MUS-302U-001: SURVEY OF MUSIC LIT II Midterm exam 100%

Exam: Assessment: Strand 302: Midterm Comprehensive Test

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Question 1:

This term decribes melodic contour in which successive notes are close in pitch.

Question 2:

Which movement of Symphonie Fantastique ends with a section played by the woodwinds, meant to sound like a pipe organ and represents “religious consolation”?

Question 3:

Which of the following is NOT true of the term “Lieder”?

Question 4:

Which one of these programmatic works is set in ancient Egypt?

Question 5:

How many movements are in Symphonie Fantastique?

Question 6:

Which of the following statements is true of the Romantic era in music?

Question 7:

Which of the following is NOT true of the piano in the 19th century?

Question 8:

Which of these is an opera by Georges Bizet?

Question 9:

Franz Liszt was a composer and virtuoso performer of:

Question 10:

Which composer wrote Scheherezade?

Question 11:

Which two terms often refer to voices of women and children?

Question 12:

Which one of the following cities has a shared heritage thanks to a conservatory founded by Mendelssohn and having been the long time home of J.S. Bach?

Question 13:

Which work of the Baroque Era was Mendelssohn credited with reviving?

Question 14:

Which of the following was NOT famous as a virtuoso player of his instrument?

Question 15:

Which movement of Symphonie Fantastique uses solo English horn, answered by an off-stage oboe?

Question 16:

Identify the composer of “Papillons.”

Question 17:

Intervals in which the pitches sound irritating or restless are

Question 18:

Which statement best defines absolute music?

Question 19:

Which of the following best defines musical nationalism?

Question 20:

Which of the following is most likely to be the composer of a “mazurka”?

Question 21:

Who is the composer of “Mephisto Waltz”?

Question 22:

Which of the following is a symphonic poem by Bedrich Smetana?

Question 23:

Which of the following is the best definition of musical “exoticism”?

Question 24:

Which of the following composers is strongly linked with Romantic era Nationalism?

Question 25:

Which of the following are Russian born composers?

Question 26:

In which movement of Symphonie Fantastique is the Dies Irae used?

Question 27:

Which virtuoso composer also pioneered a new genre, the “symphonic poem”?

Question 28:

How many symphonies did Beethoven write?

Question 29:

Which of the following statements is true of Felix Mendelssohn.

Question 30:

Which of the following were considered the “ultimate” dramatic genres of composition at the dawn of the Romantic Era?

Question 31:

According to the text, most music we listen to has a recurring, underlying

Question 32:

Which of the following is true of “Erlkonig”?

Question 33:

Which of the following virtuosi, later in his career, took up teaching and the publication of violin method books.

Question 34:

Specific and memorable patterns of long and short notes are referred to as

Question 35:

Which of the following works is NOT an opera?

Question 36:

Which of the following virtuoso composers also played guitar?

Question 37:

Which of the following is NOT true of Tchaikovsky?

Question 38:

This term in music refers to the simultaneous sounding of two or more pitches

Question 39:

Which of the following was NOT true of Chopin?

Question 40:

Which of the following is true of Johannes Brahms?

Question 41:

Of the following performers: Whose talent was attributed to demonic influence, perhaps as part of a carefully crafted image to intrique audiences?

Question 42:

Which composer was intimidated by the legacy of Beethoven’s symphonies?

Question 43:

Three or more simultaneous pitches form a

Question 44:

Which statement best defines the term “program music”?

Question 45:

Which of the following is a tone poem by Mussorgsky?

Question 46:

Which of the following instruments, featured in Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique, were not previously used in a typical work for orchestra?

Question 47:

Which of these composers, though native to Bohemia, toured the United States extensively?

Question 48:

Which of the following best defines musical exoticism?

Question 49:

Who composed “Caprice No. 24 in a minor”?

Question 50:

Smoothly connected notes in a melody are described as