Chapter 13: Quiz

" // Questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5) q1="After private patronage declined, __________."; q1a="national governments created state-sponsored orchestras and opera houses"; q1b="public concerts became more important"; q1c="ballet and theater replaced opera"; q1d="all of the above"; q1e="none of the above"; q1review=""; q1answer="b"; q2="Which of the following characterizes a typical opera buffa?"; q2a="It was sung throughout, with no spoken dialogue."; q2b="Characters were drawn from commedia dell'arte<\/i>."; q2c="Arias were tuneful with short, periodic phrases"; q2d="all of the above"; q2e="none of the above"; q2review=""; q2answer="d"; q3="The term galant<\/i> __________."; q3a="refers to an architectural style that favored curved arabesques and lavish ornament"; q3b="is synonymous with empfindsamer Stil<\/i>"; q3c="refers to the new operatic style cultivated by Traetta and Jommelli in the mid-eighteenth century"; q3d="was considered to stand in opposition to learned or strict contrapuntal exposition"; q3e="none of the above"; q3review=""; q3answer="d"; q4="In Germany, the popularity of the Beggar's Opera<\/i> led to renewed interest in __________."; q4a="free performances for the poor"; q4b="opera buffa"; q4c="Singspiel"; q4d="masques"; q4e="none of the above"; q4review=""; q4answer="e"; q5="La serva padrona<\/i> was in the tradition of the __________."; q5a="intermezzo"; q5b="opera seria"; q5c="ballad opera"; q5d="opéra comique<\/i>"; q5e="none of the above"; q5review=""; q5answer="a"; q6="What is an Alberti bass?"; q6a="a singer who specialized in comic characters for the bass voice as exemplified in the opera buffa, Alberti<\/i>"; q6b="a bass viol design invented by Domenico Alberti of Cremona"; q6c="an accompanimental pattern featuring broken triads"; q6d="a bass line using repeating patterns in four-measure groups"; q6e="none of the above"; q6review=""; q6answer="c"; q7="He was the master of opera seria<\/i>."; q7a="Pergolesi"; q7b="Hasse"; q7c="Gluck"; q7d="Metastasio"; q7e="John Gay"; q7review=""; q7answer="b"; q8="This poet's librettos established the standard da capo aria form."; q8a="Pergolesi"; q8b="Hasse"; q8c="Gluck"; q8d="Metastasio"; q8e="John Gay"; q8review=""; q8answer="d"; q9="He composed a popular ballad opera."; q9a="Pergolesi"; q9b="Hasse"; q9c="Gluck"; q9d="Metastasio"; q9e="John Gay"; q9review=""; q9answer="e"; q10="He composed La serva padrona<\/i>."; q10a="Pergolesi"; q10b="Hasse"; q10c="Gluck"; q10d="Metastasio"; q10e="John Gay"; q10review=""; q10answer="a"; q11="Gluck believed that __________."; q11a="the demands of soloists should not affect opera composition"; q11b="the French language could be used effectively in opera."; q11c="recitative and aria should be less distinct."; q11d="all of the above"; q11e="none of the above"; q11review=""; q11answer="d"; q12="The structure of classical music borrowed concepts from __________."; q12a="landscape painting"; q12b="rhetoric and oration"; q12c="all of creation"; q12d="a well-designed building"; q12e="none of the above"; q12review=""; q12answer="b"; q13="The composer whose keyboard sonatas were copied as pairs in manuscripts was __________."; q13a="J. C. Bach"; q13b="W. F. Bach"; q13c="Domenico Scarlatti"; q13d="Carlo Goldoni"; q13e="none of the above"; q13review=""; q13answer="c"; q14="The Mannheim orchestra was known for its __________."; q14a="dramatic crescendos"; q14b="extensive use of brass instruments."; q14c="frequent quotation of Singspiel<\/i> melodies"; q14d="obbligatos."; q14e="none of the above"; q14review=""; q14answer="a"; q15="How did the first movements of J. C. Bach's concertos differ from those of the sonata and symphony?"; q15a="There was only one key area throughout."; q15b="There were two expositions, one for the orchestra and one for the keyboard."; q15c="They began with slow introductions, followed by a series of short themes that led to the primary theme."; q15d="There was no development section."; q15e="none of the above"; q15review=""; q15answer="b"; // End of hiding the script. -->