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The approximate dates of the Romantic Period in Music are

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1820-1900

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Which book title best represent Romanticism?

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The struggles

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A feature of Romantic Music is its

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Rich Harmonies

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When writing an art song, the composer

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Selects a poem and then writes music that enhances the text

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The romantic period is sometimes called "The Golden age of"

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The Piano

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Lizt's La Campanella is a

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Virtuose set of Varations on a theme

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Important composers of Piano Music in the romantic period include

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Chapman and Liszt

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The instrumental works of composer in the nineteenth century were heard by most people

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as transcripitons for the piano

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A tone poem or symphonic is

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a one movement program work for orchestra

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Berlioz created his Symphonie fantastique to vent his feelings about

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his love for the actress, harriet smithson

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An important composer of ballet music was

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tchaikosvsky

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the designer of the dance movements is called

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choreographer

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the term bel canto means beautiful

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singing

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Wagner associtated idea's or characters in his music drama's with particular motives. He called these Motives

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Letimotives

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Verimso opera's are about

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people in everday life

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Brahms was considered by some nineteenth-century musicians to be out of date because

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often used same forms as composer in classical period

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In addition to Symphony No.4 Tchaikovsky also composed

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the nutcraker suite

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Nationalism in music refers to musical works that

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arre deiberatly associated by the composter with a country/ region

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Smetana's The Moldau is

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all the above

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the name most associated with Norweigain Nationalism

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Edwards Greg

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Impressionism is

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an artisitic view point

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in which country did impressionism develop?

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france

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The two composers most associated with Impressionism are

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Debussy and Rabel

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It is difficult to describe accurately the features of twenith-century music

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All the aboive

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many melodies in twenieth-century music

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all the above

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Which section of the orchestra became more important in twenith century music

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percussion

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the term mainstream, when applied to tweinth- century music refers to music that

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is neither experimental nor committed to any particular approach to composing

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Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra is a concerto because it

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features the contrast among the various sections and groups of instruments

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Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

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all the above

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Britten wanted his War Requiem to convey a message of

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Despair over war

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The artistic view point of Expressionism focuses on

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The dark side of human nature

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Primitivism is

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a fascination with non western and not literate

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stravinksy rite of spring features

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all of these choices

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Stravinsky rite of spring was originally

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for a ballet

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neoclassicism seeks to

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capture the classical outlook of Ancient Greece

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The composer who developed tone row music was

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shoenberg

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the first movement of prokofiev's classical symphony

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all the these choices

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the main proponent of chance (aleatory) music was

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John Cage

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What philosophical outlook encouraged the development of chance music

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existentatilism

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In electronic music sounds can

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all these choices

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Musique concrete is

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recording of actual sounds that have been attered and arranged

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A pioneer composer of electronic music was

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Edgard Varese

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Which compostional technique did charles Ives employ in his music

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all the above

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The composer of the "the stars and stripes forever march" was

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John Philllps Sousa

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The first important America women composer was

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Amy Cheney Beach

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The idea of minimalism is to

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see how little can be done with music and yet make it satisfying to listen to

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Concert music in America advanced a great deal after 1940 partly because

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all the above

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Which composer wrote nationalistic America music?

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Ellen Taafe Zwilch

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An important composer of popular music in the middle of the nineteenth century was

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Stephen Foster

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Ragtime music features

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all the above

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the parlor song

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was a popular type of song sung in homes during the first half of the nineteenth century

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What is the form of blues song?

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aab

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Which of these is characteristic of traditional jazz?

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all the above

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Which type of jazz is only played on the piano

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Boogie Woogie

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The bands during the Swing era featured

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all the above

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Salsa is a

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hot type of Latin American music

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After 1950 jazz changed. It became

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sophisticated

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Which is a feature of country music?

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its harmony is simple

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One of the changes that has taken place since 1950 in popular music is the

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all the above

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Rhythm and blues is the music of

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America's black population

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Country music is strongly associated with

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Nashville, Tennessee

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An important record company in the growth of rhythm and blues was

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Motown Records

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Which is a feature of rap music?

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all the above

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minstreal shows featured

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songs, skits and jokes

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over the years musical comedies have

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more realistic and serious

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the plot of Miss Saigon is an updated verison of an opera by

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Puccini

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Gershwin's Porgy and Bess is often called a folk opera

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All the above

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Operatic Musicals like Les Miserabkes are different from operas in that they

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all the above

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Who is composed the music for Porgy and Bess

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Gershwin

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It is important to know something about folk/ ethnic music are called

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it reflects the culture and attuides of a society

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Folk music has influenced

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all of these choices

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The scholars who seek to classify and perserve folk/ethnic music are called

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ehtnomusicologists

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A ballad is

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a folk song that tells a story

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a choral group famous for promoting African American Music after the civi war was the

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fisk jubliee singers

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The mexican song that is similar in character to the english ballad is the

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corrido

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which kind of music was not tradtional African folk music

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Jazz

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Melodies in Middle Eastern Music

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are often highly ornamented

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Jewish Religious Music

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Varies a great deal depending on the degree of orthingecy congregartion

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a mbria

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an African/thumb piano

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which is an important charateristic of African Music

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All of the above

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a feature of form in African music is

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call and respond

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a Raga in classical Indian music is a

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a melodic formula that has philosophical implications

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a tala is

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a rhythm pattern in indian classical music

