Chapter 35

Chopin lived a long and productive life, turning to the church in his later years.

False

Chopin paid homage to his Eastern European ancestry by composing:

mazurkas and polonaises.

Chopin was romantically involved with George Sand, the renowned:

French novelist.

Chopin’s Mazurka in B-flat Minor, Op. 24, No. 4 is in simple ternary form.

False

Chopin’s Mazurka in B-flat minor is set in _____ meter.

Triple

Frédéric Chopin spent most of his productive career in:

France

Melody plays no role in Chopin’s piano music.

False

Romantic-era piano works often had fanciful titles.

True

Steinway was important in the history of the Romantic-era piano.

True

The mazurka was originally a noble, processional dance.

False

The nineteenth century was an age of great virtuoso pianists.

True

The nineteenth-century piano expanded from a range of five octaves to seven or more.

True

The piano was the most central instrument in nineteenth-century musical culture.

True

The short, lyric piano work might be considered the instrumental equivalent to the Lied.

True

There were very few technological improvements made to the piano during the nineteenth century.

False

What best describes the character of Chopin’s Mazurka?

Dancelike

Which city was the center of the new Romanticism of the 1830s?

Paris

Which genre is NOT a part of Chopin’s compositional output?

string quartets

Which is NOT an example of a character piece?

Sonata

Which is the best definition of tempo rubato?

Robbed time