece of music is an example of: (3:59)
  • strophic form
  • homophonic texture
  • Troubadour song
  • Gregorian Chart
Listen to the following two examples from a piece in rondo form. Which represents theme (4:25)
  • Excerpt B (1:59)
  • Except A (00:00)
  • Excerpt C (3:49)
  • Mozart and Haydn
Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones?3:29
  • The melody in this excerpt moves mainly in repeated tones.
  • Repeated tones
  • Jean Sibelius
  • Excerpt A (:13)
Which characteristic of texture in this example is closely associated with the music of the contemporary period
  • Excerpt B (1:59)
  • Mixed melodic directions with a transitional character
  • Melodic motion and melodic repetition are both effective ways of creating tension and relaxation
  • Thick texture with four in frequently dissonant chords.
Which of the following composers and vision operas as musical dramas a combination of all arts
  • Wagner
  • Binary form
  • C (0:08)
  • Vivace
A musical phrase does not necessarily need to have a sense of completion in and of itself
  • True
  • False
This piece is a good example of (01:38)
  • strophic form
  • Troubadour song
  • Polyphony
  • Polyphonic
The following excerpt represents (2:58) singing
  • A mixture of polyphonic and homophonic textures
  • Clara week Schumann
  • Melody with harmonic accompaniment
  • False
Which of the following composers invented the 12 tone system of composition
  • It contrasts a group of instruments with solo instruments
  • Arnold Schoenberg
  • Igor Stravinsky
  • False
The composer pictured above is best known for taking older forms of styles and redefining them in modern ways Anthony Dvorak was inspired by his Hungarian dance number one with what is a composer's name
  • False
  • Chopin
  • 1820-1910
  • Brahms
The fact that most clearly distinguish is the example for music in earlier period. The use of
  • Melody with harmonic accompaniment
  • Columbus discover the new world
  • Chopin
  • Extended dissonance that doesn't resolve directly to consonants
In 20th century music traditional harmony in tonality were defined or rejected in favor of
  • Shape, direction, and range
  • Atonality and surrealism
  • Haydn or Beethoven
  • Neoclassicism
The following excerpt represents melody by itself without harmonic accompaniment (6:50)
  • True
  • False
The following pieces is a Madrigal is by Thomas weelkes
  • A mixture of polyphonic and homophonic textures
  • Excerpt C (3:49)
  • Excerpt B (00:39)
  • False
Which of these statements best describes the unique Rhythmic feature in this example
  • Vivace
  • Excerpt A (:16-3:40)
  • The dramatic use of silence
  • Sederunt Principes
The earliest surviving opera then called drama per musica was written by a member of the Florentine Cammarata named
  • Binary form
  • Double stops
  • Accelerando
  • Jacopo Peri
This example is(1:40-2:10)
  • Compositions were based on logic and controlled feeling
  • The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines
  • From a renaissance composition having its roots in folk songs
  • Melodic motion and melodic repetition are both effective ways of creating tension and relaxation
According to the text in rondo form the repeating themes are separated by
  • False
  • Mozart and Haydn
  • Mazurka
  • contrasting episodes
Usually, folk tunes, songs, spirituals, and hymns are not good examples of strophic form.
  • True
  • False
The dynamics in this example is best described as start (:18)
  • Repeated tones
  • Terraced dynamics
  • Excerpt B (1:59)
  • Leonin and Pérotin
The trumpet melody in the following excerpt can be best describes as:
  • True
  • Disjunct
  • Rubato
  • Oratorio
The following excerpt comes from the famous area of the Mosers most enduring operas identify the opera in the question
  • The magic flute
  • The dramatic use of silence
  • False
  • Excerpt C (3:49)
The following represent monophonic texture (7:57)
  • True
  • False
The characteristics of a melody may be best describes in terms of
  • Columbus discover the new world
  • Shape, direction, and range
  • Leonin and Pérotin
  • Melody with harmonic accompaniment
Which of the following 20th century transit to restore order Harmony and emotional restraint to the music
  • Jean Sibelius
  • Neoclassicism
  • The dramatic use of silence
  • Mozart and Haydn
Which of the following Italian tempo terms best applies to this section
  • Excerpt A (:16-3:40)
  • Wagner
  • strophic form
  • Vivace
Consonant harmonies usually provide a feeling of tension.
  • True
  • False
The following music excerpt features start(18:28)
  • True
  • A mixture of polyphonic and homophonic textures
  • Melody with harmonic accompaniment
  • Excerpt C (3:49)
According to the text which of the following is not considered from program music
  • False
  • Mazurka
  • Polyphony
  • Excerpt A (:13)
In the early days of the church, the only music allowed during the service was
  • Jean Sibelius
  • Double stops
  • Features all 3
  • vocal music
The following excerpt represents a melody without harmonic accompaniment (4:32)
  • True
  • False
Which excerpt is from Gilliard aOne of William Byrd's last works
  • Excerpt C (3:49)
  • Excerpt B (1:59)
  • Excerpt B (00:39)
  • Excerpt A (00:00-5:45)
The proper musical term for "increasing the tempo" is
  • Jacopo Peri
  • Accelerando
  • Rubato
  • Over the staff
The excerpt demonstrates the principle of repetition (4:43)
  • True
  • False
Which one of the following is not general characteristics of the romantic music
  • Compositions were based on logic and controlled feeling
  • The melody in this excerpt moves mainly in repeated tones.
