Music Appreciation EXAM Review

Which is NOT true about chant?

• It was sung by men

• It was monophonic

• Text was in Latin

• It was secular

Leonin added a musical line to the chant while studying at Notre Dame and called it

• Mass

• Organum

• Organism

• Motet

A (a)   is a vocal piece for 3-4 voices where the ​ (b)   is often different between vocal lines​

• motet
• text
• kyrie
• volume

In the Renaissance, a motet was generally ​ (a)   while a ​ madrigal was ​ (b)  

• sacred
• secular

The Baroque period lasted from ​ (a)   to ​ (b)  

• 1600
• 1750
• 1675
• 1800

Handel's Messiah is the most famous ________ still performed today

• Mass

• Opera

• Oratorio

• Symphony

Handel's Messiah has ​ (a)   movements and was written in only ​ (b)   days

• 53
• 24
• 18
• 12
• 46

What is The Four Seasons?

• A work for strings by Vivaldi

• An opera by Bach

• A violin solo by Corelli

• On oratorio by Handel

The Classical period was from ​ (a)   to​ (b)  

• 1750
• 1825
• 1700
• 1800

All of the following are TRUE about Haydn except...

• worked for the Esterhazy family

• born in Germany

• Father of the Symphony

• Died in poverty