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978-1259892707 A Famous French Woman Troubadour Was ______
Part II The Middle Ages 1. The phrase Middle Ages refers to the period of European history spanning ______. A. 450-1000 B. 1000-1150 C. 1150-1450 D. 450-1450 Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom’s: Remember Learning Objective: Summarize the era known as the […]
978-1259892707 Appalachian Spring Originated As A _______
166. In 1925, and for a few years afterward, Copland’s music showed the influence of ______. A. impressionism B. jazz C. neobaroque styles D. expressionism Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom’s: Remember Learning Objective: Explain how American composers such as Ives, Gershwin, […]
978-1259892707 Brahms Wrote Masterpieces In Many Musical Forms But Never Any
A. music drama B. incidental music C. absolute music D. play music Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom’s: Remember Learning Objective: Recognize the characteristics of program music Topic: Program music Feedback: Incidental music is music to be performed before and during a […]
978-1259892707 Chapter 1
1 | IM– P a r t 1 I. ELEMENTS SOUND: PITCH, DYNAMICS, AND TONE COLOR Objectives The elements of music are approached through a general discussion of sound; its antithesis, silence; its subdivision into those sounds that are pleasant […]
978-1259892707 Chapter 10
1 | IM– P a r t 1 0 X. ROCK ROCK STYLES Objectives Defined as vocal music with a hard, driving beat often featuring electric guitar accompaniment and heavily amplified sound, rock and roll, later simply rock, evolved from […]
978-1259892707 Chapter 11
1 | IM– P a r t 1 1 XI. NONWESTERN MUSIC MUSIC IN NONWESTERN CULTURES Objectives While nonwestern music reflects the diversity of the world’s social and economic systems, languages, religions, and geographical conditions, there are some features common […]
978-1259892707 Chapter 2
1 | IM– P a r t 2 II. THE MIDDLE AGES MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES (450-1450) Objectives The section provides a brief overview of the medieval period (dark ages, Romanesque, and Gothic periods) and defines the roles of […]
978-1259892707 Chapter 3
1 | IM– P a r t 3 III. THE RENAISSANCE MUSIC IN THE RENAISSANCE (1450-1600) Objectives This section describes the European Renaissance as a period of exploration and humanism and as a time when the Protestant Reformation greatly weakened […]
978-1259892707 Chapter 4
1 | IM– P a r t 4 IV. THE BAROQUE PERIOD BAROQUE MUSIC (1600-1750) Objectives This section opens with a general characterization of baroque style as one that “fills space—canvas, stone, or sound—with action and movement.” Baroque style is […]
978-1259892707 Chapter 5
1 | IM– P a r t 5 V. THE CLASSICAL PERIOD THE CLASSICAL STYLE (1750-1820) Objectives This section opens with a general survey of some nonmusical aspects of the classical period. The work of some great figures of the […]
978-1259892707 Chapter 6
1 | IM– P a r t 6 VI. THE ROMANTIC PERIOD ROMANTICISM IN MUSIC (1820-1900) Objectives The characteristics of romanticism in the visual arts and literature are described and the achievements of representative artists and writers summarized in the […]
978-1259892707 Chapter 7 Part 1
1 | IM– P a r t 7 VII. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSICAL STYLES: 1900-1945 Objectives This section contains a survey of the principal technical developments in music during the first half of the century. After a brief discussion of […]
978-1259892707 Chapter 7 Part 2
12 | IM– P a r t 7 of the Concerto for Orchestra. Questions and Topics 1. Discuss Bartók’s interest in folk music and the influence of folk music on his compositions. 2. Discuss Bartók’s use of traditional forms in […]
978-1259892707 Chapter 8
1 | IM– P a r t 8 VIII. JAZZ JAZZ STYLES: 1900-1950 Objectives This section describes jazz as music rooted in improvisation and characterized by syncopated rhythms, a steady beat, distinctive tone colors, and techniques of performance. The West […]
978-1259892707 Chapter 9
1 | IM– P a r t 9 IX. THE AMERICAN MUSICAL MUSICAL THEATER Objectives The elements of the American musical are explained, and its development from the operetta, vaudeville, and revue described. The golden era of American musical theater […]
978-1259892707 Composers In The Twentieth Century Drew Inspiration From
Part VII The Twentieth Century and Beyond 1. In music, the early twentieth century was a time of ______. A. revolt and change B. the continuation of old forms C. stagnation D. disinterest Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom’s: Remember Learning Objective: […]
978-1259892707 Lute Songs Are Mostly __________ In Texture
Part III The Renaissance 1. The intellectual movement called humanism ______. A. condemned any remnant of pagan antiquity B. focused on human life and its accomplishments C. treated the Madonna as a childlike unearthly creature D. focused on the afterlife […]
978-1259892707 Monteverdi Spent The Greater Part Of His Career In
145. The Habañera and the Toreador Song are two famous arias from which opera? A. Carmen B. Die Walkure (The Valkyrie) C. Rigoletto D. La Bohème Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom’s: Remember Learning Objective: Discuss the relationship between music and drama […]
978-1259892707 Part IV Affections In Baroque Usage Refers To
Part IV The Baroque Period 1. The word baroque has at various times meant all of the following except ______. A. elaborately ornamented B. flamboyant C. bizarre D. naturalistic Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom’s: Understand Learning Objective: Recall characteristics of the […]
978-1259892707 Part VI Mendelssohn Wrote In All Musical Forms Except ______.
