CHAPTER 12 Style and Function of Music in Society
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What 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. Titles of musical compositions may be indicated by
a. genre and key. c. descriptive words.
b. opus number. d. all of the answers shown here.
3. The preservation of music without the help of written notation is called
a. crossover. c. oral transmission.
b. modulation. d. retrograde inversion.
4. 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 of a work.
5. The concept of style can be identified with
a. individual artworks.
b. a creator’s personal manner of expression.
c. the music of an entire culture.
d. all of the answers shown here.
6. 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.
7. Which of the following is the proper chronological order of musical style periods?
a. Renaissance, Middle Ages, Classical, Baroque, Romantic, twentieth century
b. Middle Ages, Baroque, Renaissance, Romantic, Classical, twentieth century
c. Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, twentieth century
d. Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Classical, twentieth century
8. The approximate dates for the Renaissance era are
a. 1150–1450. c. 1600–1750.
b. 1450–1600. d. 1725–1775.
9. The Classical period followed
a. antiquity and preceded the Middle Ages.
b. the Renaissance and preceded the Baroque.
c. the Baroque and preceded the Romantic era.
d. the Romantic era and preceded the twentieth century.
10. Opus is a Latin word that means
a. work. c. song.
b. composer. d. classical.
11. The term symphony implies a genre as well as the specific group that performs the piece, or
a. medium. c. vernacular.
b. opus. d. style.
12. The development of polyphony occured during which era?
a. Middle Ages c. Baroque
b. Renaissance d. Classical
13. The approximate dates for the Romantic period are
a. 1450–1600. c. 1820–1900.
b. 1750–1825. d. 1750–1900.
1. Secular music is generally intended for religious occasions.
2. A genre is a category or type of music repertory.
3. The notated music of an urban and cultivated society is preserved through oral transmission.
4. The line between classical and popular music is clearly defined.
5. The dates given for the beginning and end of eras are precise ones.
6. The Renaissance is the earliest musical period in the Western tradition.
7. Symphony is a type of genre, but song is not.
8. The Middle Ages lasted from 400–1450.
9. A knowledge of historical styles will help you place a musical work within the context in which it was created.
10. All titles for so-called classical music indicate the genre and key.
ESSAY
1. Discuss the difference between genre and style.
2. What defines the style of a work of art? How do different musical styles develop, and how do we categorize them?
3. Discuss how the lines between cultivated and vernacular music traditions become blurred.