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. What is the historical relationship between Giacomo Puccini and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky?

Both are famous for composing opera. correct incorrect

Despite their different national heritages, both lived most of their professional lives in Vienna. correct incorrect

They exemplify the rational spirit of the Classical era, albeit in dramatically different ways. correct incorrect

None of the above. correct incorrect

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. What word can best be used to describe the texture of organum?

Homophonic correct incorrect

Monophonic correct incorrect

Polyphonic correct incorrect

Retrophonic correct incorrect

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. Which musical era is characterized by an increase in both religious fervor, greater intensity of emotional expression, and equal importance between vocal and instrumental music?

Romantic correct incorrect

Medieval correct incorrect

Renaissance correct incorrect

Baroque correct incorrect

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. Which statement about the modern era of music history is NOT true?

Consecutive world wars led many to turn away from traditional compositional techniques and forms. correct incorrect

Rhythm, melody, and form all saw great changes in the modern era, but not harmony. correct incorrect

An emphasis on eclecticism led to composers being free to write for any combination of instruments they desired. correct incorrect

Many of the prominent styles of the modern era grew out of other stylistic approaches, either as reactions against them or further developments of them. correct incorrect

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. What is the essential difference between troubadours, trouveres, trovatore, and Minnesingers?

Where in Europe they were based correct incorrect

Whether they performed in churches, town squares, noble courts, or universities correct incorrect

The types of instruments they played to accompany their singing correct incorrect

Their allegiance to different monastic orders within the medieval church correct incorrect

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. Which of the following genres that developed during the Baroque period describes a form of musical worship within the Lutheran church?

Cantata correct incorrect

Concerto correct incorrect

Oratorio correct incorrect

Opera correct incorrect

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. Which grouping of musical eras is in the correct chronological order?

Baroque, Renaissance, Romantic correct incorrect

Romantic, Classical, Modern correct incorrect

Medieval, Baroque, Romantic correct incorrect

Classical, Renaissance, Romantic correct incorrect

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. A piece of classical music that combines modernist elements with the song "Oh, Susannah" is most likely composed by which composer?

Charles Ives correct incorrect

Maurice Ravel correct incorrect

Duke Ellington correct incorrect

Phillip Glass correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was NOT an important composer of Medieval sacred literature?

Leonin correct incorrect

Guillame Machaut correct incorrect

Palestrina correct incorrect

Hildegard of Bingen correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about the salon tradition in the Romantic era?

New forms, such as the madrigal, grew out of the salon tradition. correct incorrect

The German Lieder, art songs for solo voice and guitar, became very popular. correct incorrect

Paris and London were the epicenters of the salon tradition. correct incorrect

Many miniature forms were named in ways that indicated the composer's nationality. correct incorrect

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. Which term is NOT central to understanding the fugue?

Episode correct incorrect

Subject correct incorrect

Dissonance correct incorrect

Counterpoint correct incorrect

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. Which two Romantic composers are both famous for the same art form?

Giuseppe Verdi, Claudio Monteverdi correct incorrect

Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt correct incorrect

Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner correct incorrect

Gustav Mahler, Igor Stravinsky correct incorrect

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. The career of Josquin des Prez is an example of the cultural and political centrality of which European region during the Renaissance?

The Netherlands correct incorrect

France correct incorrect

Germany correct incorrect

The Italian peninsula correct incorrect

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. Which statement about Beethoven's life and music is false?

Like Mozart and Haydn, he spent most of his life and work in Salzburg. correct incorrect

Beethoven's works are often seen as the catalyst for the shift between the Classical and Romantic eras. correct incorrect

Because he viewed his music as more than mere entertainment, Beethoven wrote fewer symphonies than his predecessors. correct incorrect

Beethoven was popular both as a composer and as a performer, particularly on the keyboard and violin. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT listed as a contributing factor to the unique style of Renaissance music?

A renewed interest in Greco-Roman literature and philosophy correct incorrect

Reason being heralded over tradition correct incorrect

The rise of Protestantism correct incorrect

An interest in congregational singing during religious services correct incorrect