NRNP 6531 Week 4 Assignment : QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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NRNP 6531
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NRNP 6531
NRNP 6531 Week 4 Assignment :
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Who composed "O magnum mysterium"?
a. Giovanni Gabrieli
b. Claudio Monteverdi
c. Henry Purcell
d. Arcangelo Corelli - ANSWER
The singers in the "The Coronation of Poppea" are:
a. two male sopranos
b. one male soprano and...
NRNP 6531 Week 4 Assignment :
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Who composed "O magnum mysterium"?
a. Giovanni Gabrieli
b. Claudio Monteverdi
c. Henry Purcell
d. Arcangelo Corelli - ANSWER
The singers in the "The Coronation of Poppea" are:
a. two male sopranos
b. one male soprano and one female soprano
c. two female sopranos
d. two females: a mezzo soprano and a soprano - ANSWER d. two females: a mezzo
soprano and a soprano
The opening recitative of "The Coronation of Poppea" is interrupted by a very short
section in regular meter sung by Nero. It is a(n):
a. arioso
b. aria
c. recitative
d. alba - ANSWER a. arioso
Who composed "Dido ad Aeneas"?
a. Giovanni Gabrieli
b. Henry Purcell
c. Claudio Monteverdi
d. Arcangelo Corelli - ANSWER b. Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas is a(n):
a. Mass
b. opera
c. motet
d. madrigal - ANSWER b. opera
Where was "Dido and Aeneas" composed?
a. Italy
b. Germany
c. France
d. England - ANSWER d. England
What genre of keyboard music opens the Suite?
a. toccata
, b. arioso
c. canzone
d. fugue - ANSWER
Which statement is true of the Suite?
a. The passacaglia ends the Suite
b. the canzone ends the suite
c. The Suite is a collection of three stylized dances
d. The Suite opens with a toccata - ANSWER
The balletto and corrente of the Suite are dances related by their:
a. contrasting keyboards
b. similar meters
c. ball lines
d. attention to variation - ANSWER
What was the most "advanced" form in late Renaissance music?
a. the madrigal
b. the motet
c. the Mass
d. dance forms - ANSWER a. the madrigal
At the end of the Renaissance an influential group of Florentines reacted against the
madrigal because of its:
a. homophonic lines
b. great capacity for expressing emotions of an individual
c. word painting and counterpoint
d. religious orientation - ANSWER d. word painting and counterpoint
Opera began in:
a. London around 1500
b. Rome around 1450
c. Paris around 1200
d. Florence around 1600 - ANSWER d. Florence around 1600
In the early Baroque period, composer subdivided choirs in order to exploit more:
a. sonorous effects
b. complex textures
c. word painting
d. austere moods - ANSWER a. sonorous effects
Which texture gained prominence in 17th century Venice?
a. monophony
b. homophony
c. imitative polyphony
d. non-imitative polyphony - ANSWER b. homophony
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