Part VI The Romantic Period 1. Romanticism, as a stylistic period in Western music, encompassed the years ______. A. 1450-1600 B. 1600-1750 C. 1750-1820 D. 1820-1900 Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom’s: Remember Learning Objective: Recall artistic expression in the Romantic Era […]
978-1259892707 Test Bank Part I Elements Part 1
1-1 Part I Elements 1. How can music be defined? A. Sounds produced by musical instruments B. Sounds that are pleasing, as opposed to noise C. An art based on the organization of sounds in time D. A system of […]
978-1259892707 Test Bank Part I Elements Part 2
1-19 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. A. note B. clef C. ledger line D. sharp sign 89. What is the treble clef used for? A. […]
978-1259892707 Test Bank Part IV The Baroque Period Part 2
4-18 A. Notre Dame, Paris B. The Duomo, Florence C. St. Mark’s, Venice D. the Vatican, Rome Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom’s: Remember Learning Objective: Recall leading composers of the baroque period Topic: Claudio Monteverdi Feedback: Claudio Monteverdi, who lived from […]
978-1259892707 Test Bank Part IX Music for Stage and Screen
Part IX Music for Stage and Screen 1. A _________ is a type of theater that fuses a dramatic script, acting, and spoken dialogue with music, singing, and dancing. A. vaudeville show B. song cycle C. musical comedy D. revue […]
978-1259892707 Test Bank Part V The Classical Period Part 1
5-1 Part V The Classical Period 1. Classicism, as a stylistic period in Western music, roughly encompassed the years ______. A. 1450-1600 B. 1600-1750 C. 1750-1820 D. 1820-1900 Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom’s: Remember Learning Objective: Summarize European culture in the […]
978-1259892707 Test Bank Part V The Classical Period Part 2
A. It is a musical composition for orchestra, usually in four movements. B. It is a sonata for orchestra. C. It is an extended, ambitious composition exploiting the expanded range of the color and dynamics of the classical orchestra. D. […]
978-1259892707 Test Bank Part VII The Twentieth Century and Beyond Part 2
92. Expressionism is an art concerned with ______. A. depicting the beauties of nature B. emotional restraint, clarity, and balance C. social protest D. All answers are correct. Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom’s: Understand Learning Objective: Know general characteristics of twentieth-century […]
978-1259892707 Test Bank Part VIII Jazz
8-1 Part VIII Jazz 1. Which of the following composers was not influenced by jazz? A. Maurice Ravel B. Darius Milhaud C. Aaron Copland D. Arnold Schoenberg Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Bloom’s: Remember Learning Objective: Discuss the roots of jazz Topic: […]
978-1259892707 Test Bank Part X Rock
10-1 Part X Rock 1. How has rock been defined? A. As a folklike guitar-based style associated with rural white Americans B. As an African-American dance music that fused blues, jazz, and gospel styles C. As s vocal music with […]
978-1259892707 Test Bank Part XI Nonwestern Music
11-1 Part XI Nonwestern Music 1. Nonwestern music is most often transmitted through which means? A. Orally from parent to child or teacher to student. B. Through the imitation of radio broadcasts. C. Through music notation. D. From recordings. Accessibility: […]