Music and Performing Arts Music History 3

Question 1

Which composer wrote the 'Four Seasons' violin concertos?

Accepted Answer

Vivaldi

Answer

Handel

Answer

Telemann

Answer

Corelli

Question 2

What is the term for a solo vocal piece with orchestral accompaniment in opera?

Accepted Answer

Aria

Answer

Recitative

Answer

Chorus

Answer

Overture

Question 3

Which American composer is known for 'Appalachian Spring'?

Accepted Answer

Aaron Copland

Answer

Samuel Barber

Answer

Charles Ives

Answer

Leonard Bernstein

Question 4

The genre of 'musique concrète' uses which primary sound source?

Accepted Answer

Recorded real-world sounds

Answer

Electronic synthesizers

Answer

Acoustic instruments only

Answer

Human voice exclusively

Question 5

Which Broadway musical featured the song 'Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin''?

Accepted Answer

Oklahoma!

Answer

South Pacific

Answer

Carousel

Answer

The King and I

Question 6

Which composer's 9th Symphony famously premiered after he had become completely deaf?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Answer

Schubert

Answer

Brahms

Answer

Haydn