Schumann wrote his song cycle A Poet’s Love during his "year of song," in which he wrote hundreds of Lieder and also married Clara Schumann. |
True |
The form of Schubert’s Lied Elfking is through-composed. |
True |
The song form that combines features of strophic and through-composed forms is called modified strophic. |
True |
____________ is NOT an important composer of nineteenth-century Lieder. |
Heinrich Heine |
The favorite subjects for the Romantic poets were: |
love, longing, and nature. |
Schubert composed over six hundred Lieder. |
True |
Schubert was born in: |
Vienna |
Franz Schubert was a thoroughly Romantic composer whose music abandoned the forms and stylistic principles of Classicism. |
False |
Schubert lived a tragically short life but was a remarkably prolific composer of: |
all of the above |
Schumann’s A Poet’s Love is a: |
song cycle. |
Robert Schumann ended his career and life: |
in an asylum, the result of mental illness. |
The favorite Romantic poets for the composers of Lieder were: |
Goethe and Heine. |
In which form is the Lied Elfking? |
through-composed |
A song form in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza of text is called: |
strophic |
Goethe and Heine were two of the leading nineteenth-century writers whose poetry was set by Lieder composers. |
True |
Schubert organized evening gatherings of artists, writers, and musicians, called: |
Schubertiads. |
Which of the following does NOT describe Schumann’s "In the lovely month of May"? |
It ends with harmonic resolution. |
Robert Schumann’s wife, Clara, was: |
all of the above |
A group of Lieder unified by some narrative thread or a descriptive or expressive theme is called: |
a song cycle. |
Which of the following was NOT a typical theme of the Romantic Lied? |
praise of the Virgin Mary |
Schumann concentrated on intimate piano and vocal works and wrote no symphonies. |
False |
A German-texted song with piano accompaniment that sets a short lyric poem is called: |
a Lied. |
The rise of the piano as a household instrument influenced the popularity of the Lied. |
True |
A song structure that is composed from beginning to end without repetition of whole sections is called: |
through-composed. |
A song in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza of the text is in strophic form. |
True |
Schumann’s "In the lovely month of May" is from which song cycle? |
A Poet’s Love |
In Schubert’s Elfking, the obsessive triplet rhythm of the piano accompaniment represents: |
the galloping of the horse. |
Approximately how many songs did Schubert compose? |
more than 600 |
The composer who founded the New Journal of Music was: |
Robert Schumann. |
Robert Schumann’s A Poet’s Love is set to texts by: |
Heinrich Heine. |
A song that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is in strophic form. |
False |
What is the form of "In the lovely month of May"? |
strophic |
Which musical devices help to portray the child’s terror in Elfking? |
high range and dissonance |
The mood of Schumann’s "In the lovely month of May" is joyful and exuberant. |
False |
Robert Schumann was married to the gifted pianist and composer Clara Wieck. |
True |
Which of the following does NOT describe Schumann’s A Poet’s Love? |
It tells a detailed story of a lost love. |
A song form where the main melody is repeated for two or three stanzas but has new or significantly varied material introduced when the text requires it is called: |
modified strophic. |
Schubert’s prolific output includes works of every major genre. |
True |
Schubert wrote several song cycles, including: |
Winter’s Journey. |
In which genre is Schubert NOT indebted to Classical traditions? |
Lied |
Schubert’s song Elfking was a setting of the ballad written by: |
Goethe |
The German term for the art song is: |
Lied |
Schumann was a carefree spirit with a happy disposition who lived a long, productive life as a composer. |
False |
The poem Elfking was written by Heinrich Heine. |
False |
Which of the following is true of Schubert’s Elfking? |
all of the above |
ch. 27 intro. to music
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