MUS 121 Final Questions with CORRECT Answers
(Grade A+)
Question 1:
What is a cantata? A. A stage-play that involves music (mostly singing) and also uses stage scenery,
costumes, and acting B. An often dramatic musical work for solo voice or choir with instrumental
accompaniment (like a small orchestra). Similar to an opera but shorter and has no costumes, stage
props, or acting C. An often dramatic musical work for solo voice or choir with instrumental
accompaniment (ike a small orchestra). It is similar to an opera but solely focuses on teaching a
religious lesson D. A type of sword used in baroque operas that represented the concept of word
painting. When it was swung, the orchestra played its melody
Answer:
B. An often dramatic musical work for solo voice or choir with instrumental accompaniment (like a
small orchestra). Similar to an opera but shorter and has no costumes, stage props, or acting
Question 2:
True or false? Cantatas can be sacred or secular.
Answer:
True
Question 3:
What is J.S. Bach's Coffee Cantata about? A. A young girl who is addicted to coffee and her father who
desperately tries to free her of this addiction B. A sacred cantata that focuses on the glory of God C. A
father and son who ride swiftly through the woods at night on horseback as they try to escape the cruel
Elf King, the hoarder of the world's coffee D. Claudio Monteverdi, the first soldier to bring coffee to
Germany. The cantata discusses his coffee-making adventures and how it led to the creation of
Europe's first coffee shop: Dido and Aeneas
Answer:
A. A young girl who is addicted to coffee and her father who desperately tries to free her of this
addiction
Question 4:
George Frederic Handel's Messiah is a/an A. Opera B. Cantata
Answer:
C. Oratorio C. Oratorio D. Symphony E. Madrigal
,Question 5:
Handel's Messiah focuses on what subject? A. A young, coffee-addicted girl and her father who tries to
free her of her addiction B. The life of Jesus from the Bible C. A soldier who crashes on the shores of a
widowed queen and the growth of their romantic relationship D. The story of a father attempting to
save his son from the quickly approaching Elf King
Answer:
B. The life of Jesus from the Bible
Question 6:
What do we call a multi-movement work where each movement is based on a particular popular dance?
It is composed for a solo instrument and commonly found in the baroque period. A. Opera B. Oratorio
C. Fugue D. Suite E. Sonata
Answer:
D. Suite
Question 7:
A ______ is a musical work where the main melody (the subject) is developed polyphonically. After
the initial melody is heard, that same melody enters a few seconds later but at a different note-level.
This process continues until all layers of melodies have entered and a complicated web of sound has
been created. A. Suite B. Fugue C. Symphony
Answer:
B. Fugue D. Sonata E. Madrigal
Question 8:
What is improvisation as it relates to music? A. The ability to sight-read notes immediately from a
printed page B. The art of playing composed music completely from memory C. Music that is created
by the performer during the moment of performance D. The secondary melody in a fugue
Answer:
C. Music that is created by the performer during the moment of performance
Question 9:
Johan Sebastian Bach lived during what musical period? A. Medieval B. Renaissance C. Baroque D.
Classical E. Romantic
Answer:
C. Baroque
, Question 10:
The main melody of a fugue is called the A. Subject B. Prelude C. Toccata D. Exposition
Answer:
A. Subject
Question 11:
True or false? The exposition in a fugue includes the first statement of the subject only.
Answer:
False
Question 12:
True or false? Later in the baroque, royals and other wealthy families hired orchestras to provide music.
Answer:
True
Question 13:
Question not clearly extracted from source.
Answer:
A. Fantasia Which of the following is NOT one of the dances commonly present in a baroque suite? A.
Fantasia B. Allemande C. Gigue D. Sarabande
Question 14:
Which of these statements is true? A. By the end of the baroque era, instrumental music has gradually
equaled or surpassed vocal music in popularity B. By the end of the baroque era, dance music had
surpassed sacred music in popularity C. At the beginning of the baroque era, J.S. Bach established the
French overture D. During the baroque era, the madrigal emerged as a prominent vocal form
Answer:
A. By the end of the baroque era, instrumental music has gradually equaled or surpassed vocal music in
popularity
Question 15:
True or false? The countersubject of a fugue appears only at the very end of the piece.
