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1.
The second section of a sonata is commonly called the
A. development.
2.
Which one of the following terms best describes the music of
the Classical period?
C. Orderly quality
3.
Which one of the following patterns represents the rondo form?
A. A B A C A
4.
Which of the following is a long work for orchestra, usually
made up of four movements?
C. Symphony
5.
Music to be performed by a small group is commonly known as _______ music.
B. chamber
6.
Classical concertos typically contrasted _______ with instrumental groups.
B. soloists
7.
Opera _______ is a light, frequently comic style of opera.
A. buffa
8.
The _______ is an essential characteristic of sonata form.
D. development of themes
9.
The second movement of a Classical concerto usually has
A. a slow tempo.
10. A _______ is a gradual shift from one theme and the next.
C. transition
11. Mozart’s Don Giovanni is generally considered to be a(n) _______, although it contains
some humor.
B. opera seria
12. The first section of a sonata in which the theme is presented is commonly called the
C. exposition.
13. Beethoven’s preferred solo instrument was the
. D. piano.
14. In a group that plays chamber music, how many instruments will play each part?
A. One
15. What dates are commonly assigned to the Classical period?
D. 1750–1820
16. What is one of the chief characteristics of Beethoven’s music?
B. Dramatic contrast
17. 17. Which one of the following pieces of music would you most expect to be played by a full
orchestra?
C. Symphony
18. A short, entertaining musical piece known as a _______ was very popular at the beginning
of the Classical period.
D. divertimento
19. Which of the following men was not a leader during the Classical period?
A. Abraham Lincoln
20. A group of players that perform chamber music is often known as a(n)
D. ensemble
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A short musical form written especially for the piano is called a
A. prelude.
2.
Modest Mussorsky’s most famous opera is
C. Boris Gudonov.
3.
Many composers of the Impressionist era wrote harmonies
consisting of chords that moved in _______ motion.
C. parallel
4.
Who was the virtuoso violinist that had a profound influence on
Franz Liszt?
D. Niccolo Paganini
5.
The Romantic period included most of the _______ century.
D. nineteenth
6.
Which one of the following musical notations allows performers to improvise slightly with
the rhythm?
D. Rubato
7.
Post-Romantic music usually has a _______ quality.
C. cerebral
8.
A poem set to music and sung is called a(n)
B. art song
9.
Richard Wagner’s major work is a four-opera cycle called
AC. The Ring of the Nibelung.
10. A _______ is a musical motive associated with a character, idea, or emotion in the works
of Wagner.
C. leitmotiv
11. The Nutcracker is a(n)
A. ballet
12. The music of Brahms is often described as
A. negative.
13. _______ music is generally associated with nonmusical ideas and objects.
B. Program
14. The opera Faust was written by
A. Charles Gounod.
15. 15. The music of the Romantic era is typically very
B. emotional.
16. Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is a representative piece of the
_______ period.
D. Late Romantic
17. Piano music of the Romantic period frequently relies on the use of the
D. pedals.
18. How many movements are there in a tone poem?
A. One C. Three
B. Two D. Four
Check your text, scholars say tone poems did not have a set of movements, I would guess 4? But?
19. Which one of the following is characteristic of Brahms’s compositions?
A. Feeling of self-pity and despair
20. The _______ chant was incorporated into several musical works of the Romantic period.
D. Credo
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1. One of the major forms of African American religious music is
the B. spiritual.
2.
The thumb piano used in African music is called a
A. mbira.
3.
A type of American folk dance tune is a
D. breakdown.
4.
A Balinese instrumental group is called a
C. gamelan.
5.
Which one of the following pairs of instruments is typically used by Chinese musicians?
A. Pipa and erhu
6.
Which one of the following suggests a characteristic of folk music?
C. Improvisation
7.
An instrumental group in Bali is known as a
. D. gamelan.
8.
A _______ is a melodic pattern in Indian music designed to express or produce a specific
feeling.
B. raga\
9.
Which one of the following statements describes a characteristic of African music?
A. It’s based on a system of simple rhythms.
10. Chinese music is generally based on
A. the pentatonic scale.
11. What type of story is often related in a ballad?
B. Historic
12. A _______ is an Indian instrument with 18 strings.
C. sitar
13. Which one of the following is a pear-shaped Middle Eastern string instrument?
B. Rebab
14. All of the following are characteristic of Indian music texture except for
B. the pipa
15. A ______ in Indian music can include as many as 128 beats.
C. tala
16. A _______ is a Mexican song that tells a story.
B. corrido
17. Which one of the following instruments is most commonly associated with the music of
Japan?
A. Shakuhachi
18. Songs composed of several different verses are referred to as
A. strophic.
19. How many notes are in a pentatonic scale?
Five
20. Which one of the following topics would most likely be the topic of a broadside?
A. The adventurous lives of sailors