Introduction to Music

Listen to excerpt 1. Which of the five self-contained units, or "numbers," of the overture and first act of Dido and Aeneas does this excerpt represent? Answer Correct Answer:   song Question 20 5 out of 5 points If they were wealthy enough to receive education in composition, women in the Baroque Era were able to pursue professional music careers. Answer Correct Answer:  False Question 21 5 out of 5 points The formal device used in both Dido and Aeneas and "Marriage Celebration Song" is called ____________________. Answer Correct Answer:   ostinato. Question 22 5 out of 5 points Listen to excerpt 2. The melodic unit you hear that repeats in ABBB form to create ostinato is called ____________________. Answer Correct Answer:   call-and-response. Question 23 5 out of 5 points A form of polyphony heard in "Marriage Celebration Song" that consists of two or more interlocking voices is called __________ construction. Answer Correct Answer:   hocket Question 24 5 out of 5 points In _________ music, we hear only one performer on each part, in contrast to orchestral music, which features multiple players on most parts. Answer Correct Answer:   chamber Question 25 5 out of 5 points Although J. S. Bach composed for many genres, he never wrote an opera because he never held a job that required him to do so. Answer Correct Answer:  True Question 26 5 out of 5 points Trio-sonata texture consists of ____________________. Answer Correct Answer:   three main voices: two in the soprano and one in the bass. Question 27 5 out of 5 points What is another word for an arrangement of a musical work for a different instrument or instruments? Answer Correct Answer:   transcription Question 28 5 out of 5 points The tremendous range of the organ begins with the lowest notes played on the pedal board to the highest notes played on the ____________________. Answer Correct Answer:   manuals. Question 29 5 out of 5 points Which of the following pairs of musical works use binary form? Answer Correct Answer:   Handel's Water Music and Susato's Moorish Dance Question 30 5 out of 5 points Vivaldi, both as a composer and as a player, took the art of virtuoso _________ playing to new levels. Answer Correct Answer:   violin Question 31 5 out of 5 points A concerto is ____________________. Answer Correct Answer:   an instrumental work for a soloist or soloists and a larger ensemble. Question 32 5 out of 5 points Program music is ____________________. Answer Correct Answer:   an instrumental work that is in some way associated with a story, event, or idea. Question 33 5 out of 5 points Which of the following is NOT true of Vivaldi? Answer Correct Answer:   J. S. Bach disliked his music and refused to arrange his concertos. Question 34 5 out of 5 points George Frideric Handel and J. S. Bach were born within a month of each other and less than 100 miles apart, but they never met. Answer

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