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1. Which of the following instruments were not normally included in the classical orchestra?
a. Horns
b. Trombones
c. Timpani
d. Trumpets |
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2. Each successive variation in a theme with variations
a. retains some elements of the theme
b. is usually in a new key
c. is usually in the same key
d. presents a new melodic idea |
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| a. retains some elements of the theme |
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3. Classicism, as a stylistic period in western art music, roughly encompassed the years
a. 1450-1600
b. 1600-1750
c. 1750-1820
d. 1820-1900 |
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4. The usual order of movements in a classical symphony is
a. fast, dance-related, slow, fast.
b. fast, slow, dance-related, fast.
c. fast, slow, fast, slow.
d. slow, fast, slow, fast. |
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| b. fast, slow, dance-related, fast. |
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5. A concerto is a large-scale work in several movements for
a. an instrumental soloist
b. an instrumental soloist and orchestra
c. any combination of instruments
d. symphonic orchestra |
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| b. an instrumental soloist and orchestra |
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6. The lyrical slow movement of a symphony is most often the
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth |
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7. A brilliant solo section in a concerto designed to display the performer's virtuosity is called
a. a cadenza
b. a fermata
c. a pause
d. da capo |
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8. Mozart was born in
a. Salzburg, Austria
b. Eisenach, Germany
c. Bonn, Germany
d. Rohrau, Austria |
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9. Which of the following is not one of Mozart's three masterpieces of Italian opera?
a. Così fan tutte
b. The Marriage of Figaro
c. Orfeo
d. Don Giovanni |
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Romanticism, as a stylistic period in western art music, encompassed the years
a. 1450-1600
b. 1600-1750
c. 1750-1820
d. 1820-1900 |
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11. Classical chamber music is designed
a. to display the virtuosity of the players
b. for the intimate setting of a small room
c. exclusively for performance by paid professional musicians
d. to be conducted by experienced orchestral directors |
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| b. for the intimate setting of a small room |
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12. Which of the following composers is not associated with the romantic period?
a. Giuseppe Verdi
b. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c. Robert Schumann
d. D. Frédéric Chopin |
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13. The deliberate intent to draw creative inspiration from the composer's own homeland is known as
a. exoticism.
b. individualism.
c. nationalism.
d. verismo. |
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14. A slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo in music is known as
a. ritardando
b. rubato
c. accelerando
d. fermata |
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15. A very important musical part of every middle-class home during the romantic period was the
a. resident composer/performer
b. piano
c. violin
d. flute |
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16. An orchestra toward the end of the romantic period might include close to ______ musicians.
a. 24
b. 40
c. 60
d. 100 |
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17. The word ___________ is commonly used for a romantic art song with a German text.
a. lied
b. durchkomponiert
c. chanson
d. ballade |
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18. Schubert's songs number more than
a. 50
b. 600
c. 100
d. 250 |
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19. Schubert was eighteen years old when he composed the song Erlkönig, set to a poem by
a. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
b. Schubert himself.
c. Heinrich Heine.
d. Victor Hugo. |
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| a. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. |
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20. The piano's relentless rhythm in Erlkönig (The Erlking) unifies the episodes of the song and suggests the
a. joy of the child.
b. galloping horse.
c. steadiness of the father.
d. approach of death. |
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21. Clara Schumann frequently performed the works of her husband and of her close friend
a. Hector Berlioz.
b. Richard Wagner.
c. Johann Sebastian Bach.
