Monday, November 10, 2008
Nov 10- Nov 16 Mid-Term Test Questions
Write six questions with answers that you think would be good to include on the mid-term test. Try to think of six things that are of real importance, something you think you should remember throughout your lives as theater goers. Do not write any questions that someone else has asked. Each of you six questions and answers need to be original.
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Tanner per. 4
1. What are the 5 elements of music?
A: Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, Color and Form.
2. The Elektra we saw was written by who?
A: Richard Strauss.
3. The libretto of Elektra was written by who?
A: Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
4. What does the word Opera mean?
A: The works.
5. Part one of Mahlers 8th is what religious hymn?
A: Veni Creator Spiritus.
6. What is the highest male voice?
A: Tenor.
Jordan Adam Per. 4
1) What is the main difference between musicals and opera?
A: Musicals use microphones, operas do not.
2) What is a motif?
A: A recurring theme or pattern. Like the "Agamemnon" or "Axe" motifs in Elektra.
3) What is "Color" in music?
A: Variation in instruments or change in form of sound.
4) What are the names of standard vocal parts, from highest to lowest?
A: Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Alto/Contralto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass.
5) Give one of the definitive characteristics of the Romantic period.
A: The Romantic period focused on the sublimity and power of nature, and humanity's comparative weakness.
6) What was the name of the "watching place" in a Greek Ampitheater?
A: Theatron
Tess Opincarne
Period 6
What are the parts of the Greek theater?
Teatre - watching place
Orchestra - dancing place
Skaena - acting place
Auditorium - listening place
Who is the cursed patriarch from which many Greek tragedies evolved? (ie Elektra, Troy)
Atreus
What types of dances did the sisters do in Elektra?
Elektra - jig
Chrysothemis - waltz
What is the 'happy ending' alternative to a deus ex maquina?
Eucatastrophe
What are the parts of an opera?
Music, art, libretto (words)
What was the goal of Greek theater?
To reach a state of catharsis, leading to ecstasis, or ecstasy.
Andrew Kemis Period 6
1. What is the meaning of Deus ex Machina?
A. God from the machine
2.How many plays were preformed in Greek theatre and what was the last called?
A.There were four plays. The first three were serious and the fourth was a comic relief called a satyr.
3. Who was it that built a theater in Germany and in which city was it constructed?
A. Wagner had a theater built in Bayreuth, Germany
4. What is the curse of the nine?
A. The curse of the nine is the idea that one would die after completing their nineth symphony. This came about by Bethoven and the fact other composers died right after completing their nineth.
5. What is the meaning of the Greek word tragedia?
A. Goat song
6. Waht are thsix voice categories?
A. Saprano
B. Mezzo Saprano
C. Alto, controitos
D. Tenor
E. Baritone
F. Bass
Andrew Song Period 6
1)What years was the Romanticism Period?
A) 1800-1885
2) What years was the Neo-classical period?
A) 1700-1800
3) What consists of Mahler's Symphony #8?
A) Veni Creator Spiritus and End of Faust II
4) The 3 versions of Elektra were by what 3 people?
A) Sophocles, Aeschyes, and Euribides
5) In the opera Elektra, who was Elektra's brother?
A) Orestes
6) In the opera Elektra, what did Chrysothemis want in life?
A) to marry out of that family and have a family of her own.
1. What was one motif in Elektra?
A: Agamemnon, Fly swatter, Jig, Blood and Eyes
2. What are the two types of melody?
A: Step wise and leap wise
3. What was a comedy in a Greek play called?
A:a Satire
4. Why would they burn the masks after a performance?
A: To give offerings to Dionysia the God of wine
5. What are the parts of an opera?
A: Music, Works, and Art
6. Who were the Blessed Boys?
A: The boys who died right after birth and had committed no sins.
Stephanie Morgan
period 6
1. Who was Faust II written by?
Goethe
2. What are the two dances in Electra?
The jig and the waltz
3. When was Mahler’s Symphony #8 written?
1910
4. When did Mahler live and die?
1860-1911
5. When was Elektra by Sophocles written?
403 B.C.
6. When was Elektra by Richard Strauss written?
1909
Megan Pinzon period 4
1.What made up the two parts of Mahler's symphony #8?
