MUSI 1306 PRACTICE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What effect did the spread of Protestantism have on music? - ✔✔Chorale tunes
found their way into cantatas, organ pieces, and other forms of music.
✔✔Where was Henry Purcell born? - ✔✔England
✔✔The allemande, courante, gavotte and gigue are all types of - ✔✔French baroque
dances
✔✔How does the basso continuo function in Baroque music? - ✔✔It provides both a
harmonic and rhythmic foundation.
✔✔The main keyboard instruments of the Baroque era were: - ✔✔Harpsichord, Organ
✔✔Opera is a sacred drama sung from beginning to end. - ✔✔false
✔✔Baroque composers created "illusion" through their: - ✔✔use of dynamics and
contrasting performing groups.
✔✔Rank the following dynamic levels from loudest to softest: mf, pp, mp, fff, f - ✔✔fff f
mf mp pp
✔✔Baroque instrumental concertos are based upon contrast and interplay between -
✔✔a small group and a large group.
✔✔Vivaldi wrote most of his concertos, including one for the mandolin, while working at
the Ospedale della Pieta (Girl's orphanage) in Vienna. - ✔✔true
✔✔Why is Vivaldi's Four Seasons considered an early example of program music? -
✔✔Each of the four concerti depicts a different season.
✔✔What did Baroque artists study and attempt to represent? - ✔✔emotional states
✔✔Which of the following were invented during, or are associated with the Baroque
Era? Select all that apply. - ✔✔
✔✔How do Baroque opera plots reflect society at the time? - ✔✔Plots tend to revolve
around powerful rulers.
✔✔How did Baroque composers create the illusion of space and distance? - ✔✔by
having the same phrase played loud and then soft
,✔✔Who was the undisputed German master of counterpoint, whose skill was displayed
throughout his career? - ✔✔Johann Sebastian Bach
✔✔Baroque instrumental concerti are based upon contrast and interplay between: -
✔✔a small group (or soloist) and a large group
✔✔The Four Seasons
A
Messiah
C
St. Matthew Passion
D
Dido and Aeneus
G
The Brandenburg Concertos
H
Orfeo
F
Six Suites a Violoncello Solo senza Basso, BWV 1007-1012
B
Ballet de la Nuit
E - ✔✔A.
1725, Italy, Vivaldi
B.
1717-1723, Germany, J.S. Bach
C.
1741, England, Handel
D.
1727, Germany, J.S. Bach
E.
1653, France, Lully
F.
1607, Italy, Monteverdi
G.
1689, England, Purcell
H.
1721, Germany, J.S. Bach
, ✔✔The Baroque concerto is not at all dependent upon contrast. - ✔✔false
✔✔The ritornello in a concerto contains an orchestral passage that constantly returns,
referred to as an episode. - ✔✔false
✔✔Men had to remove swords and ladies their hoop-skirts, in order to fit into the
concert hall for the performance of: - ✔✔Handel's MessiahOratorio
✔✔Why have Handel's oratorios remained popular to the present day? - ✔✔The words
are in English, and the biblical stories are familiar.
✔✔Vivaldi wrote The Four Seasons before composers began using text-painting in
vocal music. - ✔✔false
✔✔How were the public concert series of the Baroque era funded? - ✔✔
✔✔How did the scientific discoveries of Isaac Newton inspire other aspects of Baroque
culture? - ✔✔Philosophers adopted similar methods of rigorous, rational analysis.
✔✔Modes were primarily used in the Middle Ages and the Baroque Era, and not during
the Renaissance or Classical Era. - ✔✔false
✔✔How did the classic era piano differ from its predecessor, the harpsichord? - ✔✔It
was capable of playing a larger range of dynamics.
✔✔How did Mozart attempt to make money during the last five years of his life? - ✔✔by
composing five great operas
✔✔Why might composers have used sonata form for almost all the first movements of
Classic instrumental music? - ✔✔They wanted to present their most serious ideas at the
beginning.
✔✔The second movement of a symphony is usually - ✔✔slow and lyrical.
✔✔How did the development of comic opera represent the ideals of the Enlightenment?
- ✔✔It was designed to appeal to everyone, not just the aristocracy.
✔✔How did the growth of the middle class in the Classic era change the economics of
music? - ✔✔As music publishing became profitable, composers could make a living
without the support of patrons.
✔✔Which of the following was true of Mozart? - ✔✔He was a child prodigy.
