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2012-2013 Minnesota High School Listening Contest
Regional Contest – Round 4, Multiple Choice
You will have 15 minutes to answer the questions below. Select the best answer from the choices
given and write it on the line to the right. All correct answers can be deduced from the material
presented in the Study Guide and the accompanying CDs.
***ANSWER KEY***
1. The Brandenburg Concerti are:
A. dedicated to a German nobleman.
B. all written for the same instrumentation.
C. examples of the use of periodic phrase structure.
D. performed for the nobleman’s court, all in a single concert in 1721.
(p. 20)
2. Mozart’s fondness for writing opera seems to be a direct result of his:
A. love for dramatic development
B. skill at writing piano concerti.
C. interest in programmatic music.
D. all of the above
(p. 26)
3. Jazz took root using the influences of:
A. African-American folk traditions.
B. traditional styles of Southern folk music.
C. African-American church music and spirituals.
D. all of the above
.
4. Handel:
A. studied in Paris for a time before emigrating to London.
B. worked for the Pope in Rome for a time.
C. was considered a master of Italian opera.
D. wrote symphonies for the London audiences.
E. only C and D
(p. 64)
__A__
__A__
__D__
(p. 18)
___C__
5. Bach’s cantatas are numbered for identification. These numbers were assigned by: (p. 19)
A. Bach himself in the order in which he produced them.
B. Bach’s own publisher as the composer instructed them to do.
C. Bach, to correspond to grouping the works for the church year.
D. a later publisher in the order he considered the best cantatas as the lowest numbers.
E. none of the above
___E__
6. Periodic phrase structure is characteristic of:
A. Classic era compositions.
B. Baroque era compositions.
C. 20th century compositions.
D. none of the above
(p. 21)
___A__
7. Program music:
A. tells a story or suggests a scene.
B. became prevalent during the Classic era.
C. is primarily vocal.
D. makes reference to polytonality.
(p. 27)
__A__
8. Basso continuo is described as:
(pp. 13 & 73)
A. the lowest-sounding part of a Baroque piece.
B. usually including a keyboard instrument to “realize” the harmonies of the chords.
C. the sung section of a cantata.
D. both A and B
__D__
9. Characteristic of Romanticism in music is:
A. larger orchestra.
B. more brass instruments in the orchestra.
C. frequent use of program music.
D. all of the above
(p. 27)
10. Herbie Hancock is a:
A. trumpet player.
B. saxophonist.
C. keyboardist.
D. none of the above
(p. 71)
11. The term sinfonia represents:
A. an early form of a symphony.
B. a shorter form of a concerto.
C. a type of program music.
D. all of the above
(p. 23)
12. Imitative polyphony:
A. appeared as a unifying device in Renaissance music.
B. imitates the sounds of nature, such as bird calls.
C. was first seen in the works of J. S. Bach.
D. is rather difficult to be perceived by the listener.
(p. 7)
13. A symphony is:
A. often a two movement piece.
B. a form developed by Classic era composers.
C. a form seldom found during the 19th century.
D. none of the above
14. Chamber music can:
A. involve any combination of instruments.
B. include a piano.
C. be a jazz combo.
D. all of the above
___D__
___C__
___A__
__A__
(pp. 21 & 76)
___B__
(p. 54)
___D__
15. Neoclassicism was a movement striving to:
A. revive the harmonic language of the Classic era.
B. return to Classic era operatic customs.
C. reduce musical structures to more concise length and size
D. none of the above
16. Recitative is:
A. found in opera and other vocal forms.
B. found in symphonic movements.
C. a style of singing dating back to the Classic era.
D. both A and C
(p. 36)
___C__
(pp. 18 & 75)
__A__
17. Stravinsky is known for:
A. use of polytonality.
B. use of polyrhythms.
C. use of dissonant harmonic language.
D. all of the above
(p. 38)
18. Chamber music is defined as:
A. pieces with one player per composed part.
B. the use of much dissonance.
C. use of much homophony.
D. use of much improvisation.
(p. 54)
___D__
___A__
19. Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem is:
(p. 42)
A. a choral work using texts of the Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead.
B. an operatic work.
C. a condemnation of war.
D. a heroic composition glorifying the nobility of war.
___C__
20. Polytonality means that a piece:
A. alternates between two or more keys.
B. uses atonal techniques.
C. has a great variety of instrumentation.
D. none of the above
(pp. 36 & 75)
___D__