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Music History
Final Exam Study Guide
The test is on Monday, May 10, during 2nd period.
Terms to Know: These will be used in sentences.
pitch, scat singing, repertoire, program music, atonal music, rubato, syncopation, minuet,
coda, fugue, motive, concerto, canon, dissonance, dirge, libretto, sampling, accent,
virtuoso, improvisation, ballet, score, etude, modulation
What is the difference between a band and an orchestra?
When and where did opera begin?
Who wrote the lyrics to the U. S. national anthem? Under what situation did he write
them?
What piece is traditionally played when the American president enters?
Who was known as the March King? Name one march he composed.
What piece is typically played at graduation ceremonies? Who composed it?
List the voice classifications for female operatic singers from highest to lowest.
Who is considered the Father of the Blues?
Name a famous symphonic conductor.
This composer had twenty children and worked the majority of his life for the church, at
times writing a new cantata for each week’s service.
List the solfege syllables. (Think The Sound of Music.)
List the voice classifications for male operatic singers from highest to lowest.
List and describe the 3 types of musical textures.
Name at least two sections of the Mass.
Name the first American genre to gain international respect.
Which composer spent 30 years in service to the Esterházy family?
What city was the center of the musical world in the Classical period?
Why did the piano replace the harpsichord as the primary keyboard instrument?
Which composer is the bridge between the Classical and Romantic periods? What
physical disability afflicted him after age 29?
How were composers generally employed prior to the Romantic period?
Which composer toured around Europe as a child prodigy with his father and sister?
List the six periods of musical history with their dates.
Describe the plots of La Bohème, Madame Butterfly, Les Misèrables, and (?)Oklahoma!.
You should know about two of these.
Surprise Questions (2-3) You will like them; I promise.
Know the composer of the following.
Orfeo
The Marriage of Figaro
Wedding March
The Rite of Spring
Swan Lake
The Creation
New World Symphony
Well-Tempered Clavier
Messiah
Fantastic Symphony
Madame Butterfly
“Erlking”
Four Seasons
The Ring Cycle
Clair de Lune
Bolero
Rhapsody in Blue
Appalachian Spring
“Ode to Joy” from Ninth Symphony
Drama Information: Know the following terms.
blocking, protagonist, rising inflection, climax, curtain call, set