Instrumental music endowed with literary, philosophical, or pictorial associations is called: |
program music |
Which of the following compositions is LEAST likely to be an example of program music? A. 1812 Overture |
String Quartet in B-flat Major |
Music composed without literary or pictorial meanings is called |
absolute music |
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the music of Berlioz? A. As is typical of French music, the emotions are restrained. |
as is typical of French music, the emotions are restrained. |
A multimovement, programmatic work for orchestra is called a: |
program symphony |
Which of the following composers is considered the first great exponent of musical Romanticism in France? |
Berlioz |
Hector Berlioz was born and spent most of his career in: |
France |
Which of the following is NOT true of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique? A. The program deals entirely with nature. |
the program deals entirely with nature. |
Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is an example of a: |
program symphony |
How many movements are in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique? |
five |
Which of the following inspired Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique? A. Goethe’s poems |
the actress Harriet Smithson |
In Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, the idée fixe: A. symbolizes the beloved. |
all the above |
In Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, what is the idée fixe? |
the basic theme of the symphony, heard in every movement |
Which of the following does NOT characterize the March to the Scaffold from Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique? A. duple meter |
dominance of the string instruments |
The technique of altering a theme to give it a different character is often called: |
thematic transformation |
Which of the following is NOT a work by Berlioz? A. Les Troyens |
Italian Symphony |
The Dies irae is: |
a chant from the Mass for the Dead |
The piano manufacturer in New York that made major improvements to the instrument was: |
Steinway |
Through which innovation did Theobald Boehm improve musical instruments? |
key mechanism for woodwinds |
What new instrument was developed in the nineteenth century? |
saxaphone |
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