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Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following letter schemes best represents the formal plan of a da capo aria?Answer
Selected Answer: ABA
Correct Answer: ABA
Question 2
2 out of 2 points
Patronage of seventeenth-century music consisted of _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
wealthy patrons, churches, and public performances of operas and concerts
Correct Answer:
wealthy patrons, churches, and public performances of operas and concerts
Question 3
0 out of 2 points
The style of monody in which a solo singer sings speechlike dialogue to the accompaniment of simple chords is _____.Answer
Selected Answer: aria
Correct Answer: recitative
Question 4
0 out of 2 points
The composer known for his performance on the violin was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Alessandro Scarlatti
Correct Answer: Arcangelo Corelli
Question 5
0 out of 2 points
Monteverdi developed Stile concitato to depict _____.Answer
Selected Answer: scenes of extreme sadness
Correct Answer: agitation
Question 6
0 out of 2 points
How did Cromwell’s prohibition against stage plays affect music performances?Answer
Selected Answer:
All music was banned from the stage.
Correct Answer:
The addition of music and elements from the masque made stage plays acceptable.
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes a typical sonata da chiesa?Answer
Selected Answer:
It consisted of four movements, usually in slow-fast-slow-fast order.
Correct Answer:
It consisted of four movements, usually in slow-fast-slow-fast order.
Question 8
2 out of 2 points
Artusi criticized Monteverdi’s Cruda Amarilli because it _____.Answer
Selected Answer: violated Zarlino’s counterpoint rules
Correct Answer: violated Zarlino’s counterpoint rules
Question 9
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes the state of Lutheran church music after the Thirty Years’ War?Answer
Selected Answer:
Lutherans believed that only the minor mode should be used for the following thirty years.
Correct Answer:
Lutherans were divided in their opinions about the type of music that should be used.
Question 10
0 out of 2 points
The scholar whose study of ancient Greek texts led him to believe that all Greek plays had been sung was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Galilei
Correct Answer: Mei
Question 11
0 out of 2 points
Composed Jewish liturgical polyphonic musicAnswer
Selected Answer: Lodovico Viadana
Correct Answer: Salamone Rossi
Question 12
0 out of 2 points
The large instrumental ensemble in a concerto grosso is referred to as the _____.Answer
Selected Answer: collegium musicum
Correct Answer: concerto grosso
Question 13
0 out of 2 points
Cesti composed his most famous opera for audiences in which region?Answer
Selected Answer: Northern Italy, including Venice
Correct Answer: Austria
Question 14
2 out of 2 points
The term Baroque is now applied to _____.Answer
Selected Answer: music from ca. 1600–1750
Correct Answer: music from ca. 1600–1750
Question 15
0 out of 2 points
The Florentine Camerata was _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
a traveling band of musicians and actors who brought music and theater to small-town audiences
Correct Answer:
members of the count of Florence’s private chapel
Question 16
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes the use of chromaticism in the Baroque era?Answer
Selected Answer:
Chromaticism expressed only emotions at first, but later was used in harmonic exploration.
Correct Answer:
Chromaticism expressed only emotions at first, but later was used in harmonic exploration.
Question 17
0 out of 2 points
Seventeenth-century sculpture sought to _____.Answer
Selected Answer: break down the barriers between art and science
Correct Answer: portray more drama and emotion
Question 18
0 out of 2 points
The text for an opera is called a(n) _____.Answer
Selected Answer: lyrical poem
Correct Answer: libretto
Question 19
0 out of 2 points
The texture of Baroque music is marked by _____.Answer
Selected Answer: equality of all voices
Correct Answer: a polarity between bass and treble lines
Question 20
0 out of 2 points
What instrument was most commonly featured in solo sonatas?Answer
Selected Answer: trumpet
Correct Answer: violin
Question 21
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes Schütz’s training and career?Answer
Selected Answer:
He learned violin, keyboard, and composition from his father, and succeeded his father in the service of the elector of Hanover.
Correct Answer:
He studied with Gabrieli in Venice, then worked in Kassel and Dresden.
