Musicology I Exam 2 Practice

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• The Prologue Overture is associated with which work and composer?
• Which is a polyphonic sacred motet?
• How did Da Ponte adapt the opera genre?
• Italian men castrated to preserve higher voices?
• Augmentation and diminution refer to the lengthening and shortening of a theme's notes. This describes:
• Which Bach work consists of preludes and fugues exploring equal temperament?
• Opera buffa grew from intermezzo plays between opera seria and came to oppose which French opera style?
• French tragédie lyrique is associated with which characteristics?
• The Two Books for Toccata focus on what?
• Which pair are sonic signifiers of the Baroque Era?
• La Serva Padrona was widely toured by buffi troupes. This touring helped boost the work's popularity and influence across Europe.
• What did the Esterháza estate contain to support Haydn's work?
• Which forms influenced Mozart's orchestration and composition, as noted in his broader canon?
• Which Baroque composer is described as an early-operatic Italian Baroque composer influenced by the Counter-Reformation and used basso continuo, ritornello, and castrati?
• Which statement describes Singspiel?
• Which combination best captures the main points of interest during the Baroque Era?
• The aria Pur ti miro appears in which Monteverdi opera?
• Why are J.S. Bach and Handel the earliest works expected to be understood by concert-goers?
• Corelli popularized which instrumental forms?
• Which Bach technique involves repeating a melodic line or subject with a different contour, and is sometimes used in fugues?
• Which four dances form the core of a Baroque suite?
• Which aspect of Handel's career is considered ironic given his output and reputation?
• What statement best captures the effect of the Thirty Years War on German music?
• Which Monteverdi opera has libretto by Busanello and features Nero and Poppea?
• What is the term for the early Baroque style that blends speech and song?
• Which best describes the CHORALE concerto style?
• Which style is described as the exceptional Classical Era style based on elegance, beauty, and ornamentation, used by J.C. Bach?
• Which statement accurately reflects the similarities between Bach and Handel?
• Why is English difficult to set to music?
• Which feature contributed to the 'Classical style' in J. C. Bach's Sonata in D Major?
• Which composer is typically associated with the Classical Era?
• Which architectural work is cited as an example of Baroque architecture?
• How did Vivaldi use extramusical features and madrigalisms in The Four Seasons?
• Who wrote 'Cento partite sopra passacagli'?
• Which opera utilized recitativo accompagnato?
• Which term describes music in an opera that characters supposedly cannot hear they are singing?
• Which statement accurately describes Mozart's early development?
• Which Baroque-era composer wrote three-voice motets in 1582?
• The Mannheim Orchestra is described as which ensemble?
• What operatic convention did Scarlatti standardize and how did it create structural frames of musical form?
• Which event marks the end of the Baroque Era in 1750?
• What characterizes Mozart's operas in terms of democracy or democratic ideals?
• A democratizing feature in Da Ponte's operas is:
• Which composer is associated with standardizing the four-movement symphony and introducing Mannheim's energetic style?
• What term describes the Greek-inspired Italian schools that influenced Baroque humanism?
• Which development helped the symphony reach larger audiences?
• The empfindsamer Stil is described as a style that portrays the sentiments of real people through music and often features self-portraiture in an intimate environment. Which composer is closely associated with this style?
• Domenico Scarlatti moved in which sequence of places during his career?
• The Magic Flute plot involves:
• The famous sextet in Act II Finale belongs to which opera?
• Le nozze de Figaro is best described as:
• What are the three main sections of sonata form?
• Italian intermezzos and opera buffa reflected which broad cultural movement?
• Metastasio was a poet raised in which academy?
• Which statement best describes Barbara Strozzi?
• Which composer is described as a pioneer of tragic reform operas that were neither opera seria nor opera buffa?
• English music during the Baroque era is best described as:
• Which composer is listed among Classical Era composers in the material, even with parenthetical Beethoven?
• Which Monteverdi opera from 1643 with lyrics by Busanello centers on Nero and Poppea?
• What best describes Baroque humanism's essence?
• What are the Baroque Era dates?
• Le Dafne is the FIRST complete opera to survive. Which option lists it correctly among others?
• Which event is linked to the end of the Baroque Era?
• How did Corelli revolutionize listening in the Sonata Chiesa?
• Which four dances form the core of a Baroque suite?
• The term rappresentativo style is associated with which Monteverdi collection?
• What is the 'double return' in Scarlatti's music?
• Opera seria in Italy is characterized by which of the following?
• Which term refers to the technique of overlapping subject entries in a fugue, used by Bach?
