MUSIC 101 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Girolamo Savanarola - Answer-Unofficial leader of Naples from 1494-98. Oversaw
Theocracy in Florence. Predicted Invasions. Burned at stake in 1498- Miserere mei,
Deus written as tribute.
The Reformation - Answer-Beginning in 1517, when Martin Luther challenged some of
the basic practices and beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, gave the English people
religious motives for colonization in the Americas.
Martin Luther - Answer-Fan of Josquin. Wanted the congregation to participate in music.
Lutheran Chorale - Answer-a monophonic spiritual melody or religious folksong of the
Lutheran church, sung in unison by the congregation.
Contrafactum - Answer-compositional technique of writing new lyrics to an existing
melody
Jean Calvin - Answer-French Protestant (16th century) who stressed doctrine of
predestination; established center of his group at Swiss canton of Geneva; encouraged
ideas of wider access to government, wider public education; Calvinism spread from
Switzerland to northern Europe and North America.
Vernacular - Answer-Everyday language
Counter Reformation - Answer-Catholic Church's attempt to stop the protestant
movement and to strengthen the Catholic Church- Polyphony was not banned. Left it to
bishops to regulate music
Palestrina - Answer-Creates first personal musical style. Said to have "saved"
polyphony by writing songs to fit the mass- not really true.
Pope Marcellus Mass - Answer-mass by palestrina - most famous of his work; the music
didn't take away from the meaning or the words; this may have convinced the council of
trent to keep polyphony in the catholic church; lots of blending
William Billings - Answer-1st professional musician and composer born in America
(founded singing schools)
liberettist - Answer-person who writes the text of the work, main threads, subplots,
characters etc.
, Mozart - Answer-"The Marriage of Figaro," "Don Giovanni," and "The Magic Flute"---
child prodigy whose successful life started at six and he wrote his first opera at age 12.
He excelled, but died at age 36.
Lorenzo da Ponte - Answer-Mozart's librettist for Don Giovanni and Marriage of Figaro.
The Marriage of Figaro - Answer-opera; based off of French play. was at first banned in
Vienna because of its licentiousness
Pants Role - Answer-a male operatic character performed in the opera by a female
vocalist.
Don Giovanni - Answer-An opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, recounting the
dissolute life of Don Juan. At the end, a statue of a man Don Giovanni has killed comes
to life and drags the unscrupulous seducer into the burning pit of hell.
Recitative - Answer-A vocal solo in opera, cantats, and oratorios that declaims the text
in a sung-speech manner, in free rhythm with minimal accompainment.
Aria - Answer-A vocal number for solo singer and orchestra, generally in an opera,
cantata, or oratorio. Recitative gives way at lyric moments to the aria. a song, high
emotional nature.
Carmen (play) - Answer-Opera based on Novella by prosper Merimee. -Comique
Georges Bizet - Answer-wrote music for Carmen
Carmen (person) - Answer-Exotic other- Gypsy
Escamillo - Answer-Torreador- people adore him- high class performer
Don Jose - Answer-Tenor- Soldier- Not good at articulating feelings
Michaela - Answer-Good Girl soprano- represents the mother figure.
Chromaticism - Answer-notes slip down- mean't to sound sensual.
Leonard Bernstein - Answer-wrote music for WSS
Stephen Sondheim - Answer-Lyricist for WSS
Jerome Robbins - Answer-Director of WSS
Arthur Laurents - Answer-Wrote book that WSS is based on
4 kinds of difference - Answer-Gender, age, race, gender and race
CORRECT ANSWERS
Girolamo Savanarola - Answer-Unofficial leader of Naples from 1494-98. Oversaw
Theocracy in Florence. Predicted Invasions. Burned at stake in 1498- Miserere mei,
Deus written as tribute.
The Reformation - Answer-Beginning in 1517, when Martin Luther challenged some of
the basic practices and beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, gave the English people
religious motives for colonization in the Americas.
Martin Luther - Answer-Fan of Josquin. Wanted the congregation to participate in music.
Lutheran Chorale - Answer-a monophonic spiritual melody or religious folksong of the
Lutheran church, sung in unison by the congregation.
Contrafactum - Answer-compositional technique of writing new lyrics to an existing
melody
Jean Calvin - Answer-French Protestant (16th century) who stressed doctrine of
predestination; established center of his group at Swiss canton of Geneva; encouraged
ideas of wider access to government, wider public education; Calvinism spread from
Switzerland to northern Europe and North America.
Vernacular - Answer-Everyday language
Counter Reformation - Answer-Catholic Church's attempt to stop the protestant
movement and to strengthen the Catholic Church- Polyphony was not banned. Left it to
bishops to regulate music
Palestrina - Answer-Creates first personal musical style. Said to have "saved"
polyphony by writing songs to fit the mass- not really true.
Pope Marcellus Mass - Answer-mass by palestrina - most famous of his work; the music
didn't take away from the meaning or the words; this may have convinced the council of
trent to keep polyphony in the catholic church; lots of blending
William Billings - Answer-1st professional musician and composer born in America
(founded singing schools)
liberettist - Answer-person who writes the text of the work, main threads, subplots,
characters etc.
, Mozart - Answer-"The Marriage of Figaro," "Don Giovanni," and "The Magic Flute"---
child prodigy whose successful life started at six and he wrote his first opera at age 12.
He excelled, but died at age 36.
Lorenzo da Ponte - Answer-Mozart's librettist for Don Giovanni and Marriage of Figaro.
The Marriage of Figaro - Answer-opera; based off of French play. was at first banned in
Vienna because of its licentiousness
Pants Role - Answer-a male operatic character performed in the opera by a female
vocalist.
Don Giovanni - Answer-An opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, recounting the
dissolute life of Don Juan. At the end, a statue of a man Don Giovanni has killed comes
to life and drags the unscrupulous seducer into the burning pit of hell.
Recitative - Answer-A vocal solo in opera, cantats, and oratorios that declaims the text
in a sung-speech manner, in free rhythm with minimal accompainment.
Aria - Answer-A vocal number for solo singer and orchestra, generally in an opera,
cantata, or oratorio. Recitative gives way at lyric moments to the aria. a song, high
emotional nature.
Carmen (play) - Answer-Opera based on Novella by prosper Merimee. -Comique
Georges Bizet - Answer-wrote music for Carmen
Carmen (person) - Answer-Exotic other- Gypsy
Escamillo - Answer-Torreador- people adore him- high class performer
Don Jose - Answer-Tenor- Soldier- Not good at articulating feelings
Michaela - Answer-Good Girl soprano- represents the mother figure.
Chromaticism - Answer-notes slip down- mean't to sound sensual.
Leonard Bernstein - Answer-wrote music for WSS
Stephen Sondheim - Answer-Lyricist for WSS
Jerome Robbins - Answer-Director of WSS
Arthur Laurents - Answer-Wrote book that WSS is based on
4 kinds of difference - Answer-Gender, age, race, gender and race
