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  Dr. Terry Roberts
Instructor of Music
Francis Marion University

 Music 101 Study Guide for Spring 2008 Final Exam

1.

What familiar tune is quoted in the third movement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1, but in an unusual harmonic context?

2.

The piece Pictures at an Exhibition was inspired by the paintings of who?

3.

Where did jazz get its start?

4.

Who wrote the words to Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony?

5.

What is the name of the Text for this class and Author(s)?

6.

What is chromaticism?

7.

A concert overture is:

8.

The composer who originated serialism was:

9.

Atonal music is:

10.

The correct order of the six style periods of Western art music is:

11.

The major works of Stravinsky's early period were:

12.

The premier of The Rite of Spring was famous for:

13.

A combination of song and speech is called:

14.

In the early twentieth century the rules for compositions were:

15.

The study of folk music of non-Western cultures is called:

16.

Appalachian Spring is a(n):

17.

The composer of Poème électronique is:

18.

The composer of 4'33” is:

19.

The style of Music for 18 Musicians is:

20.

The use of recorded sounds from life is called:

21.

Electronically produced sound can be generated by a:

22.

Another term for chance music is:

23.

4'33” consists of:

24.

With which musical style is Steve Reich associated?

25.

Who was the leading Italian opera composer after Verdi?

26.

The vocal technique heard in “The Moonfleck” is:

27.

Italian comic opera was called:

28.

From what condition did Beethoven suffer?

29.

Beethoven wrote music in both the ____ style and the ____ style.

30.

The scherzo, a fast, triple-meter movement, evolved from the:

31.

The English word for scherzo is:

32.

The musical term applied to flexibility in rhythm is:

33.

Music without singing but derived from a poem, story, or other literary source is called:

34.

Fantastic Symphony is a(n):

35.

Who was not a Romantic composer?

36.

The English word for lied is:

37.

Schubert wrote more than six hundred:

38.

A song cycle is a(n):

39.

Frédéric Chopin did not compose:

40.

A “night piece” is a:

41.

What did Wagner call his new style of opera in the 1850s?

42.

Which term refers to a synthesis of many of the arts into one unified work?

43.

What is characteristic of all nationalistic music?

44.

Who were the two most important Italian opera composers of the 19th century?

45.

Modest Musorgsky's piece, Pictures at an Exibition, was orginally written for:

46.

The two famous pupils of Schoenberg were:

47.

Richard Strauss' symphonic works, such as Ein Heldenleben, are called:

48.   What was the new artistic medium available to composers in the early twentieth century?


Final Exam Listening List:

  1. Beethoven-Symphony No. 5, movt. III
  2. Schubert-“Erlkonig
  3. Schumann-Dicterliebe, “Im wunderschonen Monat Mai”
  4. Schumann-Carnaval, “Eusebius”
  5. Schumann-Carnaval, “Florestan
  6. Chopin-Nocturne in F sharp, Opus 15, No. 2
  7. Berlioz-Fantastic Symphony
  8. Verdi-Aida
  9. Wagner-The Valkyrie
  10. Tchaikovsky-Romeo and Juliet
  11. Musorgsky-Pictures at an Exibition, “The Great Gate at Kiev
  12. Mahler-Symphony No. 1, III
  13. Debussy-Clouds
  14. Stravinsky-The Rite of Spring
  15. Schoenberg-Pierrot Lunaire, No. 18: “The Moonfleck
  16. Berg-Wozzeck
  17. Ives-“The Rockstrewn Hills”
  18. Ravel-Piano concerto in G
  19. Bartok-Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
  20. Copland-Appalachian Spring
  21. Webern-Five Orchestral Pieces
  22. Ligeti-Lux Aeterna
  23. Varese-Poeme Electronique
  24. Reich-Music for 18 Musicians


Dr. Terry Roberts
Instructor of Music
D.M.A., Florida State University
HFAC 206  /  (843) 661-1681
troberts@fmarion.edu
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