Part 1 - Veni Creator Spiritus
Part 2 - End of Faust by Goethe
2.When was Veni Creator Spiritus made?
809
3.What does Catharsis mean?
Emotional release
4.What two kind of plays were Greek plays?
Comedy or Tragedy
5.What is a Satyr?
A farcical play where mythical goat men would sing and dance as part of the drama
6.What are some characteristics of Greek theater?
Minimal props and costumes, masks, body language
Kenna Campbell
period 6
1.what is the highest female voice?
A.Soprano
2.Why are opera singers considered true musicians?
A.Because they project their voice in a giant room without any help
3.What is a motif?
A.A reoccurring idea or melody describing a certain person or thing
4.What were freestanding posture of a painted and sculpted figures referred to?
A.Contrapposto
5.What period was known as the Classical Moment?
A.High Classical
6.What period thought that humans should be controlled by reason and common good and not by tradition?
A.Neo-Classical
Mackenzie Engel
Period 6
Q1. What factors caused Mahler to become depressed?
A. His first daughter died, Alma had an affair, he discovered he had heart disease, and he lost his job.
Q2. What were masks used for in early theater? (Besides as costume)
A. As megaphones
Q3. Who were the four children of Clytamnestra and Agamemnon?
A. Iphigenia, Electra, Crysothemis, and Orestes
Q4. What occurs during Deus ex Machina.
A. A character that has not previously appeared in the performance comes in and saves the day.
Q5. What are two components of Romanesque Art?
A. A lack of perspective in painting and taller structures.
Q6. What are 3 components of Romanticism?
A. 1) Abandonment of 18th century ideas 2) focus on ordinary individuals 3) appreciation of nature.
Rebecca Taicz. Period 6
Q:What real character is William Stark based on?
A: Huey P. Long
Q:About how long have fairy tales been around for?
A couple hundred years
Q:What is a major difference between fairy tales and myths?
A:Fairy tales often have a happy ending, myths usually end in tragedy
Q:What art period is the "severe style" from
A:Early Classical
Q:Place these in chronological order: Romantic, Gothic, North Renaissance
A: Gothic, North Renaissance, Romantic
Q:Atreus was whose father; Agamemnon or Aegisthus
A:Agamemnon
Preston Longoni Period 4
1. When was Hansel and Gretel first performed?
A: 23rd of December 1893
2. Who conducted Hansel and Gretel in Weimar?
A: Richard Strauss
3. Who worked under Wagner for several years?
A: Engelbert Humperdinck
4. How were fairy tails originated?
A: orally told folk tales
5. How long have fairy tale operas been around?
A: past couple hundred years
6. What are the three vocal production components of singing?
A: voiced sound, resonance, and articulation.
Erika Hodges per. 2
In Hansel and Gretel what did the Mother's lesson teach them?
-Outsmart the witch and come home.
What is the name of the composer of Hansel and Gretel?
-Engelbert Humperdink
What were fairy tales originally?
-Orally told folk tales
What was Huey P. Long known as?
-The Kingfish
What did Huey Long's reign of power resemble?
-Shakespearean Tragedy
What did masks allow actors to do?
-Shift their mental states
tia B. P.4
Helen (King Melenaus of Sparta's wife) was kidnapped by who?
ans: Trojan Prince Paris
What does 'doit du segiuor' mean?
ans: Right of the Lord
Goethe lived during what art period?
ans: Romantic
What's an Oratoria?
ans: Chorus w/ soloist and orchestra
Neo-Classical is also known as?
ans: Age of Reason or Age of Enlightenment
Who wrote the "liverpool Oratoria'?
ans: Paul McCartney
Bryttany Enge, Period 6
1. What were the three sub periods of the Classical Greek Era?
A: Early Classical, High Classical, and Late Classical.
2. Name the two Renaissance Era’s
A: The Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance
3. Neoclassicism is also known as what?
A: The Enlightenment
4. What is a eucatastrophe?
A: eucatastrophe means “a good end to things”; ‘eu’ is from the Greek which means ‘good’ and catastrophe means either a complete failure or an event that causes an end to things.
