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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A restatement of themes in the home key
B final cadence in the home key
C two opposing themes are “exposed”
D frequent modulations, wanders through several keys
Question #2
A pianissimo
B alternating between fortissimo and piano
C crescendo from piano to forte
D decrescendo from forte to piano
Question #3
A piccolos
B piano and cello.
C the brass section.
D the woodwind section playing pianissimo.
Question #4
A saxophones
B flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon
C violin, viola, cello, double bass
D two violins, one viola, one cello (string quartet)
Question #7
A Schubert wrote it as a teenager.
B It is written in through-composed form.
C The text is by Goethe.
D All statements are true.
Question #8
A Bessie Smith
B Judy Garland
C Billie Holiday
D “Big Mama” Thornton
Question #9
A False
B True
Question #10
A encouraged African Americans to embrace European traditions.
B was a cultural movement celebrating African American contributions.
C was inspired by fifteenth-century artists and composers.
D funded major renovations to theaters in upper Manhattan.
Question #11
A False
B True
Question #13
A playful and humorous
B introspective and quiet
C martial and grandiose
D somber and morose
Question #14
A nineteenth-century stage illumination.
B Viking ship captain.
C continually repeated rhythm.
D recurring melodic theme that carries specific meaning.
Question #15
A power and greed.
B beauties of nature.
C romantic love.
D universal brotherhood.
Question #16
A patter-like syllabic singing; aria
B elegant duet; aria
C quick notes, delivered freely; recitative
D lyrical lines; aria
Question #17
A The theme in the fourth movement is based on a folksong.
B The main tune in the second movement is cut short by pauses.
C The emperor played viola in the first performance.
D A sudden loud chord during the slow movement startled the dozing audience.
Question #18
A is a multimovement work.
B was a new genre of the Classical era.
C is a work written for an orchestra.
D All answers are correct.
Question #19
A incidental music.
B absolute music.
C thematic music.
D program music.
Question #20
A harpsichord.
B double bass.
C violin.
D cello.
Question #21
A program music or “sound story”
B absolute music.
C song.
D intentional music.
Question #22
A rhythmic.
B All answers are correct.
C “fate knocking at the door”.
D short-short-short-long.
Question #23
A a symphony.
B an overture.
C a classical song.
D not stated.
Question #24
A All possible answers.
B the main tune rose in the brass.
C a fast tempo.
D an increasingly polyphonic texture.
Question #27
Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra was written specifically to demonstrate
A different timbres in the orchestra.
B different rhythms.
C different dynamic markings.
D different harmonies.
Question #28
A a blow-by-blow description
B a comprehensive analysis
C a detailed list of the performers and instruments
D a balance between descriptive and personal reactions
Question #29
A conductor.
B first-chair cellist.
C first-chair violist.
D first-chair violinist.
Question #30
A rehearses the ensemble.
B beats time in metrical patterns.
C interprets the music.
D All answers are correct.
Question #31
A Polyphony
B Tonality
C Harmony
D Meter
Question #32
A only a brass section.
B only a reed section.
C a reed section and a string section.
D a reed section, a brass section, and a rhythm section.
Question #33
A strings, brass, and percussion
B voice, strings, woodwinds, and brass
C strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion
D woodwinds, brass, and percussion
Question #34
A range.
B harmony.
C rhythm.
D melody.
