Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2022 » Quiz 3

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Question #1
The concerto
A.   was a large-scale music drama with acting, scenery, and costumes.
B.   was a Renaissance genre that gained popularity in the Baroque era.
C.   grew out of the lavish aristocratic weddings of the Renaissance.
D.   was a new instrumental genre of the Baroque era featuring an instrumental soloist and orchestra.
Question #2
Vivaldi wrote instrumental music that depicts a scene without the use of sung words, a genre called
A.   program music or "sound story" 
B.   intentional music.
C.   absolute music.
D.   song.
Question #3
The solo instrument featured in Vivaldi’s Spring concerto is the
A.   violin.
B.   double bass.
C.   cello.
D.   harpsichord.
Question #4
Which of the following describe William Billings’s contributions to American music history?
A.   emphasizing the institutional importance of music
B.   contributing songs to the cause of independence from Great Britain
C.   All answers are correct.
D.   cultivating a tradition of American psalmody
Question #5
Which of the following is a collection of music by William Billings?
A.   The Great Book of Polyphony
B.   The New England Psalm Singer
C.   The New England Collection of Cantatas
D.   Old Bill’s Tunes and Ditties
Question #6
“Singing schools” were designed
A.   to teach a congregation heterophonic singing.
B.   to train the colonists to become professional singers.
C.   to train singers without learning to read music.
D.   to teach a congregation the basics of notation and theory.
Question #7
The main theme of a fugue is known as the
A.   fugato.
B.   subject.
C.   episode.
D.   answer.
Question #8
Fugues feature a predominantly _________ texture.
A.   heterophonic
B.   polyphonic
C.   monophonic
D.   homophonic
Question #9
A highly structured contrapuntal form based on a single theme or subject is a
A.   toccata.
B.   fugue.
C.   prelude.
D.   da capo.

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