5. Who was accused of “killing” Judge Irwin in the play All The King’s Men?
A: Jack Burden
6. Who did Sugar Boy kill in the play All The King’s Men?
A: Adam Stanton
Cristina Rice
Period 2
1. What is the order the periods came in?
A: Greek Art, Roman Art, Medieval Art, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Northern Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Neo-Classical, Romaniticism
2. What is an example of melody?
A: Stepwise-easy, Leap-hard
3. What is a tragedy?
A: trugodia means goat song, The tragedy" initially was only rythmitic dancing
4. What period was Goeth from?
A: Romantic Period
5. Who wrote it?
A: Faust 1808-1832
6. When did Romaniticism begin?
A: Began in the age of revolution, American and French 1789
Jessica Taylor per 2
1. Out of the three parts of opera, what makes up the Art portion?
the set, lights, costumes, and makeup; every thing thing you can see.
2. In what era did Shakespear live?
during the Northern Renaissance
3. Who is the God of Wine?
Dionysia
4. What did actors usually have on set during the classical period?
costume and props were very minamally used actors used themselfs to portray the characters
5. Who wrote All the Kings Men?
Robert Penn Warren
6. What is the electra complex?
A theory from Freud suggesting that girls are in love with their fathers when they are young and look for someone like their father when they are older
Heather Thomas Period 2
1) What year was the Mehler's sympathy #8 made?
-1910
2) What does the word "Opera" mean?
-The Works
3) What's the difference between a Musical and Opera?
-Microphones and No microphones
4) What are TWO characteristics for Northern Renaissance?
-Sharp focus and folds, textrue and ornamentation of objects especially fabric. (More examples then just these)
5) Who created the Little Mermaid?
-Han Christian Anderson (NOT Walt Disney)
6) What was Huey P. Long's slogan for his campaign?
-Every man a king, but no one wears a crown
Leticia Lopez P. 4
1. Who was Elektra's father?
A: Agammemnon
2. What was Elektra's dance?
A: A jig..well, more like a demented jig, but a jig none the less
3.Name 3 themes of Romanticism
(any combination of these are chill)
A:Empysis on ordinary people
B.Imagination, feeling
C. Nationalism, revelution
D. Power of Nature
E. Folklore, Supernatral
F.Orientalism/ exotisism
G. Medevalism
H. optimism
4.what style of pieces did Elektra say/sing?
A: Monologes
5.whats an aria?
A: A solo piece
6.Why in Ancient Greek plays did they burn the masks?
A. they sacrificed them to Dionysia (God Of Wine)
Rosie Polaschek, Period Four
#1: In All The King's Men, who kills Willie Stark?
- Adam Stanton
#2: Why did he kill Stark?
- Because he discovered that Wille Stark and his sister had been having an affair.
#3:What award did the author of All The King's Men receive for his work?
- The Pulitzer
#4: How did Wagner revolutionise the world of theatre?
- He started the trend of having silence while a performance was ongoing and of having the lights dimmed during the show.
#5: What theory about fairy tales did J.R.R. Tolkien promote?
- That rather than just being for children, they in fact all had important messages about the human condition, that speak to all people.
#6: In All The King's Men, how many women does Willie Stark have affairs with?
- Two (Sadie Burke and Anne Stanton)
Shae Hurst Period 6
What is the Oedipus Complex?
A: The Freudian belief that all boys must fall in love with their mothers and desire the death of their fathers.
2 Who was Aegisthus?
A: Agamemnon’s cousin and Klytamnestra’s second husband
3. What is the difference between Neo-Classicism and Romanticism?
A: Neo-Classism was more focused on geometric balance, logic and expressed control. While Romanticism expresses the wild, unknown, imagination, and tried to show human fragility in comparison to nature.
4. In 1934 Huey Long organized_______ a populist program.
A: Share the Wealth
5. Who was Sugar Boy?
A: Willie Stark’s driver and bodyguard
6. Aegisthus treats Elektra like a ___________.
A: dog
1)What fairy tale did Charles Perrault make up?
