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- 1. Multiple ChoiceFor the better part of ________________, opera has been the most spectacular and lavish form of stage entertainment in Western culture.four centuriesfour decadesa half-century
- 2. Multiple ChoiceBy the mid-seventeenth century, opera had become:the first commercial musicoutdated and practically forgottenthe first a cappella music
- 3. Multiple Choice
When “Queen” wanted to make an artistic statement, they called their song Bohemian Rhapsody:
a rock opera
a soap opera
a tribute to Wagner
- 4. Multiple ChoiceOpera is:drama, either tragic or comic, in which all dialogue is sungonly performed today at New York’s Metropolitan Opera Houseonly for the wealthy class
- 5. Multiple ChoiceRecitative is:a section of an opera that generally contains dialogue to further the actionopera performed in a recital settingnever sung in English
- 6. Multiple ChoiceGirolamo Mei, an Italian Renaissance historian who produced the first serious study of Greek music, proposed that all Greek Drama was:sung and not spokenstrongly influenced by Florentine musicianssacred and was performed by chanting monks
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIn 1613, Monteverdi took a position as the director of:music at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, where he stayed for the rest of his lifemusic at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, where he stayed for only 2 monthsseveral opera houses
- 8. Multiple ChoiceMonteverdi’s eight books of ___________________ represent the final significant contribution to that genre.madrigalsoperaschant
- 9. Multiple ChoiceEarly opera composers chose as their subject the most famous musical story of all:The Legend of Orpheus and EurydiceThe Legend of Bonnie and ClydeThe Legend of Zelda
- 10. Multiple ChoiceBasso continuo is:a continuous bass line, as well as harmony built on the bass, in the support of the melodya concept that was introduced with Gregorian Chanta vocal composition in which the bass singer never rests
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe orchestra of Orfeorequires forty-two instrumentsdoes not specify any specific instrumentsrequires a large pipe organ with seven manuals
- 12. Multiple ChoiceMonteverdi himselfplayed more than one musical instrument and was also an accomplished vocalistwould not sing harmony, but only melody, which gave rise to his solo passagescoined the term “dramma per musica”
- 13. Multiple ChoiceIn the instrumental ensemble of Monteverdi’s era,_______________.we can see the beginnings of the modern symphony orchestrathere were few instruments, and they were impossible to tune correctlybrass instruments were never employed
- 14. Multiple ChoiceSpecifying the instrumentation of a composition _____________________.was still relatively a new practice in 1607was a common practice by 1607.is never done in today’s modern orchestra
- 15. Multiple ChoiceMonteverdi was born in the country of___________.ItalySpainRomania
- 16. Multiple ChoiceOpera was the result of:a small group of philosophers, musicians, and poets (the Camerata)someone uncovering a copy of Hildegard von Bingen’s play.an improvised performance at the court of the duke of Mantua.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceEarly opera composers, such as Monteverdi, sought to exploit the expressive potential ofthe human voice.the trumpet.the clarinet.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceA key factor that led to the selection of the story of Orpheus for the first operas is that:Orpheus had supernormal musical abilitiesOrpheus was tormented by musical hallucinations.Orpheus had winged sandals and could fly quickly to the underworld.
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