Chapter 12: Style and Function of Music in Society
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which general term suggests something of the overall character of a work as well as its function?
a. form c. medium
b. genre d. opus
2. Which of the following is NOT a type of secular music?
a. music for church services c. music for theater
b. dance music d. music for work
3. Titles of musical compositions occasionally indicate:
a. genre and key. c. descriptive words.
b. opus number. d. all of the answers shown here
4. The preservation of music without the help of written notation is called:
a. secular. c. oral transmission.
b. sacred. d. retrograde inversion.
5. Musical style is best defined as the:
a. characteristic manner of presentation of a work.
b. succession of dynamics from beginning to end of a work.
c. shape of the melody line in a work.
d. harmonies in a work.
6. The concept of style can be identified with:
a. individual artworks.
b. a creator’s personal manner of expression.
c. music of an entire culture.
d. all of the answers shown here
7. The style of a historical period is defined by:
a. its leading artist. c. a single defining work.
b. the total language of all its artists. d. its dominant musical critic.
8. Which of the following is the proper chronological order of musical style periods?
a. Renaissance, medieval, Classical, Baroque, Romantic, twentieth century
b. medieval, Baroque, Renaissance, Romantic, Classical, twentieth century
c. medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, twentieth century
d. medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Classical, twentieth century
9. The approximate dates for the Renaissance era are:
a. 1150–1450. c. 1600–1750.
b. 1450–1600. d. 1725–1775.
10. The Classical period:
a. followed antiquity and preceded the Middle Ages.
b. followed the Renaissance and preceded the Baroque.
c. followed the Baroque and preceded the Romantic era.
d. followed the Romantic era and preceded the twentieth century.
11. What is another term for “popular” or “traditional” musics?
a. liturgical c. cultivated
b. vernacular d. art music
12. The approximate dates for the Baroque era are:
a. 1150–1450 c. 1600–1750
b. 1450–1600 d. 1725–1775
13. The Romantic period:
a. followed the Renaissance and preceded the Baroque.
b. followed antiquity and preceded the Middle Ages.
c. followed the Classical era and preceded the twentieth century
d. followed the Classical era and preceded the Baroque.
TRUE/FALSE
1. The concepts of genre easily transfer from one culture to another.
2. A genre is a category or type of music repertory.
3. Notated music of cultivated society is preserved through oral transmission.
4. The line between classical and popular music is clearly defined.
5. The dates given for the beginnings and ends of historical eras are precise ones.
6. Style indicates the creator’s personal manner of expression.
7. A musical work first performed in 1550 is part of the Renaissance period.
8. The style of the Classical era is the total language of all its artists as they react to the many forces
that shape their environment.
9. A musical work that first appeared circa 623 belongs in the Middle Ages.
ESSAY
1. Discuss the difference between style and genre.
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Essentials: pp. 54–56
TOP: Musical Style MSC: Applied
2. What defines the style of a work of art? How are different musical styles characterized, and how
do we categorize them?
ANS:
Answers will vary
PTS: 1 DIF: 3 REF: Essentials: pp. 54–56
TOP: Musical Style MSC: Conceptual
3. What is some of the information indicated by the title of a work? Cite specific examples given in
the text.
ANS:
Answer will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Essentials: pp. 54–55
TOP: Musical Style MSC: Conceptual