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| The Opening Melody of the star spangled banner is best described as: |
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| A Texture featuring a single, unaccompanied line is called: |
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| texture that single voice takes melodic interest while other voices support it: |
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| A short melodic, rythmic, or harmonic pattern repeated throughout a piece: |
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| the smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-rythmic unit: |
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| the quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another: |
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| how do idiophones produce sound? |
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| by shaking, scraping, or striking the instrument itself |
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| in which group of instruments does a bass drum belong? |
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| dates of the middle ages? |
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| the most important patron of music in the middle ages? |
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| the roman catholic church |
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| medieval poet-musicians of southern france |
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| medieval poet-musicians of southern france |
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| minstrels who wandered among the courts and towns of france |
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| dates of the renaissance era |
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| after the protestant revolt the roman catholic church responded with? |
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| a collection of Italian madrigals published in England |
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| the two important sacred genres of the renaissance were: |
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| baroque period introduced a new musical style, single vocal melody with accompan |
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| baroque artists etc. whose aim was to resurrect musical drama of ancient greece |
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| artificially created male soprano or alto who dominated opera |
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| who is best viewed as the first master of opera? |
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| which is not monteverdi? Dido and Aeneas, Orfeo, the coranation of poppea? |
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| greatest native english composer of the Baroque was? |
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| Bachs most important keyboard music was: |
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| the well-tempered clavier |
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| late in life, handel turned his efforts from the opera to: |
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| two types of baroque sonatas |
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| sonata di chiesa, sonata da camera |
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| three main sections of sonata allegro are: |
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| exposition, development, recapitulation |
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| frequently found in fourth movement of multimovement cycle |
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| a string quartet consists: |
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| 2 violins, viola, and cello |
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| classical symphony had roots in |
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| third movement of a classical symphony is frequently in: |
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| which genre is haydn's "the creation" representative? |
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| transitional composer whose works led the way to romanticism |
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| How many symphonies did Beethoven write? |
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| what is the name for german comic opera? |
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| bach wrote his sacred cantatas for sacred use in which church? |
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| The famous four-note figure at the beginning of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is best described as: |
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| a melody can be characterized by: |
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| its shape, its range, and the way it moves |
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| a texture featuring a single, unaccompanied line is called: |
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| When two or more independent melodic lines are combined, the resulting texture is called: |
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| a texture in which a single voice takes over the melodic interest while the accompanying voices are subordinate is called: |
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| counterpoint is a compositional style that is associated with ------ texture. |
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| a short melodic, rythmic, or harmonic pattern repeated throughout a musical work is called: |
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| instruments that produce sound from a vibrating string |
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| Bowed string instruments from highest to lowest in range |
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| violin, viola, cello, double bass |
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| approximately two-thirds of a symphony orchestra consists of? |
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| the Frankish emperor who encouraged education and the concept of a centralized government was: |
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| The late middle ages witnessed |
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| the building of great cathedrals, the founding of universities, the rise of the middle class |
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| a setting of Gregorian chant with four notes per syllable is called: |
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| chief form of italien secular music in the Renaissance |
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| the late Renaissance madrigal came to full flower in the music of: |
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| What was Concerto delle donne? |
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| an ensemble of professional women singers |
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| How many notes make up a pentatonic scale? |
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| the term Baroque derives from: |
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| a Portugues word for a pearl of irregular shape |
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| the ideas of this group (in question 13) led the way toward the development of: |
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| the french Baroque opera style that combined monumental choruses with colorful dances and stories of heroic adventure is: |
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| how many players are generally necessary to perform a trio sonata? |
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| most important genre during the Baroque period? |
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| in a simple four-part harmonization, the choral melody was most likely put in: |
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| the keyboard instrument with a soft, gentle tone which was a favorite for use in homes was: |
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| the instrumental form based on the contrast of two dissimilar masses of sound is called: |
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