LAS MAS MUS 337 TEST SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH FULL ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ incidental music. Answer: music written to accompany a play (or
movies and TV shows)
◉ overture. Answer: a single-movement orchestral composition that
precedes a dramatic presentation such as a ballet or opera
◉ operetta. Answer: a light opera genre popular in nineteenth-
century England and Austria
◉ libretto. Answer: the text of an opera in pamphlet form
◉ Kabuki theatre. Answer: traditional Japanese theater that
combines acting, music, and costumes
◉ Chinese opera. Answer: traditional music theater genre of China
combining music, costumes, makeup, scenery, mime, dance and
acrobatics characterized by a generally boisterous presentation of
musical materials
, ◉ Baroque dance suite. Answer: a genre for orchestra consisting of a
series of stylized dance movements; from the Baroque era
◉ syncopated. Answer: rhythmic quality where the emphasis is is
placed on unexpected beats or off beats
◉ primitivism. Answer: Twentieth-century musical style associated
with harsh unresolved dissonance, unpredictable but strong
rhythmic qualities, and short motivic melodies (not clearly defined
or lyrical); used to describe the style of The Rite of Spring
◉ asymmetrical meters. Answer: meters in which the number of
grouped pulses changes instead of remaining constant
◉ orchestration. Answer: term used to describe the assignment by
composers of specific instruments to musical lines in a composition
◉ art song. Answer: A song for solo voice with accompaniment
intended for concert of formal presentation in which both the solo
voice part and the accompaniment are written out by the composer.
◉ strophic form. Answer: A song form based on verses of text sung
to the same music; may also contain a chorus
QUESTIONS WITH FULL ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ incidental music. Answer: music written to accompany a play (or
movies and TV shows)
◉ overture. Answer: a single-movement orchestral composition that
precedes a dramatic presentation such as a ballet or opera
◉ operetta. Answer: a light opera genre popular in nineteenth-
century England and Austria
◉ libretto. Answer: the text of an opera in pamphlet form
◉ Kabuki theatre. Answer: traditional Japanese theater that
combines acting, music, and costumes
◉ Chinese opera. Answer: traditional music theater genre of China
combining music, costumes, makeup, scenery, mime, dance and
acrobatics characterized by a generally boisterous presentation of
musical materials
, ◉ Baroque dance suite. Answer: a genre for orchestra consisting of a
series of stylized dance movements; from the Baroque era
◉ syncopated. Answer: rhythmic quality where the emphasis is is
placed on unexpected beats or off beats
◉ primitivism. Answer: Twentieth-century musical style associated
with harsh unresolved dissonance, unpredictable but strong
rhythmic qualities, and short motivic melodies (not clearly defined
or lyrical); used to describe the style of The Rite of Spring
◉ asymmetrical meters. Answer: meters in which the number of
grouped pulses changes instead of remaining constant
◉ orchestration. Answer: term used to describe the assignment by
composers of specific instruments to musical lines in a composition
◉ art song. Answer: A song for solo voice with accompaniment
intended for concert of formal presentation in which both the solo
voice part and the accompaniment are written out by the composer.
◉ strophic form. Answer: A song form based on verses of text sung
to the same music; may also contain a chorus
