Music Appreciation MCQ
1. Sometimes a composer will collaborate with a ____________ who writes the words of the song.
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2. The church frowned on instruments because of their ______.
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Earlier role in pagan rites
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3. In blue cathedral, higdon incorporates___________, effectively evoking an asian soundscape.
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Chinese reflex balls
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4. Joshua redman & stevie wonder duke tribute in this video you see ___________________?
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Saxophonist
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5. In verdis operas the orchestra plays a greater role in ________ and a lesser role in ________.
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Recitatives; arias
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6. In the first movement of symphony no. 5, beethoven transforms the opening motif by __________.
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Changing the instruments and placing the motif in a polyphonic texture
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7. In modern music ______.
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All of the above
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8. In harmony, the ________ is considered a place of rest and return.
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9. In electronic music, there is no need for ______.
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Performers
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10. In baroque instrumental music, ________ were used to suggest pastoral scenes.
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Woodwind instruments
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11. Paul's wife, linda, plays ________ during this song.
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Electric guitarelectric
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12. The bowed string instrument with the highest range is the _____.
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13. The beatles's recording _________ can be considered a unified song cycle.
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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14. The baroque system of figured bass allowed the performer to _____.
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Fill in the harmonies
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15. Regarding wynton marsalis, it is correct to affirm that __________?
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Two of the answers are correct.
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16. Ralph vaughan williams was a(n) ________ composer.
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English nationalist
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17. Quality recorded music was not available until 1897 with the invention of the __________.
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78 rpm disk
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18. In britain in the 1950s and early 1960s, a teenage fad known as the _________ was all the rage.
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Teddy boy
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19. In musical notation, silence is indicated by ______.
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20. In its simplest form, the only three chords are used in the blues; the ____, ____, and ____ chords.
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21. The dominant and the ______________are considered active chords.
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Subdominant
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22. One way that unity is often achieved in the classical symphony is by the use of the same ______.
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Key in three of its four movements
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23. The cultural influence of jazz was from people of __________ heritage.
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African, French, and Spanish
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24. Paul and john sing duo style on this live recording from the ______________ sessions.
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Abbey Road
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25. The biggest selling elvis single was __________________, with both sides reaching #1 in the u.s.
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26. The early band member discussed in this clip played _________ with the first beatles incarnation.
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27. Jelly roll morton rated _________as the best of the cornet kings
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Freddie Keppard
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28. In schoenbergs pierrot lunaire, pierrot is a(n) _____.
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Troubled clown
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29. In opera the recitative provided narrative while the __________ provided commentary on the plot.
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30. In musical forms ________ stimulates our interest and feeds our desire for change.
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31. The combination of two traditional chords sounding together is known as ______.
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A polychord
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32. The famous aria la donna mobile is taken from verdi's opera ______.
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Rigoletto.
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33. The blending of african music tradition with european church music in known as the ________.
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Spiritual, the blues and ragtime
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34. Johannes brahms wrote a total of ______ symphonies.
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35. The persian and arabic word sharm can best be defined as _____.
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Outspoken and shy
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36. The siku is a type of ______ common to andean music traditions.
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37. Each poem in pierrot lunaire is in ________ form.
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38. Antonin dvok's symphony no. 9 ______.
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All of these
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39. This song will prove to be _________ by this song's composer and lead singer.
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The only A side single as a Beatle
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40. The hereditary class of bards in african cultures is known as the __________ tradition.
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41. Until recently, ______ in bali did not participate in playing the gamelan.
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42. Scott joplins piano rags are in the form of ___.
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The march
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43. A ___________ sign is used in musical notation to cancel a previous sharp or flat sign.
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44. A classical concerto is a three-movement work for ______.
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Instrumental soloist and orchestra
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45. _________ is universally acknowledged as the greatest of all stride pianists.
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Art Tatum
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46. _____ music gives equal importance to the twelve tones of the chromatic scale.
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47. _____ is/are not characteristic of impressionist music.
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Heavy romanticism
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48. According to intersection theory, ___________ is a source of social disadvantage.
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All of these
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49. According to ernest nagel, the final basis of the atheistic critique of theism is ____.
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NOT a refusal to see nature as
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50. Western art music is the _______________ music of european and euro-american society.
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Cultivated
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51. If you are singing alone in the shower, you are creating a ______ texture.
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Monophonic
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52. Amplitude range is measured in _____.
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53. The highest form of individual expression in a jazz performance is the __________.
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54. The _________ form supplies a large architecture for motivic development.
