Glossary Quiz Answers

1) A permutation fugue' is one in which, after the initial exposition,
a. The order of entries can be altered, and the music even transposed to another key.

2)"Ripieno" is another word for
b. everyone.

3) A "da capo aria" is
b. in ABA form.

4) Obbligato means
a. You have to play this part.

5) A ritornello' is
c. A repeating orchestral melody.

6) "Idiomatic" is
b. an indication that a part was written specifically for one particular instrument.

7) A cadenza is
b. An elaborate solo passage, either improvised or written out, which usually occurs at a cadence.

8) A rondeau' is a
a. French type of movement in which a lengthy theme, usually 16 measures, repeats without alteration throughout the movement.

9) A concerto grosso is
c. a concerto featuring a group of soloists and a full orchestra.

10) The subject is
c. the theme in a fugue.

© 2002 Carol Traupman-Carr