MUS 121 Final Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)

MUS 121 Final Questions with CORRECT Answers
(Grade A+)

Question 1:
Cantata (Lutheran)
Answer:
poetry on a sacred theme or topic, rhymed and metered and set to music (never staged) the German
church cantata serves as the principal music of the Lutheran service

Question 2:
Concerto
Answer:
composition for solo instrument (or group of solo instruments) and orchestra necessary contradiction of
harmonizing/organizing and arguing/disputing

Question 3:
Consonance
Answer:
pitch or pitches that are contextually stable (does NOT mean pleasant)

Question 4:
"Creative explosion"
Answer:
35,000 BCE Europe period of rapid innovation and development cave paintings, flutes

Question 5:
Form
Answer:
the structure or layout of a musical composition

Question 6:
Genre
Answer:
a type of music, usually defined by form or medium

, Question 7:
Gregorian chant
Answer:
liturgical Catholic monophonic song (aka plainsong/plainchant)

Question 8:
Grotte Chauvet
Answer:
cave in southern France known for its prehistoric cave paintings provides insight into early human
culture

Question 9:
Homophony
Answer:
a texture consisting of two or more parts and a single melody with subordinate accompaniment (all
parts have identical or similar rhythm)

Question 10:
Imitative polyphony
Answer:
two or more independent parts; melodic patterns repeated in all parts

Question 11:
Isorhythm
Answer:
"same rhythm," long repeating rhythmic pattern with varied pitch content

Question 12:
Melismatic organum
Answer:
many notes against the cantus firmus