Questions 9-14
are based on an excerpt in two segments from a work representing the
Romantic period. The first segment will be played two times; the second segment will be
played once, followed by the entire excerpt played once. Before listening to the first segment
for the first time, please read Questions 9-12.
9. What is the meter?
(A) Simple quadruple
(B) Compound triple
(C) Simple triple
(D) Simple duple
10. How would you describe the texture of the first excerpt?
(A) Chordal homophony
(B) Primarily melody with accompaniment
(C) Heterophonic
(D) Polyphonic
11. Which section of the orchestra is playing the melody?
(A) Woodwinds and strings
(B) Woodwinds only
(C) Strings and percussion
(D) Strings only
12. Relative to the opening tonic, the end of the first excerpt ends in what key?
(A) Tonic
(B) Subdominant
(C) Mediant
(D) Dominant
Now listen to the first segment for the first time and answer Questions 9-12.
The first segment will now be played a second time.
Before listening to the second segment, please read Questions 13-14.
13. In the second excerpt, the melodic material features what compositional device(s)?
(A) Melodic sequence and imitation
(B) Melodic inversion and imitation
(C) Melodic variation
(D) Melodic augmentation and imitation
14. When the original melody returns, it is the same in all the following ways EXCEPT
(A) texture
(B) mode
(C) articulation
(D) tempo
Now listen to the second segment and answer Questions 13-14.
The entire excerpt will now be played one time.
Go on to the next group of questions.