Student ID: 52282521 Exam: 250465RR - Music Appreciation ...

Student ID: 52282521

Exam: 250465RR - Music Appreciation Final Exam

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Questions 1 to 40: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer.

1. A form of polyphony consisting of two or more rhythmically interlocking voices is the

A. Mbuti. B. ostinato. C. Ituri. D. hocket.

2. What is the musical term for a prescribed series of pitches that step upward or downward?

A. Cadence B. Meter C. Scale D. Measure

3. In _______ music in a movie, the characters do not hear the music.

A. anti-minimalist B. postmodern C. non-digetic D. sampled

4. When two voices sing exactly the same note simultaneously, the voices are singing

A. a capella. B. a cadenci. C. in unison. D. in a melisma.

5. By the time he/she was 17 years of age, _______ had already written the Octet for Strings, op.20.

A. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel B. Joseph Haydn C. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart D. Felix Mendelssohn

6. Dido and Aeneas is an example of _______ opera.

A. Baroque

B. Romantic C. Italian D. Greek

7. Which of the following was typically used in the symphonic finale in the Classical Era?

A. Minuet B. Tremolo C. Fugue D. Rondo

8. Which one of the following represents one of the most important elements of sonata form?

A. Use of word painting B. Use of Latin texts C. Development of themes D. Doctrine of affects

9. What is a term for traditional Turkish finger cymbals common throughout the Middle East?

A. Cachiche B. Shawm C. Timbales D. Zill

10. The music of Philip Glass is written mostly in the _______ style.

A. expressionist B. minimalist C. impressionist D. post-Romantic

11. Tony says that a distinguishing characteristic of the Stradivarius violin is the nature of the wood from which it's made. Shin Lee says that it's the shape of the f-holes that gives the instrument its distinct characteristic. Who is correct?

A. Neither Tony nor Shin Lee is correct. B. Only Shin Lee is correct. C. Both Tony and Shin Lee are correct. D. Only Tony is correct.

12. Which one of the following is an example of an oratorio?

A. Cantata no. 97 B. Coronaton of Poppea C. Messiah D. The Four Seasons

13. Opera took hold in England in the _______ century.

A. eighteenth B. early nineteenth C. late nineteenth D. seventeenth

14. What is the musical term for a verse of poetry in a song?

A. Chorus B. Refrain C. Canto D. Strophe

15. Baroque composers considered the _______ to be the touchstone of their art.

A. fugue B. concerto C. minuet D. recitative

16. Call-and-response form is often used in _______ music.

A. Jewish B. Indian C. Bahamian D. Chinese

17. The estampie and the saltarello are two

A. medieval dances. B. Italian musical instruments. C. African musical instruments. D. syllabic text-settings.

18. The combination of antecedent and consequent units that make a larger whole is the

A. full cadence. B. punctuation. C. periodic phrase structure. D. theme and variations form.

19. Which one of the following is the name used for a Javanese instrumental ensemble?

A. Gamelan B. Kajar C. Cantor D. Mambo

20. The _______ of a song are often referred to as stanzas.

A. verses B. beats C. measures D. notes

21. Which of the following is a genre for voice and piano that was popular from the late eighteenth century onward?

A. Episode B. Fantasie C. Lied D. Impromptu

22. The musical work that depicts an artist being led to his execution is

A. Master Musicians of the Ikuta-ryu's Cherry Blossom. B. Schubert's "Erlk?nig." C. Cage's 4'33". D. Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.

23. Who wrote The Nutcracker?

A. Pyotr Tchaikovsky B. Felix Mendelssohn C. Boris Gudonov D. Alexandr Pushkin

24. The instrument that can create sound digitally and can mimic other instruments by adding partials to the fundamentals is the

A. synthesizer. B. waza. C. organ. D. oscilloscope.

25. One of the key components of the double-exposition concerto form is the

A. single exposition. B. theme. C. chorale. D. cadenza.

26. The dactylic meter of poetry corresponds to the _______ in music.

A. bar form B. duple meter C. triple meter D. measure

27. The rhythmic patterns of Indian music are called

A. tablas. B. talas. C. pungis. D. veenas.

28. How many symphonies did Brahms write?

A. Four B. Six C. Nine D. Seven

29. Which composer was commemorated through a series of enormous concerts in Westminster Abbey that went on to become an annual festival until 1791?

A. Mozart B. Haydn C. Handel D. Bach

30. A repeated musical pattern in a composition is called a/an

A. ostinato. B. kebyar. C. monotone. D. homorhythm.

31. The unique quality of Mendelssohn's overture to the sonata form in A Midsummer Night's Dream is that the

A. development is exaggerated. B. exposition isn't repeated. C. development is minimal. D. length is expanded.

32. Word painting is a technique commonly used by composers of

A. plainsong. B. madrigals. C. program music. D. suites.

33. The text of an opera, which literally means "little book" in Italian, is called the

A. buffa. B. vibrato. C. program. D. libretto.

34. The distinction between "classical" and "popular" music is sometimes quite

A. pointless. B. easily identifiable. C. meaningful. D. difficult to discern.

35. The _______ is an example of a non-pitched instrument.

A. vibraphone B. xylophone C. cachiche D. marimba

36. Bach's Cantata no. 140 is an intricate reconstruction of a

A. popular ballet tune. B. well-known hymn. C. patriotic song. D. Baroque operetta.

37. Alphonsus wants to include unified timbre in his cantata. How will this be accomplished?

A. The instruments in the orchestra will play the same notes that the chorus is singing. B. The chorus will sing in unison while the orchestra plays an accompaniment. C. The violins will have a solo and will all play harmony notes. D. The orchestra will play in unison while the chorus sings in harmony.

38. In music, the Italian term for "loud" is

A. piano. B. virtuoso. C. forte. D. mezzo.

39. At the start of the String Quartet in F Major, op. 96, Dvor?k begins with a _______ pattern using a second violin and cello.

A. contrast and variation B. polytonal C. call-and-response D. stream of consciousness

40. What term is used to describe the combination of contrasting melodies played at the same time?

A. Polyrhythm B. Round C. Counterpoint

D. Imitation End of exam

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