Question 22
0 out of 2 points
A repeating bass line used as the basis of variations is called _____.Answer
Selected Answer: basso continuo
Correct Answer: ostinato bass
Question 23
0 out of 2 points
Figured bass is _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
a bass line notated with embellishments to equal embellishments in the top voice
Correct Answer:
a bass line notated with numbers to indicate chords above it
Question 24
2 out of 2 points
The Passion is a _____.Answer
Selected Answer: multi-movement work depicting the last days of Christ
Correct Answer: multi-movement work depicting the last days of Christ
Question 25
0 out of 2 points
The count who hosted gatherings of poets and musicians at his home was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Mei
Correct Answer: Bardi
Question 26
0 out of 2 points
In Baroque music, “affections” can be defined as _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
the Church’s belief that God’s love was called forth with the proper performance of vocal music
Correct Answer:
the spirits or “humors” believed to harbor emotions, and which could be brought into balance with contrasting moods of music
Question 27
0 out of 2 points
Published more cantatas than any other composer of the early seventeenth centuryAnswer
Selected Answer: Lodovico Viadana
Correct Answer: Barbara Strozzi
Question 28
0 out of 2 points
Public concerts of instrumental music first began in _____.Answer
Selected Answer: France
Correct Answer: England
Question 29
0 out of 2 points
An opera by Lully might also be called a(n) _____.Answer
Selected Answer: ouvrage
Correct Answer: tragédie en musique or tragédie lyrique
Question 30
0 out of 2 points
Which of these statements is true of the role of improvisation in Baroque music?Answer
Selected Answer:
Everything was written out, with no room for improvisation.
Correct Answer:
Part of the accompaniment was written out, the rest improvised, and the melody could be embellished.
Question 31
0 out of 2 points
In Rome, roles for high voices were sung by _____.Answer
Selected Answer: professional female singers
Correct Answer: men who had been castrated as boys
Question 32
0 out of 2 points
The earliest opera plots were based on _____.Answer
Selected Answer: historical events
Correct Answer: mythological characters and events
Question 33
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes the Renaissance antecedents of opera?Answer
Selected Answer:
There was no staged music before opera, but dance songs sometimes included dialogue.
Correct Answer:
Opera arose directly from the madrigal cycle without other influences.
Question 34
2 out of 2 points
In the seventeenth century, _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
colonies in the Americas imported villancicos from Spain and metric psalmody from England
Correct Answer:
colonies in the Americas imported villancicos from Spain and metric psalmody from England
Question 35
2 out of 2 points
The seventeenth century was an era in which _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
scientists combined deductive reasoning and direct observation for the first time
Correct Answer:
scientists combined deductive reasoning and direct observation for the first time
Question 36
0 out of 2 points
Stadtpfeifers were _____.Answer
Selected Answer: members of amateur music-making clubs
Correct Answer: musicians hired to provide music for the city
Question 37
2 out of 2 points
Jean-Baptiste Lully is best known for his contribution to the development of _____.Answer
Selected Answer: opera
Correct Answer: opera
Question 38
0 out of 2 points
Divisions and partite are terms for _____.Answer
Selected Answer: dance steps that divide or partition the measure
Correct Answer: variations movements
Question 39
2 out of 2 points
The term Baroque was first applied to _____.Answer
Selected Answer: overly ornate embellishments in architecture
Correct Answer: overly ornate embellishments in architecture
Question 40
2 out of 2 points
Tuning systems in the Baroque era gradually came to favor _____.Answer
Selected Answer: equal temperament
Correct Answer: equal temperament
Question 41
0 out of 2 points
Music of the Great Stable was _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
music performed in the area in front of the stage in a theater
Correct Answer:
an ensemble composed of wind, brass, and timpani players who provided military and outdoor music for the French monarchy
Question 42
0 out of 2 points
The concertato medium consisted of _____.Answer
Selected Answer: two treble instruments plus a keyboard
Correct Answer: a mixed grouping of voices and instruments
Question 43
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes the Italian secular cantata?Answer
Selected Answer:
a mini-opera with scenery and costumes
Correct Answer:
many short, contrasting sections with recitatives and arias for solo voice with continuo
Question 44
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes a typical sonata da camera?Answer
Selected Answer:
It consisted of four movements, usually in slow-fast-slow-fast order.
Correct Answer:
It consisted of several stylized dances preceded by a prelude.
