Music Memory 2020-21 Practice Quiz #2

Singing without instrumental accompaniment

• Canzonetta

• Leitmotif

• A cappella, which means "in chapel style"

• Stinger

This composer earned a living as an owner of an insurance agency.

• Shostakovich

• Ives

• Sousa

• Ponce

This major work is the fourth most-performed opera in the world.

• Carmina Burana

• Die Walküre

• Messiah

• The Magic Flute

This composer lived in the U.S., and was the Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City.

• Dvořák

• Ives

• Holst

• Puccini

What is an Opera aria?

• a musical piece usually in 4 or more parts written for a large number of singers.

• a musical composition for choir, soloists, and orchestra with a religious theme.

• a song from an opera for one voice, often sung with an orchestra.

• a set of pieces for orchestra performed in a concert setting

A short, showy piece of music played for a special event or to announce the arrival of an important person.

• Oratorio

• Introduction

• Fanfare

• Incidental

This composer became a priest, but continued to compose music.

• Vecchi

• Puccini

• Bach

• Orff

Considered Poland's greatest composer and pianist. Wrote 23 polonaises.

• Dvořák

• Shostakovich

• Chopin

• Chaminade

Known as the "Creator of Modern Mexican Song."

• Falla

• Ponce

• Vecchi

• Puccini

A form of Spanish folk music and dance characterized by guitar, singing, castanets, and rhythmic hand clapping and foot stamping

• Polonnaise

• Dissonance

• Flamenco

• Libretto