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The ________ is a keyboard form based on the principle of voices imitating each other

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fugue

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The outstanding composer-poet of the Ars nova was

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machaut

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At a symphony concert, you should applaud

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only at the end of complete works

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The first major center of polyphony was

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notre dame cathedral in paris

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The text of an opera is called the

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libretto

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The vivid depiction of a text through music, known as word-painting, is a hallmark of the

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madrigal

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The ideas and music of the Florentine Camerata led directly to the development of

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opera

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Handel's Messiah is a

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oratorio

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Which of the following women was a religious leader and a prominent figure in literature and music?

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Hildegard of Bingen

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The standard ranges of the human voice, from highest to lowest, are

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soprano, alto, tenor, bass

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The sacred cantata was an integral part of the

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lutheran church service

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The term timbre refers to the

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color of a tone

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The orchestral introduction at the beginning of an opera is called the

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overture

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The ________ is a keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by quills

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harpischord

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The stories for oratorios are generally drawn from

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the bible

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The first era of Western music history in which instrumental music was a major focus for composers was the

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baroque

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Approximately two-thirds of a symphony orchestra consists of

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three

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The typical solo concerto has ________ movements

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strings

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The approximate dates for the Renaissance era are

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1450-1600.

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The solo instrument in Spring, from The Four Seasons, is the

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violin

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What distinguishes chamber music from orchestral music?

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the number of players on each part

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Which of the following is true of all brass instruments?

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all of the above

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The Notre Dame style of polyphony, in which the tenor line was based on a preexisting chant melody and the upper voice moved freely (and more rapidly), was called:

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organum

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Which of the following does NOT represent the thinking of the Renaissance?

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an exclusively religious orientation

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The text of Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is:

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in praise of the virgin mary

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Johann Sebastian Bach was most famous in his day as a performer on the

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organ

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Which of the following is the proper chronological order of musical style periods?

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Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, twentieth century

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Which of the following composers is regarded as the first master of opera?

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monteverdi

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Who invented the printing press?

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Johannes Gutenberg

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The term a cappella refers to choral music performed

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without any accompaniment.

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The artificially created male soprano or alto voice that dominated Baroque opera was known as the

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castrato

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The tradition of troubadours and trouvères developed in

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france

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The French courtly love song of the Middle Ages was called the

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chanson

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Timpani are members of the ________ family of instruments

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percussion

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The approximate dates of the Baroque period are

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1600-1750

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Which of the following was a leader in the Protestant Reformation?

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martin luther

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Josquin's Ave Maria . . . virgo serena is an example of the

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motet

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The bass instrument in the brass family is the

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tuba

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Which composer responded to the reforms of the Council of Trent in an exemplary fashion?

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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Which of the following is a double-reed instrument?

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oboe

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The vocal style in opera that imitates the natural inflections of speech is called

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recitative

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What was the primary language of the Mass?

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latin

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Which of the following are the movements of the Ordinary of the Mass?

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Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

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Which is the correct order of bowed string instruments from highest to lowest in range?

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violin, viola, cello, double bass

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A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called

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requiem

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The Dies irae is

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a chant from the mass of the dead

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Which group of instruments was the nucleus of the Classical orchestra

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strings

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What is the form of the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?

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theme are variations

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Impressionism in music is best exemplified by the works of

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claude debussy

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Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is an example of a

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program symphony

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Which of the following was a widely beloved nationalist opera composer?

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verdi

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Which composer rebelled against the patronage system and struggled to achieve financial independence?

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mozart

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Beethoven suffered from perhaps the most traumatic of all maladies for a musician. What was it?

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deafness

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Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Impressionist music?

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strong accents on the first beat of each measure

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In which country was Franz Liszt born?

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hungary

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The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was the:

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piano

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In the Classical multimovement cycle, the third movement is usually in ________ form

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minuet and trio

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The Classical period in music ranged from approximately

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1725 to 1825

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What trend inspired composers to write music evoking scenes or sounds of far-off lands?