Question 45
0 out of 2 points
Monteverdi called his approach to composition _____.Answer
Selected Answer: doctrine of affections
Correct Answer: seconda pratica
Question 46
0 out of 2 points
The genre cultivated for Christmas and Easter in colonial Latin America was the _____.Answer
Selected Answer: carol
Correct Answer: villancico
Question 47
0 out of 2 points
The zarzuela was _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
an Italian adaptation of French ballet
Correct Answer:
the predominant genre of musical theater in Spain for several centuries
Question 48
2 out of 2 points
Louis XIV and other members of the nobility took part in performances of which genre?Answer
Selected Answer: the court ballet
Correct Answer: the court ballet
Question 49
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best defines the cantata in the seventeenth century?Answer
Selected Answer:
A series of variations on a well-known song
Correct Answer: A succession of arias and recitatives in a brief, unstaged work
Question 50
0 out of 2 points
The leading composer of church music in France during the late seventeenth century was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Jean-Baptiste Lully
Correct Answer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Question 1
0 out of 2 points
The main patron(s) of music in the French Baroque was/were _____.Answer
Selected Answer: the Cathedral of Notre Dame
Correct Answer: Louis XIV
Question 2
0 out of 2 points
The main composer of Roman oratoriosAnswer
Selected Answer: Lodovico Viadana
Correct Answer: Giacomo Carissimi
Question 3
0 out of 2 points
Monteverdi’s seventh and eighth books of madrigals are best known for _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
being attacked by Artusi because they break counterpoint rules
Correct Answer: including madrigals in the concertato medium
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes the form of the French overture?Answer
Selected Answer:
a slow opening marked by dotted rhythms, followed by a fast fugal section, with an optional slow closing section
Correct Answer:
a slow opening marked by dotted rhythms, followed by a fast fugal section, with an optional slow closing section
Question 5
0 out of 2 points
San Petronio in Bologna was known for being a center for developments in _____.Answer
Selected Answer: sacred concerto
Correct Answer: instrumental music
Question 6
0 out of 2 points
Realization is _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
Monteverdi’s term for the compositional techniques that Artusi criticized
Correct Answer:
filling in the chords above a bass line according to the numbers above the line
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
Alessandro Scarlatti is known mainly for works in which genre(s)?Answer
Selected Answer: secular cantata and opera
Correct Answer: secular cantata and opera
Question 8
0 out of 2 points
Jean-Baptiste Lully is best known for his contribution to the development of _____.Answer
Selected Answer: oratorio
Correct Answer: opera
Question 9
0 out of 2 points
The composer known for his performance on the violin was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Alessandro Scarlatti
Correct Answer: Arcangelo Corelli
Question 10
0 out of 2 points
Fiori musicali was _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
a treatise on composing church music according to revised principles of the prima pratica
Correct Answer:
a collection of organ music composed for use in Mass
Question 11
0 out of 2 points
Stylized dance music suites in France were most often performed by _____.Answer
Selected Answer: the Vingt-quatre violons du Roi
Correct Answer: lute or harpsichord
Question 12
2 out of 2 points
The small instrumental ensemble in a concerto grosso is referred to as the _____.Answer
Selected Answer: concertino
Correct Answer: concertino
Question 13
0 out of 2 points
Which of these statements is true of the role of improvisation in Baroque music?Answer
Selected Answer:
Everything was written out, with no room for improvisation.
Correct Answer:
Part of the accompaniment was written out, the rest improvised, and the melody could be embellished.
Question 14
0 out of 2 points
In 1722, Rameau developed an influential theory of _____.Answer
Selected Answer: embellishment
Correct Answer: harmony
Question 15
0 out of 2 points
Henry Purcell’s employer was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: the Church of England
Correct Answer: the English monarchy
Question 16
0 out of 2 points
Which scoring is typical of Lully’s orchestration?Answer
Selected Answer: two violins plus continuo
Correct Answer: fivepart string orchestra augmented by woodwinds
Question 17
2 out of 2 points
Which genre substituted for opera when public theaters were closed?Answer
Selected Answer: oratorio
Correct Answer: oratorio
Question 18
0 out of 2 points
The count who hosted gatherings of poets and musicians at his home was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Mei
Correct Answer: Bardi
Question 19
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes the Italian secular cantata?Answer
Selected Answer:
a mini-opera with scenery and costumes
Correct Answer:
many short, contrasting sections with recitatives and arias for solo voice with continuo
Question 20
0 out of 2 points
The texture of Baroque music is marked by _____.Answer
Selected Answer: equality of all voices
Correct Answer: a polarity between bass and treble lines
Question 21
0 out of 2 points
The leading composer of church music in France during the late seventeenth century was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Jean-Baptiste Lully
Correct Answer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Question 22
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best defines the cantata in the seventeenth century?Answer
Selected Answer:
A series of variations on a well-known song
Correct Answer: A succession of arias and recitatives in a brief, unstaged work
Question 23
0 out of 2 points
The zarzuela was _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
an Italian adaptation of French ballet
Correct Answer:
the predominant genre of musical theater in Spain for several centuries
Question 24
2 out of 2 points
The scholar whose study of ancient Greek texts led him to believe that all Greek plays had been sung was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Mei
Correct Answer: Mei
Question 25
0 out of 2 points
A repeating bass line used as the basis of variations is called _____.Answer
Selected Answer: basso continuo
Correct Answer: ostinato bass
Question 26
2 out of 2 points
Tuning systems in the Baroque era gradually came to favor _____.Answer
Selected Answer: equal temperament
Correct Answer: equal temperament
Question 27
0 out of 2 points
An opera by Lully might also be called a(n) _____.Answer
Selected Answer: ouvrage
Correct Answer: tragédie en musique or tragédie lyrique
Question 28
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes Schütz’s training and career?Answer
Selected Answer:
He was the first major composer to be trained and employed exclusively in German-speaking lands.
