Chapter 17, Music Appreciation

The person credited with devising the first true system of staff notation was a Benedictine monk named Guido of Arezzo.

• True

• False

In the era of art and music following the Renaissance, the emphasis on classical Greek ideals wasn't abandoned

• True

• False

Fugue is a rich, polyphonic composition consisting of a series of successive melody imitations.

• True

• False

Some fugues also include a ______________, which is a figure that follows the subject or answer, usually in the same voice.

• Countersubject

• Specialsubject

• Coolsubject

• Musicalsubject

Western classical music as we know it evolved over many centuries. Its roots can be traced to _______ ______ and ____.

• The Renaissances, Humanism

• Ancient Greece, Rome

• Medieval period, Plainsong

• Your Mom, Dad

_________ is music with no strict meter or accompaniment, sung by a single voice or unison choir.

• Parallel Organum

• Neumes

• Plainsong

• Score

One of the earliest operas on record is Orfeo (1607), written by the great Italian composer _______ _________ (1567-1643).

• Claudio Monteverdi

• Orlando De Lassus

• John Bach

• Antonio Vivaldi

The Four Seasons (1725). As the title suggests, Vivaldi sought to characterize the four seasons of the year. He named the concertos accordingly: "______," "______," "______,"and "______."

• Summer, Autumn, Spring, and Winter

• Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter

• Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn

• Summer, Winter, Autumn, and Spring

A compositional method in which two voice parts sing the same melody, one a perfect fourth or fifth higher than the other.

• Plainsong

• Score

• Neumes

• Parallel Organum

Written notation

• Score

• Plainsong

• Parallel Organum

• Neumes