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Sonata-allegro
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55. When tones are separated by the interval called a(n) ______, they sound very much alike.
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56. The notation of troubadour and trouvre melodies does not indicate ______.
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Duration.
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57. The italian ________ was considered to be the most advanced secular vocal form in the renaissance.
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58. The following instrument is found among the ________ ethnic group in ghana, west africa.
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Kutsinhira
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59. The five-note scale playable on the black keys of the piano is called the ________ scale.
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Pentatonic
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60. The first commercially successful tin pan alley song was written in ___.
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61. The _________ pedal is the most important of the three pedals usually found on a piano.
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62. The _________ has strings that are plucked by a set of plastic, leather, or quill wedges.
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Harsichord
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63. One of the most important teachers of musical composition in the twentieth century was ______.
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Nadia Boulanger
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64. Leonard bernstein was influenced, particularly in his ballets, by _______.
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Stravinsky and Copland -
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65. The music of the nineteenth century reflects a(n) __________.
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Increased sense of freedom from convention
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66. West side story is a modern retelling of _________.
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Romeo and Juliet
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67. The xylophone uses a set of _____ bars that are played with mallets.
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68. The rondo may be schematically outlined as _______.
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69. The rhythmic pattern of long-short repeated throughout the piece defines the _____.
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70. The overall form of debussys prelude to "the afternoon of a faun" is best described as _____.
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Ternary (A-B-A')
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71. The neoclassical movement in music roughly encompassed the years ______.
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1920-1950.
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72. Schubert was ___ years old when he died.
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73. Non-program music is also known as _____________ music.
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74. Niccol paganini was a _____.
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Well-known conductor
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75. Neoclassical compositions are characterized by ______.
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Forms and stylistic features of
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76. Mozart was born in ______.
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77. Light german opera featuring spoken dialogue is called _____.
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Singspiel
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78. When you turn off a high-speed, two-lane roadway, _______ if you have traffic following you.
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When you turn off a high-speed, two-lane roadway, try not to slow down too quickly.
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79. The _____ is the number of vehicles and pedestrians that pass by the site.
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Traffic flow
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80. Scanning low allows you to locate__________before you hit them.
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81. Of all the everyday driving conditions you meet, you can only control yourself and ________.
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Of all the everyday driving conditions you ...
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82. The romain du roi types began a new category of types called ____________ roman.
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New typeface had increased contrast between thick and thin
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83. The __________ is a keyboard form based on the principle of voices imitating each other.
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84. A special theater was built at ____________ for the presentation of wagners music dramas.
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85. Bla bartk and zoltn kodly are two major representatives of ______ nationalism.
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Hungarian
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86. A concerto grosso most often has ____________ movement(s).
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87. A ___________can serve as the building block in the construction of a musical work.
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88. __________ was a prodigiously gifted child.
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89. Karl marx is best know as being a(n) _____________.
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German industrialist
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90. From 1958, the song _____________ is the first known recording of the quarrymen/beatles to be.
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That'll Be the Day
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91. The lyrics for west side story were written by _______.
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Stephen sondheim.
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92. Music scholars divide western art music into ______ historical periods.
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Historical periods.
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93. Griegs peer gynt is a work that suggests _________ nationalism.
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Scandinavian
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94. A(n) ____________ is an operatic number involving three or more leading singers.
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Ensemble.
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95. George gershwins folk opera ________ was far ahead of its time.
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Porgy and Bess
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96. ________ is traditionally associated with collecting and organizing the chants of the church.
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Pope Gregory
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97. Billie holidays first break came when she recorded with white clarinetist _______.
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Benny Goodman
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98. Harmony is to music as ________ is to painting.
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Perspective
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99. West side story contains _______.
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An unprecedented fusion of song and drama with electrifying violent choreography
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100. The interval between any two adjacent c's in the keyboard is called a/an __________.
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101. Schubert's the ___ king
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A mythical king who lives in the forest
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102. Farmers fair phyllis is written for _____ voices.
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103. Ensembles grew in size during the ______ century.
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104. The four major international music industry players include all except _____.
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Disney Music Studios
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105. While in vienna, mozart relied on ________ for income.
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Teaching and concerts
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106. The voice types of susanna, basilio, and the count are __________.
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Soprano, tenor, and bass (respectively)
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107. The melody drums of a royal drum ensemble from uganda are tuned to a ________ scale.
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Pentatonic
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108. The first and last movements of the concerto grosso are often in ____________ form.
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Ritornello
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109. The __________ is an alternating interlude section of a fugue and does not present the subject.
