Mus 121 Quiz 3 Ch 4-8 Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)

Mus 121 Quiz 3 Ch 4-8 Questions with CORRECT
Answers (Grade A+)

Question 1:
Who was Hildegard of Bingen?
Answer:
The main documented female composer of the medieval period.

Question 2:
What is word painting?
Answer:
A musical concept in which melodies depict specific words that are sung (like notes going higher in
pitch on the word "ascend").

Question 3:
Imagine you are listening to a choir perform renaissance music (don't ask why, just imagine it). When
the choir sings "climb," the notes rise in pitch. When the choir sings "falls down the stairs," the notes
descend in pitch. What musical concept have you just heard?
Answer:
Musical joking

Question 4:
Why are opera overtures important?
Answer:
Because they led to the "birth" of the orchestra since composers began writing non-operatic music
solely for the instrumental ensemble that played the overture.

Question 5:
The opera helped lead to the creation ("birth") of the ____________. This instrumental ensemble
initially was known for playing overtures to operas.
Answer:
Orchestra

, Question 6:
What are the 2 most common types of song found in opera?
Answer:
Recitative and aria

Question 7:
What do we title a stage-play that involves music (primarily singing)?
Answer:
Opera

Question 8:
Question not clearly extracted from source.
Answer:
True True or False: In opera, acts are often divided into scenes

Question 9:
True or False: Cantatas can be scared or secular
Answer:
True

Question 10:
Who composed "Wachet auf" ("Sleepers, Awake") from Cantata 40?
Answer:
Johann Sebastian Bach

Question 11:
Handel's Messiah begins with a/an ________?
Answer:
Overture

Question 12:
True or False: Oratorios are often just as long as most operas.
Answer:
True