MUSI-1306 Final Exam Review
(2025/2026) questions well answered
Baroque Period dates - correct answer ✔✔1600-1750
Classical Period dates - correct answer ✔✔1750-1825
Romantic Period dates - correct answer ✔✔1825-1900
Opera seria - correct answer ✔✔Dramatic opera, usually dealing with serious subject matter.
Opera buffa - correct answer ✔✔comic opera
Patronage system - correct answer ✔✔a system in which musicians were given jobs to compose
for certain people
Recitative - correct answer ✔✔composition and singing style for moving through the dialogue
portion of the story
Aria - correct answer ✔✔elaborate, self-contained song for solo voice, which is usually with full
instrumental accompaniment
Basso continuo - correct answer ✔✔combination of brass and chord instruments used in
Renaissance opera music
When was basso continuo used? - correct answer ✔✔Renaissance
, Terraced dynamics - correct answer ✔✔alternation between loud and soft
Oratorio - correct answer ✔✔large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra
which was based on biblical theme and usually set to a narrative text
Cantata - correct answer ✔✔vocal composition in several movements for solo voices,
instruments, and chorus, based on a religious text
Opera - correct answer ✔✔staged dramatic work utilizing acting, costumes, makeup, and
scenery in which all lines of the characters are sung
Differences between oratorio and cantata - correct answer ✔✔a cantata is a short oratorio
Baroque - correct answer ✔✔Types of music in oratorio, cantatas, and opera
Castrato - correct answer ✔✔man who had his testicles removed to prevent his voice from
changing
Libretto - correct answer ✔✔script or text of an opera
Did the composer write his own libretto? - correct answer ✔✔not usually
Ostinato - correct answer ✔✔short, persistently repeated melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic
pattern
Major keyboard instruments in baroque period - correct answer ✔✔harpsichord and organ
(2025/2026) questions well answered
Baroque Period dates - correct answer ✔✔1600-1750
Classical Period dates - correct answer ✔✔1750-1825
Romantic Period dates - correct answer ✔✔1825-1900
Opera seria - correct answer ✔✔Dramatic opera, usually dealing with serious subject matter.
Opera buffa - correct answer ✔✔comic opera
Patronage system - correct answer ✔✔a system in which musicians were given jobs to compose
for certain people
Recitative - correct answer ✔✔composition and singing style for moving through the dialogue
portion of the story
Aria - correct answer ✔✔elaborate, self-contained song for solo voice, which is usually with full
instrumental accompaniment
Basso continuo - correct answer ✔✔combination of brass and chord instruments used in
Renaissance opera music
When was basso continuo used? - correct answer ✔✔Renaissance
, Terraced dynamics - correct answer ✔✔alternation between loud and soft
Oratorio - correct answer ✔✔large-scale composition for chorus, vocal soloists, and orchestra
which was based on biblical theme and usually set to a narrative text
Cantata - correct answer ✔✔vocal composition in several movements for solo voices,
instruments, and chorus, based on a religious text
Opera - correct answer ✔✔staged dramatic work utilizing acting, costumes, makeup, and
scenery in which all lines of the characters are sung
Differences between oratorio and cantata - correct answer ✔✔a cantata is a short oratorio
Baroque - correct answer ✔✔Types of music in oratorio, cantatas, and opera
Castrato - correct answer ✔✔man who had his testicles removed to prevent his voice from
changing
Libretto - correct answer ✔✔script or text of an opera
Did the composer write his own libretto? - correct answer ✔✔not usually
Ostinato - correct answer ✔✔short, persistently repeated melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic
pattern
Major keyboard instruments in baroque period - correct answer ✔✔harpsichord and organ
