Music Questions - Essay Example

Music Questions Page of 3 Music 101 ___________________ Final Exam ____________________ Match the Composer Example: Purcell, Didoand Aenaes Basso Continuo, Chamber orchestra Baroque operaPeriod: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary1. Country composer is from B. Name Musical Works C. Period this composer wroteCharacteristics of MusicWorks: Characteristics Historical PeriodI. Bernstein dance to tell the story West Side Story Contemporary II.

Gershwin Recitative Porgy and Bess ContemporaryIII. Mozart _Chamber orchestra Don Giovanni, ClassicalIV. Ellington jazz, dance syncopation Sophisticated Lady ContemporaryV. Verdi musical drama Il Trovatore, RomanticVI. Menotti libretto Amahl and the night Visitors ContemporaryVII.

John Adams large orchestra Nixon in China Contemporary VIII. Wagner leit motif The Ring Cycle RomanticIX. Bizet musical drama Carmen RomanticX. Samuel Barber Brass and Woodwinds Vanessa Contemporary XI. Peri composer and singer Dafne Renaissance & BaroqueSelect from the list belowBaroque Period, Classical Period, Romantic Period, Contemporary PeriodStylistic Characteristics: Nationalism, Greek Mythology, German Myth, Exoticism, BassoContinuo, Chamber Orchestra, naturalness, Monody, Recitative, Verismo, bel canto, castrato, leit motif, libretto composer and singer, composer and librettist, syncopation, dissonance, Madame Butterfly Carmen, Tosca, Il Trovatore, Messiah, Opera Seria, Camerata, jazz, dance, popular styles, Brass and Woodwinds, large orchestra, Overture, Castrati Dramatic Voices, Spoken dialogue, no recitative, recitative and aria, musical drama, musical theater, jazz, syncopation, use of folk musical styles (spiritual), dance to tell the story, bel canto Works West Side Story, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Vanessa, The Ring Cycle, Nixon in China, Telephone, Don Giovanni, The Ring Cycle, Dafne, Porgy and Bess, Medium, Sophisticated Lady, Il Trovatore, Madame Butterfly, Dr.

Atomic,Carmen CarmenPage 2 of 3Select from the list given on page 11. Composer was born in Germany __ Johann Sebastian Bach 2. Composer was French but wrote an opera with libretto by Daponte - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.3. This composer wrote an opera about a sassy Spanish gypsy _ Turina, Joaquin4. This composer was nationalistic and wrote operas about injustice _________5. This composer though he was from Italy wrote operas in English. He wrote an opera about a crippled boy Gian Carlo Menotti6.

This composer wrote about a Magic Flute. _ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.7. This composer was also a baritone _Samuel Osborne Barber (1910 - 1981)8. Name 2 operas written by John Adams On the Transmigration of Souls (2002; Pulitzer Prize), and Nixon in China (1987) 9. A male soprano during the Baroque era who sang females roles was called _--Radu Marian10 Name a short opera written by Menotti __Amahl and the night Visitors (short Christmas Opera)11. Period when the Church was the ruling power __Baroque Era12.

Who wrote an opera about Don Juan _Mozart13. The Camerata were a group of thieves that stole opera from Italy in the 17th Century _FalseTrue or False1. Timbre means the quality of the sound - True2. Tessitura is the natural range of a voice - True3. The word spinto indicates a very small lyric voice - True4. The word soubrette indicates a large dramatic voice - False5. The role of Carmen is considered a Soprano Voice type6. Leontyne Price was a famous Contralto - False7. Recitative is semi sing dialogue in an opera - True8.

Oratorio are costumed and stage works based on stories from the Bible - True9. Leonard Bernstein wrote Sophisticated Ladies - False10. Samuel Ramey is a famous operatic Bass - True11. June Anderson is a famous operatic Coloratura Soprano - True12. West Side Story introduced dance as an important part of telling the story - TruePage 3 of 3Match the aria, song or style to the composer13. Glitter and be Gay was written by -------------BernsteinA. Bernstein B. Gershwin C. Ellington D. Mozart14. Dr. Atomic was written by--------- John AdamsA.

Bernstein B. Menotti C. John Adams D. Samuel Barber15. West Side Story is an example of----------- Musical TheaterA. Popular music B. Musical Theater C. Opera D. Ballet16. Opera Buffa was a style which indicated ------------ComicA. Comic B. Serious C. Operetta17. Barbara Hendricks is a well known ---------------SopranoA. Mezzo Soprano B. Soprano C. Contralto18. The term accelerando means to ------------------Get FasterA. Go slower B. Stay the same tempo C. Get Faster19. What were the major differences between Carmen and Carmen Jones: Carmen - (1) Romantic (2) Comic Opera By Bizet (3) French Carmen Jones - (1) Contemporary (2) Broadway Musical (3) English