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PRCC Music Final
Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the 5 properties of music | Rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, timbre (tone color) |
| Name the 6 classifications of instruments | String, woodwinds, brass, percussion, keyboard, electronic |
| Name the 3 scales | Major, Minor and Chromatic |
| The main difference between a major and minor scale is there is only a half step between the ___ and ___ notes. | 2nd and 3rd notes |
| The 12 tones of the octave (all the black and white keys) form the ________ | Chromatic scale |
| The number of voices in the music and the relationship between these voices is referred to as _______ | Texture |
| The three types of texture are: | Monophonic, homophonic and polyphonic |
| One melodic voice without harmony is which music texture? | Monophonic |
| Multiple voices of which the melody stands out and others form a background of harmony is which music texture? | Homophonic |
| Multiple melodic voices which are to an extent independent from one another (such as the round of row, row, row your boat) is which music texure? | Polyphonic |
| The official music of the Roman Catholic church for over 1,000 years was referred to as the ________________ | Gregorian chant |
| Chant consists of latin text to a single _______ melody. (no accompaniment) | Monophonic |
| Gregorian Chant is namaed after | Pope Gregory I |
| The 2 types of mass are the ________ and the _______ | Ordinary; proper |
| Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus adn Agnus Dei are parts of the ______ mass | Ordinary |
| _________ is the melodic line added to the existing melodic line of chant is of ________ music. | Organum; polyphony |
| One of the earliest composers whose works have survived in relatively good condition and well known for his secular works was _______ | Guillaume de Machaut |
| Guillaume de Machaut is most famous for his __________ composition | Notre Dame Mass |
| Agnus dei from Notre Dame Mass had ____ voices and used a ______ meter. | 4; triple |
| During th Renaissance, the dominant intellectual movement, called _________ focused on human life and its accomplishments | Humanism |
| The Agnus Dei is based on a _______ chant and is actually a _____________. | Gregorian chant; a prayer for mercy and peace |
| The more availability of music and the increasing composers and performers increased due to the invention of the ______ | printing press |
| Musical representation of specific poetic images is known as ________ | word painting |
| The 2 main forms of sacred Renaissance music are the _______ and _______ | motet; mass |
| Polyphonic choral setting of sacred text other than the parts of a mass is _______ | motet |
| Polyphonic choral setting of the ordinary (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and AGnus Dei) or proper is called ________ | mass |
| What outstanding Renaissance 4 voice motet choral piece did Josquin Desprez compose? | Ave Maria |
| Ave Maria uses _________ texture and imitation (SATB round like row, row, row your boat round) | Polyphonic |
| ________ composed over 104 masses and about 450 other sacred works | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
| Palestrina's most famous mass was | Pope Marcellus Mass |
| Pope Marcellus Mass is sang _________ with ___ voices | Acapella; 6 |
| Pope Marcellus Mass conveys the desires of the ___________ | Council of Trent |
| An important kind of secular vocal music during the Reaissance was the _________ | Madrigal |
| Madrigals, like a motet, uses polyphonic texture but uses _________ and unusual ______ harmonies more often | word painting; harmonies |
| English composer of many well known Madrigals was ______ | Thomas Weelkes |
| Weelke composed a collection of English madrigals written to honor Queen Elizabeth called __________ | As Vesta was Descending |
| Doctrine of Affections (Unity of Mood) is a characteristics of __________ music. | Baroque |
| Opera is a ________ set to music | drama |
| The _________ is the poetic text of the opera that is wrtten by the _________ | Libretto; librettist |
| In the Baroque, operas were based on _______ myth | Greek |
| The instrumental introduction for operas is called the _______ | Overture |
| Choruses are when the entire ______ is involved. | Chorus |
| Groups of soloists are referred to as _________ | Ensembles |
| Male singer that has been castrated before puberty which prevents his voice from changing and allowing him to sing very high is a _______ | Castrato |
| A vocal line that imitates the vocal fluctuations and rhythms of speech is known as _______ | Recitative |
| Recitatives are often used to coney information quickly. Name the 2 types of recitative. | Secco Recitative; Accompanied Recitative |
| Secco Recitative involves the accompaniment of the ______________ | Basso Continuo only |
| Accompanied Recitative involves the accompaniment of the ___________ | Orchestra |
| One of the most important composers of the early Baroque was ____________, who was the first composer of operatic master pieces | Claudio Monteverdi |
| Very expensive, lavish costumes, staging, large orchestra, soloiss, choruses and dancers are all are part of Monteverdi's production of ___________ | L'Orfeo |
| Tu se' morta is Act II of L'Orfeo which started as a recitative but quickly devleoped into an _______ | Aria |
| Dido and Aeneas was composed by ___________ and is considered a masterpiece of the _________ opera. | Henry Purcell; Baroque |
| Dido and Aeneas is written for students at a girls' boarding school and was inspired Aeneid, an epic poem T F | True |
| Act III of L'Orfeo is the _______ of this opera. | Climax |
| In Dido's Lament, _______ sings to _______ after Aeneas leaves | Dido; Belinda |
| Dido's Lament uses a ________, which is a repeating bass line that has melodic variations above it. | Ground Bass |
| The chromatic nature of the bass line in Dido's Lament gives it its melancholy sound known as the __________ | lament |
| Antonio Vivaldi's most famous works are a collection of four concertos call __________ | The Seasons |
| _________ laid the foundations for the mature Baroque concerto. | Antonio Vivaldi |
| Vivaldi's Spring from the Four Seasons was written in 3 movements. Name them | fast Allegro), slow (largo), fast (allegro) |
| Spring Concerto is in _____ major. | E |
| Each movement of the Spring (Antonio Vivaldi's opera from Four Seasons) has a __________ that preceeds it. | sonnet |
| ________ composed in all genres of the day except opera. | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Bach was known as a remarkable ________ and worked mainly as a court and church composer, with much of his music written for use in the Lutheran church service. | improvisor |
| _____ of Bach's 20 children became famous composers like Bach. | 4 |
| Multi-movement colction of dances, each with a specific character and region associated with it, in binary form, is called the ________ Suite and usually includes a | Baroque; prelude |
| Referring to the Baroque Suite, a german dance with a meter of 4/4 is called an _______ | Allemande |
| Referring to the Baroque Suite, an Italian dance with a quick meter of 3/4 is called an _______ | Courante |
| Referring to the Baroque Suite, a slow spanish dance in 3/4 time is called ________ | Sarabande |
| A multi-movement work for voice and small orchestral accompaniment intended for use int the church service is called a __________ | Cantata |
| In many ways, a cantata is much like an ________ | Opera |
| The text of a cantata is ___________ based. | Biblically |
| T F Bach was considered the greatest composer of his day | False. His music was largely forgotten and remained unpublished for years after his death. |
| The ___________ is much like the opera and cantata in which it is a large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra but differs in that it has no _____ ______ or _______ | acting, scenery or costumes |
| T F Most oratorios are based on biblical stories but usually are not intended for reigious services. | True |
| _________composed operas and oratorios. His most famous and popular works in the estern choral literature is titled __________ and includes the Hallelujah Chorus. | The Messiah |
| Varied rhythmic ideas and flexibility of rhythm; varied moods and representations of moods within 1 work; contrasting textures, gradual changes in dynamics and tuneful melodies that are easy to remember are characteristics of _________. | Classical Style Music |
| Sonata-allegro, Theme and Variations, Minuet and Trio and Rondo are the formal structures of ___________ music | Classical |
| Sonata form refers to the form of a single movement |
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