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BYU Music 101 - Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers
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BYU Music 101 - Exam 2 Questions withCorrect Answers
Cosmopolitan - Answer-National differences were minimized in comparison with the
common humanity of men.
Humanitarian - Answer-Rulers not only patronized arts and letters but also busied
themselves with programs of social reform.
Prosaic - Answer-It valued in all the arts the virtues of good prose writing: clarity,
animation, good taste, proportion, and elegance
Popularization of Art - Answer-Public concerts designed for mixed audiences began to
rival the older private concerts. Music of the Enlightenment was supposed to meet the
listener on his own ground, and not compel him to make an anxious effort to understand
what was going on; it must please (by agreeable sounds and rational structure) and
move (by imitating feelings), but not too often astonish (by excessive' elaboration) and
never puzzle (by too great complexity).
baroque - Answer-term used to describe the arts generally during the period 1600-1750
and signifying excess and extravagance
doctrine of affections - Answer-early seventeen century aesthetic theory that held that
different musical moods could and should be used to influence the motions or affections
of the listener
monody - Answer-a general term connoting solo singing accompanied by a basso
continuo in the early Baroque period
basso continuo - Answer-a small ensemble of at least two instrumentalists who provide
a foundation for the melody or melodies above; heard almost exclusively in baroque
music
figured bass - Answer-in musical notation, a numerical shorthand that tells the player
which unwritten notes to fill in above the written bass note
terraced dynamics - Answer-a term used to describe the sharp, abrupt dynamic
contrasts found ini the music of the baroque era
opera - Answer-a dramatic work in which the actors sing some or all of their parts; it
usually makes use of elaborate stage sets and costumes
libretto - Answer-a text of an opera
, overture - Answer-an introductory movement, usually for orchestra that precedes an
opera, oratorio, or dance suite
recitative - Answer-musically heightened speech, often used in an opera, oratorio, or
cantata to report dramatic action and advance the plot
simple recitative - Answer-recitative accompanied only by a basso continuo or a
harpsichord, and not the full orchestra
aria - Answer-an elaborate lyrical song for solo voice
arioso - Answer-a style of singing and a type of song midway between an aria and a
recitative
toccata - Answer-a one-movement composition, free in form, originally for solo keyboard
but later for instrumental ensemble as well
cornetto - Answer-a woodwind instrument, developed during the late middle ages and
early renaissance, that sounds like a hybrid of a clarinet and trumpet
chamber cantata - Answer-a cantata performed before a select audience in a private
residence; intimate vocal chamber music, principally of the baroque era
chamber music - Answer-music, usually instrumental music, performed in a small
concert hall or private residence with just one performer on each part
ostinato - Answer-italian of obstinate
a musical figure, motive, melody, harmony, or rhythm that is repeated again and again
basso ostinato - Answer-a motive or phrase in the bass that is repeated again and again
ground bass - Answer-the English term for basso ostinato
idiomatic writing - Answer-musical composition that exploits the strengths and avoids
the weaknesses of particular voices and instruments
orchestra - Answer-(symphony orchestra) the large instrumental ensemble that plays
symphonies, overtures, concertos, and the like
French overture - Answer-an overture style developed by Jean-Baptiste Lully with two
sections, the first slow in duple meter with dotted note values, the second fast in triple
meter and with light imitation; the first section can be repeated after the second
sonata - Answer-originally "something sounded" on an instrument as opposed to
something sung (a cantata); later, a multi-movement work for solo instrument, or
instrument with keyboard accompaniment
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