Correct Answer:
He studied with Gabrieli in Venice, then worked in Kassel and Dresden.
Question 29
0 out of 2 points
In Rome, roles for high voices were sung by _____.Answer
Selected Answer: women who had been trained in the church
Correct Answer: men who had been castrated as boys
Question 30
0 out of 2 points
Divisions and partite are terms for _____.Answer
Selected Answer: dance steps that divide or partition the measure
Correct Answer: variations movements
Question 31
2 out of 2 points
Published the first book of sacred music with basso continuoAnswer
Selected Answer: Lodovico Viadana
Correct Answer: Lodovico Viadana
Question 32
0 out of 2 points
The tonal organization of a dance movement in binary form (assuming a major key) can best be summarized as _____.Answer
Selected Answer: ||: I :|| ||: I :|| ||: I :|| etc.
Correct Answer: ||: I–V :|| ||: V–I :||
Question 33
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes the Renaissance antecedents of opera?Answer
Selected Answer:
There was no staged music before opera, but dance songs sometimes included dialogue.
Correct Answer:
Opera arose directly from the madrigal cycle without other influences.
Question 34
0 out of 2 points
The poet who wrote the text for some of the first operas was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Mei
Correct Answer: Rinuccini
Question 35
0 out of 2 points
Cesti composed his most famous opera for audiences in which region?Answer
Selected Answer: Northern Italy, including Venice
Correct Answer: Austria
Question 36
0 out of 2 points
Antonio Stradivari was instrumental in the development of the _____.Answer
Selected Answer: organ
Correct Answer: violin
Question 37
0 out of 2 points
The form of the typical late-seventeenth-century toccata is _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
a series of entrances on a theme, followed by improvisatory music
Correct Answer:
a series of short sections in free style alternating with longer ones in imitative counterpoint
Question 38
0 out of 2 points
Composed Jewish liturgical polyphonic musicAnswer
Selected Answer: Lodovico Viadana
Correct Answer: Salamone Rossi
Question 39
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is not characteristic of Roman oratorios?Answer
Selected Answer: They were elaborately staged.
Correct Answer: They were elaborately staged.
Question 40
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes the state of Lutheran church music after the Thirty Years’ War?Answer
Selected Answer:
Lutherans believed that only the minor mode should be used for the following thirty years.
Correct Answer:
Lutherans were divided in their opinions about the type of music that should be used.
Question 41
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes a typical sonata da chiesa?Answer
Selected Answer:
It consisted of four movements, usually in slow-fast-slow-fast order.
Correct Answer:
It consisted of four movements, usually in slow-fast-slow-fast order.
Question 42
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following letter schemes best represents the formal plan of a da capo aria?Answer
Selected Answer: AAAAA
Correct Answer: ABA
Question 43
0 out of 2 points
The term Baroque is now applied to _____.Answer
Selected Answer: music from ca. 1550–1700
Correct Answer: music from ca. 1600–1750
Question 44
0 out of 2 points
Published more cantatas than any other composer of the early seventeenth century
Answer
Selected Answer: Lodovico Viadana
Correct Answer: Barbara Strozzi
Question 45
0 out of 2 points
What was the most common instrumentation for the sonata after ca. 1650?Answer
Selected Answer:
Any instrument or combination of instruments could be used.
Correct Answer: One or two treble instruments (usually violin(s)) and harpsichord
Question 46
0 out of 2 points
The large instrumental ensemble in a concerto grosso is referred to as the _____.Answer
Selected Answer: concertino
Correct Answer: concerto grosso
Question 47
0 out of 2 points
Music of the Great Stable was _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
the first large ensemble of the violin family
Correct Answer:
an ensemble composed of wind, brass, and timpani players who provided military and outdoor music for the French monarchy
Question 48
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes the use of chromaticism in the Baroque era?Answer
Selected Answer:
Chromaticism was used only for expression of strong emotions.
Correct Answer:
Chromaticism expressed only emotions at first, but later was used in harmonic exploration.
