Chapter 7 Quiz

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. The Florentine Camerata is best described as ___________.

a) A group of Italian religious reformers correct incorrect

b) Parisian composers who wrote chamber music correct incorrect

c) German composers who wrote the first symphonies correct incorrect

d) A group of Italian humanists correct incorrect

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. The Florentine Camerata used ___________ as their chief dramatic model.

a) Greek Dramas correct incorrect

b) Shakespearean plays correct incorrect

c) Petrarchan poetry correct incorrect

d) Dante's Divine Comedy correct incorrect

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. The Florentine Camerata met at the home of Count Giovanni de' Bardi, whose social circle included the father of the famous scientist Copernicus.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. The texture emphasized in Caccini's Le nuove musiche was ___________.

a) Imitative polyphony correct incorrect

b) Monophony correct incorrect

c) Monody correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following genres was performed between the acts of a spoken play?

a) Madrigal correct incorrect

b) Intermedio correct incorrect

c) Opera correct incorrect

d) Oratorio correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best defines monody?

a) A texture featuring a vocal melody with instrumental accompaniment correct incorrect

b) The meter commonly used in early recitative correct incorrect

c) A genre created by the Florentine Camerata correct incorrect

d) A melody that follows an ABA form correct incorrect

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. The stile rappresentativo refers to ___________.

a) A style of music that represents the composer's true intention correct incorrect

b) Music that breaks the rules of counterpoint to express the meaning of the text correct incorrect

c) A style of music that mimics speech correct incorrect

d) The "old" style used by the church, based on the music of Palestrina correct incorrect

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. ___________ composed the first operatic masterpiece, L'Orfeo.

a) Cavalli correct incorrect

b) Monteverdi correct incorrect

c) Peri correct incorrect

d) Caccini correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a central characteristic of music during the period commonly known as the Baroque?

a) Emphasis on theatrical genres correct incorrect

b) Basso continuo correct incorrect

c) Dominance of Italian musicians and genres correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. The writer of an opera's text is known as the impresario.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. The composer most associated with seconda pratica was ___________.

a) Palestrina correct incorrect

b) Lasso correct incorrect

c) Caccini correct incorrect

d) Monteverdi correct incorrect

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. The style of music that expressed agitation through repeated notes was ___________.

a) Ars perfecta correct incorrect

b) Stile rappresentativo correct incorrect

c) Stile concitato correct incorrect

d) Prima pratica correct incorrect

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. In opera, recitative is in the realm of "unheard" music.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Commercial opera got its start in ___________.

a) Paris correct incorrect

b) Venice correct incorrect

c) Mantua correct incorrect

d) Ferrara correct incorrect

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. L'incoronazione di Poppea was composed by ___________.

a) Caccini correct incorrect

b) Peri correct incorrect

c) Monteverdi correct incorrect

d) Cavalieri correct incorrect

* not completed

. The Florentine Camerata is best described as ___________.

a) A group of Italian religious reformers correct incorrect

b) Parisian composers who wrote chamber music correct incorrect

c) German composers who wrote the first symphonies correct incorrect

d) A group of Italian humanists correct incorrect

* not completed

. The Florentine Camerata used ___________ as their chief dramatic model.

a) Greek Dramas correct incorrect

b) Shakespearean plays correct incorrect

c) Petrarchan poetry correct incorrect

d) Dante's Divine Comedy correct incorrect

* not completed

. The Florentine Camerata met at the home of Count Giovanni de' Bardi, whose social circle included the father of the famous scientist Copernicus.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

* not completed

. The texture emphasized in Caccini's Le nuove musiche was ___________.

a) Imitative polyphony correct incorrect

b) Monophony correct incorrect

c) Monody correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which of the following genres was performed between the acts of a spoken play?

a) Madrigal correct incorrect

b) Intermedio correct incorrect

c) Opera correct incorrect

d) Oratorio correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which of the following best defines monody?

a) A texture featuring a vocal melody with instrumental accompaniment correct incorrect

b) The meter commonly used in early recitative correct incorrect

c) A genre created by the Florentine Camerata correct incorrect

d) A melody that follows an ABA form correct incorrect

* not completed

. The stile rappresentativo refers to ___________.

a) A style of music that represents the composer's true intention correct incorrect

b) Music that breaks the rules of counterpoint to express the meaning of the text correct incorrect

c) A style of music that mimics speech correct incorrect

d) The "old" style used by the church, based on the music of Palestrina correct incorrect

* not completed

. ___________ composed the first operatic masterpiece, L'Orfeo.

a) Cavalli correct incorrect

b) Monteverdi correct incorrect

c) Peri correct incorrect

d) Caccini correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which of the following is a central characteristic of music during the period commonly known as the Baroque?

a) Emphasis on theatrical genres correct incorrect

b) Basso continuo correct incorrect

c) Dominance of Italian musicians and genres correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. The writer of an opera's text is known as the impresario.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

* not completed

. The composer most associated with seconda pratica was ___________.

a) Palestrina correct incorrect

b) Lasso correct incorrect

c) Caccini correct incorrect

d) Monteverdi correct incorrect

* not completed

. The style of music that expressed agitation through repeated notes was ___________.

a) Ars perfecta correct incorrect

b) Stile rappresentativo correct incorrect

c) Stile concitato correct incorrect

d) Prima pratica correct incorrect

* not completed

. In opera, recitative is in the realm of "unheard" music.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

* not completed

. Commercial opera got its start in ___________.

a) Paris correct incorrect

b) Venice correct incorrect

c) Mantua correct incorrect

d) Ferrara correct incorrect

* not completed

. L'incoronazione di Poppea was composed by ___________.

a) Caccini correct incorrect

b) Peri correct incorrect

c) Monteverdi correct incorrect

d) Cavalieri correct incorrect