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exoticism

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In Schubert's Elfking, the obsessive triplet rhythm of the piano accompaniment represents

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the galloping of the horse

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The late-Romantic Italian opera tradition was characterized by a movement toward realism, called:

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verismo

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Which of the following composers created the symphonic poem?

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liszt

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Which movement of a symphony is traditionally the slowest?

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the second movement

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Wagner's cycle of four music dramas is called:

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The Ring of the Nibelung

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Music composed without literary or pictorial meanings is called:

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absolute music

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The German term for the art song is

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lied

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Which nineteenth-century composer's entire output centered around the piano?

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chopin

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How many movements are in a Classical concerto?

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three

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Which of the following composers was NOT a master of the Viennese school?

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chopin

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Of which genre is Fauré is considered to be a master?

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song

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A typical feature of a concerto is a free solo passage without orchestral accompaniment called the:

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cadenza

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Impressionism: Sun Rising, the painting that sparked the Impressionist art movement, was created by:

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claude monet

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How did Classical artists differ from their Romantic counterparts?

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Classical artists emphasized clarity and beauty of form.

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Mozart died while writing his:

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requiem

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The "Ode to Joy" is the finale of Beethoven's

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symphony no. 9

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Chopin spent his early years in

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poland

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How did comic opera differ from opera seria?

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all of the above

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The librettist for Wagner's music dramas was

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wagner himself

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Which of the following inspired Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique?

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the actress harriet smithson

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Robert Schumann's A Poet's Love is set to texts by

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heinrich heine

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Schubert was born in

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vienna

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Which of the following was NOT a leading composer of Italian opera?

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bizet

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Which of the following was a noted woman composer of the Romantic era?

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clara schumann

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Brahms is often described as a(n) ________ because of his use of the forms established by the Classical masters

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tradionalists

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Oratorios primarily drew their stories from:

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the bible

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Wagner's total artwork, in which all the arts—music, poetry, drama, visual spectacle—are fused together, is called

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the Gesamtkunstwerk.

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Which of the following does NOT characterize Romantic music?

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reserved emotions

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A rondo is most typically found in the ________ movement of a Classical multimovement cycle.

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last

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in

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new orleans

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How many movements make up a typical Haydn symphony?

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four

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Which of the following best describes the form of the first movement of Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik?

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sonata allegro

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Which of the following Russian composers was famous for his ballets?

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Tchaikovsky

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Chopin spent most of his productive life in:

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paris

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In Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, what is the idée fixe?

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the basic theme of the symphony, heard in every movement

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The first movement of a symphony is usually in ________ form

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sonata allegro

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The leading composer of Italian opera in the late-Romantic era was:

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puccini

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The nickname "father of the symphony" was earned by

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haydn

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Which composer is from Finland?

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sibelius

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The Dies irae text from the Requiem Mass describes

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judgement day

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Which composer both maintained and disrupted the balance of the Classical style?

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beethoven

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How many symphonies did Beethoven write?

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9

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How many movements are in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique?

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five

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A group of Lieder unified by a narrative thread or by a descriptive or expressive theme is called a(n):

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song cycle

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Which of the following composed The Barber of Seville and William Tell?

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rossini

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Which of the following compositions is LEAST likely to be an example of program music?

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string quartet in B-flat Major

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Alban Berg and Anton Webern were students of

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arnold schoenberg

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The Rite of Spring opened in Paris in 1913 to

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a near riot

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Which of the following does NOT characterize the musical language of Expressionism?

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extended passages of consonance

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Music that rejects the framework of key is described as

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atonal

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Which Viennese composer invented the twelve-tone method after writing in both post-Romantic and atonal styles?

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schoenberg

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Which early twentieth-century style dealt with the realm of the psyche?

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expressionism

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Which painter associated with Expressionism influenced Schoenberg?

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munch

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Which of the following Stravinsky works is from his primitivist period?

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a rite of spring

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Which of the following is NOT a Stravinsky ballet?

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Daphnis and Chloé

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Which of the following was the Russian-born composer who wrote music in post-Impressionist, primitivist, Neoclassical, and twelve-tone styles?