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a gamelan is

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a balinese instrumental ensemble

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which type of scale is used in most chinese music

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pentatonic

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the regular pulse in music is called the

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Beat

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syncopation occurs when

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accents are placed on weak beat and /or upbeats or off a steady beat

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a feature of the rhytm in African Music

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Two rhythmic Patterns happening a the same time

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Polyrhythms are a feature of the music from which part of the world

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Africa

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chords in western civilization are generally built in thirds

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thirds

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A melody is

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a series of pitches sounded one after another that seem to belong together

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a theme is

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a melodic idea that plays a central role in a musical work

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The term for two melodies sounding at the same time is

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polyphonic texture

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The home chord in a key is called the

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the tonic chord

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Music that features a melody and accompanying parts is

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homophonic

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when used in music the word "texture" refers to

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the basic approach in the use of pitches

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Musical phares often conclude with a pattern of two chords called an

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cadance

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the overtone or harmonies series is the

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pattern of pitches that result when dividing a string or air column at the fractional points

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Form in music refers to

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the overplan of how music is organized

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the timbre of an instrument or voice is determined by

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the number in strength of the partials its sound produced

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which woodwind instrument produce sounds with a double reed?

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oboe and bassoon

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the values or slide on a brass instrument

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changes the length of the tubing so as a result they introduce a different overtone series

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the higher female voice is the

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soprano

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Gregorian chant has no

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rhythm, harmonies, major or minor scales

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polyphony developed in

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Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris

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the secular music of Medieval times is less known that the music for worship because

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it wasn't written down

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in order to permit portions of the test to be heard more clearly, des Prez and Palestrina used

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Points of imitation

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the term a cappella indicates that the music is to be sung

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without accompany

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the Renaissance represented a rebrith of interest in and admiration of the civilizations of

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Ancient Greece and Rome

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the approximate dates of Baroque period in music are

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1600-1750

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a feature of recitatives is

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homophonic texture, rhythmic freedom, economical coverage of the text

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the doctrine of affections or doctine of affects was the belief that

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music could project rather specific feelings

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handels's oratorio messiah calls for

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chorus, orchestra, arias, recitatives

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in what ways does an aria differ from a recitative? an aria

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Aria: longer, prominent accompianent, longer, repeats texts

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the virtuoso refers to

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a person who can do a highly skilled activity

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an oratorio is similar to an opera except that it doesn't have

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costumes, scenery, and acting

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a chorale is a

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Lutheran hymm

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opera began when a group of noblemen

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wished to recreate musical drama similar to ancient Greek dramas

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the text of an opera is called the

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libretto

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an important composer of early operas was

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Monteverdi

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the singing style used in operas is powerful and dramatic because

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operas are a very dramatic type of music, the singing needs to be heard throughout the hall without amplification, the dramatic sining style has just become apart of tradition

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which of these is included in opera?

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scenery and costumes, arias and recitatives, instrumental music

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a Baroque suite is a group of

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stylized dance pieces

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the group of four concertos called the Four Seasons was composed by

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Vivaldi

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in which texture are figures?

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polyphonic

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the Four Season by Vivaldi

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consists of 4 concertos (1 for each season), very programmatic, feature virtuoso violin playing

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the word classical refers to music composed between the years of approx

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1750-1820

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the Classical period in art and music existed at about the same time as

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the Revolutionary War

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the phrases in Classical music are often

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in statement/answer pattern

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which statement is not true about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

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he died at the age of 95

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the first large section in sonata form is called the

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exposition

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the exposition in sonata form usually contains

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2 themes

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transitions between themes in sonata form are valuable because they

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help the music modulate smoothly, make gradual change to a new theme, sometimes provide new musical ideas

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in the development section in sonata form the composer can

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fragment themes, modulate frequently, invert parts of the theme

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the recapitulation is similar to the exposition except that the

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key does not change between the 1st and 2nd themes

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in which movement of symphony or concerto is sonata form likely to be found?

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the 1st movement

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Mozart was highly successful in composing

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chamber music, operas, symphonoes

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how many movements do most concertos hace

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3 movements

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the second movement of a concerto is usually

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slow, melodious

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which is a rondo form

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abaca

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the 1st movement of a concerto during the classical period was almost always

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always in sonata form

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what form is used often by composers in the classical period for the last movement of concertos

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rondo

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what city was considered the center for music during the classical period

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vienna, italy

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during his life Mozart was best known for his

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operas

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chamber music is

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a work that uses only one player on each part (instrument)

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the 1st movement of most chamber music works composed during the classical period is in

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sonata form

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since the classical period the word sonata means a work for

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piano alone, or for piano and one other instrument

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in a theme and variations the theme

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is played and then varied several times

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a string quartet consists of

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2 violins, cello and violla

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a chamber music ensemble consisting of a piano, violin, and cello is called a

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piano trio

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the 4th movement of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet is

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theme and variations

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the appeal of chamber music lies in its

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refined in intimate musical qualities

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Beethoven's ideas are represented in his setting of Schiller's ode to Joy in his

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symphony #9

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Beethoven was especially fond of

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repeating and developing short melodic ideas

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the 2nd movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is

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a theme and variations

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a fugato is

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a fugue like passage

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how many symphonies did Beethoven compose

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9

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a melody is

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a series of pitches sounded one after another that seem to belong together

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the song Simple Gifts was originally a

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a shaker melody

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