Test

1. Listening to music is much more than just being aware of its

sounds.
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2. Why is memory so important in learning to listen to music?

a. It helps us to hear the difference between high and low sounds.

b. It helps us to hear the difference between loud and soft sounds.

c. People hear just an instant of music at any particular
moment.

d. We need to remember the pieces we like.

e. It helps become more responsive to music.

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3. Tempo refers to the

a. speed of the
beats b. pattern of
the beats c. length of
the beats d. lack of
beats

e. number of beats

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4. A sharp (#) lowers a pitch by one half step.

ANS:false

5. The home chord in a key is called the

a. head chord
b. major chord

c. tonic chord

d. hub chord

e. neutral chord

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6. Music that features a melody and accompanying parts is
a. polyphonic
b. monophonic
c.
homophonic
d. melophonic
e. contrapuntal

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7. The letter f indicates that the music should be soft.

ANS:False
8. When the soloist in a concerto plays alone a paraphrase of the
themes, he or she is playing a
a. break
b. motive

c. movement
d. cadenza
e. cadence

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9. The term for the different levels of loudness and softness in

music is
a. modulation
b. intonation
c. texture

d. organization
e. dynamics

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10. The string instruments in a symphony orchestra consist of

violins, cellos, double basses, harp, and
a. guitars

b. mandolins

c. electric guitars
d. piano

e. violas

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11. The higher female voice is the

a. soprano
b. alto
c. tenor

d. chanteuse
e. treble

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12. Which instrument is not a percussion instrument?

a. chimes
b. marimba
c. triangle
d. harp

e. timpani
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13. Which percussion instrument can produce different pitches?

a. cymbals
b. tambourine
c. xylophone
d. snare drum
e. bass drum

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14. The pipe organ has a pedalboard that is played with the feet.

ANS:true

15. A traditional acoustic guitar and an electric guitar sound very

much alike.
ANS:false

16. The music the early Greeks sounded like

a. the music of the early Christian church

b. the music of the Jewish temple c. the
folk music of the Middle east
d. Native American music
e. No one knows what it really sounded like

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17. Polyphony developed in

a. the monasteries of England
b. the Cathedral of Notre Dame in
Paris c. Westminster Abbey in London

d. the Dom Cathedral in Cologne

e. St. Peter's in Rome

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18. Which was a Medieval dance?

a. waltz
b. minuet
c. fox trot
d. mazurka
e.
estampie

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19. The approximate dates of the Baroque period in music are
a. 1100-1450

b. 1450-1600

c. 1600-1750

d. 1750-1820

e. 1820-1900

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20. An important composer of music in the Baroque was

a. Palestrina
b. Pope Gregory
c. Mozart
d.
Handel
e. Josquin

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21. Handel’s oratorio Messiah calls for

a. recitatives
b. orchestra
c. chorus d.
arias

e. All of these choices

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22. An important composer of early operas was

a. J.S. Bach
b. Palestrina
c. Hildegard
d.
Monteverdi
e. Palestrina

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23. In which texture are fugues?

a. monophonic
b. homophonic
c. polyphonic

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24. J.S. Bach composed six concertos, performed often today, for
the margrave of
a. Berlin b.
Dresden c.
Hamburg
d. Munich

e. Brandenburg

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25. The themes in the music of the Classical period tend to be

a. long and flowing.
b. loud and dramatic

c. short ideas connected

together d. very rhythmic

e. very passionate

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26. The word “classical” means something that is

a. very old
b. unusual

c. of highest quality

d. of high monetary value

e. enjoyed only by educated people

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27. The Classical period in art and music existed at about the same
time as the
a. fall of the Roman Empire

b. first settlements by Europeans in America

c. Revolutionary War in America

d. Civil War in America

e. First World War

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28. Composers in the Classical period composed many symphonies

and concertos.
ANS:true

29. Mozart was highly successful in composing

a. operas
b. chamber music

c. symphonies

d. concertos

e. All of these choices

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30. The soloist in a concerto sits at his or her usual place in the
orchestra.

ANS: false

31. How many movements do most concertos have?

a. one
b. two
c.
three
d. four
e. five

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32. What city was considered the center for music during the
Classical period?
a. Venice
b. Paris
c. London
d. Vienna
e. Rome

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33. Haydn was very successful at composing

a. symphonies
b. chamber music
c. concertos

d. oratorios

e. All of these choices

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34. Beethoven's ideals are represented in his setting of Schiller's

"Ode to Joy" in his
a. opera Fidelio

b. “To my beloved” song cycle

c. Symphony No. 9

d. Symphony No. 3

e. Piano Concerto No. 4

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35. Like Mozart, Beethoven had his compositions well thought out
before putting them on paper.
ANS: false

36. In many ways the Romantic period had a split personality, with
its admiration of beauty contrasted with its fascination with evil.
 ANS:true

37. The term “romance” came from

a. medieval poems about a heroic person or event in a language

derived from Latin

b. a series of passionate love stories set in Rome

c. poems that were written during the time of the Roman Empire
d. stories about heroic Roman soldiers

e. tales about ancient Roman rulers

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38. Romanticism was mainly concerned with romantic and even

erotic love.
ANS:false

39. The most significant composer of art songs is

a. Beethoven

b. Schubert

c. Clara Schumann

d. Felix Mendelssohn

e. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

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40. The Romantic period is sometimes called "The Golden Age of…”
a. Opera
b. Harmony
c. the Piano

d. the Orchestra
e. the Singer

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41. Important composers of piano music in the Romantic period

include
a. Verdi and Puccini
b. Chopin and Liszt
c. R. Strauss and Wagner
d. Schumann and Rossini
e. Monteverdi and Purcell

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42. An important composer of ballet music was

a. Berlioz
b. Schubert
c. Tchaikovsky

d. Mendelssohn

e. Liszt

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43. The term bel canto means beautiful

a. singing
b. melodies
c. chanting

d. choral music
e. music for bells

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44. How many symphonies did Brahms compose?

a. one
b. two
c.four
d. nine
e. fifteen

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45. In addition to Symphony No. 4, Tchaikovsky also composed

a. The Moldau
b. The Nutcracker Suite
c. “Der Erlkönig”

d. Symphonie fantastique
e. La Bohème

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46. The name most associated with Norwegian nationalism is

a. Jean Sibelius
b. Edvard Grieg
c. Thor Johnson
d. Gustav Holst
e. Carl Nielsen

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47. The Russian composer who represents a phase called

“exoticism” is
a. Borodin
b. Mussorgsky
c. Glinka
d. Tchaikovsky

e. Rimsky-Korsakov

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48. Harmonies in twentieth-century music are generally more

dissonant than those in nineteenth-century music.
ANS:true

49. Which section of the orchestra became more important in

twentieth-century music?
a. string

b. woodwinds
c. brasses
d. percussion

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50. Which statement is true about Igor Stravinsky?

a. He was born in France.
b. He composed in several different musical styles.
c. He composed nine symphonies.

d. He taught composition at the Eastman School of Music for many

years.

e. He composed much music for films.

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