MUS 121 Final Exam – Questions With Thorough
Solutions
Given that the style of this excerpt was created in the medieval period to serve
God, which form best describes it? ✔️Ans - Gregorian Chant
Given that this is a Romantic Opera, what time period was it likely written in?
✔️Ans - 1850-1880
The above excerpt represents a jazz style inspired by the brutality of the civil
rights movement in NYC, defined by its abrasive dissonance and complex
rhythms. Which style is this? ✔️Ans - Free Jazz
This excerpt has no clear melodic voice, therefore all of the melodic voices are
of equal importance. This texture would be best described by which term?
✔️Ans - Polyphony
This excerpt is from the Baroque era, who is a likely composer? ✔️Ans - J.
S. Bach
Identifying this piece as a Menuet indicates what about the nationality and
larger form? ✔️Ans - it is French and part of a dance suite
Given that this performance involves a small group of keyboard, wind, and
string instruments, which type of ensemble is likely performing? ✔️Ans -
Chamber Ensemble
The excerpt begins with a symphony orchestra and then introduces a solo
cellist. Which form best describes this interaction? Which era of music
invented this form? ✔️Ans - Concerto form, Classical Era
Classical music was centered on frequent use of the chromatic scale. ✔️Ans
- False
Romantic composers and artists shunned the occult in their works, believing
that to represent the supernatural in art was to invite it into their lives.
✔️Ans - False
, Debussy and Ravel believed that the most important aim of music should be a
solid formal structure encompassing extreme emotions. ✔️Ans - False
Beethoven's most popular symphony is probably his... ✔️Ans - 5th
Igor Stravinsky was known only for his primitivist works. ✔️Ans - False
Program music is so called because it is influenced by something extramusical
(such as a sonnet). ✔️Ans - True
In spite of its name, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet is based on the
relationship of two of his friends, not on Shakespeare's play. ✔️Ans - True
One way that romantic composers created nationalistic music was to use folk-
song melodies. ✔️Ans - True
The term program music refers to music... ✔️Ans - with extramusical
inspiration (such as a sonnet).
The best-known American band composer was... ✔️Ans - John Philip
Soussa
Which opera was as a model for the three Italian composers who led the
verismo movement? ✔️Ans - Carmen
The composer who developed serialism was... ✔️Ans - Arnold Schoenberg
Serialism results in atonal compositions. ✔️Ans - True
Adding a note to a melody or spontaneously making up a melody on the spot
is called... ✔️Ans - improvisation
The greatest classical composer of opera was... ✔️Ans - Mozart
The first movement of a classical multi-movement work is most often in _____
form. ✔️Ans - Sonata form
Much of Tchaikovsky's depression and many of his problems stemmed from...
✔️Ans - being homosexual
Solutions
Given that the style of this excerpt was created in the medieval period to serve
God, which form best describes it? ✔️Ans - Gregorian Chant
Given that this is a Romantic Opera, what time period was it likely written in?
✔️Ans - 1850-1880
The above excerpt represents a jazz style inspired by the brutality of the civil
rights movement in NYC, defined by its abrasive dissonance and complex
rhythms. Which style is this? ✔️Ans - Free Jazz
This excerpt has no clear melodic voice, therefore all of the melodic voices are
of equal importance. This texture would be best described by which term?
✔️Ans - Polyphony
This excerpt is from the Baroque era, who is a likely composer? ✔️Ans - J.
S. Bach
Identifying this piece as a Menuet indicates what about the nationality and
larger form? ✔️Ans - it is French and part of a dance suite
Given that this performance involves a small group of keyboard, wind, and
string instruments, which type of ensemble is likely performing? ✔️Ans -
Chamber Ensemble
The excerpt begins with a symphony orchestra and then introduces a solo
cellist. Which form best describes this interaction? Which era of music
invented this form? ✔️Ans - Concerto form, Classical Era
Classical music was centered on frequent use of the chromatic scale. ✔️Ans
- False
Romantic composers and artists shunned the occult in their works, believing
that to represent the supernatural in art was to invite it into their lives.
✔️Ans - False
, Debussy and Ravel believed that the most important aim of music should be a
solid formal structure encompassing extreme emotions. ✔️Ans - False
Beethoven's most popular symphony is probably his... ✔️Ans - 5th
Igor Stravinsky was known only for his primitivist works. ✔️Ans - False
Program music is so called because it is influenced by something extramusical
(such as a sonnet). ✔️Ans - True
In spite of its name, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet is based on the
relationship of two of his friends, not on Shakespeare's play. ✔️Ans - True
One way that romantic composers created nationalistic music was to use folk-
song melodies. ✔️Ans - True
The term program music refers to music... ✔️Ans - with extramusical
inspiration (such as a sonnet).
The best-known American band composer was... ✔️Ans - John Philip
Soussa
Which opera was as a model for the three Italian composers who led the
verismo movement? ✔️Ans - Carmen
The composer who developed serialism was... ✔️Ans - Arnold Schoenberg
Serialism results in atonal compositions. ✔️Ans - True
Adding a note to a melody or spontaneously making up a melody on the spot
is called... ✔️Ans - improvisation
The greatest classical composer of opera was... ✔️Ans - Mozart
The first movement of a classical multi-movement work is most often in _____
form. ✔️Ans - Sonata form
Much of Tchaikovsky's depression and many of his problems stemmed from...
✔️Ans - being homosexual