Answer:
False
(Grade A+)
Question 1:
What is a cantata? A. A stage-play that involves music (mostly singing) and also uses stage scenery,
costumes, and acting B. An often dramatic musical work for solo voice or choir with instrumental
accompaniment (like a small orchestra). Similar to an opera but shorter and has no costumes, stage
props, or acting C. An often dramatic musical work for solo voice or choir with instrumental
accompaniment (ike a small orchestra). It is similar to an opera but solely focuses on teaching a
religious lesson D. A type of sword used in baroque operas that represented the concept of word
painting. When it was swung, the orchestra played its melody
Answer:
B. An often dramatic musical work for solo voice or choir with instrumental accompaniment (like a
small orchestra). Similar to an opera but shorter and has no costumes, stage props, or acting
Question 2:
True or false? Cantatas can be sacred or secular.
Answer:
True
Question 3:
What is J.S. Bach's Coffee Cantata about? A. A young girl who is addicted to coffee and her father who
desperately tries to free her of this addiction B. A sacred cantata that focuses on the glory of God C. A
father and son who ride swiftly through the woods at night on horseback as they try to escape the cruel
Elf King, the hoarder of the world's coffee D. Claudio Monteverdi, the first soldier to bring coffee to
Germany. The cantata discusses his coffee-making adventures and how it led to the creation of
Europe's first coffee shop: Dido and Aeneas
Answer:
A. A young girl who is addicted to coffee and her father who desperately tries to free her of this
addiction
Question 4:
George Frederic Handel's Messiah is a/an A. Opera B. Cantata
Answer:
C. Oratorio C. Oratorio D. Symphony E. Madrigal
,Question 5:
Handel's Messiah focuses on what subject? A. A young, coffee-addicted girl and her father who tries to
free her of her addiction B. The life of Jesus from the Bible C. A soldier who crashes on the shores of a
widowed queen and the growth of their romantic relationship D. The story of a father attempting to
save his son from the quickly approaching Elf King
Answer:
B. The life of Jesus from the Bible
Question 6:
What do we call a multi-movement work where each movement is based on a particular popular dance?
It is composed for a solo instrument and commonly found in the baroque period. A. Opera B. Oratorio
C. Fugue D. Suite E. Sonata
Answer:
D. Suite
Question 7:
A ______ is a musical work where the main melody (the subject) is developed polyphonically. After
the initial melody is heard, that same melody enters a few seconds later but at a different note-level.
This process continues until all layers of melodies have entered and a complicated web of sound has
been created. A. Suite B. Fugue C. Symphony
Answer:
B. Fugue D. Sonata E. Madrigal
Question 8:
What is improvisation as it relates to music? A. The ability to sight-read notes immediately from a
printed page B. The art of playing composed music completely from memory C. Music that is created
by the performer during the moment of performance D. The secondary melody in a fugue
Answer:
C. Music that is created by the performer during the moment of performance
Question 9:
Johan Sebastian Bach lived during what musical period? A. Medieval B. Renaissance C. Baroque D.
Classical E. Romantic
Answer:
C. Baroque
, Question 10:
The main melody of a fugue is called the A. Subject B. Prelude C. Toccata D. Exposition
Answer:
A. Subject
Question 11:
True or false? The exposition in a fugue includes the first statement of the subject only.
Answer:
False
Question 12:
True or false? Later in the baroque, royals and other wealthy families hired orchestras to provide music.
Answer:
True
Question 13:
Question not clearly extracted from source.
Answer:
A. Fantasia Which of the following is NOT one of the dances commonly present in a baroque suite? A.
Fantasia B. Allemande C. Gigue D. Sarabande
Question 14:
Which of these statements is true? A. By the end of the baroque era, instrumental music has gradually
equaled or surpassed vocal music in popularity B. By the end of the baroque era, dance music had
surpassed sacred music in popularity C. At the beginning of the baroque era, J.S. Bach established the
French overture D. During the baroque era, the madrigal emerged as a prominent vocal form
Answer:
A. By the end of the baroque era, instrumental music has gradually equaled or surpassed vocal music in
popularity
Question 15:
True or false? The countersubject of a fugue appears only at the very end of the piece.
Answer:
False
