MUSI 200 Week 3 Quiz

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Quiz Submissions - Week 3 Quiz

 

Question 1

What instrument was fashionable for noblemen to play during the Baroque era?

Question options:

the flute  

drums

the lute

the piano

 

Question 2                         

When did Handel most likely get exposed to the stylistic elements of music that he adopted and used in later life?

 

Question options:

 

when he was Kapellmeister for the Elector of Hanover in 1709

 

just after he composed the "Water Music" suite and it became an instant hit

 

when his old boss the Elector became George I of England and he had to go apologize

 

when he was living in Italy, studying concertos and opera the way Italians wrote and performed

 them

Question 3                         

 

Why did Bach mark each composition of his with SDG and what did it mean?

 

Question options:

He read in Martin Luther's 95 Theses in which all persons are to be outwardly pious, but inwardly defiant. SDG means "Soli Deo Gloria" or "Only to God's Glory.

He was a pious Lutheran who gave all of his work for the glory of God. SDG means

 "Soli Deo Gloria" or "Only to God's Glory."

 

He decided early on after losing both his parents that he was punished for being bad and would make it up by working diligently the rest of his life. SDG means "Sans Daparentiis Grandparentiis" meaning "Without Parents Grandparents."

Bach belonged to a secret society akin to the Masons. One of the rules of membership was to mark all work with their secret moniker, SDG, which means "Soli Dirigenti Grandioso" or "Only Direct Yourself Grandly."

Question 4                         

 

 

 

 

The cantata is similar to the oratorio in which of the following ways?

Question options:

Both use an orchestra as accompaniment.

Both use a chorus.

Both use solo voices.

All of the answers provided are correct.

 

Question 5                         

 

Which one of the following lists is the typical pattern of dances from a Baroque suite?

Question options:

allemande, corvette, sarabande, minuet, gigue

galliard, courante, sarabande, minuet, gigue

allemande, courante, sarabande, minuet, gigue

allemande, courante, passepied, minuet, gigue

Question 6                         

What type of music did Handel compose during his time in London and what was it akin to?

Question options:

 

string sonatas akin to organ concertos

German Minnesinger Revivals akin to chorus work in Italian opera

Italian opera akin to oratorio

French chansons akin to Italian aria

Question 7

 

Which list contains a genre in which J.S. Bach did NOT write?

Question options:

mass, passion, chorale variation

fugue, Baroque suite, piano sonata  

fugue, oratorio, cantata

toccata, Baroque sonata, fugue

 

Question 8                         

The tonal system in the Middle Ages and Renaissance went from having its basis in modes and using just intonation to what system?

Question options:

the Classic era system of easy conformity

the modern system of atonality

the Romantic era system of chromaticism

the Baroque-era system of equal temperament, also called major/minor tonality (correct)

Question 9                         

 

 

What two forms went hand in hand with the development of instruments of unrivaled expressive and technical resource in Italy?

Question options:

sonata and dance

sonata and fugue

sonata and instrumental concerto  

sonata and symphonic poem

 

Question 10                       

The first movement of Vivaldi's "Spring" concerto demonstrates what form?

Question options:

Ritornellos  

da capo aria

arioso

sonata

               Quiz Submissions - Week 3 Quiz

 

Question 1

What instrument was fashionable for noblemen to play during the Baroque era?

Question options:

the flute  

drums

the lute

the piano

 

Question 2                         

When did Handel most likely get exposed to the stylistic elements of music that he adopted and used in later life?

 

Question options:

 

when he was Kapellmeister for the Elector of Hanover in 1709

 

just after he composed the "Water Music" suite and it became an instant hit

 

when his old boss the Elector became George I of England and he had to go apologize

 

when he was living in Italy, studying concertos and opera the way Italians wrote and performed

 them

Question 3                         

 

Why did Bach mark each composition of his with SDG and what did it mean?

 

Question options:

He read in Martin Luther's 95 Theses in which all persons are to be outwardly pious, but inwardly defiant. SDG means "Soli Deo Gloria" or "Only to God's Glory.

He was a pious Lutheran who gave all of his work for the glory of God. SDG means

 "Soli Deo Gloria" or "Only to God's Glory."

 

He decided early on after losing both his parents that he was punished for being bad and would make it up by working diligently the rest of his life. SDG means "Sans Daparentiis Grandparentiis" meaning "Without Parents Grandparents."

Bach belonged to a secret society akin to the Masons. One of the rules of membership was to mark all work with their secret moniker, SDG, which means "Soli Dirigenti Grandioso" or "Only Direct Yourself Grandly."

Question 4                         

 

 

 

 

The cantata is similar to the oratorio in which of the following ways?

Question options:

Both use an orchestra as accompaniment.

Both use a chorus.

Both use solo voices.

All of the answers provided are correct.

 

Question 5                         

 

Which one of the following lists is the typical pattern of dances from a Baroque suite?

Question options:

allemande, corvette, sarabande, minuet, gigue

galliard, courante, sarabande, minuet, gigue

allemande, courante, sarabande, minuet, gigue

allemande, courante, passepied, minuet, gigue

Question 6                         

What type of music did Handel compose during his time in London and what was it akin to?

Question options:

 

string sonatas akin to organ concertos

German Minnesinger Revivals akin to chorus work in Italian opera

Italian opera akin to oratorio

French chansons akin to Italian aria

Question 7

 

Which list contains a genre in which J.S. Bach did NOT write?

Question options:

mass, passion, chorale variation

fugue, Baroque suite, piano sonata  

fugue, oratorio, cantata

toccata, Baroque sonata, fugue

 

Question 8                         

The tonal system in the Middle Ages and Renaissance went from having its basis in modes and using just intonation to what system?

Question options:

the Classic era system of easy conformity

the modern system of atonality

the Romantic era system of chromaticism

the Baroque-era system of equal temperament, also called major/minor tonality (correct)

Question 9                         

 

 

What two forms went hand in hand with the development of instruments of unrivaled expressive and technical resource in Italy?

Question options:

sonata and dance

sonata and fugue

sonata and instrumental concerto  

sonata and symphonic poem

 

Question 10                       

The first movement of Vivaldi's "Spring" concerto demonstrates what form?

Question options:

Ritornellos  

da capo aria

arioso

sonata