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Exposition
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110. The ________ accompanies the baritone voice in the tuba mirum section of mozarts requiem.
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111. In a movement of classical music, the ________ will stay the same and the ________ will be varied.
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Meter and tempo; rhythms
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112. Giacomo puccini's opera la bohme takes place in ______.
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113. Gershwins summertime is in ________ form.
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114. Expressionism is an art concerned with ______.
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Social protest
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115. Each piece in the baroque dance suite was set in _______ form.
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Binary or ternary.
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116. Debussys prelude to "the afternoon of a faun" does not feature _____.
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Accented rhythmic drive
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117. Billie holidays song billies blues is in ________ form.
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Twelve-bar blues
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118. Berg's wozzeck was inspired by _____.
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An Expressionist play by Büchner
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119. Bla bartk evolved a completely individual style that fused folk elements with _______.
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All answers are correct
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120. Although jazz began in bars and brothels, it is now considered ______.
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An American art form
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121. Aaron copland's name has become synonymous with american music because of his use of ______.
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All answers are correct
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122. _________ was the language of learning at medieval and renaissance universities.
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123. ______ is perhaps the best-known rag ever composed.
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Maple Leaf Rag
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124. Schubert was eighteen years old when he composed the song erlknig, set to a poem by ______.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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125. Haydn composed the military symphony for his second visit to ________.
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126. This song was a vocal feature for _________ drawn from the lennon and mccartney songbook.
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Paul McCartney
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127. Les prludes begins with a _____-note motive, which is transformed throughout the composition.
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128. Conflict and action characterize the _________ in sonata-allegro form.
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Development section
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129. Making the music sound like the text being sung is called _____.
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Melismatic
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130. The rhythm of revueltas's homage to federico garca lorca is characteristic of _____.
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131. The leitmotif for wotans spear is __________.
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Steady and confident, reflecting his authority.
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132. Antonin dvok's music was first promoted by ______.
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Johannes Brahms
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133. Alban berg and anton webern were arnold schoenberg's ______.
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134. _______ claimed "the text should be the master of the music, not the servant."
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Claudio Monteverdi
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135. ______ was a fanatical supporter of wagner and helped rescue his career in the 1860s.
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King Ludwig of Bavaria
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136. The writer whose works had the greatest impact on the young berlioz was ______.
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William Shakespeare
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137. In a concert in which a symphony is performed the audience is generally expected to clap _____.
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Only at the end of the final movement
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138. If a composer wants to indicate tempo precisely, a ____________ indication is given in the score.
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Beats per minute
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139. Bach had ____ children, but only half survived into adulthood.
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140. A(n)________ is the interval from any note to its nearest neighbor.
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141. Most childrens songs have a _________ range.
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Interval.
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142. The program of debussys prelude to "the afternoon of a faun" concerns a _____.
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Mythological creature who meets school-age children in war-torn Britain
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143. The movie _____ is an example of a soundtrack that uses only source music.
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Rear Window
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144. The libretto for purcells opera, dido and aeneas, is based on _____.
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The Aeneid
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145. Monteverdi's vocal music ordinarily was supported by a ____________ and other instruments.
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Basso continuo.
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146. A(n) ____________ is a musical number for two solo voices with orchestral accompaniment.
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147. Haydns string quartet, op. 76, no. 2 is nicknamed emperor because _____.
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The theme in the second movement is based on a hymn written for the Austrian emperor
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148. Composers from ________ were at the forefront of musical composition.
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The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
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149. Philip glass's einstein on the beach is an example of ___________ music.
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Minimalist
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150. A very important musical part of every middle-class home during the romantic period was the ______.
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151. Le sacre du printemps (the rite of spring) is an example of ______.
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Primitivism
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152. As a composer, william grant still ______.
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Wrote film scores, concert works, operas, and band arrangements
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153. Sonata form is used frequently as the form for the ________ movement of a multimovement work.
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First, slow, final fast
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154. George gershwin usually collaborated with the lyricist ______.
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Ira Gershwin
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155. Sonata v, from john cages sonatas and interludes, is in ________ form.
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156. Schubert was born in ______.
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157. Music of the baroque and classical eras is mostly _____.
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158. Music criticism was a source of income for both hector berlioz and ______.
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Robert Schumann
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159. Harry partch experimented with a ________ tuning system.
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Microtonal
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160. Electric counterpoint is intended for a live performer and ________ prerecorded tracks.
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161. The leading music center in sixteenth-century europe was ______.