A) Cinderella
2) What fairy tale did hans christian anderson make?
A) the little mermaid
3) When did engelbert Humperdinck live?
A) sept 1 1854 - sept 27 1921
4)what is the difference between a myth and a fairy tale?
A)in myths endings are tragic and in fairy tales they are usually happy.
5) when was Robert Warren Penn alive?
A) 1905-1989
6)When was the rococo period?
A)1700-1750
1)What kind of cords sound sad?
A.Minor Cords
2) In music, what is the definition of form?
A. The relations between the notes and instruments
3)WHat kind of cords sound happy or upbeat?
A.Major cords
4)A jig was a dance for what class of people?
A. Lower Class
5)A waltz was a dance for what class of people?
A. Upper class
6)The Renaissance Period was most well known for what new idea?
A. Realism
Mandi DeLaVergne
Period 6
1) What does doit du segnior mean?
a) the right of the lord - the lords legal right to sleep with every woman to be married, before the husband can.
2) What period favored ordinary people?
a) Romanticism
3) What category does Mahler's 8th not fall into?
a) Oratorio
4) What does thespis stand for?
a) one who invents
5) What was mahler forced to do in order to be a conductor?
a) convert from being jewish to catholosism.
Montana Ferris / Period 2
Q1: When was Veni Creator Spiritus written?
A: In the 9th Century
Q2: Explain Sigmund Freud's theory behind the Electra complex and the Oedipus complex.
A: The Oedipus complex tends to refer only to the experience of male children, with female children experiencing an Electra complex, in which they regard their mothers as competitors for the exclusive love of their fathers.
Q3: What is a liebestod?
A: death-in-love, also referred to as a love death.
Q4: What is an oratorio?
A: An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists.
Q5: What is the ancient Greek genre in which the structure and characters of tragedy are present while adopting a happy atmosphere and a rural background?
A: Satyr
Q6: Greek theater masks were burned after each performance for what reason?
A: To honor the Greek God Dianisis, the god of wine
Talia Cowan per 6
Give an example of an Oratorio.
-Carmina Burana by Orff
What was the common image related to Mahler's 8th Symphony?
-A great tub or mountain where beings would get to to go into Heaven
Who married Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius, and Franz Werfel?
-Alma Mahler-Werfel
Who was Mahler's 8th symphony dedicated to?
- Alma and Love
What is Harmony?
- A Variation or complimenting notes, usually creating a chord
What was the chain of peoples interaction that lead to the death of Willie Stark?
- Sadie Burke talked to Tiny Duffy, who in turn talked to Adam Stanton
Michelle Le, period 2
1. How did the Atreus family first get messed up?
A. Tantalus fed the gods his son Pelops.
2. How was Tantulus punished?
A. He was placed in a pool where he'd stand forever. Everytime he tries to get a drink, the pool dries up. Every time he tries to get the grapes that grow ubove him, the wind blows them out of reach.
3. Who were Tantulus's grandsons?
A. Thyestes and Atreus.
4. What was one reason Clytomnestra was mad at Agamemnon?
A. He sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia.
5. What is very characteristic of Gothic art?
A. Stained glass
6. Why did Agamemnon have to kill his daughter Iphigenia?
A. He shot a stag that was sacred to Artemis. Artemis wouldn't let teh winds blow unless he sacrificed her during his journey to Troy.
Gabe Gonzalez - Period 2
1. Most definitive characteristic of tragedy?
A: Characters refusal to accept fate
2. What is a thespian?
A: An 'inventor' or an actor
3. What is a theme of the Neoclassical period?
A: Symmetry, geometry, balance, individualism, rhythm
4. Composer of Hansel and Gretel?
A: Englebert Humperdink
5. Meaning of 'theater'?
A: Watching place
6. Composer of the Liverpool Oratorio?
A: Paul McCartney
Chris Hong Period 6
1.Who are the Greek Tragedians?
A: Aeschylus, Sophocloes, and Euripidies
2. When was the Neo-Classical Period?
A: 1700-1800
3. Who is Anne Stanton?
A: Jakc's first love.
