BM or BMus Bachelor of Music Western Music History Periods 3

Question 1

The troubadours and trouvères of the Medieval period are best associated with which activity?

Accepted Answer

Creating monophonic secular songs in vernacular languages

Answer

Troubadours (southern France) and trouvères (northern France) composed and performed monophonic secular songs in Old Occitan and Old French respectively.

Question 2

Which Renaissance theorist systematized the modes and argued that music should express the meaning of its text?

Accepted Answer

Gioseffo Zarlino

Answer

Gioseffo Zarlino, in 'Le istitutioni harmoniche' (1558), codified Renaissance modal theory and advocated text-music relationships.

Question 3

The Baroque 'doctrine of affections' (Affektenlehre) held that:

Accepted Answer

Each piece or section should express a single, unified emotional state

Answer

The doctrine of affections maintained that a musical work or movement should embody one consistent emotion or 'affect' to move the listener.

Question 4

Classical composers used 'false recapitulation' in sonata form to:

Accepted Answer

Briefly suggest the return of the main theme in the wrong key before the true recapitulation

Answer

A false recapitulation teases the listener with the main theme's return in a non-tonic key before the actual recapitulation arrives in the home key.

Question 5

Which Romantic composer pioneered the 'leitmotif' technique, associating recurring musical themes with specific characters or ideas?

Accepted Answer

Richard Wagner

Answer

Richard Wagner systematically used leitmotifs in his music dramas, assigning recurring musical ideas to characters, objects, and concepts.

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BM or BMus Bachelor of Music Western Music History Periods 3