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What effect did the spread of Protestantism have on music? - ✔✔Chorale tunes
found their way into cantatas, organ pieces, and other forms of music.
✔✔Where was Henry Purcell born? - ✔✔England
✔✔The allemande, courante, gavotte and gigue are all types of - ✔✔French baroque
dances
✔✔How does the basso continuo function in Baroque music? - ✔✔It provides both a
harmonic and rhythmic foundation.
✔✔The main keyboard instruments of the Baroque era were: - ✔✔Harpsichord, Organ
✔✔Opera is a sacred drama sung from beginning to end. - ✔✔false
✔✔Baroque composers created "illusion" through their: - ✔✔use of dynamics and
contrasting performing groups.
✔✔Rank the following dynamic levels from loudest to softest: mf, pp, mp, fff, f - ✔✔fff f
mf mp pp
✔✔Baroque instrumental concertos are based upon contrast and interplay between -
✔✔a small group and a large group.
✔✔Vivaldi wrote most of his concertos, including one for the mandolin, while working at
the Ospedale della Pieta (Girl's orphanage) in Vienna. - ✔✔true
✔✔Why is Vivaldi's Four Seasons considered an early example of program music? -
✔✔Each of the four concerti depicts a different season.
✔✔What did Baroque artists study and attempt to represent? - ✔✔emotional states
✔✔Which of the following were invented during, or are associated with the Baroque
Era? Select all that apply. - ✔✔
✔✔How do Baroque opera plots reflect society at the time? - ✔✔Plots tend to revolve
around powerful rulers.
✔✔How did Baroque composers create the illusion of space and distance? - ✔✔by
having the same phrase played loud and then soft
,✔✔Who was the undisputed German master of counterpoint, whose skill was displayed
throughout his career? - ✔✔Johann Sebastian Bach
✔✔Baroque instrumental concerti are based upon contrast and interplay between: -
✔✔a small group (or soloist) and a large group
✔✔The Four Seasons
A
Messiah
C
St. Matthew Passion
D
Dido and Aeneus
G
The Brandenburg Concertos
H
Orfeo
F
Six Suites a Violoncello Solo senza Basso, BWV 1007-1012
B
Ballet de la Nuit
E - ✔✔A.
1725, Italy, Vivaldi
B.
1717-1723, Germany, J.S. Bach
C.
1741, England, Handel
D.
1727, Germany, J.S. Bach
E.
1653, France, Lully
F.
1607, Italy, Monteverdi
G.
1689, England, Purcell
H.
1721, Germany, J.S. Bach
, ✔✔The Baroque concerto is not at all dependent upon contrast. - ✔✔false
✔✔The ritornello in a concerto contains an orchestral passage that constantly returns,
referred to as an episode. - ✔✔false
✔✔Men had to remove swords and ladies their hoop-skirts, in order to fit into the
concert hall for the performance of: - ✔✔Handel's MessiahOratorio
✔✔Why have Handel's oratorios remained popular to the present day? - ✔✔The words
are in English, and the biblical stories are familiar.
✔✔Vivaldi wrote The Four Seasons before composers began using text-painting in
vocal music. - ✔✔false
✔✔How were the public concert series of the Baroque era funded? - ✔✔
✔✔How did the scientific discoveries of Isaac Newton inspire other aspects of Baroque
culture? - ✔✔Philosophers adopted similar methods of rigorous, rational analysis.
✔✔Modes were primarily used in the Middle Ages and the Baroque Era, and not during
the Renaissance or Classical Era. - ✔✔false
✔✔How did the classic era piano differ from its predecessor, the harpsichord? - ✔✔It
was capable of playing a larger range of dynamics.
✔✔How did Mozart attempt to make money during the last five years of his life? - ✔✔by
composing five great operas
✔✔Why might composers have used sonata form for almost all the first movements of
Classic instrumental music? - ✔✔They wanted to present their most serious ideas at the
beginning.
✔✔The second movement of a symphony is usually - ✔✔slow and lyrical.
✔✔How did the development of comic opera represent the ideals of the Enlightenment?
- ✔✔It was designed to appeal to everyone, not just the aristocracy.
✔✔How did the growth of the middle class in the Classic era change the economics of
music? - ✔✔As music publishing became profitable, composers could make a living
without the support of patrons.
✔✔Which of the following was true of Mozart? - ✔✔He was a child prodigy.