4. What is the diffrence between male's highest voice and female's highest voice?
A: Male: Tener and Female: Soprano
5. When was the Mannerism Period?
A: 1520-1600
6. When was the Rococo Period?
A: 1700-1820
Megan Lowry per. 2
1. Which period was Neoclassicsim in reaction to?
A: the Rococo period
2. Name and ancient culture that Neoclassicsim was based on.
A: the Greeks
3. What was characteristic of the Gothic period's architecture?
A: very tall cathedrals, stained glass windows, flying buttresses
4. What was more commonly painted during the Romantic period, the common man or an idealized man?
A: the common man
5. Name one prominent artist from teh Rennissance
A: Michelangelo
6. How were people portrayed during the Mannerist period?
A: with enlongated limbs and in dramatic poses
Q1 - Who did Englebert Humperdink study under?
A1 - Richard Strauss.
Q2 - Name at least two motifs from Elektra.
A2 - Agamemnon, and the Family Motif.
Q3 - What was a key characteristic of the Rococo period?
A3 - Very ornate and lavish, also many pastel colors.
Q4 - What were the two sections of Mahler's Symphony #8?
A4 - First: Creator Veni Spiritus, Second: Faust
Q5 - What did tragedy orginally mean?
A5 - 'Goat Song'
Q6 - What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
A6 - European Swallows have the airspeed velocity of 11 meters or 24 miles per hour.
Selena Swaim, per 2
1. Who are the Furies?
Three demonic sisters, also called the Eumanides, who are avengers of the gods.
2. In Elektra, what is Clytanmestra's three reasonings for killing her husband, Agamemnon?
He abandoned her for 9 years to go fight in a war, he sacrificed their daughter to buy himself smooth sailing to Troy, he cheats on her while oversees.
3. In music, what sorts of things can a motif be attached to?
people, objects, or ideas
4. What time period is the music of Elektra from?
Late-romantic
5. Describe tone-painting, give an example.
music to paint specific pictures or images.
ex: in Elektra when the maids are "swatting flies", an instrument replicates that sound.
6. In All the Kings Men, what was the dirt that Jack Burden dug up on Judge Irwin?
years ago Judge Irwin took a position at a power company as a bribe for dismissing a court case brought against the fuel company, resulting in the suicide of the man who's position he replaced.
1. What event did the marriage of Figaro help lead to?
A; French Revolution
2. What was one of the 3 major Greek play writes?
A; Electra by Euripides
3. What is a characteristic of Medieval Art?
A; religion
4. What is the difference between Northern Renaissance and Mannerism?
A; Mannerism wasn't as realistic
5. What is a characteristic of Baroque art?
A; art on ceilings with depth
6. Who is Orestes?
A; the long lost brother of Elektra
Andrew Pilgrim Period 4
1. Put these art periods in chronological order: Gothic, Romaneque, Renaissance, Baroque.
A. Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque
2. What is the contraversial subject about which The Marriage of Figaro was written?
A. The right of the lord
3. In what year was Mohler's eighth symphony completed?
A. 1910
4. In Goethe's Faust Part II, who were the Blessed Boys?
A. Childeren who had died right after birth
5. Who wrote Veni Creator Spiritus in 809?
A. Marcus
6. In Greek theatre, what was the purpose of the chorus?
A. To act as the conscience of a character or the community
Kristina Thorson per2
1. Q: Why did actors in Greek Theater burn their masks?
A: To make an offering to Dionisis, god of wine.
2. Q: What was the practical function of the masks in greek theater?
A: To act as megaphones.
3. Q: Who dances the waltz in the opera Elektra?
A: Chrysothemis.
4. Q: Who was the play All the Kings Men written about?
A: Huey Long
5. Q: In the Play All the Kings Men who was Jacks First Love?
A: Anne Stanton
6. Q: The Brothers Grimm wrote what three fairy tale?
A: Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, and the princess and the frog.
7. Q: In the 5 elements of music, what describes the main theme of a piece?
A: Melody
8. Q: According to the 5 elements, what is Harmony?
A: Harmony is vertically related to melody.
