Music Appreciation Midterm Answer Key

ct I. Short answer ques!ons Ques!on 1 4 / 4 pts Name the four major voice types/vocal ranges. Your Answer: Soprano, alto, tenor, and bass Ques!on 2 3 / 3 pts What was the most frequent subject ma!er of secular music during the Middle Ages? love songs Ques!on 3 3 / 3 pts Name at least one difference between liturgical musical prac"ce in the Catholic and Protestant churches of the Renaissance. Your Answer: Protestant churches believed in simplicity because more complex works would distract listeners from the true purpose which was worship. Catholic churches argued for complex tonali"es and textures. Ques!on 4 3 / 3 pts Based on your textbook and our course lecture materials, deÞne Ritornello Form. (Note: Do not copy and paste a deÞni"on off of Wikipedia.) Your Answer: Ritornello form was developed by Antonio Vivaldi and follows the form of fast movement, slow movement, and then another fast movement. In ritornello, the opera plays ritornello before the singer enters with Aria. Ques!on 5 3 / 3 pts True or false: Antonio Vivaldi is credited as the father of the concerto genre. True Ques!on 6 3 / 3 pts The main theme of a fugue is called the __________. subject Ques!on 7 3 / 3 pts Name one notable female nineteenth-century composer. Your Answer: Clara Schumann Ques!on 8 3 / 3 pts What was unique about Mozart's Don Giovanni? It combined elements of both Opera Buffa and Opera Seria Ques!on 9 3 / 3 pts The French Revolu"on signaled the transfer of power from the hereditary landholding aristocracy to whom? the middle class Ques!on 10 3 / 3 pts Which condi"on profoundly affected Beethoven's work as a composer? deafness Ques!on 11 How many symphonies did Beethoven write? 3 / 3 pts nine Ques!on 12 3 / 3 pts BeethovenÕs music is rooted in the Classical tradi"on but pushes the limits of that tradi"on. True Ques!on 13 3 / 3 pts List or describe three deÞning features of the symphony in the classical period. Your Answer: The Þrst movement was fast, the second was slow, and the third was a fast-closing movement. 3 / 3 pts Ques!on 14 Match the work to the composer. Ludwig van Beethoven Antonio Vivaldi Ques!on 15 Moonlight Sona The Four Season 3 / 3 pts Explain the term Lied and name one composer associated with it. Your Answer: Lied is a German term that means songs performed solo with the accompaniment of a piano. A composer that goes along with the term is Schubert. Ques!on 16 3 / 3 pts The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of BerliozÕs Symphonie fantas!que, is called the: idŽe Þxe Ques!on 17 3 / 3 pts Berlioz was a devoted fan of Beethoven. True Ques!on 18 3 / 3 pts Roman"c composers rarely used dynamic markings and other expressive comments in their scores to communicate their inten"ons to musicians. False Ques!on 19 3 / 3 pts Roman"c-era melodies are best described as: lyrical and singable Ques!on 20 3 / 3 pts Na"onalis"c feelings inspired Roman"c composers to incorporate folk songs and dances from their na"ve lands into their works. True Ques!on 21 3 / 3 pts Musicians and composers achieved a higher social status during the Roman"c era than they had in the Classical era. True Ques!on 22 3 / 3 pts Write a couple of paragraphs that describe your favorite musical genre studied thus far in MUS 121. Indicate whether this genre comes from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque, or the Classic period in your answer. Discuss its salient traits in the course of explaining why you Þnd it the most pleasurable. Your Answer: My favorite genre that we have studied is symphonies due to its unique and crea"ve use of instruments and chorus to present the music. The symphony genre was very popular during the classical period. The typical symphony usually begins with a sonata form, then has a slower, o$eat 2nd form, then a minuet third form, and then Þnally a sonata form to end the song off.