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162. Smetana grew up when bohemia was under ____________ domination.
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163. Putnam's camp, redding, connecticut, is a child's impression of _______.
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Army life in the war
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164. Parisians were startled by berlioz's fantastic symphony because of its ______.
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Sensationally autobiographical program, amazingly novel orchestration, & vivid description of the weird and diabolical.
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165. Neoclassical composers modeled many of their works after the compositions of ______.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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166. Minimalism as an artistic movement was a ______.
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Reaction against the complexity of serialism and the randomness of chance music
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167. Louis moreau gottschalk is best known for his ________.
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Solo piano music
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168. Baroque style flourished in music during the period ______.
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1600-1750
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169. ________ was not an important composer of nineteenth-century lieder.
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Heinrich Heine
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170. _____ was one of the greatest composers of romantic program music.
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Hector Berlioz
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171. Guillaume de machaut was a ______________ as well as a musician.
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172. Chopins music included ________, a native dance from poland.
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173. Gershwin's rhapsody in blue opens with ______.
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A solo flute
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174. Trouvre songs of the middle ages dealt with all of the following subjects except ______.
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175. Neo-romantic composers embraced aspects of _____ orchestral sound.
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Nineteenth-century
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176. Brahms wrote mostly __________ music.
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Revolutionary
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177. An accented beat followed by two weak beats indicates a __________ meter.
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178. Melodies found in hard bop were often derived from the ________.
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Harmony and Rhythm
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179. The music industry initially saw hip-hop as _____.
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180. You must not park within ____ feet of a railroad track
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181. Igor stravinsky's rite of spring is scored for ______.
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An enormous orchestra
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182. Vienna, when haydn, mozart, and beethoven were active, ______.
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All of these
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183. The most famous blues singer of the 1920s, known as the "empress of the blues," was ______.
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Bessie Smith
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184. The inspiration for berlioz's symphonie fantastique was _____.
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The actress Harriet Smithson
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185. To regain control of a vehicle in a skid __________
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Make smooth steering corrections
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186. Henry purcell's opera dido and aeneas was originally written to be performed by ______.
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Students at a girls' boarding school
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187. A pianist playing a melody in the right hand while the left sounds chords produces a _____ texture.
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Homophonic
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188. The librettos to the ring of the nibelung were written by ______.
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Richard Wagner
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189. Since world war ii, musical styles have ______.
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Taken many new directions and changes
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190. The "lone ranger" theme was originally written for ____.
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Rossini's William Tell
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191. The piano has _______ keys, spanning more than seven octaves.
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192. The orchestra in the romantic period ________.
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Was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra
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193. A pause in the score of a concerto, preceding a cadenza, is indicated by a ______.
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194. Theme-and-variations form may be schematically outlined as ______.
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-AA'A''A'''A''''
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195. The typical classical orchestra consisted of ________ players.
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Forty to sixty
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196. The movement of a symphony that is often patterned after a dance is the ______.
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197. The main theme in a rondo movement is usually ______.
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Lively, pleasing, and simple to remember
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198. The lyrical slow movement of a symphony is most often the ______.
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199. The first movement of vivaldis spring concerto is in __________ form.
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Ritornello
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200. The classical concerto differs from the symphony in that it does not have a ___________ movement.
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Minuet or scherzo
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201. In the classical period, comic operas sometimes ______.
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Ridiculed the aristocracy.
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202. Haydn was a prolific composer, as demonstrated in part by his 68 string quartets and 104 ______.
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Symphonies
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203. Haydn enjoyed phenomenal musical success with two trips to ________.
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204. Beethoven is often credited as being ______.
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The bridge between the classical and romantic periods
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205. Because of its character, the rondo most often serves as a ______.
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206. Along with his symphonies, haydns ________ are considered his most important works.
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String quartet
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207. A typical symphony in the late 18th century has ____ movements
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208. The emotional focal point of a melody is called the ______.
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209. Nonprogram music is also known as _____________ music.
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210. In chant from the middle ages, if there are many notes per syllable, the style is called _____.
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Melismatic
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211. If a flute player were to play a solo without any other accompaniment, the texture would be ______.
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Monophonic
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212. Conductors often hold a ______ to indicate pulse and tempo.
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213. The triad built on the first step of the scale is called ______.
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The tonic chord
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214. Mozart tried to find fame and fortune by moving to _________, at the age of twenty-five.
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215. When you approach a roundabout, you must enter to the _______ of the central island.
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216. The renaissance in music occurred between ______.
