Humanities 100 Final Exam with Correct Answers| 2025 LATEST
UPDATED!!
What is it? Classical- Art Song - (answers)Classical music is also called "art music." It is both religious
and secular music, and it is based on
"staff notation."
Classical What is Cantana? - (answers)Cantata: choral work with one or more soloist and an
instrumental ensemble
Classical What is Mass? - (answers)Mass: Sacred choral composition consisting of five
sections (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei), often with orchestral accompaniment.
Classical What is Oratorio? - (answers)Oratorio: chorus + vocal soloists + orchestra; they are often set to
narrative
texts (often Biblical)
Classical What is Concreto? - (answers)Concerto: Extended composition for an instrumental soloist and
orchestra 你是想要一篇“眼睛容易阅读的”
• Example: Bach, "Brandenburg中文文章，还是一篇关于“眼睛”
Concerto No. 2 in F"
主题的中文文章？
Classical What is Symphony? - (answers)Symphony: Full scale orchestral composition, often in four
movements
• Example: Mahler, "Symphony No. 2"
Classical What is Fugue? - (answers)Fugue: Composition of one main theme that uses a variety of
different melodic lines all working together; can be for a group of instruments or
voices or for a single instrument
Jazz- What is blues? - (answers)Blues: Primarily African American form of jazz developed streets, bars,
and dance halls, consisting of improvisation, a steady beat, unique tone colors,
and "the blue note"
, Jazz What is New Orleans style? - (answers)New Orleans Style (aka "Dixieland"): front line (several
contrasting melodic lines) + rhythm section; connected to "big band" music of the 1930s and
1940s.
Jazz What is Ragtime? - (answers)Ragtime: piano-based music primarily; regular beat is juxtaposed a
syncopated (off-beat) melody
Jazz What is Free Jazz? - (answers)Free Jazz: Developed in the 1950s & 60s; focus is on abstraction,
creative improvisation, extreme notes and lots of energy; often connected to the civil rights movement;
when most people think of jazz, this is what they have in
mind.
Jazz What is Fusion? - (answers)Fusion: Jazz musicians using elements of rock music with jazz; chord
progressions and rhythmic patterns are simplified and electronic instruments
incorporated into the music.
• Example: Herbie Hancock, "Headhunters"
Jazz What is Groove? - (answers)Groove: Pop/rock/hip-hop artists using elements of jazz music.
你是想要一篇“眼睛容易阅读的”
• Example: Flying Lotus, "Putty中文文章，还是一篇关于“眼睛”
Boy Strut"
主题的中文文章？
Popular Music- What are the difference between genres like rock and pop? - (answers)Popular music
styles like Rock and Rap/Hip-Hop are off-shoot of Blues & Rhythm & Blues. Unlike other genres, these
focus primarily on recording than on composition or performance. Each of these musics has developed
and changed in massive ways over the years, and often these changes have mirrored the advancements of
the technology used in recording and performing.
Opera- What is Grand Opera (tragic)? - (answers)Grand Opera (serious or tragic opera): Wagner, Die
Walkure (Act III, "Ride of the
Valkyrie")
Opera-What is Opera Buffa (comic)? - (answers)Opera Buffa (comic opera):
Mozart's
UPDATED!!
What is it? Classical- Art Song - (answers)Classical music is also called "art music." It is both religious
and secular music, and it is based on
"staff notation."
Classical What is Cantana? - (answers)Cantata: choral work with one or more soloist and an
instrumental ensemble
Classical What is Mass? - (answers)Mass: Sacred choral composition consisting of five
sections (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei), often with orchestral accompaniment.
Classical What is Oratorio? - (answers)Oratorio: chorus + vocal soloists + orchestra; they are often set to
narrative
texts (often Biblical)
Classical What is Concreto? - (answers)Concerto: Extended composition for an instrumental soloist and
orchestra 你是想要一篇“眼睛容易阅读的”
• Example: Bach, "Brandenburg中文文章，还是一篇关于“眼睛”
Concerto No. 2 in F"
主题的中文文章？
Classical What is Symphony? - (answers)Symphony: Full scale orchestral composition, often in four
movements
• Example: Mahler, "Symphony No. 2"
Classical What is Fugue? - (answers)Fugue: Composition of one main theme that uses a variety of
different melodic lines all working together; can be for a group of instruments or
voices or for a single instrument
Jazz- What is blues? - (answers)Blues: Primarily African American form of jazz developed streets, bars,
and dance halls, consisting of improvisation, a steady beat, unique tone colors,
and "the blue note"
, Jazz What is New Orleans style? - (answers)New Orleans Style (aka "Dixieland"): front line (several
contrasting melodic lines) + rhythm section; connected to "big band" music of the 1930s and
1940s.
Jazz What is Ragtime? - (answers)Ragtime: piano-based music primarily; regular beat is juxtaposed a
syncopated (off-beat) melody
Jazz What is Free Jazz? - (answers)Free Jazz: Developed in the 1950s & 60s; focus is on abstraction,
creative improvisation, extreme notes and lots of energy; often connected to the civil rights movement;
when most people think of jazz, this is what they have in
mind.
Jazz What is Fusion? - (answers)Fusion: Jazz musicians using elements of rock music with jazz; chord
progressions and rhythmic patterns are simplified and electronic instruments
incorporated into the music.
• Example: Herbie Hancock, "Headhunters"
Jazz What is Groove? - (answers)Groove: Pop/rock/hip-hop artists using elements of jazz music.
你是想要一篇“眼睛容易阅读的”
• Example: Flying Lotus, "Putty中文文章，还是一篇关于“眼睛”
Boy Strut"
主题的中文文章？
Popular Music- What are the difference between genres like rock and pop? - (answers)Popular music
styles like Rock and Rap/Hip-Hop are off-shoot of Blues & Rhythm & Blues. Unlike other genres, these
focus primarily on recording than on composition or performance. Each of these musics has developed
and changed in massive ways over the years, and often these changes have mirrored the advancements of
the technology used in recording and performing.
Opera- What is Grand Opera (tragic)? - (answers)Grand Opera (serious or tragic opera): Wagner, Die
Walkure (Act III, "Ride of the
Valkyrie")
Opera-What is Opera Buffa (comic)? - (answers)Opera Buffa (comic opera):
Mozart's
