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Music History quizzes
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Undergraduate 3
12/11/2011

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What did the Florentine Camerata conclude about Ancient Greek tragedy?
Definition
Tragedies were sung throughout in performance
Term
The earliest music dramas were first performed around which year?
Definition
1600
Term
Which of the following composers contributed in creating the earliest music drama for which music survives?
Definition
Peri and Caccini
Term
What is recitar cantando?
Definition
A kind of sung speech that imitates the inflections of spoken Italian, later called "recitative"
Term
A crucial stylistic component of Peri's recitar cantando in L'Euridice is ___________________.
Definition
text painting
Term
What kind of musical device would you expect to hear in a recitative passage that mentions "dolore" (sorrow/pain)?
Definition
dissonance
Term
Which of the following is NOT one of the three monody types introduced in the early music dramas of Caccini, Peri, and Monteverdi?
Definition
4 and 5 part madrigal
Term
How does Monteverdi's Orfeo expand on the previous music dramas of Peri and Caccini?
Definition
He adds instrumental sinfonias, choruses, and ballets to the straight monody passages
Term
What is a ritornello?
Definition
an instrumental refrain
Term
What kind of poetry is associated with recitar cantando?
Definition
versi sciolti (free verse)
Term
The first instrumental pieces published in the 16th century were composed for the _____________________.
Definition
violin/lute
Term
In instrumental music of the 16th century, a stylized dance refers to ____________________.
Definition
a dance piece meant to be listened to or enjoyed through playing
Term
Which of the following musical pieces is an intabulation?
Definition
Narváez's arrangement of "Mille regretz" for vihuela
Term
What is the generic definition of a "canzona"?
Definition
a polyphonic piece for instruments
Term
Which of the following best describes the "cori spezzati" phenomenon of the early 17th c.?
Definition
Placing choirs of voices and/or instrumental in different positions throughout an acoustical space
Term
What is meant by the term "seconda prattica"?
Definition
Polyphony in the chromatic and text-driven style of Gesualdo
Term
What is "new" about Caccini's Le nuove musiche?
Definition
It features madrigals for solo voice and basso conitnuo
Term
What is basso continuo?
Definition
A musical texture that features both a bass line and an improvised harmonic accompaniment
Term
What is an aria?
Definition
a strophic song
Term
What was the driving force behind the creation of music drama in the late 16th c./early 17th c.?
Definition
To recreate the powerful experience of ancient Greek tragedy
Term
What year signals the beginning of commercial opera in Italy?
Definition
1650
Term
Which of the following operas represents Monteverdi's contribution to the Venetian style of public commericial opera?
Definition
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Term
Which of the following best describes the vocal style of Italian opera and cantata around the middle of the 17th century?
Definition
Recurring alternations of recitative, aria, and arioso passages
Term
Arias typically feature _____________________.
Definition
Moving instrumental basses with lyrical singing in the vocal part
Term
Which of the following genres represents the "popular" style of 17th century Italian music?
Definition
dance music
Term
What is basso ostinato?
Definition
Repeating the bass line of a popular dance while the voice(s) move freely above
Term
In the 17th century, the bass of a passacaglia features ________________________.
Definition
A descending tetrachord (4-note pattern)

(e.g. I - vii - vi - V or C - b - a - G)
Term
The two predominant genres of secular vocal music in 17th-century Italy are _____________ and _______________.
Definition
opera, cantata
Term
What is a cantata as heard and composed in the 17th century?
Definition
A secular piece for solo voice and bass continuo
Term
What is an oratorio?
Definition
A dramatic religious piece for singers and instrumentaliats with narration and dialogue
Term
How does Carissimi symbolize lamentation in the final chorus of his ortaorio Jephte?
Definition
He employs the passacaglia pattern in the minor mode with elaborate suspensions
Term
What kinds of intruments are often featured in early 17th century Italian musical publications?
Definition
violin and keyboard
Term
What is an example of an idiomatic musical passage?
Definition
a trombone playing a glissando
Term
What is a toccata?
Definition
A sectional and improvisatory piece for keyboard that explores a series of new motives
Term
Which of the following composers is associated with genres of toccata and ricercare in the early decades of the 17th century?
Definition
Frescobaldi
Term
Which of the following composers is associated with the genre of tragédie en musique in the second half of the 17th century?
Definition
Lully
Term
Why did some French critics dislike Italian opera when it premiered in France in the 1640s?
Definition
It lacked a sense of verisimilitude, or realism on stage
Term
Which of the following musical components is unique to the French tradition of tragédie en musique?
Definition
Divertissements
Term
What is the standard form of the ouverture in the tragédie en musique tradition?
Definition
A stately march with dotted figures alternating with a fast livelier imitative section
Term
What are two common genres associated with the Italian instrumental tradition from 1650 to about 1730?
Definition
sonata and concerto
Term
According to John Calvin and the doctrine of early Calvinism, the only musical items appropriate for worship are _________________.
Definition
metrical Psalms
Term
To whom do we attribute the establishment of single-impression printing during the 16th century?
Definition
Pierre Attaingnant
Term
What separates the 16th-century Lutheran worship experience from that of the Roman Catholic tradition?
Definition
The Lutheran worship service featured congregational singing
Term
In the context of Lutheran worship, what is a chorale?
Definition
A melody often sung in unison by the congreation during the worship service
Term
Which of the following best describes the doctrinal and liturgical identity of the Church of England during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603)?
Definition
A blend of Protestant and Catholic
Term
What is the Anglican (Church of England) term for a "motet"?
Definition
anthem
Term
Which of the following musical reforms concerned those deliberating at the Council of Trent?
Definition
Reestablishing plainchant as the liturgical focus
Term
16th-century Italian madrigals are typically ________________.
Definition
through-composed
Term
Which of the following composers is associated with the late 16th century Italian madrigal, featuring an intensely expressive style of text painting?
Definition
Carlo Gesualdo
Term
The earliest genre of secular vocal music published during the 16th century was the ______________________.
Definition
frottola
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