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1450-1600
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217. The organ is a ____________instrument, whose tone is produced by wind flowing through ____________.
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Keyboard, Pipes
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218. Using "tempo rubato" means that __________.
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Stretched time
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219. Since the 1960's most film music is composed by _______.
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Freelance composers.
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220. Romantic artists emphasized _______ in their works.
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221. Music-making in the classical era centered upon the _____.
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COURT OF THE PATRON
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222. The two instruments that provided baroque accompaniment are referred to collectively as _____.
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Basso continuo
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223. In this episode vivaldi is attempting to depict ____.
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Thunder and lightning
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224. The music the medieval monks sang was called _______.
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Gregorian chant.
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225. Church officials expected monks to sing _______.
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Church officials expected monks to sing with.
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226. The most famous riot in music history occurred in paris in 1913 at the first performance of ______.
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Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
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227. Neoclassical composers favored ______.
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Clear polyphonic textures.
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228. In the middle ages, most important musicians were _______.
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229. This cello piece exemplifies __________ form.
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230. Meter organizes _________ and __________ sounds into units called measures
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Stressed : unstressed
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231. The use of organs in church _______.
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Made it possible for more musicians to be employed Incorrect
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232. Haydn was instrumental in the creation of the _______________, a popular orchestral form.
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233. This example comes from a concerto for __________ and orchestra.
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Castanets are non-pitched
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234. The orchestration in wagner's operas is _______.
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Light and simple.
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235. The text states that guitars are strummed or __________.
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236. The energy with which a player produces the air stream determines __________.
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237. When viewed closely, impressionist paintings are made up of ______.
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Tiny colored patches.
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238. Very often an independent fugue is introduced by a short piece called a(n) _______.
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239. The value of the __________ note serves as the basis for the relative value of all the other notes.
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240. The two giants of baroque composition were george frideric handel and ______.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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241. The most important impressionist composer was ______.
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Claude Debussy.
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242. The most characteristic feature of baroque music is its use of ______.
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Basso continuo.
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243. The french song genre that paralleled the german lied in the nineteenth century was the _____.
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244. The first significant atonal pieces were composed around 1908 by ______.
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Arnold Schoenberg
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245. The famous aria la donna e mobile is taken from verdi's opera ______.
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Rigoletto.
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246. The early and late baroque periods differed in that composers in the late baroque ______.
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Favored polyphonic texture
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247. Sets of dance-inspired instrumental movements are called ______.
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248. Romanticism is a style of music, like poetry of the same period, characterized by ______.
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Expressive harmony and melodies
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249. Most of chopin's music is for __________.
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Solo piano
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250. Chopin's choice to compose mazurkas reflects his __________.
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Pride in his Polish heritage.
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251. Ballet was featured in operas by _____ composers.
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252. For the romantic artist, __________.
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Dreams were as important as the intellect
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253. Woodwind instruments are so named because they ______.
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Were originally made of wood
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254. While in paris, chopin ______.
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Earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich
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255. When music conservatories were founded, women ______.
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Were at first accepted only as students of performance, but by the late 1800s could study musical composition
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256. Today, a ______ often sings a castrato part in baroque opera.
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Contertenor
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257. The text of the kyrie is based on a _______ prayer.
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258. The renaissance, as a stylistic period in western music, encompassed the years _______.
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The Baroque period
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259. The precise pitch of a sound is determined by how many _______ happen every second.
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Vibrations
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260. The composer who had an overwhelming influence on the young wagner was ______.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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261. The baroque period in western music is usually given as ______.
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1600-1750
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262. The ________ is regarded as the golden age of the a cappella style.
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16th century
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263. The ________ accompanies the baritone voice in the tuba mirum section of mozart's requiem.
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264. The ______ bards are arab women who now sing for peace in darfur.
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265. The _____ serves as home base in most western music.
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266. Secular music in the fourteenth century _______.
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All of the Above
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267. Pizzicato is an indication to the performer to ______.
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They can usually be played by means of a keyboard.
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268. Of bach's twenty children, ____________ went on to become well-known composers.
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269. In the western music tradition, sound is represented in written form through musical __________.
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270. In the song ompeh the performers combine __________ of the languages spoken in ghana.
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271. In general, the smaller the vibrating element, the __________ its pitch.
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272. In addition to his compositions, copland made valuable contributions to music in america by ______.
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Multiple Choice
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273. In addition to his composing, astor piazzolla was known for playing the ______.
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Bandoneon
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274. Handel spent the major portion of his life in ______.
