Question 1 of 40 : Select the best answer for the question.
1.   Varèse wrote Ionisation for | | | | | | | | |

A. orchestra.
B. electronic instruments.
C. percussion ensemble.
D. magnetic tape.

2.   Vivaldi's The Four Seasons is an early example of

A. choral music.
B. an oratorio.
C. a flute concerto.
D. program music.

Henry Cowell and John Cage both composed aleatory music, based on

A. chance.
B. classical forms.
C. atonality.
D. African polyrhythms.

4.   A mixed choir of men and women sing a melody line. The men sing one octave lower than the women. This texture is

A. homophonic.
B. polyphonic.
C. heterophonic.
D. monophonic.

5.”Im Wunderschönen Monat Mai" is

A. a da capo aria.
B. in strophic form.
C. in modified strophic form.
D. through composed.

6.   A rhythm section in a Dixieland combo usually includes | | | | | | | | |

A. cornet, piano, and bass.
B. bass, clarinet, and drums.
C. cornet, trumpet, and bass.
D. bass, banjo, piano, and drums.

7.   The Rite of Spring culminates in the sacrifice of a virgin by | | | | | | | | |

A. fire.
B. beheading.
C. dancing to death.
D. strangulation.

8.   The composer _____ attempted suicide. | | | | | | | | |

A. Clara Schumann.
B. Niccolò Paganini
C. Robert Schumann
D. Franz Schubert

9.In Henry Cowell's Aeolian Harp, what unusual technique is the pianist asked to use?

A. Prepare the piano with bamboo, bolts, and other materials
B. Strum the piano strings with his/her hand
C. Play the strings with a violin bow
D. Play tone clusters.

10.   Handel lived and worked in three countries during his life. In which country did he not live and work?

A. France
B. Germany
C. England

D. Italy
 
 11.   Haydn's  opus 33 string quartets were first performed for

A. Prince Esterházy.
B. Johann Solomon in London.
C. the future Russian Tsar Paul I and his wife.

D. the emperor of Austria.

12.   The manipulation of natural sounds via magnetic tape is called | | | | | | | | |

A. acoustic music.
B. musique électronique.
C. computer music.
D. musique concrète.

13.   Which style of jazz grew out of Louis Armstrong's style of cornet playing? | | | | | | | | |

A. Blues
B. Swing
C. Ragtime
D. Dixieland

14.   "Liebst du um Schönheit" is | | | | | | | | |

A. a song by Clara Schumann.
B. an opera by Robert Schumann.
C. a ballad by Franz Schubert.
D. a song from Dichterliebe.

15.   Which of the following is not one of the dances commonly present in a baroque suite? | | | | | | | | |

A. Sarabande
B. Allemande
C. Fantasia
D. Gigue

16.   Which style of art did Wassily Kandinsky pioneer? | | | | | | | | |

A. Romanticism
B. Cubism
C. Abstract
D. Impressionism

17.   Which of the following is not depicted by the listening selection from Vivaldi's Quattro Stagione? | | | | | | | | |

A. Nymphs and shepherds dancing
B. A flowery meadow with a goatherd and dog
C. Birds, streams, and storms
D. A spring wedding with church bells

18.   Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's composing career was less extensive than her brother Felix's. This is probably because she was

A. younger.
B. not interested in music.
C. female.
D. religious.

19.   Which of the following American musicals was most influenced by rock music? | | | | | | | | |

A. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1943)
B. Candide (1956)
C. Miss Saigon (1988)
D. Tommy (1969)

20.   Bartók was able to use a phonograph to record the music of villagers even in remote areas with no electrical service because | | | | | | | | |

A. he had a wind-driven generator.
B. he had a water-driven generator.
C. he took several batteries with him wherever he went.
D. early phonographs were mechanical, not electrical.

21.   The concerto grosso is written for orchestra and a smaller ensemble. This structure creates | | | | | | | | |

A. rhythm.
B. tension.
C. contrast.
D. harmony.

22.   Rapid alternation between two notes is called a | | | | | | | | |

A. trill.
B. staccato.
C. cadenza.
D. cadence.

23.   The song cycle Dichterliebe was written by | | | | | | | | |

A. Niccolò Paganini.
B. Robert Schumann.
C. Franz Schubert.
D. Clara Schumann.

24.The music of Machaut is representative of the musical style known as

A. ars antiqua.
B. Greek.
C. ars medieval.
D. ars nova

25.   The musical style that strips the subject matter down to minimal amounts of material is called

A. aleatory.
B. expressionism.
C. minimalism.
D. neoclassicism

26.   The invention of the phonograph impacted the work of | | | | | | | | |

A. Gustav Mahler.
B. Béla Bartók.
C. Richard Wagner.

D. Bedřich Smetana.

27.   Which of the following describes the film music of the 1890s?

A. Music was recorded and played on a Vitaphone machine.
B. No effort was made to connect music to the themes or plot of a film.
C. Movies had no music until the 1930s.
D. Film companies hired a composer to create a score for each movie.

28.   Handel's Water Music is an orchestral suite, or a collection of | | | | | | | | |

A. sacred songs.
B. dances.
C. improvised variations.
D. motets.

29.   Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra is written for | | | | | | | | |

A. full orchestra.
B. full orchestra and singer.
C. string quartet and orchestra.
D. full orchestra and solo piano.

30.   Several non-Western musical cultures use _______ scales. | | | | | | | | |

A. natural minor
B. pentatonic
C. polyrhythmic
D. twelve-tone

31.   Brahms' Requiem is nonliturgical. The text is

A. programmatic.
B. a funeral Mass.
C. from the Lutheran Bible.
D. in Latin.

32.   Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro is an example of | | | | | | | | |

A. opera buffa.
B. concerto grosso.
C. baroque opera.
D. opera seria.

33.   "Erlkönig" was composed by | | | | | | | | |

A. Franz Schubert.
B. Robert Schumann.
C. Clara Schumann.
D. Aurore Dudevant.

34.   Which of the following did not influence William Grant Still's composition, Afro-American Symphony? | | | | | | | | |

A. Lutheran hymns
B. Work songs
C. Ragtime
D. Spirituals

35.   Guillaume de Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame, composed around 1364, is notable because it was | | | | | | | | |

A. the first Mass written in French.
B. the only Mass to have survived since the Middle Ages.
C. a polyphonic setting of the Mass.
D. sacred music performed by both men and women.

36.   Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C Minor contains two | | | | | | | | |

A. themes.
B. leitmotifs.
C. languages.
D. choruses.

37.   A concert overture is intended for performance in a | | | | | | | | |

A. concert hall.
B. private residence.
C. church.
D. dance studio.

38.   The careers of Chopin and Liszt were probably most influenced by | | | | | | | | |

A. Russian nationalism.
B. new dance styles.
C. classical opera.
D. the evolution of the piano.

39.   A romantic concerto is composed for orchestra and | | | | | | | | |

A. chorus.
B. continuo.
C. soloist.
D. ritornello.

40.   Which conflict does the plot of The Marriage of Figaro foreshadow? | | | | | | | | |

A. The French Revolution
B. The Thirty Years' War
C. The Battle of Waterloo
D. The Mexican Revolution