MusicStudiesDepartment

MDBA2062

Music Appreciation 3
(Western Music History 2)
MDBA 2062
2 HOURS
MIDTERM PAPER MARCH 2015
DATE:
4.00pm

TIME: 2.00pm

NAME: _______________________________________
STUDENT ID: ___________________________________
DEPARTMENT: Music Studies
LECTURER-IN-CHARGE: Ms. Avelyn Chua
EXAMINATION MODE: _______________________ (Written/Presentation)
Instruction: All candidates are not allowed to open this page until it
is permitted by the examiner. Please fill in the particulars before
pursuing this paper. Examiners have the right to disallow candidates
from pursuing the exam if candidates are caught in suspicion or
disqualified.
This exam paper contains: two (2) section.
Total page(s): 7 (including cover page)

MusicStudiesDepartment
MDBA2062

/20)

SECTION A
Circle the correct answer.
1. What is the intellectual movement of the classical period?
A. Age of rebirth
B. Age of enlightenment
C. Age of humanism
D. Age of reason

2. What is the transition of style from Baroque to Classical?

A. Style Gallant
B. Classical form
C. Preclassical
D. Neoclassical

3. The master composers of Classical period are

A. Bach, Handel, Mozart
B. Beethoven, Mozart, Monteverdi
C. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
D. Haydn, Mozart, Vivaldi

4. Vienna was
A. a composer of classical period.
B. one of the music centers of Europe in classical period
C. the birth place of Mozart.
D. a music school.

5. Another name of sonata form is

A. Allegro
B. Molto Andante
C. Piano sonata
D. Sonata allegro
2

MusicStudiesDepartment
MDBA2062

6. In development, themes are developed or treated in new ways. They are broken into fragments,
or
A. ideas
B. motives
C. coda
D. bridge

7. A basic musical idea is repeated over and over and is changed each time is known as
A. movement
B. sonata form
C. rondeu
D. theme and variations

8. The minuet movement of a symphony or string quartet is written for

A. solo instruments
B. listening
C. dancing
D. singing

9. Rondo form is often combine with elements of sonata form to produce a

A. binary form
B. tenary form
C. sonata-rondo
D. sonata form

10. One reason the basso continuo was obsolete because

A. it was no longer important for great composer like Haydn, Mozart and

Beethoven.

B. amateurs could not master the difficult art of improvising from a figured bass.
C. harpsichord did not need to improvise.
D. the desire for gradual dynamic change led to the replacement of the harpsichord.

MusicStudiesDepartment
MDBA2062

11. The classical orchestra consists of

A. percussion, strings, brass, woodwind
B. strings, woodwind, brass, percussion
C. woodwind, brass, percussion, strings
D. strings, woodwind, percussion, brass.

12. The four movements of classcal forms are

A. Fast-slow-fast-fast
B. Fast-dance related-slow-fast
C. Fast-slow-dance related-fast
D. Fast-moderate fast-dance related-slow

13. A sonata is for

A. serenading the ladies
B. two violins and a cello
C. one or two instruments
D. a piano composition

14. Classical composer interested in

A. expressing shades of emotion in dynamic changes.
B. making beautiful composition.
C. harmonizing every melodies.
D. expressing highly sophisticated chords.

15. Classical music is basically

A. Miniature
B. Polyphony
C. Homophonic
D. Monophonic

MusicStudiesDepartment
MDBA2062

16. What is word painting?

A. A typicla choral piece.
B. A musical depiction of specific words.
C. A word that was painted with brushes and colour.
D. An expression of indication of Renaissance music.

17. A classical concerto begins with a movement in

A. very fast tempo form consists of exposition.
B. sonata form containing two expositions.
C. solo performance with accompaniment of orchestra.
D. sonata form containing one special exposition.

18. In classical symphony, each movement has its own set of

A. dynamic
B. themes
C. exposition
D. variation

19. What is cadenza?

A. An ending of a song
B. A virtuoso solo passage
C. A long trill towards the end of a solo
D. Another name of fermata.

20. Classical music express mood within

A. a movement
B. a texture
C. a pattern
D. two basic mood.

MusicStudiesDepartment
MDBA2062

/20)

SECTION B
Give the best answer for each question given.
1. What is symphony?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
2. What is classical concerto?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
3. What is classical chamber music?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
4. Classical forms can be contrast in (

). It is often in (

).

____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
5. What are the three main sections of sonata form and what is the concluding section of the three
main sections.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
6. Explain classical forms.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
7. What is rondo?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

MusicStudiesDepartment
MDBA2062

8. Name one of the characteristics of the classical style and explain.

____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

9. What is most important form of classical chamber music?

____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

10. What is the significant parallel between Classcal music and Neoclassical?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

-end of page Sabah Institute of Art Property

7