Identify the answer that lists representative composers from the Renaissance.
Josquin, Palestrina, Weelkes
Which term is synonymous with word painting?
madrigalism
What architectural style, known for its pointed arches, high ceiling vaults, and flying buttresses, characterized the cathedrals built in Europe between 1150 and 1350?
Gothic
During the Renaissance music had virtually no relationship to the meaning of the text.
False
Which instrument was the medieval ancestor of the modern violin?
vielle
Which set of dates frame the Renaissance?
1450-1600
As the central religious service of the Roman Catholic Church, the ________ is a symbolic reenactment of the Last Supper that incorporates singing for spiritual reflection as well as an accompaniment to sacred acts.
Mass
Who was the first composer to set the entire Ordinary of the Mass in a way that shaped the sections into an integrated whole? His example started a trend that has been followed by many composers, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Stravinsky.
Machaut
This genre, consisting of a large body of unaccompanied monophonic vocal music set to Latin texts, was composed for the Western Church over the course of fifteen centuries.
Gregorian chant
The polyphonic procedure known as ________ occurs when one or more voices duplicate the melody, one after the other.
imitation
The evolution of polyphony during the medieval Age of Cathedrals included all of the following traits except:
the polyphony emphasizes imitation between each of the parts
The high, soprano-like voice produced by adult male singers when they sing in head voice and not in full chest voice is called:
falsetto
Which two historical events can mark the beginning and ending of the Middle Ages?
Fall of the Roman Empire to the Age of Discovery (culminating in the voyages of Christopher Columbus)
Which individual is not considered a composer representative of the Middle Ages?
Palestrina
Medieval melody is best described as:
they move mostly by step within a narrow range and rarely use chromatic notes
What term is applied to unaccompanied vocal music?
a cappella
Which composer, whose "Rondeau" was selected in 1971 to be the theme music for a long-running television show, served as a musician at the palace of Versailles for Louis XV?
Mouret
Which genre is not applicable to the early Baroque era?
string quartet
The concept that different musical moods could and should be used to influence the emotions of the listener is known as:
Doctrine of Affections
Western opera first emerged:
around 1600 in Italy
The synonym for "ground bass" is:
basso ostinato
Which composer is considered "the father of opera"?
Monteverdi
What is an ostinato?
a musical figure, motive, melody, harmony, or rhythm that is repeated again and again
Which group of instruments formed the core of the Baroque orchestra?
violin family
The term for the text of an opera is:
libretto
Which composer published more sets of chamber cantatas than any other figure of the early Baroque period?
Strozzi
This instrument, which produces a tinkling sound and usually played in step with a strong bass line, signals to the listener that the music being performed comes from the Baroque era.
harpsichord
Which type of vocal music is characterized by clear meter, regular rhythms, and long vocal melismas (one vowel spread out over many notes)?
aria
Identify the individual who is not considered a Baroque composer.
Josquin
Identify the composer and composition heard in the listening excerpt.
Pachelbel, Canon in D
Which definition fits the term "melodic sequence"?
repetition of a musical motive at successively higher or lower degrees of the scale
Which wind instrument was never included in a Baroque orchestra?
clarinet
Which genre is a dramatic work in which the actors sing some or all of their parts and usually features elaborate stage sets and costumes?
opera
A ________ is a composition for three, four, or five parts played or sung by voices or instruments; it begins with a presentation of a subject in imitation in each part and continues with modulating passages of free counterpoint and further appearances of
fugue
What is a "chorale"?
a spiritual song or religious folksong of the Lutheran church
Which instrument is most suitable for playing polyphonic counterpoint?
organ
While late Baroque composers reintroduced polyphony to the musical texture of their music, compositions of the period still emphasized the melody and basso continuo at the expense of the middle parts, which was basically considered as nothing more than mu
False
Which pair of individuals were not Baroque era composers?
Palestrina and Josquin
Identify the composer and composition heard in the listening example.
Handel, Messiah
Although ________ was born in Germany, he spent time in Italy perfecting his compositional style, and then made his career in England, where he won fame and fortune.
Handel
Identify the composition and composer of the listening example.
Wachet auf, fourth movement, Bach
Which reason did not spur Handel into composing oratorios rather than opera?
could not find any more interesting opera librettos
Identify the erroneous statement about Handel's oratorio, The Messiah.
the choruses are simple, homophonic settings of chorales
Which genre dominated the stage during the Baroque era, made use of serious historical or mythological subjects, was organized into three long acts, featured da capo arias, and often castrati singing the heroic male roles?
opera seria
This composer was famous as an organ virtuoso during his lifetime. He never traveled outside of his native country, Germany, and spent the last decades of his life in Leipzig as the cantor of Saint Thomas's church and choir school.
Bach
Which genre, commonly performed during Lutheran church services in early eighteenth-century Germany, is a multi-movement sacred work that includes recitatives, arias, and choruses, and is accompanied by a small orchestra?
cantata
This genre is a large-scale sacred composition that involves an overture, arias, recitatives, and choruses, but sung, whether in a theater or a church, without costumes or scenery.
oratorio
Identify the incorrect statement regarding the fugue.
polyphonic statements of the theme alternate with expositions (passages of homophonic development
Which term accurately describes the basso continuo line in the listening example?
walking bass
Unlike the early Baroque period, the late Baroque-as exemplified in the compositions of Bach and Handel-was not a time of innovation but of musical consolidation and refinement.
True