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275. Giacomo puccini
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Exoticism
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276. Debussy's music tends to ______.
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Sound free and almost improvisational.
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277. By about _______, major or minor scales were the tonal basis of most compositions.
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278. Billie holiday's song billie's blues is in ________ form.
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With syncopation
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279. Beethoven wrote music in both the ________ style and the ________ style.
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Classical; Romantic
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280. The black key to the right of g is called g __________.
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281. Melody is the horizontal dimension in music while harmony adds _____ perspective.
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282. One function of secular music in the late middle ages was to provide accompaniment for ______.
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283. Hildegard of bingen was born into a _____ noble family.
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284. When the music of a symphony is played softly for a long time, __________.
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The steam engine, the cotton gin, and manufacturing
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285. The faun evoked in debussy's famous composition is a ______.
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Creature who is half man, half goat
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286. The famous riot in 1913 was caused by the first performance of stravinsky's ballet ______.
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The Rite of Spring
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287. The highest sounding woodwind featured in this excerpt is the ____.
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288. The polytonality in the rite of spring creates__________.
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Extreme dissonance
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289. The texture of african american spirituals is best described as _____.
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290. The sections of a fugue that do not contain the subject are called _____.
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291. The early-nineteenth-century _________ is considered the first distinctively american genre.
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Minstrel song
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292. Piano music is typically notated using the _________ staff.
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293. A brilliant solo passage in the manner of an improvisation within a concerto is called a(n) _____.
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294. _____ is where the fusion of ragtime, blues, and other musics resulted in the development of jazz.
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295. (chad deity) che chavez castro is __________.
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EKO's real name
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296. Sergei prokofiev is associated with the _____.
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Russian school
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297. The opera madame butterfly is set in _____.
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298. Ludwig beethoven was a famous german _______.
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German composer and pianist.
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299. The solo female voice in this excerpt is a ________.
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300. Farmer's fair phyllis is written for _____ voices.
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301. Farewell from crouching tiger, hidden dragon is in ________ form.
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Duple consonant
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302. Musicians in the twentieth century were typically supported through patronage by _____.
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Patronage by the masses
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303. Wagner was a virtuoso on the ______.
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None of these
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304. Richard wagner's last opera was ______.
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305. The proper musical term for increasing the tempo is __________
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Ritardando
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306. A complete series of ____ musical pitches is known as a(n) ____.
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Eight/octave
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307. The first book published in north america (1628) was _____.
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The Bay Psalm Book
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308. The jazz style called swing flourished in america from ______.
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1935 to 1945.
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309. Dave grohl fronted the group ________________ after the death of kurt cobain.
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Sunny Day Real Estate
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310. In the nineteenth century, opera excerpts were not marketed to domestic consumers via _____.
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Radio broadcasts
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311. Chopin's music included ________, a native dance from poland.
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312. _____________ is the effect of unexpected accents in the music.
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Syncopation.
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313. B?la bart?k evolved a completely individual style that fused folk elements with _______.
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Changes of meter and a powerful beat.
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314. Debussy's prelude to "the afternoon of a faun" does not feature _____.
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Accented rhythmic drive
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315. The minuet is in _______ meter.
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Triple -Duple -Common -Quadruple.
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316. After graduating from yale, charles ives _______.
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Bandmaster
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317. _____ is created when the accent is shifted to a weak beat or an offbeat.
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Syncopation
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318. A knowledge of _______ styles helps put a musical work in the context of its creation.
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Historical
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319. Most early baroque operas were based on greek mythology and ______.
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Ancient history.
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320. The following selection, sung by historicus, comes from a well-known __________.
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321. During the baroque period, the term sonata was used for musical works __________.
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To be played
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322. Handel's oratorios are usually based on ______.
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Old Testament
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323. ____________ is a musical procedure in which a fugue subject is imitated before it is completed.
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Augmentation
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324. Along with strings and brass, ___________ are also featured.
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Radio voices and spoken-word choir
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325. After a well-received performance, the audience can request a(n) _____ by extended applause.
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326. Intervals smaller than the half step are called ______.
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Microtone
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327. In western music, the dominant and subdominant are called _______ chords.
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328. Water music and music for the royal fireworks are the best-known suites by _______.
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329. Political and economic power shifted to the middle class from the aristocracy and the ______.
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330. Orpheus goes to hades in the hope of bringing _________ back to life.
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331. One of the major characteristics of ars nova music is its use of _______.
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Syncopation
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332. In the myth of orpheus, orpheus goes to hades in the hope of bringing ____________ back to life.