d. Johannes Brahms. |
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22. A study piece, designed to help a performer master specific technical difficulties, is known as
a. a nocturne
b. a polonaise
c. ein lied
d. an etude |
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23. Even though Smetana was deaf at the time, he composed a musical work depicting Bohemia's main river as it flows through the countryside. The name of the river, and the musical composition, is the
a. Moldau
b. Seine
c. Danube
d. Thames |
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24. The famous riot in 1913 was caused by the first performance of Stravinsky's ballet
a. Pulcinella
b. The Fairy's Kiss
c. Agon
d. The Rite of Spring |
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25. Using all twelve tones without regard to their traditional relationship to major or minor scales, avoiding traditional chord progressions, is known as
a. polytonality
b. bitonality
c. freetonality
d. atonality |
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26. The first significant atonal pieces were composed around 1908 by
a. Igor Stravinsky
b. Claude Debussy
c. Arnold Schoenberg
d. Aaron Copland |
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27. Impressionist painting and symbolist poetry as artistic movements originated in
a. Bohemia
b. England
c. France
d. Austria |
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28. The most important impressionist composer was
a. Richard Wagner
b. Béla Bartók
c. Arnold Schoenberg
d. Claude Debussy |
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29. The impressionist painters were particularly obsessed with portraying
a. religious scenes
b. water
c. scenes of ancient glories
d. battle scenes |
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30. Debussy's music tends to
a. sound free and almost improvisational
b. have a strong sense of tonality
c. affirm the key very noticeably
d. use the full orchestra for massive effects |
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| a. sound free and almost improvisational |
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31. The twentieth-century artistic movement that stressed intense, subjective emotion was called
a. impressionism
b. primitivism
c. expressionism
d. neoclassicism |
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32. Expressionism grew out of the same intellectual climate as Freud's studies of
a. hysteria and the unconscious
b. anatomy
c. the past
d. mystical literature |
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| a. hysteria and the unconscious |
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33. Expressionist painters, writers, and composers used ______________ to assault and shock their audience.
a. pastel colors
b. deliberate distortions
c. clearly defined forms
d. vague nature scenes |
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| b. deliberate distortions |
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34. The expressionists rejected
a. conventional prettiness
b. reality
c. imagination
d. morality |
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| a. conventional prettiness |
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35. An eerily expressive kind of declamation midway between song and speech, introduced during the expressionist period, is called
a. stile rappresentativo
b. bel canto
c. Sprechstimme
d. Pierrot Lunaire |
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36. Copland depicted "Scenes of daily activity for the Bride and her Farmer-husband" in Appalachian Spring through
a. intensely dissonant passages and humorous offbeat accents
b. five variations on the Shaker melody Simple Gifts
c. strings softly singing a hymn like melody
d. a joyful dance tune that is American in flavor |
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| b. five variations on the Shaker melody Simple Gifts |
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37. Since World War II, musical styles have
a. remained relatively stable
b. returned to the styles of the nineteenth century
c. taken many new directions and changes
d. concentrated on perfecting the twelve-tone system |
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| c. taken many new directions and changes |
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38. Around 1940, John Cage invented the prepared piano, a(n)
a. electronic keyboard capable of producing many percussive sounds
b. grand piano complete with flowers, candelabra, and elaborate decorations
c. grand piano whose sound is altered by objects such as bolts, screws, rubber bands, pieces of felt, paper, and plastic inserted between the strings of some of the keys
d. ensemble of percussion instruments |
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| c. grand piano whose sound is altered by objects such as bolts, screws, rubber bands, pieces of felt, paper, and plastic inserted between the strings of some of the keys |
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39. When a voice is answered by an instrument, or when one instrument (or group of instruments) is answered by a chorus, the pattern is referred to as
a. jazz
b. call and response
c. polyphonic texture
d. calling the beat |
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40. The rhythm section of a jazz ensemble usually includes:
a. Drums alone
b. Piano alone
c. Drums, piano/guitar, string bass
d. String Bass |
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| c. Drums, piano/guitar, string bass |
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41. The blues
