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MUS 21A
Music History Final
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Music
Undergraduate 4
11/30/2012

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Handel's dates are:

Definition

A. 1683-1764

B. 1685-1750

C. 1685-1759*

D. 1685-1757

Term
Roman numerals with Arabic numbers under a bass line outlined the chord spacing for the continuo player who improvised their part.  This practice is called:
Definition

A. Basso seguente

B. Charting

C. Figured Bass*

D. Chaonne

Term
The dates of Johann Sebastian Bach are:
Definition

A. 1683-1764

B. 1685-1750*

C. 1685-1759

D. 1685-1757

Term
Jean-Philippe Rameau described his approach to composing music is his writing of 1722 entitled:
Definition

A. L'Harmonique

B. Les Indes Galante

C. Treatise of Harmonie*

D. Tragedies lyrique

Term
Select the definition for French Overture invented by Lully:
Definition

A. A series of dance movements

B. A motive is subjected to counterpoint with two sections called the exposition followed by a section with a series of episodes

C. A slow opening homophonic section marked by dotted rhythms is followed by a fast polyphonic section which is sometimes fugal or fuge-like*

D. A ground bass is used for a series of variations

Term
The group in Florence, Italy headed by Mei and Galilei that began an aesthetic movement, using Greek traggedy as a model to help create recitative and opera is called:
Definition

A. Mei's men

B. The Florentine Camerata*

C. The Roman See

D. Transalpini Grupo

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The Concerto Medium was the practice of writing:
Definition

A. A solo part accompanied by continuo

B. Added ornamentation in the da capo

C. Separate parts for voices and instruments*

D. A sectional contrapuntal piece

Term
When a composer sets out to write for a specific instrument and is sensitive to its technical playing needs, it is called:
Definition

A. Instrumentation

B. Scoring

C. Idiomatic*

D. Orchestration

Term
The hymn tunes used in Germany in choral forms are called:
Definition

A. Lieder

B. Chorales*

C. Choruses

D. Strophic hyms

Term
The members of this instrumental family became the favored instrument in Italy during the Baroque era:
Definition

A. Strings*

B. Brass

C. Woodwinds

D. Percussion

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Monteverdi's earliest opera, which is considered the first true modern opera, is entitled:
Definition

A. L'Coronazione di Poppea

B. Dido and Aereus

C. Eurydice

D. L'Orfeo*

Term
The practice and style of a solo voice or instrument with accompaniment by a lute or keyboard instrument and a brass instrument developed at Florence is called:
Definition

A. Madrigal

B. Basso Continuo*

C. Concertato

D. Concerto

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This was the systemized application of various emotions and passions of the soul for music in each movement of a piece that composers used during the Baroque period.  Different key areas and intervals were used as symbols for emotion.
Definition

A. Affections*

B. Agrements

C. Arioso

D. Bel canto

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This was the transitional composer from the Renaissance to the Baroque since he composed the first modern opera which premiered in Mantova.
Definition

A. Corelli

B. Monteverdi*

C. Peri

D. Scarlatti

Term
The word _________ generally means "overly ornamented, distorted, bizzare, or eccentric" in decorative or musical style.
Definition

A. Classical

B. Stile antico

C. Concertato

D. Baroque*

Term
The greatest harpsichord composer and player of the French harpsichord school was:
Definition

A. Couperin*

B. Lully

C. Marais

D. Rameau

Term
This German composer who studied in Venice took the Baroque style back home, applying his new style to Lutheran church music.  He is therefore considered the first German Baroque composer. 
Definition

A. Buxtehude

B. Schein

C. Schutz*

D. Pachelbel

Term
What was the main genre of pieces Antonio Vivaldi composed?
Definition

A. choral pieces

B. concertos*

C. keyboard music

D. Masses

Term
The composers in this country are credited with establishing the characteristic style and idiom of each of the dance movements in suites.
Definition

