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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Legato Learning - Introduction to Music Exam #6

When did secular music first begin to flourish in the America?
1700s

A type of singing developed in which the preacher would sing each phrase of the song aloud, and the congregation would repeat back what was just sung is called:
Lining out

The theremin is a(n)....
Electronic Instrument

What was the first book published in America?
Bay Psalm Book

I wrote beautiful music and my Adagio for Strings has become an unofficial anthem of mourning.
Samuel Barber

Much of the roots of American music were born in this city:
Boston

In America the first art of the seventeenth century was the singing of hymns and psalms in the church.
True

Who started the educational series The Young People's Concerts?
Leonard Bernstein

Who composed Rodeo?
Aaron Copland

When does the word "aleatoric" come from?
A Latin word

Who did Arnold Schoenberg say would never compose and didn't have an ear for music?
John Cage

Staged musical play with acting & music that reached its peak between 1930-1960.
Broadway Musical

I am called “the march king” and as considered to be one of the great American composers.
John Philip Sousa

Which march is Sousa's most famous?
The Stars and Stripes Forever

Who is the author of The Joy of Music?
Leonard Bernstein

I am a controversial composer who wrote 4 minutes and 33 seconds.
John Cage

Who composed Applachian Spring?
Aaron Copland

Who composed West Side Story?
Leonard Bernstein

I conducted the NY Philharmonic and composed West Side Story.
Leonard Bernstein

Who composed Chester?
William Billings

Who established music education in the schools?
Lowell Mason

The following listening example is:
Quiz 6, example 1.mp3
Adagio for String

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Quiz 6, example 2.mp3
Applachian Spring

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Exam 6, example 3.mp3
Stars and Stripes Forever

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Exam 6, example 4.mp3
West Side Story

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Quiz 6, example 5.mp3
KoKo

Legato Learning - Introduction to Music Exam #5

Who composed The Rite of Spring?
Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky and Pablo Picasso were close friends and were arrested for urinating on the Louvre.
True

Political events, wars, and technology greatly influenced 20th-century music.
True

Artistically, the twentieth-century was a time of anything goes.
True

Technique of composition in which all material is derived for a 12 tone row.
Serialism

Which term describes the bend of ethnic-flavored music from across the globe?
World Music

A Russian composer associated with primitivism
Stravinsky

Art or music that is marked by emotional restraint, balance, and clarity, inspired by the forms and traditions of 18th century art?
NeoClassicism

An electronic instrument invented in 1919, which bears the name of its inventor.
Theramin

I was born in Vienna and am associated with 12 tone/serlialism
Schoenberg

Who composed Variations for Orchestra?
Schoenberg

Primitivist influences also made their way into the work of Pablo Picasso’s painting Les Demoiselles d’Avigon.
True

Who composed Poeme electronique?
Varese

The tormented feeling of people stuck in a world of pain and conflict.
Expressionism

I was born in France and came to music through engineering and mathematics
Varese

Artists associated with France who weren’t happy with the direction of the Germanic style were associated with which movement?
Impressionism

Fascination with the art and music of non-western and nonliterate societies
Primivitism

Who composed Concerto for Orchestra?
Bartok

Which term refers to the manipulation of timbre?
Klangfarbenmelodie

The technique which used any sounds from street noises, to people talking, to abstract sounds of chains clanging or a car door slamming is called?
Musique concrete

Developed in Germany in the 1930s for wartime and espionage use was magnetic tape recording called the Magnetopone.
True

The following listening example is
Quiz 5, example 1.mp3
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

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Quiz 5, Example 2.mp3
Poeme electronique

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Quiz 5, example 3.mp3
Concerto for Orchestra

The following listening example is
Exam 5, example 4.mp3
The Rite of Spring

Legato Learning - Introduction to Music Exam #4

I was a music critic, composer and conductor. Who am I?
Berlioz

Along with Beethoven, who was considered one of the first Romantic composers?
Schubert

Romanticism began at the end of the 18th century as an art concept?
False

Romanticism, as a stylistic period in western art music, encompassed the years
1820-1900

Instrumental music that is associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene is called:
Programmatic

Which musical term refers to a melodic fragment associated with a particular person or object?
Idee fixe

Who composed Symphony No. 9 “The New World”?
Dvorak

Compositions that embody a strong and distinctive spirit from a homeland.
Nationalism

I primarily wrote compositions for the opera and am considered one of the greatest ever to do so
Puccini

Who composed Symphonie Fantastique?
Berlioz

Which composer of the period is best known for their lieder/art-songs?
Schubert

Who composed La Boheme?
Puccini

Who was the 1844 Treatise on Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration was written by?
Berlioz

I am Polish and was known as the “poet of the piano”. Who am I?
Chopin

Who composed the Nutcracker?
Tchaikovksy

Which musical term is associated with realism and opera?
Verismo

The opera La Boheme takes place in what city?
Paris

Who composed Die Walküre?
Wagner

Who composed Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2?
Chopin

Richard Wagner’s music is best described as being
Nationalistic

The following listening example is
Quiz 4, Example 1.mp3
La Boheme

The following listening example is
Quiz 4, example 2.mp3
Symphonie Fantastique

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Quiz 4, example 3.mp3
Die Walküre

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Quiz 4, example 4.mp3
The Nutcracker

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Quiz 4, example 5.mp3
Erlkonig