  • The dramatic use of silence
  • Extended dissonance that doesn't resolve directly to consonants
Which of the following excerpt is an example of an aria
  • Except A (00:00)
  • Gershwin
  • Excerpt A (:16-3:40)
  • Sederunt Principes
This piece is a good example of (4:40)
  • Polyphonic
  • homophonic texture
  • homophony
  • Troubadour song
The tempo of this example could be described as: 2:55
  • Rubato
  • Polyphonic
  • False
  • True
This excerpt is most likely from a...:20
  • True
  • Troubadour song
  • strophic form
  • Excerpt B (1:59)
This movement from a piano sonata by Beethoven exemplifies:
  • It contrasts a group of instruments with solo instruments
  • Arnold Schoenberg
  • Syncopation
  • Rondo form
This is know as (4:24)
  • Gregorian Chart
  • Mozart and Haydn
  • Troubadour song
  • Excerpt A (:13)
The texture of this excerpt is: 2:55
  • Polyphonic
  • Pitches
  • Polyphony
  • Accelerando
Audience immediately embraced dodecaphonic work from Arnold Schoenberg
  • True
  • False
The secret text and overall musical style this example suggested this part of an
  • Arpreggio
  • Oratorio
  • Downward at first then static
  • Polyphonic
Which of the following choices is the defining characteristic of polyphony
  • The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines
  • Excerpt B (1:59)
  • Columbus discover the new world
  • Polyphony
Notes that don't belong in the traditional scale or known as _________ alterations
  • Gershwin
  • Chromatic
  • Features all 3
  • Disjunct
According to the text, tempo can be described as weak or strong
  • True
  • False
A string [ ] is composed of two violins, one viola, and a cello.
  • Mazurka
  • False
  • quartet
  • Disjunct
Which of the following is not based on the principle of repetition
  • Binary form
  • Excerpt A (:16-3:40)
  • Gershwin
  • Excerpt B (00:39)
The following piano Sonata was composed by one of the first female virtuoso performers identify the composer
  • Excerpt C (3:49)
  • Clara week Schumann
  • The magic flute
  • False
The following represents a homophobic texture (2:14)
  • True
  • False
Suppose you're listening to the first movement of symphony written in classical. You have heard of the first section in which two themes for introduced a second section in which segments of these themes are expanding the developed what would you expect next
  • Charlemagne
  • Brahms
  • A mixture of polyphonic and homophonic textures
  • A very repeat of the first section with a return to the two original themes
The course place is that romantic period In the music between the years
  • homophony
  • Oratorio
  • Accelerando
  • 1820-1910
Which of the following represents secular musics
  • Gershwin
  • Wagner
  • Excerpt B (00:39)
  • C (0:08)
Which of the following is NOT a chant of the proper mass
  • Excerpt A (00:00-5:45)
  • Excerpt B (00:39)
  • strophic form
  • Sederunt Principes
Which statement is correct
  • Thick texture with four in frequently dissonant chords.
  • Melodic motion and melodic repetition are both effective ways of creating tension and relaxation
  • Individualism, humanism, and secular values started to flourish once again.
  • The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines
Which of the following events occurred in America during the time period known as the Renaissance
  • Binary form
  • Columbus discover the new world
  • C (0:08)
  • Excerpt A (:13)
The musical example illustrates a chord played one note after another. This is called.
  • Disjunct
  • Arpreggio
  • vocal music
  • Features all 3
The dates from the medieval period are generally
  • Gershwin
  • Disjunct
  • Polyphony
  • 1150-1450
The following excerpt is an example of ritardando 0:59
  • True
  • False
The following excerpt represents melody with harmonic accompaniment (3:47)
  • True
  • False
The piano piece exemplifies (2:34)
  • Polyphonic
  • Gershwin
  • True
  • Ternary
Which of the following is a composer for this piece
  • strophic form
  • Rubato
  • Gershwin
  • Mozart and Haydn
Which of the following were important composers of the classical period
  • Excerpt A (:16-3:40)
  • Sederunt Principes
  • Mozart and Haydn
  • Excerpt A (:13)
Which of the following examples features melismatic singing
  • Excerpt A (:16-3:40)
  • Excerpt C (3:49)
  • Example C (00:27)
  • Columbus discover the new world
During the Renaissance what was the name what was the name composers gave to the original Chant used as the basis for the main melody in a composition
  • Cantus firmus
  • Ternary form
  • Mazurka
  • Double stops
From which of the following pairs would you choose most likely composers of this example(8:15)
  • Haydn or Beethoven
  • Leonin and Pérotin
  • Sederunt Principes
  • The dramatic use of silence
A baroque Ontario is
  • It contrasts a group of instruments with solo instruments
  • A multi movement sacred work similar to opera
  • Igor Stravinsky
  • Charlemagne
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