Chapter 8 Quiz

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. In the seventeenth century, publications of instrumental music dramatically decreased in number compared to the sixteenth century.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. The toccata is best described as ___________.

a) Solo voice with basso continuo correct incorrect

b) Theme and variations correct incorrect

c) A keyboard genre characterized by short, contrasting sections correct incorrect

d) A music drama correct incorrect

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. Of the following, which composer was an organist?

a) Frescobaldi correct incorrect

b) Sweelinck correct incorrect

c) Couperin correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. In seventeenth-century Italy, the social obstacles for women performers and composers such as Strozzi and Caccini diminished.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Who composed Dido and Aeneas?

a) Monteverdi correct incorrect

b) Strozzi correct incorrect

c) Purcell correct incorrect

d) SchÃŒtz correct incorrect

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. Which genre features a standardized sequence of dances?

a) Sonata correct incorrect

b) Suite correct incorrect

c) Toccata correct incorrect

d) Opera correct incorrect

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. Schütz was the first German composer to gain an international reputation as a master composer.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Schütz synthesized the Italian and German musical traditions.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Carissimi was a prominent composer of ___________.

a) Oratorios correct incorrect

b) Symphonies correct incorrect

c) Operas correct incorrect

d) Toccatas correct incorrect

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. Tragédie lyrique was the genre name for ___________.

a. The French symphony correct incorrect

b. French opera correct incorrect

c. The German symphony correct incorrect

d. German opera correct incorrect

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. Jean-Baptiste Lully was a prominent composer of ___________.

a) Symphonies correct incorrect

b) Italian opera correct incorrect

c) French opera correct incorrect

d) French oratorios correct incorrect

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. Jean-Baptiste Lully was a prominent composer during the reign of ___________.

a) Henry VIII correct incorrect

b) Louis X correct incorrect

c) Louis XIV correct incorrect

d) Charles V correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes the form of a French overture?

a) Variations over a ground bass correct incorrect

b) A standardized sequence of dances correct incorrect

c) Homophonic section, with dotted rhythms, followed by section in imitative polyphony correct incorrect

d) A series of short, improvisatory, contrasting sections correct incorrect

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. All of the following are keyboard instruments except ___________.

a) Virginal correct incorrect

b) Viola da gamba correct incorrect

c) Organ correct incorrect

d) Harpsichord correct incorrect

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. Barbara Strozzi ___________.

a) Was the first successful woman to own a music publishing house correct incorrect

b) Composed her own music, but never published or performed correct incorrect

c) Performed, but never wrote her own music correct incorrect

d) Composed, performed, and published her own music correct incorrect