A. Germans

B. Italians

C. French*

D. English

Term
Baroque operas drew their plots from:
Definition

A. Ancient Greek and Roman myths*

B. Celtic myths

C. Nordic myths

D. Old Testament stories

Term
How would you describe a fugue?
Definition

A. a series of dance movements

B. a motive called the subject is presented in counterpoint with two sections called the exposition, followed by a section with a series of episodese ending with a final statement of the subject in each "voice"*

C. a slow opening homophonic section marked by dotted rhythms is followed by a fast polyphonic section which is sometimes fugal

D. A ground bass is used for a series of variations

Term
J.S. Bach composed in every musical medium available to him except:
Definition

A. concerto

B. suite

C. French Overture

D. Opera*

Term
What was one of the elements for communication, specifically a Baroque term, J.S. Bach built into his music?
Definition

A. Affections*

B. impressions

C. programs

D. word painting

Term
Monteverdi was the first Italian composer to use ground bass patterns in composition.  These patterns are called:
Definition

A. fuga & ricercar

B. chaconne & passacaglia*

Term
The trio sonata, concerto, and sequence were established in the work of:
Definition

A. Monteverdi

B. Corelli*

C. Manfredini

D. Peri

Term
This composer wrote the first best-known English opera and is the most important English composer of all time because he defined an "English sound" (according to Benjamin Britten).
Definition

A. Blow

B. Handel

C. Purcell*

D. Tallis

Term
In Rameau's approach to writing music, he began with the:
Definition

A. melody

B. bass line and then the harmonic progression*

C. harmonies

D. theme

Term
Handel intended his oratorios as:
Definition

A. sacred music for church

B. concert music for closed opera houses during Lent and Advent (penitential seasons)*

Term
In Florence during the high Renaissance, opera had a "boost" in development in:
Definition

A. court extravaganzas and intermedii*

B. Street songs

C. madrigals

D. secular cantatas

Term
The two most important Italian cities for laying foundations for Baroque style were:
Definition

A. Milan and Rome

B. Venice and Florence*

C. Mantova and Vicenza

D. Napols and Trieste

Term
You have been taken back in time to the palace of Versailles during the reign of King Louis XIV. A chamber orchestra plays a series of dance movements by Lully while you enjoy some strong coffee from the New World and visit with friends. The form of music is a:
Definition

A. trio sonata

B. concerto grosso

C. suite*

D. fugue

Term
You have entered a church on Good Friday. A piece of music is presented with choir, orchestra, and soloists including a narator called "the Evangelist." The choir functions as the turba in one particular scene. The form of music is a(n):
Definition

A. Cantata

B. passion*

C. oratorio

D. opera

Term
You are visiting San Marco in Venice on a Sunday evening for a worship service called Vespers. Instrumentalists and choirs with soloist are stationed in the balconies above the altar area acoss from each other. Music is performed before and during the service based on Psalms which includes all of the performers. The type of music you are experiencing is generally called:
Definition

A. Concertato*

B. sonata da chiesa

C. concerto grosso

D. solo concerto

Term
You are attending a Lutheran church on a Sunday in Germany. In the middle of the service after the Gospel reading, you hear a choral piece in five or seven movements for choir, soloists, and orhestra with continuo based on the Gospel reading for the day. The congregation sings the closing choral wih the performers during Communion. The form of music is a(n):
Definition

A. Cantata*

B. passion

C. oratorio

D. opera

Term
As a French gentlelady or gentleman in the early 18th century, your numerous servants have dressed you for a special evening out. You find your place in a box above where you can display your grandeur of personage. During the performance, you hear and behold a great spectacle on stage with sets and characters in galant costumes. The orchestra accompanying the singers is in a pit in front of the stage below. You are experiencing a night at the:
Definition

A. Oratorio

B. Vaudeville

C. Opera*

D. Theatre

Term
You are visiting Berlin where the great Brandenburg gates attract tourists from all over the world. You attend a concert in a Baroque palace. In the concert, the first piece on the program features the chamber orchestra alternating with a small group of soloists called the concertino. You are listening to a:
Definition

