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M&C Exam 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is pitch? | How high or low |
| What is dynamic? | How loud or soft |
| What is timbre? | Unique tone color of each instrument |
| What is duration? | How long or short |
| What are aerophones? | Sound produced by air (trumpets, flutes, clarinets, etc.) |
| What are chordophones? | Sound produced by strings (orchestral instruments, guitars, etc.) |
| What are membranophones? | Sound produced by stretched membranes (drums, tambourines) |
| What are idiophones? | Sound produced by the body of the instrument (clapping, maracas, etc.) |
| What are electrophones? | Sound produced by electricity (computers, synthesizers) |
| What is the order of the musical periods? | Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century, Modern |
| What was chant? What was it used for? What is it's texture? | Monophonic settings of text used in services of the early Christian church |
| What does the Catholic Mass represent? | The last supper of Jesus and his disciples |
| What is the difference of the Mass Ordinary and the Mass Proper? | Mass Ordinary= Chants that did not change, Mass Proper= Chants that did change depending on the time of day or year |
| What are the movements of the Mass Ordinary? | Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei |
| Who was Hildegard of Bingen? | A nun that had visions, she became an influential religious leader and wrote poetry and music for the nuns to use in worship |
| Who were the troubadours, trobairitz, and trouveres? | Singer-poets who traveled and performed at courts |
| What does the word Renaissance mean? | Rebirth |
| What was Humanism? What was emphasized? | Emphasized study of grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, and moral philosophy; emphasized human nature, potential, and accomplishments over religion |
| What was the Protestant reformation, and how did it influence music of the time? | It was a humanist shift in thought to the individual, there were three branches and each branch composed their own worship music |
| Who was Josquin de Perez? | "Master of Renaissance Choral Work"; published masses, motets, and secular vocal pieces |
| What is an oratorio? | A large scale work similar to an opera, except no staging or costumes and typically on biblical topics |
| What is an opera? | A large scale work with costuming and staging, typically secular with historical or mythological plots |
| Who were composers in the Baroque era? | George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach |
| What is the difference in the harpsichord and the clavichord? | Harpsichord= Strings are plucked by quills, Clavichord= Strings are struck by metal blades, Organ= Wind goes through pipes of diff lengths |
| What was the development of the piano in the Classical era? | They were used more in the home and expanded to the middle class |
| Who were composers in the Classical era? | Mozart and Haydn |
| What is Lieder and what composers are associated? | German art song for voice and piano; Schubert |
| What composers are associated with Exoticism? | Franz Liszt (Exoticism= Music that evoked certain feelings and settings of distant lands and cultures) |
| Who were composers in the Romantic era? | Beethoven and Franz Shubert |
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