Middle Ages/Renaissance
What is the main texture in plainchant?
monophony
Henry Purcell was a composer born in
England
The system in which the aristocracy sponsored musicians is called
patronage
Who was considered a "poet" of piano and is credited with developing the modern piano style?
Chopin
Syncopation is the principal musical characteristic of
ragtime and/or jazz
Where was the madrigal first developed?
Italy
The text of an opera is called a
libretto
The nickname "father of the symphony" was earned by
Haydn
Impressionism in music is best exemplified by the works of
Claude Debussy
The most well-known American composer of films, like Jaws, Star Wars, and Harry Potter is
John Williams
The expressive device Renaissance composers used to pictorialize words musically is called
word-painting
The famous choral climax at the end of the Easter section of Handel's Messiah is
"the Hallelujah Chorus"
Who was the most gifted child prodigy in the history of music?
Mozart
Berlioz's Symphony fantastique is an example of a
program symphony
Leonard Bernstein's most famous musical based on the rivalry between two gangs is
West Side Story
Which early Renaissance composer exerted a powerful influence on generations of composers who followed?
Josquin des Prez
Bach's demonstration of contrapuntal mastery was
The Art of the Fugue
A typical feature of a concerto is a free solo passage without orchestral accompaniment called the
cadenza
Tchaikovsky's fanciful ballet about a child's Christmas gift and dreams of exotic people and places is
The Nutcracker
Philip Glass collaborated with pop/rock musician ______ and recreated his works for orchestra.
David Bowie
Early instruments used for outdoor performances, such as the shawm and sackbut, were categorized as
loud
The harpsichord is a keyboard instrument plucked by
quills
Which of Beethoven's symphonies is called the Choral symphony and uses Schiller's "Ode to Joy" text?
the Ninth Symphony
Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream was inspired by a play written by
Shakespeare
Name three influential jazz musicians discussed in class.
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billy Holiday