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Music Studies Department MDBA 1092
( /20) Section A Circle the correct answer. 1. What are the main properties of musical sounds? A. Melody, tone color, dynamics and scales. B. Rhythm, pitch, tone color and duration. C. Pitch, dynamics, tone color, and duration. D. Pitch, harmony, melody and key. 2. In the year of 1337-‐1453, Europe suffered through A. a crusades undertaken by European Christians to recover the holy city. B. the disintegration of the Roman Empire. C. the Hundred Years’ War and The Black Death. D. the powerful influence of the Roman Catholic Church. 3. What is Gregorian Chant? A. Consist of melody set to sacred Latin texts and sung without accompaniment. B. A series of scales during middle ages. C. Gregorian chant is a calm, otherworldly quality that represents the voice of the church D. A mass. 4. A drone consist of A. two or three layers of melody without accompaniment. B. one or more long sustained tones accompanying a melody. C. harmony and melody wit an accompanying melody. D. melody accompanied by a fiddle. 5. The estampie is a A. medieval dance and one of the earliest surviving forms of instrumental music. B. medieval dance and accompanied by instruments. C. medieval dance and performed by the court minstrels. D. name of the troubadour and trouvere from the south and northern France.
Music Studies Department MDBA 1092
6. Medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant with one or more melodic line is called A. Motet B. Mass C. Organum D. Agnus Dei 7. Changes in musical styles in the 14th century were so profound and was reffered to Italian and French music as the A. Rebirth B. Mass. C. Ars nova D. Organum 8. During the Renaissance, the dominant intellectual movement was called A. Humanism B. Individualism C. Organism D. Classicism 9. Renaissance composers often used_____________, a musical depiction of specific words. A. unity of mood B. Accapella C. word painting D. motet 10. Renaissance music does not indicate A. tempo and dynamics, or specific instruments nor number of performers. B. melody and harmony or specific singers. C. key signature, tempo and numbers of patrons. D. rhythm and dynamics or tone color of instruments.
11. The baroque period also known as the age of absolutism becauses A. many rulers exercised absolute power over subject. B. it focused on human life and its accomplishments. C. it was a time of migrations, upheavals and wars. D. the artistic response to the decline of traditional power.
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12. The baroque orchestra evolved into a performing group based on instruments of
A. oboe family B. violin family C. brass family D. Percussion family 13. Besides providing a steady flow of chord, the basso continuo offered the advantage of A. descending chromatic scales. B. emphasizing all important bass part. C. continuity of dynamics level of volume. D. rhythmic patterns of a piece. 14. What is the main attraction of opera? A. Oratorio B. Aria C. Prelude D. Soprano 15. Who is the composer of La Primavera (Four Seasons), Concerto for violin and string orchestra, Op.8 No. 1? A. J.S. Bach B. Antonio Vivaldi C. Henry Purcell D. L.V. Beethoven 16. Baroque music express A. richness mood. B. one basic mood. c. melancholy mood. d. two basic mood. 17. Josquin Despres was a A. Renaissance composer B. Baroque composer C. Classical composer D. Medieval composer
Music Studies Department MDBA 1092
18. Madrigal is like a motet, which combines A. homophonic and polyphonic texture. B. Gregorian chant and church modes. C. the mood and contrast. D. the lute and the drone. 19. What is opera? A. A drama that is sung to orchestral accompaniment. B. An instrumental music closely linked with dancing. C. A Lutheran church service on Sunday. D. A sound with movement and action. 20. The intellectual movement of Baroque era is A. Humanism B. Absolutism C. Renaissance D. Neoclassicism
Music Studies Department MDBA 1092
( /20) Section B Give the best answer for each given questions 1. Describe about music in the middle ages. (5) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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2. What is church modes? (2) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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3. What is troubadour and trouvere? (3)
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4. What are the two main forms of sacred Renaissance music? (2)
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5. Opera is a development of major innovation in music in Baroque period. What are the
voice categories opera? (8)
1. ________________________ Soprano
2. ________________________ Soprano
3. ________________________ Soprano
4. _________________________ Tenor
5. _________________________ Tenor
6. _________________________ Tenor
7. Basso __________________
8. Basso __________________
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