Music Appreciation Final Exam Review
Solutions (A+ Rated)
Pizzicato is the - ANS-Technique of plucking a string instead of bowing
The pitch of a sound is determined by its ___________. - ANS-Frequency
A ___________ is anything larger than a small interval between two pitches. -
ANS-Leap
Form is the organization of musical elements _______________. - ANS-In time
The heart of the Mass is the _____________. - ANS-Transubstantiation
By the mid-seventeenth century, opera had become ______________. - ANS-The first
commercial music
Handel was - ANS-Thought to have had a thick accent when speaking in English
Strongly influenced by Italian music
Remembered mainly for his vocal music in English
German composer
What Handel did better than any other Baroque composer was _________________. -
ANS-Integrate contrast into continuity
Opera is - ANS-Drama, either tragic or comic, in which all dialogue is sung
The only known performance of Dido and Aeneas took place ____________________.
- ANS-In a girl's boarding school
The Baroque texture contains all of the following except: - ANS-An obbligato on every
refrain
The harpsichordist generally uses _______________________. - ANS-A figured bass
Which of the following is NOT true of Bach's time of composition? - ANS-Composers
Solutions (A+ Rated)
Pizzicato is the - ANS-Technique of plucking a string instead of bowing
The pitch of a sound is determined by its ___________. - ANS-Frequency
A ___________ is anything larger than a small interval between two pitches. -
ANS-Leap
Form is the organization of musical elements _______________. - ANS-In time
The heart of the Mass is the _____________. - ANS-Transubstantiation
By the mid-seventeenth century, opera had become ______________. - ANS-The first
commercial music
Handel was - ANS-Thought to have had a thick accent when speaking in English
Strongly influenced by Italian music
Remembered mainly for his vocal music in English
German composer
What Handel did better than any other Baroque composer was _________________. -
ANS-Integrate contrast into continuity
Opera is - ANS-Drama, either tragic or comic, in which all dialogue is sung
The only known performance of Dido and Aeneas took place ____________________.
- ANS-In a girl's boarding school
The Baroque texture contains all of the following except: - ANS-An obbligato on every
refrain
The harpsichordist generally uses _______________________. - ANS-A figured bass
Which of the following is NOT true of Bach's time of composition? - ANS-Composers
