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MUSIC 1140 CNM MIDTERM: FUNDAMENTALS – CLASSICAL NAME: ___________________________ PART I. FUNDAMENTALS: MULTIPLE-CHOICE (1-8): 1. Which of the following tempos indicate “very slow, broad”? ____ A. Adagio B. Allegro C. Largo D. Andante E. Presto 2. Which of the following tempos indicate “Slow or Quite Slow”? ____ A. Adagio B. Allegro C. Largo D. Andante E. Presto 3. Which of the following tempos indicate “fast (cheerful)”? ____ A. Adagio B. Allegro C. Largo E. Presto D. Andante 4. This term related to Tempo indicates increasing the pace or speed of music. ____ A. Ritardando B. Fermata C. Accelerando D. diminuendo E. Crescendo 5. A meter of three beats is triple, what is the meter of two beats. ____ A. Duo B. Double C. Quadruple D. Dimple E. Duple 6. Deliberately upsetting the meter or pulse by shifting the accent to a weak beat or an offbeat. ____ A. Accent B. Rhythm C. Melody D. Syncopation 7. The “chromatic scale” is a scale made up of… ____ A. side steps B. half steps C. dance steps E. Meter D. whole steps 8. The interval between a pair of duplicating notes, eight notes apart in a diatonic scale. ____ A. whole step B. tune C. chord E. dub step D. scale E. octave MATCH THE FOLLOWING (9-12): 9. Melody ____ A. duplication of a phrase at two or more different pitch levels. 10. Phrase ____ B. an organized succession of pitches. 11. Sequence ____ C. the ending of a phrase, a melody or a complete work. 12. Cadence ____ D. a section of a melody or a tune MULTIPLE-CHOICE (13-16): 13. The sonorous quality of a particular instrument, voice or combination of voice-instrument. ____ A. motive B. tonality C. resonance D. tone color or timbre E. vitality 14. Intervals and chords that sound relatively tense and unstable. ____ A. consonance B. nuance C. dissonance D. resonance E. fragrance 15. Intervals and chords that sound relatively stable and free of tension. ____ A. consonance B. nuance C. dissonance D. resonance E. fragrance 16. A type of a chord that consists of three pitches built on alternate tones of the scale, a root, third & fifth (i.e. C-E-G). ____ A. tripod B. trident C. trinity D. trilogy E. triad MATCH THE FOLLOWING (17-21): 17. Monophony ____ A. Texture that combines two or more melody lines simultaneously. 18. Counterpoint ____ B. Texture of a single melody played without accompaniment. 19. Homophony ____ C. the same or similar musical ideas used to create a texture of polyphony. 20. Imitative ____ D. the art or technique of combining two or more melodies together. 21. Polyphony ____ E. Texture of a single melody accompanied by harmony (chords). MULTIPLE-CHOICE (22-24): 22. There are three organizing principles that create Musical Form, select from the following ____ A. contrast B. variation C. repetition D. all of these Music 1139 Davis Midterm page 2 23. A Polyphonic texture when two or more different melodic lines are put together. ____ A. Non-conformative B. Non-entity C. Contrary D. Non-imitative 24. The “tone” center or tonal center of a musical work or section of music, also the key note in a Major or minor scale. ____ A. Dominant B. Tonic C. Subdominant D. Supertonic E. Subtonic PART II. THE CLASSICAL PERIOD: MULTIPLE-CHOICE (25-39) 25. A polyphonic composition for a fixed number of instruments (or voices) built on a principal theme called a subject – a compositional type that came to be during the Baroque era. ____ A. seque-segal B. fugue-fugal C. plague-plagal D. none of these 26. A standard Classical period orchestra includes 2 (pairs) of each woodwind, brass, timpani and a larger family of …? ____ A. strings B. mandolins C. guitars D. harps 27. The form that features a simple Theme followed by many Variations of that theme is called? ____ A. Rondo B. Minuet/Trio C. Theme & Variations D. Sonata (Sonata Allegro) 28. The classical form that alternates section A with other contrasting sections (B, C, etc) is known as? ____ A. Rondo B. Minuet/Trio C. Theme & Variations D. Sonata (Sonata Allegro) 29. What is typically the form of the third movement, it is also a dance related type of composition? ____ A. Rondo B. Minuet/Trio C. Theme & Variations D. Sonata (Sonata Allegro) 30. The first movement (or opening movement) of almost every type of musical composition cycle follows what form? ____ A. Rondo B. Minuet/Trio C. Theme & Variations D. Sonata (Sonata Allegro) 31. The sonata form opens with a section that presents the first theme in the Tonic and second theme in a new key is called? ____ A. Coda B. Recapitulation C. Development D. Exposition E. Fugue D. Expires E. Evolves 32. The Transition or Bridge in the Exposition does what to get to the new key? ____ A. Repeats B. Modulates C. Fugues 33. The entire opening fast section of the Sonata form usually does what before moving on to the Development section? ____ A. Repeats B. Modulates C. Fugues D. Expires 34. In the sonata form after the Development section there is a section where all themes are presented in the tonic key. ____ A. Coda B. Recapitulation C. Development D. Exposition 35. A concerto features an interesting but different version of the sonata form, it features a…? ____ A. Doppler Exposition B. Doodle Exposition D. Double Exposition E. Dabble Exposition C. Diddle Exposition 36. Which city is the primary center of musical activity during the Classical era? ____ A. Venice B. London C. Prague D. Paris E. Vienna 37. A composer of the Salzburg court, child prodigy, moves to Vienna, dies at age 35 in 1791, considered to be one of the greatest of all musical geniuses, composes 41 symphonies, 27 piano concertos, and about 24 operas. ____ A. Ludwig von Beethoven B. W. A. Mozart C. Franz Joseph Haydn D. Felix Mendelssohn E. Antonio Salieri Music 1140 Davis Midterm page 3 38. Mostly a self-taught composer, court musician for the Esterhazy family, composed at least 104 Symphonies, numerous String Quartets (68 or 83 including the Emperor Quartet), and many operas and oratorios. He toured twice to London in the 1790s creating what are known as the London Symphonies including the “Surprise”, the “Miracle”, the “Drum roll”, the “Oxford”. ____ A. Ludwig von Beethoven B. W. A. Mozart C. Franz Joseph Haydn D. Felix Mendelssohn E. Antonio Salieri 39. Born in Bonn, a concert pianist, moves to Vienna, loses his hearing ability, composes 9 Symphonies, 16 String Quartets and the Great Fugue for String Quartet, 32 piano sonatas including Op 13 (Pathétique), only one opera (Fidelio), one Violin concerto and 5 Piano concertos including the Emperor Concerto. ____ A. Ludwig von Beethoven B. W. A. Mozart C. Franz Joseph Haydn D. Felix Mendelssohn E. Antonio Salieri MATCH THE FOLLOWING (40-44): 40. Overture ______ A. Following the sonata cycle of movements, composed for 4 individual instruments which include Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2 and ‘Cello. 41. Opera ______ B. Following the sonata cycle of movements composed for either a single instrument or for a combination of a solo instrument with piano accompaniment. 42. Concerto ______ C. A large work that combines Vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra, featuring numbers called recitatives, arias, duets. The words or script is called a libretto and the musical drama is often contained in Three, Four or Five Acts. 43. String Quartet ______ D. Usually following the sonata form this work precedes dramatic works, operas and ballets. 44. Solo Sonata ______ E. Following a sonata cycle of usually three movements, it is a friendly competition between a soloist and orchestra.