Question 49
0 out of 2 points
The earliest opera plots were based on _____.Answer
Selected Answer: historical events
Correct Answer: mythological characters and events
Question 50
0 out of 2 points
Le nuove musiche was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Monteverdi’s term for the modern style
Correct Answer: a collection of songs in monody by Caccini
Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Henry Purcell is best known for composing in which genres?Answer
Selected Answer: English opera, semi-opera, and incidental music for plays
Correct Answer: English opera, semi-opera, and incidental music for plays
Question 2
0 out of 2 points
Monody is the modern term for _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
the use of repeated pitches over a sustained chord
Correct Answer: all accompanied solo singing of the early seventeenth century
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
Artusi criticized Monteverdi’s Cruda Amarilli because it _____.Answer
Selected Answer: violated Zarlino’s counterpoint rules
Correct Answer: violated Zarlino’s counterpoint rules
Question 4
0 out of 2 points
The composer known for his performance on the violin was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Stradella
Correct Answer: Arcangelo Corelli
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
The standard order of movements in seventeenth-century French suites was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue
Correct Answer: allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue
Question 6
0 out of 2 points
The center for opera development after its initial development in Florence was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Venice
Correct Answer: Rome
Question 7
0 out of 2 points
The form of the typical late-seventeenth-century toccata is _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
a series of entrances on a theme, followed by improvisatory music
Correct Answer:
a series of short sections in free style alternating with longer ones in imitative counterpoint
Question 8
0 out of 2 points
In Rome, roles for high voices were sung by _____.Answer
Selected Answer: professional female singers
Correct Answer: men who had been castrated as boys
Question 9
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes a typical sonata da chiesa?Answer
Selected Answer:
It consisted of four movements, usually in slow-fast-slow-fast order.
Correct Answer:
It consisted of four movements, usually in slow-fast-slow-fast order.
Question 10
0 out of 2 points
Monteverdi developed Stile concitato to depict _____.Answer
Selected Answer: scenes of extreme sadness
Correct Answer: agitation
Question 11
2 out of 2 points
Two of Monteverdi’s pupils and his successors as composers of Venetian opera were _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Cavalli and Cesti
Correct Answer: Cavalli and Cesti
Question 12
0 out of 2 points
The genre cultivated for Christmas and Easter in colonial Latin America was the _____.Answer
Selected Answer: carol
Correct Answer: villancico
Question 13
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes the Renaissance antecedents of opera?Answer
Selected Answer:
There was no staged music before opera, but dance songs sometimes included dialogue.
Correct Answer:
Opera arose directly from the madrigal cycle without other influences.
Question 14
2 out of 2 points
Tuning systems in the Baroque era gradually came to favor _____.Answer
Selected Answer: equal temperament
Correct Answer: equal temperament
Question 15
0 out of 2 points
In Baroque music, “affections” can be defined as _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
the Church’s belief that God’s love was called forth with the proper performance of vocal music
Correct Answer:
the spirits or “humors” believed to harbor emotions, and which could be brought into balance with contrasting moods of music
Question 16
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes the state of Lutheran church music after the Thirty Years’ War?Answer
Selected Answer:
Lutherans believed that only the minor mode should be used for the following thirty years.
Correct Answer:
Lutherans were divided in their opinions about the type of music that should be used.
Question 17
0 out of 2 points
The composer who collaborated on the first operas of the Florentine Camerata was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Mei
Correct Answer: Peri
Question 18
0 out of 2 points
How did Cromwell’s prohibition against stage plays affect music performances?Answer
Selected Answer:
All music was banned from the stage.
Correct Answer:
The addition of music and elements from the masque made stage plays acceptable.
Question 19
2 out of 2 points
The typical movements of a Torelli concerto are _____.Answer
Selected Answer: fast-slow-fast
Correct Answer: fast-slow-fast
Question 20
0 out of 2 points
The Banchetto musicale was _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
a collection of organ music composed for use in Mass
Correct Answer:
a collection of suites using dance movements in a standard sequence
Question 21
0 out of 2 points
The term Baroque is now applied to _____.Answer
Selected Answer: music from ca. 1550–1700
Correct Answer: music from ca. 1600–1750
Question 22
2 out of 2 points
The main chamber instruments in seventeenth-century Spain were _____.Answer
Selected Answer: harp and guitar
Correct Answer: harp and guitar
Question 23
0 out of 2 points
The poet who wrote the text for some of the first operas was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Mei
Correct Answer: Rinuccini
Question 24
0 out of 2 points
Arioso is best defined as _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
a compositional style aimed at showing off a singer’s virtuosity
Correct Answer: a singing style midway between aria and recitative
Question 25
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is not characteristic of Roman oratorios?Answer
Selected Answer: They were elaborately staged.
Correct Answer: They were elaborately staged.