• Which Scarlatti sonata is in G Major and written in binary form?
• Which event contributed to Bach's international recognition after his death?
• Querelle des Bouffons is best described as what?
• Così fan tutte's core dramatic device involves:
• Which Baroque opera by Jacopo Peri is listed alongside Le Dafne?
• Domenico Scarlatti's move to Spain had what notable effect on his career?
• Which institution demonstrated the ethics of Baroque humanism properly?
• The term 'baroque' is described as what by John Philippe Ramos in 1734?
• In Counter-Reformation ethics, which style uplifts the people to the divine?
• Which Italian composer influenced Bach's harmonic development?
• Which aria is 'Possente spirto' from L'Orfeo?
• The Hall of Mirrors is located in which country?
• Which statement about Bach is presented as accurate in the material?
• Which Baroque song by Caccini is described as having many quick turns, vocal embellishments, timbral work, and more recitatives?
• The Creation by Haydn is based on which literary work?
• Which statement reflects the Reformation's view of humanism in the Baroque Era?
• Which term describes a return to the original key and main motif, a defining stylistic feature associated with Domenico Scarlatti's music?
• What is Singspiel?
• What musical form did Handel popularize in England as he shifted away from staged opera?
• Which composer wrote Fantasia in C minor (Cm)?
• Which statement best describes Corelli?
• Which technique, used by Bach, involves overlapping entries of the musical subject?
• Which term describes a sustained note while chords change above it, a technique often discussed in Baroque practice?
• Which composer maintained a steady pension from the Esterházy residence?
• Who is credited with composing the first symphony to entertain at aristocratic parties?
• During his career, how many Italian operas and symphonies did Haydn compose roughly?
• How did Handel respond to opera reform, according to the material?
• Which statement about Handel's late career best reflects the text?
• Giulio Cesare is Handel's opera noted for arias, ritornelli, word painting, German-style counterpoint, and the use of high male voices instead of castrati. Which title fits this description?
• Bach is considered a master at operatic devices in which works?
• Which statement about Caccini's embellishments is correct?
• Bach's contrapuntal texture is based on which technique?
• Which Baroque composer was organist at the Medici court and authored Le Dafne and L'Euridice?
• Which outcome did the Thirty Years War have for Germany and France, according to the material?
• Giacomo Carissimi is an Italian Jesuit composer who wrote cantatas, madrigals, and oratorios. The movement 'Plorate, Filii Israel' comes from which Carissimi oratorio?
• Which of the following composers is listed as a Baroque composer in the source?
• Which statement about Mozart's collaboration with Da Ponte is true?
• Which style allows dissonance to increase text expressivity?
• From which Jephte movement is the famous chorus 'Plorate, Filii Israel'?
• Which factors contributed to Handel's financial troubles in London?
• La Serva Padrona plots around which central action?
• Which work did Haydn compose in German to help forge a national Austrian identity?
• Cantata is best described as a quasi-dramatic sequence including recitatives, arias, and dance-like songs.
• How is the German 'national' sound described?
• Who was the librettist for Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte?
• Where did Haydn become a choirboy at age 8?
• Which composer is associated with 'light conservational chamber works and keyboard music' and also wrote operatic works?
• Name an example of opera buffa.
• Which critic is associated with the view that Baroque music used confused harmonies with harsh melodies and dissonance?
• From which Carissimi oratorio does the movement 'Plorate, Filii Israel' come?
• Which two composers blended speech and song in monody, providing interpretations of the Orpheus myth?
• Which composer, after an earlier dismissal, gained prestige by composing in the concerted style at St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice around 1613?
• What are the two principles of the Classical Era?
• During Vivaldi's career, Italy's musical golden age was centered in which city?
• In Sweelinck's chorale partitas, which style was applied to voice?
• What is special about Bach's Brandenburg Concertos?
• In Giulio Cesare, the term ritornello refers to:
• Dido and Aeneas is best described as a:
• Which term describes Monteverdi's 'old style' prioritizing prepared dissonance treatment and strict polyphony?
• In Bach's structural design, which element consists of interludes between subject statements?
• Le nozze di Figaro is an example of which opera style?
• Barbara Strozzi's music is often associated with which theme?
• Which Handel work is known for the Hallelujah chorus?
• Which of the following is NOT a Da Ponte collaboration with Mozart?
• Opera reform from 1650-1750 led to the emergence of what type of opera, reformed by the Arcadian Academy into chaste pastorales and heroic tales?
• Which work is an Easter text-based cantata and among the earliest surviving cantatas?