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333. Handel is associated with the __________ period.
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Late baroque
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334. Fauré's original ensemble plan for his requiem was a(n) _____.
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Symbolist
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335. The piano trio is a musical composition for ______.
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Violin, cello, and piano
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336. The minuet first appeared around 1650 as a(n) ______.
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Dance at the court of Louis XIV of France
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337. The italian words da capo are commonly found in ________ form.
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Ternary form
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338. The heart of the classical orchestra was the _____.
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String section
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339. The fully developed classical style in music flourished during the period ______.
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1750-1820.
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340. The first movement of vivaldi's spring concerto is in __________ form.
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Ritornello
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341. The exposition of beethoven?s symphony no. 5 opens with a four-note _______.
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342. The countess giulietta guicciardi was _____.
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Beethoven's student
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343. Joseph haydn wrote ______ symphonies in his lifetime.
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Over one hundred
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344. J. s. bach?s most comprehensive example of contrapuntal writing is his _____.
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Art of Fugue
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345. J. s. bach composed ______ brandenburg concertos.
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346. In vienna, haydn and mozart ______.
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Became close friends
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347. In the classical-era concerto, the cadenza usually appears _______ of a movement.
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Near the end
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348. In many of beethoven's works, there is a _______ movement instead of the minuet.
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349. Haydn's two popular oratorios are entitled the seasons and ______.
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The Creation
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350. First-movement concerto form is similar to sonata-allegro form, but it usually has a ______.
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Double exposition.
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351. Each successive variation in a theme with variations ______.
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Retains some elements of the theme.
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352. Don giovanni, in mozart's opera of that name, is _____.
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The legendary Spanish lover
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353. Classical chamber music is designed ______.
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Two violins, viola and cello
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354. Carl philipp emanuel bach and _____ were two of the more important preclassical composers.
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Johann Christian Bach
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355. At the end of a classical exposition there usually is a ______.
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Repeat sign
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356. Western music uses ____________ letters of the alphabet to indicate pitch.
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The first seven
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357. Traditionally, a western classical composition would almost always end on a ______.
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Tonic chord
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358. The saxophone is a ______.
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Single-reed woodwind instrument
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359. The position of the composer during the baroque period was that of ______.
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A high-class servant with few personal rights
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360. The musical loosely based on shakespeare's romeo and juliet is _______.
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Generally musical comedy is in acts
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361. The melodic element of twentieth-century music can be described as _____.
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Instrumentally conceived
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362. The machaut agnus dei has ______ musical sections.
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Music for worship
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363. The interweaving of melody and harmony produces ____________ in music.
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364. The first opera created for television was gian carlo menotti's ______.
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Amahl and the Night Visitors.
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365. Schubert wrote approximately_____ songs.
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Six-hundred
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366. Romantic composers _____.
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Robert Schumann · "Carnaval" · Clara Wieck Schumann · "Liebst du um Schonheit" (If you love ...
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367. Ragtime flourished in the united states ______.
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Call and response.
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368. Music performed with exchanges between a soloist and chorus is called _____.
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Melismatic singing
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369. Modal melodies of the early christian church are similar to melodies and scales from _____.
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The Middle East
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370. Many early twentieth-century composers exploited ___________ meters.
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371. In the song ompeh there are _______ references to death.
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372. In addition to his famous musicals, leonard bernstein also wrote successful _______.
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Choral works, symphonies
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373. Expressionism grew out of the same intellectual climate as freud's studies of _______.
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Students.
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374. During the renaissance, every educated person was expected to ______.
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To be skilled in dance, read musical notation, and play a musical instrument
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375. Duke ellington's compositions are outstanding because they ______.
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All choices are correct.
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376. Blues music is usually written in ________ time.
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377. Around 1940, john cage invented the prepared piano, a(n) ______.
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Grand piano whose sound is altered by objects such as bolts, screws, rubber bands, pieces of felt,
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378. Antonin dvořák's music was first promoted by ______.
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Johannes Brahms
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379. According to the text, afro-cuban jazz is based on the ___________
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Clave rhythm
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380. The central tone around which a musical composition is organized is called the ______.
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381. The _______ is a pair of single-headed drums played by one performer, popular in north india.
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382. The _______ is a keyboard instrument that uses vibrating air columns to produce sound.
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383. ________ volume is a space that is enclosed by materials that are not entirely solid.
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384. Bebop differed from earlier jazz forms in that it _______.