Question 26
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes a typical sonata da camera?Answer
Selected Answer:
It consisted of four movements, usually in slow-fast-slow-fast order.
Correct Answer:
It consisted of several stylized dances preceded by a prelude.
Question 27
0 out of 2 points
Musical figures were _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
the English version of agrments
Correct Answer:
counterpoint patterns that had become associated with specific emotions
Question 28
0 out of 2 points
Figured bass is _____.Answer
Selected a bass line notated with embellishments to equal
Answer: embellishments in the top voice
Correct Answer:
a bass line notated with numbers to indicate chords above it
Question 29
2 out of 2 points
The scholar whose study of ancient Greek texts led him to believe that all Greek plays had been sung was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Mei
Correct Answer: Mei
Question 30
0 out of 2 points
Antonio Stradivari was instrumental in the development of the _____.Answer
Selected Answer: organ
Correct Answer: violin
Question 31
2 out of 2 points
The small instrumental ensemble in a concerto grosso is referred to as the _____.Answer
Selected Answer: concertino
Correct Answer: concertino
Question 32
0 out of 2 points
The leading composer of church music in France during the late seventeenth century was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Jean-Baptiste Lully
Correct Answer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Question 33
0 out of 2 points
A repeating bass line used as the basis of variations is called _____.Answer
Selected Answer: basso continuo
Correct Answer: ostinato bass
Question 34
0 out of 2 points
Published more cantatas than any other composer of the early seventeenth centuryAnswer
Selected Answer: Lodovico Viadana
Correct Answer: Barbara Strozzi
Question 35
0 out of 2 points
The main patron(s) of music in the French Baroque was/were _____.Answer
Selected Answer: the Cathedral of Notre Dame
Correct Answer: Louis XIV
Question 36
0 out of 2 points
Stile brisé, developed by lutenists, was imitated in _____.Answer
Selected Answer: opera arias
Correct Answer: harpsichord music
Question 37
0 out of 2 points
Concerts of sacred music given by Buxtehude were called _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Singspiels
Correct Answer: Abendmusiken
Question 38
0 out of 2 points
The texture of Baroque music is marked by _____.Answer
Selected Answer: equality of all voices
Correct Answer: a polarity between bass and treble lines
Question 39
0 out of 2 points
Stadtpfeifers were _____.Answer
Selected Answer: members of amateur music-making clubs
Correct Answer: musicians hired to provide music for the city
Question 40
0 out of 2 points
Music of the Great Stable was _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
the first large ensemble of the violin family
Correct Answer:
an ensemble composed of wind, brass, and timpani players who provided military and outdoor music for the French monarchy
Question 41
0 out of 2 points
The text for an opera is called a(n) _____.Answer
Selected Answer: lyrical poem
Correct Answer: libretto
Question 42
2 out of 2 points
Fiori musicali was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: a collection of organ music composed for use in Mass
Correct Answer: a collection of organ music composed for use in Mass
Question 43
2 out of 2 points
La pœrpura de la rosa was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: the first opera produced in the New World
Correct Answer: the first opera produced in the New World
Question 44
0 out of 2 points
The zarzuela was _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
an Italian adaptation of French ballet
Correct Answer:
the predominant genre of musical theater in Spain for several centuries
Question 45
0 out of 2 points
Monteverdi’s seventh and eighth books of madrigals are best known for _____.Answer
Selected Answer: compositions in the prima pratica style
Correct Answer: including madrigals in the concertato medium
Question 46
0 out of 2 points
Patronage of seventeenth-century music consisted of _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
wealthy patrons who hired musicians for their private chapels
Correct Answer:
wealthy patrons, churches, and public performances of operas and concerts
Question 47
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes Schütz’s training and career?Answer
Selected Answer:
He was the first major composer to be trained and employed exclusively in German-speaking lands.
Correct Answer:
He studied with Gabrieli in Venice, then worked in Kassel and Dresden.
Question 48
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What was the most common instrumentation for the sonata after ca. 1650?Answer
Selected Answer:
Any instrument or combination of instruments could be used.
Correct Answer: One or two treble instruments (usually violin(s)) and harpsichord
Question 49
0 out of 2 points
The concertato medium consisted of _____.Answer
Selected Answer: two treble instruments plus a keyboard
Correct Answer: a mixed grouping of voices and instruments
Question 50
2 out of 2 points
Alessandro Scarlatti is known mainly for works in which genre(s)?Answer
Selected Answer: secular cantata and opera
Correct Answer: secular cantata and opera
Question 1
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The instrumentation for a trio sonata typically consisted of _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
two treble instruments and a cello
Correct Answer:
two treble instruments, an optional cello or viola da gamba, and harpsichord or organ
Question 2
2 out of 2 points
Composed Jewish liturgical polyphonic musicAnswer
Selected Answer: Salamone Rossi
Correct Answer: Salamone Rossi
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes a typical sonata da camera?Answer
Selected Answer:
It consisted of several stylized dances preceded by a prelude.
