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Music History Final Exam Double Jeopardy Answer Key

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#1 In a major scale, between which intervals do the half steps occur. 3 and 4, 7 and 8
#2 Music based on the seven tones of a major or minor scale is classified as this. Diatonic
#3 The number of tones in the pentatonic scale. 5
#4 The process of passing from one key to another within a piece of music. Modulation
#5 When a melody is transposed, this remains the same. The shape of the melodic line or the intervals between the notes
I'LL BEAT THE SONATA-ALLEGRO OUT OF YOU!
#1 A modulatory section that leads from one theme to the next. Development
#2 The introduction of the first (and sometimes second) theme. Exposition
#3 The final section, which rounds it off with a vigorous closing cadence. Coda
#4 The reappearance of the theme after the modulatory section. Recapitulation
#5 If you play your Sonata-Allegro form flawlessly, the audience may request this through applause. Encore
NOTHIN' BUT THE CLASSICS
#1 This piece was the last thing Mozart wrote before his untimely death. Requiem Mass
#2 The most important instrumental form written during the Classical Era. Symphony
#3 This deaf composer had a wicked temper. Beethoven
#4 The number of Beethoven's symphonies, concluding with his Ode to Joy. 9
#5 This composer was notorious for only using one theme in Sonata-Allegro form. Haydn
HOPELESS ROMANTICS
#1 The event that signaled the beginning of the Romantic Era. The French Revolution
#2 This instrument was the favored chamber instrument of the era. The piano
#3 The use of folklore, folk music, and a revolutionary attitude was called this. Nationalism
#4 A song form in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza of text. Strophic form
#5 Instrumental music endowed with literary, philosophical, or pictorial associations. Program Musci
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!
#1 A compositional style in which some details are left to chance or to the performer's choice. Aleatoric Music
#2 This Brooklyn born composer was famous for creating musical images of the American West. Copland
#3 A style in which vocal melodies were spoken rather than sung, coined by Arnold Schoenberg. Sprechstimme
#4 The German term for art song. Lied or Lieder
#5 This composer is better known for his conducting. He could be found conducting with only his face and released the "Young People's Concerts". Bernstein
Final Question
This term refers to a principal theme that recurs throughout a work and carried specific meanings. Ba-Da, Ba-Da, Badabadabadabada. Leitmotif