A. concertato

B. sonata da chiesa

C. concerto grosso*

D. solo concerto

Term
You are in Rome on Christmas Eve in St. John Lateran church. You have arrived early to get a good seat and a chamber orchestra of strings plays a prelude before the service by Corelli with organ continuo. The form of music you hear performed is a:
Definition

A. trio sonata

B. sonata da camera

C. sonata da chiesa*

D. fugue

Term
You are in Germany and are attending a concert in a palace in the evening. Soloists including a soproano, tenor, and bass, accompanied by basso continuo. The music tells a story about a girl addicted to coffee by J.S. Bach. You are listening to a(n):
Definition

A. oratorio

B. passion

C. secular cantata*

D. church cantata

Term
You are in Venice for a concert in a local church on an afternoon. The program features music by Vivaldi performed by his school orchestra of children. The chamber orchestra alternates with him as the solo violinnist, and there's even peotry printed in the program describing the meaning of the music for each section written by the composer. You are experiencing a:
Definition

A. concertato

B. sonata da chiesa

C. concerto grosso

D. solo concerto*

Term
Style Recitativo
Definition
Text dominates the music
Term
Stile Antico/Prima Prattica
Definition
Music dominates the text 
Term
Recitativo accompagnetto
Definition
The full orchestra accompanies the recitative
Term
Stile Moderno/Seconda Prattica
Definition
The singing style of moving through text rapidly for dialogue or narration
Term
Recitativo seco (dry)
Definition
Unaccompanied recitative (B.C. only)
Term
Basso continuo
Definition
The combination of a bass instrument and chordal instrument
Term
Suites
Definition
A series of dance movements
Term

For the list of musical forms, specify vocal forms with a "V" and instrumental forms with an "I":

1. Toccata

2. variations 

3. grand concerto

Definition

1. Instrumental

2. Instrumental

3. Instrumental

Term

For the list of musical forms, specify vocal forms with a "V" and instrumental forms with an "I":

1. Canzona

2. oratorio

3. ricercar

Definition

1. Instrumental

2. Vocal

3. Instrumental

Term

For the list of musical forms, specify vocal forms with a "V" and instrumental forms with an "I":

1. Sonata

2. fantasia

3. contata

Definition

1. Vocal

2. Instrumental

3. Vocal

Term
For the list of musical characteristics, significant developments in musical forms, and historical significance, check those which apply to Arcangelo Corelli:
Definition

A. Fugue-No

B. the beginning of violin-No

C. Opera-Yes

D. development of trio sonata-Yes

Term
For the list of musical characteristics, significant developments in musical forms, and historical significance, check those which apply to Arcangelo Corelli:
Definition

A. Sonata da camera and chiesa-Yes

B. development of sequence-Yes

C. Concerto-Yes

D. Melodies inspired by opera-Yes

Term
Name two significant choral pieces by J.S. Bach
Definition

Christmas Choral: Wir Christenleut

Christ lag in Todesbanden

Term
Name two oratorios of Handel
Definition
Messisah and Alexander's Feast
Term
Why did J.S. Bach compose so many cantatas?
Definition
Bach wrote so many cantatas because he wrote cantatas for every position he held and when he worked at Leipzig, he was expected to produce about 60 cantatas a year
Term
Julius Ceasar
Definition
Handel
Term
Vingt-cinqueieme ordre
Definition
Couperin
Term
The Seasons
Definition
Vivaldi
Term
Brqandenburg Concerti
Definition
J.S. Bach
Term
Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme
Definition
J.S. Bach
Term
Christmas Concerto Op. 8
Definition
Corelli
Term
Dido and Aeneus
Definition
Purcell
Term
L'Orfeo
Definition
Monteverdi
Term
Messiah
Definition
Handel
Term
Grand Concerto: Saul, was verfolgst du mich?
Definition
Schutz
Term
Wohl-Tempered Klavier
Definition
J.S. Bach
Term
The Fairy Queen
Definition
Purcell
Term
Armide
Definition
Lully
Term
La Incoronazione di Poppea
Definition
Monteverdi
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