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2. Which of the following does not typify Baroque music:
use of modal rhythms use of ornament or embellishment love of the massive or monumental frequent use of melodic sequences
3. The genre of Giovanni Gabrieli's "Blow the Trumpet in the New Moon" is best described as:
Mass setting Psalm setting monody polychoral motet
5. The dramatic text set to music in an opera is known as the:
score recitative libretto stile rappresentativo
6. Which of the following were not associated with the Florentine Camerata:
a. Vincenzo Galelei b. Jacopo Peri c. Giulio Caccini d. Arcangelo Corelli both c and d
7. Monody is best described as:
speechlike recitation in opera 17th-c. solo song musical texture with a single melody a form used in Baroque arias
8.Which type of sonata is typically comprised of a series of dance-like movements:
solo sonata sonata da chiesa sonata da camera trio sonata
9. Which scheme best describes the number and tempo of movements in a typical baroque concerto:
3: Fast/Slow/Fast 4: Fast/Slow/Dance/Fast 3: Slow/Dance/Fast the number of movements varies none of the above
10. Which statement is best characterizes the ritornello of a baroque concerto:
it is the main theme it is almost always played by the ripieno it returns several times within a movement all of the above
12. J. S. Bach's last major position, beginning in 1723, was as cantor in:
Leipzig Weimar Cöthen Eisenstadt
13. The opening movement of Bach's Cantata Awake, A Voice is Calling includes:
a. a ritornello b. a chorale c. fuguelike imitative counterpoint b. and c. only all of the above
14. During Handel's early years in London, 1710-1728, he was highly successful as a composer of:
comic opera oratorio opera seria solo songs
15. Which formal plan best captures the form of a da capo aria:
ABA AAB ABACA none of the above
16. Which of the following was not a commercial advantage to Handel of oratorio compared to opera:
oratorio did not require sets or costumes oratorio could dispence with expensive castrati and prima donnas oratorio appealed to Puritans and Methodists oratorio did not require an orchestra
17. Which of the following composers is not strongly associated with the Classical Era?
Mozart Handel Haydn Beethoven
18. In a typical sonata form recapitulation, the second theme appears in the key of the:
dominant subdominant tonic none of the above
19. Which of the following is not an opera by Mozart:
Fidelio The Magic Flute The Marriage of Figaro Don Giovanni
22. Which definition best fits "cadenza"?
virtuosic passage for the soloist in a concerto improvised embellishment added to a melody the final section of a classical aria a strong ending to a phrase or period
23. Which statement is NOT true of basso ostinato?
It was used famously in "Dido's Lament: When I Am Laid in Earth" by Purcell It is a bass line with equal note values It was used by Barbara Strozzi and Elton John It is synonomous with ground bass It is a repeated pattern in the bass that provides the foundation for a composition
25. The family who served as Haydn's principle patrons:
Marzin Salieri Köchel Esterhazy
26. The tonally stable close of the development section in a sonata form, typically leading to the recapitulation, is called:
the bridge the transition the closing theme the retransition
27. The third movement of a four-movement symphony of the Classical Era would typically be:
in sonata-allegro form a minuet and trio the slow movement in rondo form
28. Which characteristic is not typical of musical style of the Classical Era:
extensive use of chromaticism symmetrical, periodic phrase structures use of rhythmic contrast frequent use of antecedant-consequent phrase structures