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