Legato Learning - Introduction to Music Exam #3

The Classic period roughly encompassed the years:
1750-1820

A term used by European intellectuals to show they were fully free from the restrictions of the Middle Ages. : Age of Enlightenment

Which of the following composers is not considered a master of the classical period?
J. S. Bach

The new “classical” style was essentially homophonic rather than polyphonic.
True

The center of music moved from Venice in the Baroque to what city in the Classic period?
Vienna

Classical composers’ interest in expressing shades of emotion led to the widespread use of gradual dynamic changes (crescendos and decrescendos).
True

Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life working for who?
Esterhazy

Sonata form consists of three main sections: exposition, development, and
Recapitulation

The typical orchestra of the period consisted of:
Strings, pairs of woodwinds, horns, trumpets, and percussion

In the early years of the Classical period, the German city of Mannheim was the most important center for symphonic composition and performance.
True

The usual order of movements in a classical symphony are:
Fast, slow, dance-related, fast

Which of the following statements is not true in regard to Mozart?
He was wealthy and loved by his fellow composers

Which of the following statements is not true in regard to Haydn?
He was a freelance musician

Which of the following statements is not true in regard to Beethoven?
He was born deaf

Who composed the following listening example?
Quiz 3, Example 1.mp3
Mozart

Who composed the following listening example?
Quiz 3, Example 2.mp3
Haydn

Who composed the following listening example?
Quiz 3, Example 3.mp3
Beethoven

Who composed Le nozze di Figaro?
Mozart

Who composed Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”?
Beethoven

Who composed Sonata Pathetique?
Beethoven

Who composed Trumpet Concerto in E-flat?
Haydn

Who does the term “bourgeoisie” refer to?
Middle Class

The word for symphony comes from the Italian word for overture called the:
Sinfonia

Which term describes themes fragmented into small melodic or rhythmic pieces?
Motive

The classical sonata is a multi-movement work of one of two schemes, either of which has or movements.
3 or 4

Legato Learning - Introduction to Music Exam #2

Who was the music director at St. Marks Cathedral in Venice?
Monteverdi and Gabrieli

What is the order of the five sung prayers of the mass ordinary?
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei

In the early 600’s, who gave the order for music to be codified?
Pope Gregory

A dramatic work for chorus, solo voices, and orchestra.
Oratorio

Who composed Ordo virtutum?
Bingen

Who is considered to be the most influential composer of the Renaissance?
Josquin

Which years does the Baroque Period roughly span?
1600-1750

A piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.
Madrigal

The Pope Marcellus Mass saved polyphony for the Roman Catholic Church.
True

Sonata pian’e forte is a vocal composition using soft and loud dynamics that many believe is the first composition to indicate dynamic markings.
False

In most sacred music of the period, what language was the text in?
Latin

Wachet auf by J.S. Bach is an example of what type of composition?
Cantata

One of the first writings, concerning music, comes to us from the Greek philosopher Plato who wrote that he considered music an essential part of the education of all citizens.
True

Which of the following are examples of the earliest musical instrument(s)?
All of these instruments

Monophonic, unaccompanied melodies sung in Latin by a single voice or by a choir of priests or monks in unison is known as:
Gregorian Chant

The Council of Trent marked the beginning of a hundred-year movement known as the?
Counter-Reformation

A group of scholars and musicians who sought to recapture the spirit of Greek drama by writing melodies for the actors to sing as they played dramatic roles.
Camerata

A popular dance in France and Italy from the twelfth through fourteenth centuries.
Estampie

Renaissance is a French term that means what?
Rebirth

The earliest polyphonic textured compositions were called    see options below   and date from the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries.
Organa or Organum

What type of music is the following listening example?
Quiz 2, Example 1.mp3
Gregorian Chant

Copy of Who composed the following listening example?
Quiz 2, Example 2.mp3
Handel

What type of music is the following listening example?
Quiz 2, example 3.mp3
Mass

Who composed the following listening example?
Quiz 2, example 4.mp3
Bach

Who composed the following listening example?
Quiz 2, example 5.mp3
Vivaldi

Legato Learning - Introduction to Music Exam #1

Music composed and descending from classical tradition, which is intended as serious art is referred to as:
Art Music

What term describes the regular pulse found in music?
Beat

What is a sound that has a definite pitch called?
Tone

What term describes the vertical aspect of music in which tones are sounded together?
Harmony

Which of the following is NOT a member of the string family?
Piano

What is the highness or lowness of a sound called?
Pitch

What term describes the organization of beats into patterns?
Meter

Which of the following is NOT a member of the brass family?
English Horn

Match the following terms with the correct definition:
Presto     Very Fast
Vivace     Fast
Forte      Loud
Cresendo   Gradually Louder
Allegro    Moderately Fast

What term describes the flow of music through time?
Rhythm

Length, Range, Contour and Cohesiveness are all features of what?
Melody

What term describes the group of more than 3 pitches sounded together?
Chord

What is the distance in pitch between two tones is called?
Interval

Which of the following is NOT a member of the woodwind family?
French Horn

The association of music and a set of personal or cultural events or experiences
Musical Meaning

Which of the following is NOT a member of the percussion family?
Euphonium

What term describes the unique arrangement of whole and half-steps within an octave?
Scale

Instrumental music that is free of any explicit verbal reference or program.
Absolute Music

Which of the following IS considered an ensemble?
They all are

What term describes an organized linear succession of tones?
Melody

What term describes the quality and character of a tone?
Timbre