Dathan Bauman per.2
1. Who killed Huey long?
A: Dr. Carl A Weiss
2. Where did we see "All the Kings Men"?
A: The Intiman Theater
3. Who is Tiny Duffy?
A: The Lieutenant Governor for Wille Stark.
4. What school did Engelbert Humperdinck study at?
A: Cologne University
5. What is a common reacurring theme in fairy tales and in "Hansel and Gretel"?
A: the outwitting of grown-ups by children
6. How long do fairy-tales last?
A: Fairy-tales likely existed for thousands of years before being stabilized in a written form.
andy wolfe period 2
1: what did orchestra mean in Greek plays?
A: dancing place
2: Whats the difference between an oritorio and oper?
A: and opera was meant to be acted out
3: Whats the importance of masks in Greek theature?
A: they help the charectors shift to their mental state, and they help as a megaphone.
4: Whats does libestode mean?
A: the love death
5: Who was Goethe?
A: a romantic period writer of Faust.
6: What were the major movements and periods?
A: romanticism, realism, symbolism, and impressionism.
Who was the "villian" in the Hansel & Gretel play we saw?
A: The barista
What period of art is this from?
A: Romanticism
What is a common name for the greek theater?
A: Ampitheater
What was the second part of Mahler's symphony? And who wrote it?
A: Faust Part II by Goethe
What is the full name of the composer of "Mahler's Symphony 5"
A: Gustav Mahler
What is the main component of casting operas?
A: Voice
1. What is the lowest male voice?
a) bass
2. Who was Sugar Boy in All the King's Men?
a) Willie Stark's driver and body guard.
3. When did Senator Long first outline the "Share Our Wealth" program?
a) February 5, 1934
4. What is a recurring theme in Hansel and Gretel?
a) the outwitting of a grown-up by children.
5. What does the Greek word "eu" mean?
a) Good
6. Which art period was influenced by politics?
a) Medieval
Stuart Dransfield period 4
1 Name a painter from the Neoclassical period.
Jaques-louis David
2 Who sent Electras brother away?
Klytamnestra
3 Who are most Greek plays deadacated to?
Great Dionysia, God of wine
4 What does the word tragedy mean?
Goat song
5 what did Wagner do that changed the way that plays were watched?
He turned off the lights and made everyone be quiet.
6 When was the Renaissance period?
1400-1520
Jessica Karr, p.4
Q: What type of symphony is Mahler's Symphony #8?
A: A symphony with voices.
Q: What did "thespis" or thespian do to an actor?
A: Invented it.
Q: What type of people did Myths focus on?
A: People who refuse to acquiesce to fate or social expectations.
Q: What god were the greek theater festivals given in offering to?
A: Dyonisis
Q: What is the most recent category of art we studied?
A: Romanticism
Q: In the themes of Romanticism, Neo-classical shares all the characteristics except for which two, in which it is the opposite?
A: -imagination, feeling and intuition
-Nationalism, revolution
Zoe Thiemann Period 6
1. What does is the orchestra also known as?
-"Dancing Place"
2. What does it mean when there is a deus ex machina?
-When somebody who has not appeared yet comes and saves/fixes everything in the end.
3. At what age was Mahler offered the head composer position at Vienna State Opera?
-Age 37
4. What was the cause of Mahler's death?
-Blood disease
5. When was Mahler's music actually appriciated?
-After he had died
6. What was Mahler's symphony of a 1000 about?
- Types of love
Bergen Anderson per. 2
1. How was the witch modernized in the performance of Hansel and Gretel at WHS?
--she was a pshychotic barista
2. Who wrote puss in boots?
--Charles Perrault.
3. what is Frued's first name?
--Siegmund
4. What is the name of the technique where pictures are painted using music?
--Tone-painting
5. What was the name of the spirit medium Jack found in All the Kings Men?
--Lily Littlepaugh
6. In what city did Hofmannsthal first write elektra?
--Vienna
1. What is the comedy in a Greek play called?
A: Satire
2. Who composed Hansel and Gretal?
A: Engelbert Humperdink
3. Define Deus ex Machina
A: God from the machine
4. Who does Sugar Boy kill in All The King’s Men?
A: Adam Stanton
5. How many parts are there in the Classical Age?
A: 3
6.What years was the Neo-classical period?
