WorksheetsMusic Final Exam
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
The Classical Era in music lasted from
1450 - 1600
1600 - 1750
450 - 1450
1750 - 1820
The relative thinness or thickness of sound and types of music layers is known as
texture
polyphony
monophonic
In music, the Middle Ages refers to music composed between the years
450 - 1450
1820 - 1900
1600 - 1750
1450 - 1600
Which composer is not part of the Baroque era?
Antonio Vivaldi
Ludwig van Beethoven
George Frederik Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Which of the following best describes a fugue?
An imitative contrapuntal form built on one or two themes
A form of classical fusion
A bass line
An imitative contrapuntal form built on one theme
When one note of music is set to each syllable of text, it is known as
vibrato
melismatic
choral music
syllabic
Which musical texture consists of two or more separate melodies of equal importance at the same time?
monophonic
homophonic
polyphonic
syllabic
The Renaissance Era in Music spans the years
1450 - 1600
450 - 1450
1600 - 1750
1820 - 1900
The Baroque Era of music spans the years
450 - 1450
1450 - 1600
1750 - 1820
1600 - 1750
Which musical characteristic is NOT typical of the Baroque era?
Tuneful melodies and simple harmony
Continuous expanding, unfolding melody
Continuity of rhythm
Music expresses one basic mood
A single melodic line with no accompaniment is called a ______ texture.
Music written for the church is considered
Secular music
Sacred music
Polyphonic
Reverent music
Who were the first known composers of notated polyphony?
Giovanni and Palestrina
Leonin and Perotin
Roman Catholic monks
Anonymous priests and nuns
Which musical characteristic is NOT typical of the Classical style?
Great variety and contrast of mood
Most music uses homophonic texture
Greater use of dynamics
Terraced dynamics
When music consists of one primary melody with harmonic or chordal accompaniment it is called _______ texture.
Bach's death in 1820 marks the end of the Baroque Era.
True
False
The Pathétique sonata was composed by
Haydn
Beethoven
Mozart
none of these
The loudness level in music is referred to as dynamics.
True
False
Which composer is NOT part of the Classical Era?
Franz Joseph Haydn
Ludwig van Beethoven
George Frederik Handel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Antonio Vivalsi
Which composer is not part of the Baroque era?
Antonio Vivaldi
George Frederik Handel
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
In which context did electronic music begin?
Popular
Contemporary
Classical
Folk
Music based on the 12 tones of the chromatic scale arranged in a specific order is called
serialism
atonal
fugue
mushique concrete
The best-known and most successful early American composer of classical music is
George Smith
William Anderson
Aaron Copland
Charles Ives
Deliberate absence of a tonal center is called atonality.
True
False
The music of the 20th century generally placed more emphasis on texture and timbre than on melody and harmony
True
False
Which of the following artistic styles, derived from the philosophy and practice of a group of French painters, influenced musical trends toward the end of the nineteenth century?
Serialism
Impressionism
Avant-garde
Modernism
Music created for its own sake, without any extramusical connotations, is known as
program music
romantic music
symphonic music
absolute music
Music from the Romantic Era is primarily polyphonic.
True
False
Bach's death in 1750 marks the end of the Baroque Era
True
False
Most music during the Middle Ages was vocal
True
False
Which musical texture consists of two or more separate melodies of equal importance at the same time?
monophonic
homophonic
polyphonic
syllabic