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Was meant for attentive listening, not dancing
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385. Verdi's first great success, an opera with strong political overtones, was _______.
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386. The word baroque has at various times meant all of the following except ______.
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Naturalistic
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387. The libretto for purcell's opera, dido and aeneas, is based on _____.
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The Aeneid
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388. Most children's songs have a _____ range.
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389. Most baroque concertos consist of three movements in this sequence: __________.
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Fast-slow-fast
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390. Brahms wrote masterpieces in many musical forms, but never any ______.
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391. Bach was recognized as the most eminent ____________ of his day.
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Organist.
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392. A rondo is most typically found in the ________ movement of a classical multimovement cycle.
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393. Tchaikovsky?s music for shakespeare's romeo and juliet is a famous example of _____.
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Program overture
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394. This opening passage, known as a(n) _______, serves to unify the entire concerto movement.
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Ritornello
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395. Antonin dvorak's symphony no. 9 ______.
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Is his most famous work
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396. Much of western sacred music is in latin, while ________ music is often in the vernacular.
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397. Music that sounds despairing and sad usually has a ________ tempo.
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398. Most of chopin's pieces ______.
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Are exquisite miniatures
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399. The proper musical term for 'decreasing the tempo' is __________.
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Ritardando
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400. Franz schubert composed over 600 _____________
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401. The main theme of a fugue is called the ______.
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Countersubject.
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402. In the first movement of the new world symphony, dvo??k ______.
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Used the form of the scherzo
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403. The use of two or more contrasting and independent rhythms at the same time is known as ______.
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Polyrythm
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404. The text of a survivor from warsaw _______.
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Was written by Schoenberg
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405. The overall melodic movement of the main theme in this excerpt is best described as ____.
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Conjunct.
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406. The overall form of debussy's prelude to "the afternoon of a faun" is best described as _____.
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Ternary (A-B-A')
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407. The musical heir of haydn and mozart, beethoven bridged the the __________ and __________ periods.
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Classical Romantic
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408. The large size of the romantic orchestra resulted in the need for a _____.
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Conductor
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409. The element that propels music forward in time is _____.
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410. Nadezhda von meck's relationship with tchaikovsky was that of his _____.
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411. Louis xv and frederick the great ruled as a result of norms associated with _____.
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Aristocracy
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412. In music, the early twentieth century was a time of ______.
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Revolt and change.
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413. Expressionism as an artistic movement was largely centered in ______.
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Germany and Austria
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414. Edvard grieg represents the _____ nationalist school.
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Scandinavian
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415. Dynamics determine the ______________ at which music is played.
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416. During the first ten years of his creative life, schumann published only ______.
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Piano pieces
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417. Critics were often scandalized by the subject matter of verdi's operas because they ______.
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Seemed to condone rape, suicide, and free love
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418. Charles ives's music contains elements of _______.
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Revival hymns and ragtime.
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419. By the middle of the nineteenth century, pianos were __________.
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Produced in factories, making them more affordable than before.
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420. Brahms wrote his requiem mass in memory of _____.
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His mother
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421. Billy the kid, rodeo, and appalachian spring are ballets by _____.
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Aaron Copland
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422. Baroque suites frequently begin with a ______.
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Frence overture
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423. An accented beat followed by two weak beats would indicate a ____________ meter.
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424. Along with his symphonies, haydn's ________ are considered his most important works.
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String quartets
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425. All of the following were major baroque composers except ______.
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Pierluigi da Palestrina.
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426. After his conservatory studies, chopin spent most of his productive career in _____.
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427. A woodwind quintet is unusual in that _____.
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It includes a brass instrument.
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428. A symphonic band is different from an orchestra due to the absence of ______.
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429. A survivor from warsaw used three languages: english, german, and _______.
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430. A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment is called a/an ______.
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431. A short, repeated musical pattern used as a structural device is known as a(n) _____.
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432. A pizzicato effect is created on a string instrument when _____.
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The strings are plucked
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433. A melody that is stated backward is said to be in _____.
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Retrograde
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434. A melody is said to move by steps if it moves by ______.
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Adjacent scale tones.
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435. A lied is an art song for solo voice and piano sung in _____.
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436. An ____________ is an orchestral composition performed before the curtain rises on a dramatic work.
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437. A special theater was built at ____________ for the presentation of wagner
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438. A _____ can be a building block in the construction of a musical work.
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439. The emphasis on rhythm brought the ____________ section of the orchestra into greater prominence.
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Percussion
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440. The _________ movement of haydn's surprise symphony is in theme-and-variations form.
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