Correct Answer: It consisted of several stylized dances preceded by a prelude.
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
A repeating bass line used as the basis of variations is called _____.Answer
Selected Answer: ostinato bass
Correct Answer: ostinato bass
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
Stile brisé, developed by lutenists, was imitated in _____.Answer
Selected Answer: harpsichord music
Correct Answer: harpsichord music
Question 6
2 out of 2 points
Patronage of seventeenth-century music consisted of _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
wealthy patrons, churches, and public performances of operas and concerts
Correct Answer:
wealthy patrons, churches, and public performances of operas and concerts
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
The most important composer of toccatas in the early seventeenth century was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Frescobaldi
Correct Answer: Frescobaldi
Question 8
2 out of 2 points
In the seventeenth century, _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
colonies in the Americas imported villancicos from Spain and metric psalmody from England
Correct Answer:
colonies in the Americas imported villancicos from Spain and metric psalmody from England
Question 9
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes the form of the French overture?Answer
Selected Answer:
a slow opening marked by dotted rhythms, followed by a fast fugal section, with an optional slow closing section
Correct Answer:
a slow opening marked by dotted rhythms, followed by a fast fugal section, with an optional slow closing section
Question 10
2 out of 2 points
The leading composer of church music in France during the late seventeenth century was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Correct Answer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Question 11
2 out of 2 points
Which scoring is typical of Lully’s orchestration?Answer
Selected Answer: fivepart string orchestra augmented by woodwinds
Correct Answer: fivepart string orchestra augmented by woodwinds
Question 12
2 out of 2 points
Music of the Great Stable was _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
an ensemble composed of wind, brass, and timpani players who provided military and outdoor music for the French monarchy
Correct Answer:
an ensemble composed of wind, brass, and timpani players who provided military and outdoor music for the French monarchy
Question 13
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Though a nun, she published a collection of her compositions.Answer
Selected Answer: Giacomo Carissimi
Correct Answer: Lucrezia Vizzana
Question 14
2 out of 2 points
The forces for the small-scale sacred concerto typically consisted of _____.Answer
Selected Answer: one or more solo singers with organ and one or two violins
Correct Answer: one or more solo singers with organ and one or two violins
Question 15
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Tonal organization in the Baroque featured _____.Answer
Selected Answer: the twelve church modes
Correct Answer: major and minor tonalities
Question 16
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Musical figures were _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
rhythmic patterns derived from dance steps that were sometimes used in an aria to suggest the moral qualities of the character singing it
Correct Answer:
counterpoint patterns that had become associated with specific emotions
Question 17
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Which of the following is not characteristic of Roman oratorios?Answer
Selected Answer:
They were performed in the oratory portions of Roman churches.
Correct Answer: They were elaborately staged.
Question 18
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Monteverdi called his approach to composition _____.Answer
Selected Answer: doctrine of affections
Correct Answer: seconda pratica
Question 19
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The scholar whose study of ancient Greek texts led him to believe that all Greek plays had been sung was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Peri
Correct Answer: Mei
Question 20
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The style of monody in which a solo singer sings speechlike dialogue to the accompaniment of simple chords is _____.Answer
Selected Answer: aria
Correct Answer: recitative
Question 21
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Divisions and partite are terms for _____.Answer
Selected Answer: dance steps that divide or partition the measure
Correct Answer: variations movements
Question 22
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The instruments of the continuo group usually consist of _____.Answer
Selected Answer: two treble instruments plus a keyboard
Correct Answer: one bass instrument, such as a viol, plus a keyboard or lute
Question 23
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Monody is the modern term for _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
the use of repeated pitches over a sustained chord
Correct Answer: all accompanied solo singing of the early seventeenth century
Question 24
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How did Cromwell’s prohibition against stage plays affect music performances?Answer
Selected Answer:
All music was banned from the stage.
Correct Answer:
The addition of music and elements from the masque made stage plays acceptable.
Question 25
2 out of 2 points
Fiori musicali was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: a collection of organ music composed for use in Mass
Correct Answer: a collection of organ music composed for use in Mass
Question 26
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Arioso is best defined as _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
a compositional style aimed at showing off a singer’s virtuosity
Correct Answer: a singing style midway between aria and recitative
Question 27
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Which of the following statements best describes the use of chromaticism in the era?Answer
Selected Answer:
Chromaticism was used only for expression of strong emotions.