A: 1700-1800
michael haines
period 4
1. who did Englebert Humperdinck study under?
-richard wagner
2. what fairy tale did the brothers grimm write?
-Snow White
3. what is the difference between a muth and a fairy tale?
-a myth can have a trdgic ending and a fairy tale would have a happy ending.
4. what is a common reoccuring theme in a fairy tale?
-children outwitting grownups
5. who wrote all the kings men?
- robert penn warren
6. what are the three periods of the classical era?
- early, high and late.
1.)Q-What is Melody?
A-Notes and pitch; one pitch in a row after another
2.)Q-What does thespian mean?
A-One who invents.
3.)Q-Typically in greek plays is there action on stage?
A-No, normally the action takes place off stage and someone comes running on to tell about it.
4.)Q-What does the word myth mean?
A-A Greek word meaning story.
5.)Q-What is Rhythm?
A-The beat or pace of the music.
6.)Q-When was the first performance of Hansel and Gretel?
A-December 23, 1893
Kayla Aldridge
Period 6
1. For what performance did we learn about Robert Penn Warren?
- All the Kings Men
2. Mahler was Jewish and then converted to what religion?
-Catholicism
3. Which of the five elements of music is described as the variations of melody?
- Harmony
4. When was the marriage of Figaro?
- 1786
5. What's the difference between a musical and an opera?
- Microphones are used in musicals and not operas
6. The Neo-classical period is also known as what?
- Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason
1. What is the curse of the ninth
A: All major composers wrote 9 symphonies and were unable to finish the tenth. Bach, Mozar, Beethoven, Strauss, and Mahler
2. What does an Oratorio consist of?
A: A chorus and soloists.
3. What is the definition of a theatra, orchestra, and a skene?
A:Theatra=watching place, Orchestra=dancing place,Skene= acting place
4. Who was Oedipus Rex written by?
A: Stravinski
5. What are the two types of dance in Elektra?
A: Jig and Waltz
6. Define Rythym as told by Seneca.
A: The beat and speed of a song.
Jacob Carpenter
Period 4
1.What were freestanding postures of painted and sculpted figures referred to?
Answer: Contrapposto
2.Name the two Renaissance Era’s
Answer: The Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance
3.What does the word "Opera" mean?
Answer: The Works
4.What is Harmony?
Answer: Variation or complimenting notes, usually creating a chord
5.What school did Engelbert Humperdinck study at?
Answer: Cologne University
6.Who is the man that Elektra wishes to return home?
Answer: Orestes
Joel Maltos
P-4
1. What brothers wrote fairy tails, including Hansel and Gretel?
A: The Brothers Grim.
2. Who wrote the set of books known as the Lord of The Rings?
A: J.R.R. Tolkien
3.Leonard di Vinchi is from what art period?
A: Italian Renaissance
4: What was the name of Willie Start's mistress?
A: Sadie Burke
5: What made Jack Burden leave Louisiana?
A: Willie Stark had sexual relations with Anne Stanton.
6: Who is Jack Burden's father?
A: Judge Irwin
Kenny Exelby Period 4
1: What does the word myth technically mean?
A: Story
2: Who are the 3 Greek tragedians?
A: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
3: Who was the Austrian Poet who helped Richard Strauss write his version of Elektra?
A: Hugo Von Hofmannsthal
4: What does the Greek word "Tragodia" mean?
A: Goat Song
5: Who invented the famous saying "It aint over till the fat lady sings"?
A: Wagner
6: Who was the first opera composer to turn off the lights during the performance?
A: Wagner
Sam Franklin Per 6
1. Q:What was the name given to the Early Classical period?
A: Severe Style
2. Q:What was the late Gothic style called?
A:Flamboyant
3. Q: Why was it called this?
A: the flame like architecutre.