a. usually follows a 4-bar pattern as a basis for improvisation
b. originated with a ballet
c. is never played by an instrument
d. usually follows a 12-bar pattern as a basis for improvisation |
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| d. usually follows a 12-bar pattern as a basis for improvisation |
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42. The most famous blues singer of the 1920s, known as the "empress of the blues", was
a. Lil Hardin
b. Bessie Smith
c. Gertrude “Ma” Rainey
d. Ella Fitzgerald |
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43. The musical loosely based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is
a. West Side Story
b. Sweeney Todd
c. Cats
d. On Your Toes |
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44. The lyrics for West Side Story were written by
a. Oscar Hammerstein II
b. Stephen Sondheim
c. Jerome Robbins
d. Leonard Bernstein |
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45. In West Side Story, the two star-crossed lovers are
a. Anthony and Cleopatra
b. Tristan and Isolde
c. Tony and Maria
d. Bernardo and Maria |
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46. Nonwestern music is most often transmitted
a. through the imitation of radio broadcasts
b. orally from parent to child or teacher to student
c. in written stanzas
d. through music notation |
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| b. orally from parent to child or teacher to student |
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47. Musical instruments whose sound generator is a stretched skin or other membrane are classified as
a. aerophones
b. chordophones
c. idiophones
d. membranophones |
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48. In the song Ompeh, we hear a percussion ensemble—consisting of a bamboo slit drum, pan rattles (made from aluminum pie plates), a two-headed cylindrical drum (ogyamba), a large barrel-shaped hand drum (ompehkyen), and metal bell (arikyiwa)—producing a variety of rhythms, pitches, and tone colors. The ______ serves as the timekeeper of the group.
a. Bamboo
b. Metal bell
c. Voices
d. String section |
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49. The song Ompeh
a. Combines languages of spoken Ghana with German
b. Uses only string instruments
c. Uses only 2 instruments
d. was recorded by the ethnomusicologist Roger Vetter in 1992–1993 and shows a type of music of the Akan-speaking peoples in Ghana. |
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| d. was recorded by the ethnomusicologist Roger Vetter in 1992–1993 and shows a type of music of the Akan-speaking peoples in Ghana. |
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50. Classical pieces are often set apart by audible pauses. Baroque music, on the other hand, often sounds like:
a. Audible pauses followed by short phrases
b. Musical clarity
c. Uninterrupted torrent of activity
d. Long melodic phrases accompanied by simple chords |
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| c. Uninterrupted torrent of activity |
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51. The harpsichord was mostly used in which era?
a. Classical
b. Baroque
c. Romantic
d. 20th Century |
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52. The classical concerto is a large-scale work in three movements for
a. Orchestra
b. Solo instrument
c. Solo instrument and piano
d. Solo instrument and orchestra |
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| d. Solo instrument and orchestra |
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53. A nocturne, or night piece, is a slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano. Like much of the music of ________ , a nocturne is tinged with melancholy.
a. Wagner
b. Chopin
c. Bach
d. Scarlatti |
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54. The ________ is a long-necked lute with movable frets, popular in north India.
a. tambura
b. tabla
c. sitar
d. tala |
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55. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony opens with one of the most famous rhythmic ideas in all music, a short-short-short-long motive. Beethoven reportedly explained this four-note motive as
a. “falling down the steps”
b. “dynamic accents”
c. “fate knocking at the door”
d. “timbre” |
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| c. “fate knocking at the door” |
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56. Dynamics in music refers to
a. the quality that distinguishes musical sounds
b. the relative highness or lowness we hear in a sound
c. an exemplary performance
d. degrees of loudness and softness |
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| d. degrees of loudness and softness |
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57. The _______ has strings that are plucked by a set of plastic, leather, or quill wedges.
a. Piano
b. Organ
c. Harpsichord
d. Accordion |
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58. Music reflects its current history, culture, and traditions.
a. False
b. True |
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59. Music Appreciation is
a. Only for classical musicians
b. All those interested in learning more about musical styles and compositions |
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| b. All those interested in learning more about musical styles and compositions |
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60. The following is a subjective term
a. Rhythm
b. Tempo
c. Beautiful
d. Scale |
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