5 Written Questions

1. Rondo.
2. Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
3. Sprechstimme.
4. The Well-Tempered Clavier.
5. Nine.

5 Matching Questions

1. Tonality means that we hear a piece of music in relation to a central tone, called:
2. Which composer is noted for his monethematic sonata-allegro form?
3. Of the following, which does NOT describe orchestras of the nineteenth century?
4. Which 20th century Russian composer had three periods of composition and also wrote The Rite of Spring?
5. Which country does Mariachi music come from?

1. a The tonic.
2. b The size of orchestras decreased, making for more compact ensembles.
3. c Igor Stravinsky
4. d Mexico.
5. e Haydn.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel.
   1. Which of the following dance types was NOT standard in a Baroque suite
   2. Which is NOT an important keyboard instrument in the Baroque?
   3. Which of the following women organized concerts featuring music by her brother?
   4. Which of the following is a set of forty eight preludes and fugues by Bach?
2. Unaccompanied four-voice choir.
   1. Begli occhi, by Barbara Strozzi, is written for:
   2. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's Under the Greenwood Tree is written for:
   3. How did Haydn's Surprise Symphony earn its nickame?
   4. Beethoven's career is often divided into ----- periods.
3. A cantus firmus.
   1. When a meloldy is transposed to another key, what remains the same?
   2. The system in which the aristocracy sponsored musicians is called:
   3. The fixed melody used as a basis for elaborate polyphonic writing in the Renaissance was called:
   4. The instrumental form based on the contrast of two dissimilar masses of sound is called:
4. Conjunct, diatonic, and singable.
   1. How many movements are in a Classical concerto?
   2. The most important instrumental genre of the Classical period was:
   3. How many notes in a scale does an octave span?
   4. Which best describes the lyrical melodies of the Classical period?
5. Henry Purcell.
   1. The greatest native English composer of the Baroque was:
   2. The term tempo rubato means:
   3. The structure known as binary form is:
   4. The German term for the art song is:

5 True/False Questions

1. Music of the fourteenth century underwent a change of style that became known as: → the Ars nova.

   True        False

2. A typical feature of a concerto is a free solo passage without orchestral accompaniment called: → The tonic.

   True        False

3. The late Renaissance madrigal came to full flower in the music of: → Claudio Monteverdi.

   True        False

4. How many notes in a scale does an octave span? → Three.

   True        False

5. In Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, the idee fixe: → Symbolizes the beloved, recures by virtue of the literary program, and unifies the five movements, which are diverse in character and mood.

   True        False