• Which instrument-based forms are listed as trends in 17th-century development?
• The piece 'Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich' is by a German Baroque composer and was inspired by which historical event?
• The English oratorio, as used by Handel, is best described as what?
• J. C. Bach is best described as known for which combination of work types?
• Which opera is noted for Masonic themes and imagery of harmony and balance, including the concept of threes?
• During his Italian period, Handel was influenced by which two composers?
• Intermezzos are:
• What best describes instrumental recitative in the Classical era as used by C. P. E. Bach?
• During his middle years, Haydn was employed by which Hungarian noble family at Esterháza?
• What form did Handel adopt to appeal to English audiences after the decline of opera seria?
• What factors limited Schütz's ability to embrace the Venetian polychoral style in his later work?
• Name an example of opera seria.
• The Magic Flute includes:
• Approximately how many musicians were in the Mannheim Orchestra?
• What was the governing ideology of the Baroque Era?
• Which best describes the switch of themes in Monteverdi's works?
• What is 'Cento partite sopra passacagli' best described as?
• Oratorios are best described as works of a modest religious opera style that are not staged.
• What was Handel's main goal in the latter half of his career after moving to England?
• What is the oldest continuous work in modern classical repertoire?
• Which ideology governed the Classical Era?
• How many sacred cantatas did Bach compose?
• In opera terminology, which type of music is described as music that characters know they are singing?
• Which overture is cited as an example of Scarlatti's standardized form?
• The Classical Era is characterized by which of the following?
• In Metastasio's librettos, arias are described as what functioning for the audience?
• The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book is best known for music for which instrument family?
• Which plot element belongs to Don Giovanni?
• Which term designates recitative accompanied by the orchestra?
• Which role is Bach explicitly described as holding?
• Which statement best describes Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's approach relative to J.S. Bach?
• Op. 33 String Quartets: what was their characteristic?
• Which piece is from Dido & Aeneas?
• Which composer is described as an English Lutheran Baroque figure known for the chorale concerto style and Lutheran chorale partitas, and who contributed to the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book of English keyboard music?
• Why couldn't Mozart access Metastasio as a librettist at a certain point?
• What orchestral practice characterized the performances at the Venetian orphanage during Vivaldi's era?
• The empfindsamer Stil used by C. P. E. Bach aimed to:
• Rousseau's critique of French tragédie lyrique asserted that it was what?
• Which pair of principles defined the Classical Era?
• In French Baroque ornamentation, which term describes delicate embellishments?
• Which statement best describes Haydn's career compared to Mozart's?
• Which Handel work is an orchestral suite commonly associated with royal occasions?
• What was the political significance of La Serva Padrona?
• What does 'agréments' refer to in French Baroque ornamentation?
• Sammartini's Symphony No. 13 is in which key?
• Which German Baroque composer studied in Italy under Gabrieli and became known for adapting Italian style to Lutheran church music, with a famous work 'Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich'?
• Which of the following best describes Sammartini's Symphony No. 13?
• Which work is labeled Renaissance?
• Which statement about Caccini is correct?
• Franz Joseph Haydn is best described as an Austrian Classical composer who lived from which years?
• The Clemency of Titus is:
• Which statement best describes English oratorios in Handel's career?
• Metastasio's librettos reflected a societal hierarchy in opera; which statement describes this arrangement?
• Which statement best describes the contrast between Bach and Handel as presented?
• Which opera opens with the servant's complaint about being a servant?
• Which instrument is featured as solo in Bach's Six Cello Suites?
• Which early Baroque composer is associated with the Florentine Camerata and wrote Amarilli mia bella?
• Which famous work by Vivaldi is known for its Spring movement and programmatic nature?
• In his late years, Haydn's compositions reflected which political stance?
• Which composer is NOT listed among the Baroque composers in the material?
• Which Baroque composer is associated with the use of basso continuo, ritornello, and castrati singers?
• How many librettos did Metastasio write?
• During the Querelle des Bouffons, which movement did Italian intermezzos and opera buffa embody?
• Don Giovanni is best described as:
• In Portugal, Scarlatti was connected with which cathedral and which royal figure's education?
• Which Bach son is internationally recognized for using the galant style and light chamber music?
• Which phrase best describes the ongoing debate about music during the Baroque era?
• Which composer developed the French overture?
• In which country did Handel work as a court musician and write music in Italian for English-speaking audiences?
• Which work is associated with Barbara Strozzi?
• Così fan tutte is described as:
• Which genre includes St. Matthew's Passion and St. John’s Passion?