MUS 121 Final v1 Questions with CORRECT Answers
(Grade A+)
Question 1:
What is polyphony?
Answer:
music with more than one melody line or part sounding at a time
Question 2:
Which Renassiance era invention allowed for much faster reproduction of Bibles, hymnals and sheet
music?
Answer:
The Gutenberg press
Question 3:
What was the approximate historical time frame of the Renaissance?
Answer:
1400 to 1600 CE
Question 4:
The composer whose music is most associated with and considered most typical of the Late
Renaissance style of sacred music writing for the Catholic Church is
Answer:
Palestrina
Question 5:
The type of music in the link below would best be described as (select TWO answers that best fit)
Answer:
Madgrial and secular music
Question 6:
The musical device used prominently in this example is: ternal site.
Answer:
word painting
,Question 7:
What did Baroque artists and composers study and attempt to represent?
Answer:
emotional states
Question 8:
How did Baroque composers create the illusion of space and distance?
Answer:
by having the same phrase played loud and then soft
Question 9:
Considered the first great opera, "Orfeo" was composed by
Answer:
Monteverdi
Question 10:
Question not clearly extracted from source.
Answer:
JS Bach , GF Handel , Antonia Vivaldi Which are well known composers of the Baroque Era? (Select
all that apply)
Question 11:
A Baroque instrumental suite would typically consist of:
Answer:
several short movements based off dance forms
Question 12:
One of the earliest published and performed composers who lived and worked during the Renaissance
period that historians believe to be mixed race and of African descent was:
Answer:
Lusitano
, Question 13:
A composer and musician well known in her time during the Baroque era, the woman who performed
her own harpsichord music and wrote large ensemble works was named:
Answer:
Guerre
Question 14:
The main difference between opera and oratorio is:
Answer:
operas are staged with sets, costumes and lighting but oratorios are not
Question 15:
The harpsichord is a precursor to the modern day
Answer:
Piano
Question 16:
Discuss the major positions held by J.S. Bach during his life and how they influenced his compositional
output. Be sure to mention time frame, city/position and specific pieces.
Answer:
Bach received his first professional position at the age of eighteen in Arnstadt, Germany as a church
organist. Bach later was offered and accepted another position in Mühlhausen. He continued to be
offered positions that he accepted and so advanced in his professional position/title up to a court
position in Weimar where he served nine years from 1708-1717. Bach was required to write church
music and perform as the church organist. He soon wanted to leave for another offered court musician
position but was denied and put into jail for a month. He was then let go to the Cothen Court
(1717-1723), where he produced instrumental music (clavier music). At 33, Bach assumed the position
as cantor of the St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Leipzig, Germany. He worked in Leipzig for 27 years.
(1723-1750) where he taught in the choir school, composed, rehearsed and performed cantatas. He later
became blind but continued composing.
Question 17:
Kepler and Galileoused
Answer:
scientific observations to question long held religious and philosophical beliefs about the nature of the
solar system.
(Grade A+)
Question 1:
What is polyphony?
Answer:
music with more than one melody line or part sounding at a time
Question 2:
Which Renassiance era invention allowed for much faster reproduction of Bibles, hymnals and sheet
music?
Answer:
The Gutenberg press
Question 3:
What was the approximate historical time frame of the Renaissance?
Answer:
1400 to 1600 CE
Question 4:
The composer whose music is most associated with and considered most typical of the Late
Renaissance style of sacred music writing for the Catholic Church is
Answer:
Palestrina
Question 5:
The type of music in the link below would best be described as (select TWO answers that best fit)
Answer:
Madgrial and secular music
Question 6:
The musical device used prominently in this example is: ternal site.
Answer:
word painting
,Question 7:
What did Baroque artists and composers study and attempt to represent?
Answer:
emotional states
Question 8:
How did Baroque composers create the illusion of space and distance?
Answer:
by having the same phrase played loud and then soft
Question 9:
Considered the first great opera, "Orfeo" was composed by
Answer:
Monteverdi
Question 10:
Question not clearly extracted from source.
Answer:
JS Bach , GF Handel , Antonia Vivaldi Which are well known composers of the Baroque Era? (Select
all that apply)
Question 11:
A Baroque instrumental suite would typically consist of:
Answer:
several short movements based off dance forms
Question 12:
One of the earliest published and performed composers who lived and worked during the Renaissance
period that historians believe to be mixed race and of African descent was:
Answer:
Lusitano
, Question 13:
A composer and musician well known in her time during the Baroque era, the woman who performed
her own harpsichord music and wrote large ensemble works was named:
Answer:
Guerre
Question 14:
The main difference between opera and oratorio is:
Answer:
operas are staged with sets, costumes and lighting but oratorios are not
Question 15:
The harpsichord is a precursor to the modern day
Answer:
Piano
Question 16:
Discuss the major positions held by J.S. Bach during his life and how they influenced his compositional
output. Be sure to mention time frame, city/position and specific pieces.
Answer:
Bach received his first professional position at the age of eighteen in Arnstadt, Germany as a church
organist. Bach later was offered and accepted another position in Mühlhausen. He continued to be
offered positions that he accepted and so advanced in his professional position/title up to a court
position in Weimar where he served nine years from 1708-1717. Bach was required to write church
music and perform as the church organist. He soon wanted to leave for another offered court musician
position but was denied and put into jail for a month. He was then let go to the Cothen Court
(1717-1723), where he produced instrumental music (clavier music). At 33, Bach assumed the position
as cantor of the St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Leipzig, Germany. He worked in Leipzig for 27 years.
(1723-1750) where he taught in the choir school, composed, rehearsed and performed cantatas. He later
became blind but continued composing.
Question 17:
Kepler and Galileoused
Answer:
scientific observations to question long held religious and philosophical beliefs about the nature of the
solar system.
