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Choral Music Test
1. "Dramma per musica" is the title given by J.S. Bach to his:
A
passions
B
oratorios
C
operas
D
secular cantatas
2. Motets in the time of J.S. Bach were characterized by all of the following except:
A
use in the liturgical service
B
scoring for chorus
C
biblical or chorale text
D
homophonic style
3. In the Renaissance the English equivalent of the Latin motet is the:
A
the carol
B
the Short Service
C
full anthem
D
verse anthem
4. A type of chorale that used an old secular tune with a newly composed spiritual text was a:
A
contrafacta
B
hocket
C
gymel
D
lauda
5. The Nelson Mass, The Mass in Time of War, and the Theresienmesse were written by:
A
Beethoven
B
Haydn
C
Mozart
D
Schubert
6.Psalters contained metrical settings of the psalms as well as the tunes to accompany them.
A
True
B
False
7. The idea of the oratorio first appeared in which period of music history?
A
Medieval
B
Renaissance
C
Baroque
D
Classic
8. The terms "turba" and "testo" are associated with:
A
oratorio
B
cantata
C
opera
D
none of the above
9. All of the following statements about Mozart's Requiem are true except:
A
The text is taken from the Roman Catholic mass for the dead.
B
It was commissioned by a noblemen to honor the memory of his wife
C
The final portion was written by Mozart's student Süssmayr..
D
Mozart completed it the year before his death.
10. The composer most frequently associated with polychoral works is:
A
Handel
B
Bach
C
Schütz
D
Mozart
11. All of the following 20th century British composers are known for their choral writing except:
A
Herbert Howells
B
Gerald Finzi
C
Gustav Holst
D
Frank Martin
12. All of the following wrote large symphonic works with choral parts except:
A
Berloiz
B
Mahler
C
Bruckner
D
Vaughan-Williams
13. The first setting of the mass with thematic unity was composed by:
A
Palestrina
B
Machaut
C
Dufay
D
William Byrd
14. The
Abendmusiken
concerts of of sacred choral and instrumental music are associated with:
A
Buxtehude
B
Mozart
C
Haydn
D
C. P. E. Bach
15. The 20th century composer who wrote a setting of the St. Luke Passion is:
A
Gorecki
B
Pärt
C
Crumb
D
Penderecki
16.The texts for Baroque sacred cantatas was almost always Biblical.
A
True
B
False
17. All of the following composers are influenced by the music of the Russian Orthodox Church except:
A
Penderecki
B
Pärt
C
Rachmaninoff
D
Taverner
18. Janacek's Glagolithic Mass is characterized by all of the following except:
A
Latin text
B
interjection of "Amen's" in the Credo
C
organ solos
D
use of soloists in addition to choir
19. This composer known as "the Russian Palestrina" is:
A
Borodin.
B
Glinka
C
Bortnyansky.
D
Rimsky-Korsakov.
20. All of the following are opera composers who also wrote sacred choral music:
A
Verdi
B
Britten
C
Bruckner
D
Rossini
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