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Solved Questions for Exam 2 - Understanding Music | MUNM 1113, Exams of Music

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MUNM I I IB: UNDERSTANDING MUSIC
TEST 2
Listening
ldentification
List
l{onterverdi:
L.Orbo
Barbara
Strozzi:
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Handef: Messiah,
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Handel: Messiah,'Halleluia'
Chorus
Yivaldi:
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Seasons, la primavera
Bach:
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Concerto Number 2
Bafh The
Art
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Gontrapunctus lll
Gluck:
Orfeo
ed Euridice
ltlozartr Piano
Concerto Number
17 in
G. K.453
I. Listcning ldentiflcation: List the correct
number
from the works above which match
the recording
being
played
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questions
that accompany
the listening.
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number)
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2. a. Which
work
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b. The form of this
movement
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the
correct number)
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What instrument
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TEST 2

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b. Whatp"Xd doesthis work typify? (Circlethe correctnumber)

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b. What would you call this "style," or'technique," or *texture" of writing?

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b. This is an exampleof: (circle the correctnumber)

  1. ProgramMusic
  2. Recitative @ Fortspinnung

II. MultiPle (^) Choice: Circle the letter that correspondsto the correct answer. (2 points (^) each)

  1. Speech-likesinging,usedto convey conversationaldialogue,is called: @ Recitative b. Aria c. Arioso
  2. Oratorio differs from operain that: a. There are no soloists b. There is no text O There^ is no staging d. There is no chorus
  3. The conceptof word painting as used by Handel in ',Messiah,,means: ;@-Reananging a text to make^ it fit dramaticneeds tf b.^ Using a text as^ inspirationfor a drawing or painting c. (^) The music directly portraysthe meaningof the words, so as to invoke dramatic imagery
  1. In opera a recitatiyes€rvesas a: a. Plaform for a "virtuoso" style of singing @ nriage between^ other numbers,^ wheri the text keeps^ the story going c. Vocal number for a soloist that is intended to stand on its own musical merit, usually having memorable (^) melodic qualities d. Sung soliloquy, where the text often dwells on a single idea
  2. Bach's 0echniqueof "Fortspinnung" (forward spinning) means: a. Presentingthe listener periodically with familiar material (b2Just as one instrument's melodic phraseis coming to an end, another instrument enterswith a fresh melodic idea c. utilizing a story, poem, or other extra-musical idea as a basis for creating (^) instrumental music
  3. The instrument that was known as "The King of Instruments" during the BaroquePeriod was: a. The Harpsichord @ The Pipe Organ c. The Piano d. The Clarinet
  4. The "Doctrine of the Affections" is one aestheticideal that helps explain the music of the BaroquePeriod. This idea draws on the notion that the arts should (^) move the emotions,so: a. The composermust seekstriking juxtapositionsof emotionalmessages within each (^) movement sf alarge composition !-. The composermust rely heavily on terraceddynamics @ nre artist must selecta desired^ affect, an emotional state^ that his or her work will achievein the viewer or listener,which evokesa single, unadulterated emotional state d. The artist must rely on a great amount of rhythmic freedom

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  1. What is the name of the new keyboard instrument in the Classical Period that literally means"soft-loud?"

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