MUSI 2730 Final Exam Auburn University Music
Appreciation Questions With Complete Solutions
Aaron Copland Correct Answer - great American composer,
conductor
- well known for Fanfare for the Common Man and Appalachian
Spring
Andrew Lloyd Webber Correct Answer - Musical composer
- well known works are Phantom of the Opera, Cats,
Bach Correct Answer -German organist who also composed
music
- Associated with the Baroque Pd
- happiest time working for Prince Leopold
- wrote tons of sacred vocal music
- specific work is Fugue in D minor
Beethoven Correct Answer - known as a transitional composer
from Classical to Romantic
- wrote tons of sonatas
- best known for 5th and 9th symphonies
- had a very unhappy childhood
- Inspired by a blind girl to write Moonlight Sonata
- stood up for composers
- Also known for Fair Elise
, Charles Ives Correct Answer - great American composer
- innovative ideas in musical composition
- well known for Robert Browning Overture
Chopin Correct Answer - polish nationalist and hero
- associated with the Romantic Pd.
- composed a large body of works for a piano including
Mazurka
Concerto Correct Answer a piece for a soloist, typically has
three parts and orchestral accompiament
Debussy Correct Answer - French nationalist (very patriotic)
- associated with the Impressionist Movement
- well known piano teacher
- considered the "father" of Impressionistic Music
- well known for Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun," the
Snow is Dancing,
Describe characteristic of the Renaissance Correct Answer -
use of polyphone became widespread
- often used pre-existing chands and added melody
- dance music at court became very popular
Describe characteristics of the Baroque Pd. Correct Answer -
heavily ornamented
- greater use of polyphony
- most courts had their own choirmasters
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