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stravinsky

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Copland's Appalachian Spring quotes the early American tune

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simple gifts

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Copland's Billy the Kid is a(n)

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ballet

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During the 1940s, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk developed:

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bebop

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George Gershwin's folk opera ________ was far ahead of its time.

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porgy and bess

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In his early years, William Grant Still was associated with which artistic movement?

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the harlem renaissance

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In which musical style did Copland compose?

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all of the above

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John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes is a work for:

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prepared piano

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John Williams was the music director and principal conductor of the

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boston pops

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Leonard Bernstein was the first American-born conductor to be appointed director of the:

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new york philharmonic

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Prokofiev and Shostakovich were prominent composers from

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the soviet union

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Nadia Boulanger was an extraordinarily gifted

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teacher

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One composer in Paris who explored post-Impressionist trends was

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ravel

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The Introduction to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring begins with a melody played on the

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bassoon

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The comparative study of musics of the world is called

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ethnomusicology

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The early twentieth-century style that sought to revive certain principles and forms of earlier music was

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neo-classicism

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The first great American composer of the twentieth century was

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charles ives

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The model for Bartók's melodies can be found in

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hungarian folk songs

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The principal exponent of cool jazz was the trumpeter

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miles davis

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West Side Story is a modern-day musical retelling of Shakespeare's

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romeo and juliet

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What kind of jazz is Duke Ellington known for?

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big band

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What was the trademark of bebop?

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a two note phrase

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Which American city is considered the birthplace of jazz?

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new orleans

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Which Hungarian composer combined native folk music characteristics with main currents of European music?

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bartok

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Which Russian figure played a crucial role in the development of twentieth-century ballet?

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serge diaghilev

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Which instrument did Louis Armstrong play?

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trumpet

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Which mass-media forum was launched in 1981?

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MTV

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Which of the following composers invented the prepared piano?

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john cage

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Which of the following composers would NOT have been emulated during the neo-Classical era?

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wagner

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Which of the following did NOT characterize the career of George Gershwin?

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He lived a long life and was a mentor to other young composers.

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Which of the following does NOT characterize Ives's Country Band March?

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standard march form

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Which of the following does NOT characterize John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes?

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lyrical melodies

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Which of the following is NOT a ballet by Copland?

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our town

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Which of the following music genres developed around the turn of the twentieth century and incorporates elements of African music and Western popular and art music?

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jazz

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Which of the following musicals was NOT a collaboration by Rodgers and Hammerstein?

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the phantom of the opera

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Which of the following was NOT composed by Leonard Bernstein?

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an american in paris

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Which of the following works by John Cage has no musical content and can be performed by anyone on any instrument?

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4'33"

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Which of the following wrote the lyrics for West Side Story?

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stephen sondheim

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Which work did Gershwin compose in France?

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an american in paris

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With which contemporary movement is the composer John Cage linked?

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chance music

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Bartók's use of rhythm was:

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particularly innovative

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Berg's opera Wozzeck centers on

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a soldier's obsession with unhappy love.

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Berg's opera Wozzeck is best described as an example of:

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expressionism

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Bernstein rose to prominence as:

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all of the above

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Bernstein's West Side Story updates the feud of the Capulets and the Montagues to a feud between

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the jets and the sharks

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In the twelve-tone method, the arrangement of the twelve tones is called a(n)

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tone row

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Irving Berlin's first hit song was

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alexanders ragtime band

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Louis Armstrong was also known as

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satchmo

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Louis Armstrong's instrument-like approach to singing is called

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scat-singing

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Schoenberg created a new style in which vocal melodies were spoken rather than sung with exact pitches and rhythms. This was known as

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Sprechstimme.

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The third movement of William Grant Still's Suite for Violin and Piano can best be described as

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bluesy

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The twelve-tone method is also known as

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serialism

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Which composer was a disciple of Schoenberg and is best known for his operas Wozzeck and Lulu?

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berg

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Which early twentieth-century songwriter composed the wartime hit Over There?

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george m Cohan

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Which of the following was a prominent student of Nadia Boulanger?

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copeland

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