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The phrase Middle Ages refers to the period of European history spanning
450-1450
Dynamics in music refers to
degrees of loudness and softness
Romanticism, as a stylistic period in western music, encompassed the years
1820-1900
The Renaissance in music occurred between
1450-1600
Music can be defined as
an art based on the organization of sounds in time
Polyphonic texture consists of
two or more melodies of relatively equal interest performed simultaneously
Tone color is synonymous with
timbre
Homophonic texture consists of
one main melody accompanied by chords
Classicism, as a stylistic period in western music, encompassed the years
1750-1820
The texture of a single melodic line without accompaniment is
monophonic
The relative highness or lowness of a sound is called
pitch
An important woman composer of the Middle Ages was
Hildegard of Bingen
Gregorian chant consists of
melody sung w/o accompaniment
The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed by
French nobles called troubadours and trouvères
The first steps in a revolution that eventually transformed western music began sometime between 700 and 900 with the
addition of a second melodic line to Gregorian chant
Medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and one or more additional melodic lines is called
organum
Leonin and Perotin are notable because they
all of the above
The ars nova, or new art, of the fourteenth century differed from older music in that
a new system of notation permitted composers to specify almost any rhythmic pattern
An outstanding composer of the ars nova was
Guillaume de Machaut
The Notre Dame Mass by Guillaume de Machaut was
the first polyphonic treatment of the mass ordinary by a known composer
The Renaissance may be described as an age of
all of the above
The dominant intellectual movement of the Renaissance was called
humanism
The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly
polyphonic
The two main forms of sacred Renaissance music are the mass and the
motet
The Renaissance motet is a
polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass
The movement in which the Catholic church sought to correct abuses and malpractices within its structure is known as
the Counter-Reformation
The Council of Trent attacked the church music of the Renaissance because it
because it used secular tunes, noisy instruments, and theatrical singing
During the Renaissance every educated person was expected to
all of the above
The Renaissance madrigal is a
piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love
Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for
dancing
Dido and Aeneas, which many consider to be the finest opera ever written to an English text, was composed by
Henry Purcell
Handel's Messiah is an example of
an oratorio
Sets of dance-inspired instrumental movements are called
suites
A large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra, usually set to a narrative biblical text, is called
oratorio
An is a play, set to music, sung to orchestral accompaniment, with scenery, costumes, and action.
opera
The position of the composer during the baroque period was that of
a high-class servant with few personal rights
The two giants of baroque composition were George Frideric Handel and
Johann Sebastian Bach
The large group of players in a concerto grosso is known as the
tutti
Terraced dynamics refers to
the sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another
A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment is called
aria
Sonata form consists of three main sections, exposition, development, and
recapitulation
The classical string quartet is a musical composition for
two violins, viola, and cello
Symphony may be defined as a(n)
all of the above
A _____________ is a musical composition that is usually light in mood, and meant for evening entertainment
serenade
The usual order of movements in a classical symphony is
fast, slow, dance-related, fast
A brilliant solo section in a concerto designed to display the performer's virtuosity is called
a cadenza
The lyrical slow movement of a symphony is most often the
second
A classical concerto is a three-movement work for
instrumental soloist and orchestra
A typical sequence of movements in a classical concerto is
fast, slow, fast
The most important form of classical chamber music is the
string quartet

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