Correct Answer:
Chromaticism expressed only emotions at first, but later was used in harmonic exploration.
Question 28
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In Baroque music, “affections” can be defined as _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
the Church’s belief that God’s love was called forth with the proper performance of vocal music
Correct Answer:
the spirits or “humors” believed to harbor emotions, and which could be brought into balance with contrasting moods of music
Question 29
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In Rome, roles for high voices were sung by _____.Answer
Selected Answer: professional female singers
Correct Answer: men who had been castrated as boys
Question 30
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The texture of Baroque music is marked by _____.Answer
Selected Answer: equality of all voices
Correct Answer: a polarity between bass and treble lines
Question 31
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Which of the following is not true of mid-seventeenth-century Italian opera style?Answer
Selected Answer:
There was a concentration on solo singing, with more arias per act.
Correct Answer:
Singers and spectacle had replaced drama as the focus of interest.
Question 32
2 out of 2 points
Henry Purcell is best known for composing in which genres?Answer
Selected Answer: English opera, semi-opera, and incidental music for plays
Correct Answer: English opera, semi-opera, and incidental music for plays
Question 33
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Which of the following statements best describes the state of Lutheran church music after the Thirty Years’ War?Answer
Selected Lutherans believed that only the minor mode should be used
Answer: for the following thirty years.
Correct Answer:
Lutherans were divided in their opinions about the type of music that should be used.
Question 34
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Which of these statements is true of the role of improvisation in Baroque music?Answer
Selected Answer:
Everything was written out, with no room for improvisation.
Correct Answer:
Part of the accompaniment was written out, the rest improvised, and the melody could be embellished.
Question 35
0 out of 2 points
The concertato medium consisted of _____.Answer
Selected Answer: two treble instruments plus a keyboard
Correct Answer: a mixed grouping of voices and instruments
Question 36
0 out of 2 points
In modern editions of Baroque music, small notes in a keyboard part indicate _____.Answer
Selected Answer: alternate pitches
Correct Answer: editorial suggestions to flesh out unnotated parts
Question 37
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes Schütz’s training and career?Answer
Selected Answer:
He was the first major composer to be trained and employed exclusively in German-speaking lands.
Correct Answer:
He studied with Gabrieli in Venice, then worked in Kassel and Dresden.
Question 38
0 out of 2 points
Seventeenth-century sculpture sought to _____.Answer
Selected Answer: replicate classical aesthetics
Correct Answer: portray more drama and emotion
Question 39
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Le nuove musiche was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Monteverdi’s term for the modern style
Correct Answer: a collection of songs in monody by Caccini
Question 40
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Which of the following statements best describes the Italian secular cantata?Answer
Selected Answer:
a mini-opera with scenery and costumes
Correct Answer:
many short, contrasting sections with recitatives and arias for solo voice with continuo
Question 41
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements best describes a typical sonata da chiesa?Answer
Selected Answer:
It consisted of four movements, usually in slow-fast-slow-fast order.
Correct Answer:
It consisted of four movements, usually in slow-fast-slow-fast order.
Question 42
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The small instrumental ensemble in a concerto grosso is referred to as the _____.Answer
Selected Answer: collegium musicum
Correct Answer: concertino
Question 43
2 out of 2 points
Published the first book of sacred music with basso continuoAnswer
Selected Answer: Lodovico Viadana
Correct Answer: Lodovico Viadana
Question 44
0 out of 2 points
The genre cultivated for Christmas and Easter in colonial Latin America was the _____.Answer
Selected Answer: carol
Correct Answer: villancico
Question 45
2 out of 2 points
The Passion is a _____.Answer
Selected Answer: multi-movement work depicting the last days of Christ
Correct Answer: multi-movement work depicting the last days of Christ
Question 46
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The Banchetto musicale was _____.Answer
Selected Answer:
a collection of organ music composed for use in Mass
Correct Answer:
a collection of suites using dance movements in a standard sequence
Question 47
2 out of 2 points
Jean-Baptiste Lully is best known for his contribution to the development of _____.
Answer
Selected Answer: opera
Correct Answer: opera
Question 48
0 out of 2 points
The count who hosted gatherings of poets and musicians at his home was _____.Answer
Selected Answer: Mei
Correct Answer: Bardi
Question 49
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The term Baroque is now applied to _____.Answer
Selected Answer: music from ca. 1550–1700
Correct Answer: music from ca. 1600–1750
Question 50
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The main patron(s) of music in the French Baroque was/were _____.Answer
Selected Answer: middle-class concert audiences
Correct Answer: Louis XIV