4. Q: How is Jack Burton connected to Lucy Stark?
A: He works for Willie Stark who is merried to Lucy Stark.
5. Q: Who was Willy Starks Driver and Body Guard?
A: Sugar Boy.
6. Q: what was another name for the Neo-Classical period?
A: Age of Reason.
Alyssa De Hoop Period 4
1. What period did Goethe's writing come from and what were the dates?
Romantic period 1808 to 1832
2. Who wrote Oedipus Rex?
Starinski
3. What are the three women's parts for Mahler's Symphony #8?
Magna Peccatrix who was Mary Magdaline, Samaritan Woman who gave Jesus water at a well, and Mary of Egypt.
4. Who was Mater Gloriosa?
The Virgin Mary
5. What would an example of color be from the opera Elektra?
The fly swatting sound in the beginning when they maids are singing.
6. Explain a little bit about Hofmannsthal and Strauss?
Strauss was a conservative family man from Germany while Hofmannsthal was from Vienna the intellectual capitol of the world. They both worked together to create many opera's including Elektra.
Kaiti Staup Period 4
1: Who was the famous psychiatrist who's ideas are seen through the themes in Elektra?
- Freud
2: Which period is known for being "extremely ornamental, favoring pastel colors, gold embellishment, daintiness, delicacy, curving forms and generally light-hearted mood"?
-Rococo
3: Which period was strongly influenced by the Greeks because the people of the country that this period is named after, captured Greek soldiers.
-Roman
4: What was Elektra's "step-father's" name?
-Aegisth
5: What is the repetition of "Agememnon" called, as seen throughout Elektra?
-Motif
6: What else can the High Classical period be called?
-Classical Moment
Jinny Kim p.4
Q1: Name the three fathers of church in "Faust".
A1:Pater Ecstatiges, Pater Profundes, and Dr. Marianus
Q2:What are they do for the masks after they used?
A2:They burn the masks
Q3:Order the name of art history that early to late - Rococo, Renaissance, Baroque, Roman art)
A3:Roman art, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo
Q4:Name the six main characters in Elektra.
A4:Agamemnon, Klytamnestra, Elektra, Chrysothemis, Orestes, and Aegisthus
Q5:Name the two german brothers whose transcribes Snow white, Hansel and Gretel, The princess and the Frog.
A5:Wilhelm and Jakob
Mike Smolkowski Per 4
1. What is the difference between a step and a leap?
Step is very simple and a leap is more difficult.
2. Who was the first person to turn out the lights in a theatre.
Wagner
3.what was the original purpose of Operas?
To socialize, gamble, talk, and show off richness.
4. What represented Greek theatre?
Comic and tragic masks
5.Who is Magna Peccatrix?
Mary Magdaline
6. How long did Mary of Egpyt serve penance for?
48 years in Egypt.
Phillip Foshee
period 6
1. Who is agamennon?
A. The king who lead the greak armies in the trojan war.
2. Who are Atreuses two sons
A. Agamemnon and menelaus
3. Who are the three greek tragedians?
A.aeschylus Oresteia, sophocles Electra, Euripides electra
4. What is deus ex machina
A. God from the machine
5. Who wrote sophoclieses electra
A. Richard strauss
6. Who wrote the play all the kings men
A. Robert P warren.
Brendan Connor Per. 4
1. What is catharsis?
A. Emotional release
2. What follows catharsis?
A. Ecstasy
3. What historical figure is Willy Stark supposed to be?
A. Huey P. Long
4. Who is Mephistopheles?
A. Satan
5. Who wrote Hansel and Gretel originally?
A. The Brothers Grimm
6. What were the masks in ancient Greek theater used for?
A. Megaphones
Christin Thrane
Period 4
1.Who was Engelbert Humperdinck?
- The composer of the opera "Hansel and Gretel"
2. What’s the difference between an opera and a musical?
- Musicals have microphones and operas don't.
3. What do you call something that repeats itself?
- Motif
4. When was the Barouqe
- 1600-1700
5. What is the lowest voice category for men?
- Bass
6. When did people have a fascination with the orient?
- Romanticism
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