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Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" does NOT feature _____. |
accented rhythmic drive |
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Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter. (T/F) |
false |
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Impressionist composers used various non-Western scale patterns in their works. (T/F) |
true |
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Programmatic music was discontinued in the Impressionist period. (T/F) |
false |
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The Paris World Exposition of 1889 provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world. (T/F) |
true |
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The overall form of Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is best described as _____. |
ternary (ABA) |
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The program of Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns a _____. |
mythical creature in a dreamlike state |
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The whole-tone scale was a favored device of Impressionist composers. (T/F) |
true |
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Which best describes the character of the opening theme of Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"? |
chromatic and with a free rhythm |
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Impressionist music? |
large-scale forms |
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Dissonances do not always resolve to consonances in twentieth-century music. (T/F) |
true |
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In Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, Pierrot is a(n) _____. |
troubled clown |
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Schoenberg devised a new way to organize sound called the "twelve-tone" method. (T/F) |
true |
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Schoenberg employed Sprechstimme, or speechlike melody in his Pierrot lunaire. (T/F) |
true |
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Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire is associated with the twentieth-century arts movement known as _____. |
expressionism |
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The German word Sprechstimme means _____. |
speechlike melody |
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The character Pierrot from Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire derives from an early Japanese theatrical comedy genre. (T/F) |
false |
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The twenty-one poems used in Pierrot lunaire are all in virelai form. (T/F) |
false |
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Which of the following composers was NOT a student of Arnold Schoenberg? |
Leonard Bernstein |
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Stravinsky included authentic French folk songs in his ballet The Rite of Spring.Which of the following is NOT associated with Arnold Schoenberg? |
impressionism (atonality Sprechstimme Klangfarbenmelodie) |
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Stravinsky included authentic French folk songs in his ballet The Rite of Spring. (T/F) |
false |
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Stravinsky is largely recognized for his revitalizing of which musical element? |
rhythm |
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Stravinsky’s early works are considered to be strongly nationalistic. (T/F) |
true |
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The ideals of which movement best describes the music of The Rite of Spring? |
primitivism |
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The orchestra that Stravinsky used in The Rite of Spring was remarkably small. (T/F) |
false |
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The premiere of The Rite of Spring was uneventful in Paris. (T/F) |
false |
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The premiere success of the Ballets Russes was largely due to the leadership of Serge Diaghilev. (T/F) |
true |
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What is the basis of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring? |
scenes of pagan Russia |
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Which of the following was NOT associated with the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev? |
Dostoyevsky |
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Which instrument begins with the melody in the introduction to The Rite of Spring, playing in its upper-most range? |
bassoon |
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Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" does NOT feature _____. |
a. chromaticism b. accented rhythmic drive c. homophonic texture d. antique cymbals IncorrectFEEDBACK: See p. 280. Difficulty – Hard Feedback The correct answer is: accented rhythmic drive |
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The overall form of Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is best described as _____. |
a. sonata-allegro b. rondeau c. ternary (A-B-A’) d. theme and variations Feedback The correct answer is: ternary (A-B-A’) |
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The program of Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns a _____. |
a. mythological creature in a dreamlike state b. baby deer just finding its legs c. magic ring that brings bad luck to its owner d. mythological creature who meets school-age children in war-torn Britain Feedback The correct answer is: mythological creature in a dreamlike state |
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Which best describes the character of the opening theme of Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"? |
Select one: a. Chromatic and with a free rhythm b. Diatonic and dancelike c. Disjunct and forceful Feedback The correct answer is: Chromatic and with a free rhythm |
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Impressionist music? |
a. Pentatonic scales b. Rich orchestral color c. Unresolved dissonances d. Large-scale forms Feedback The correct answer is: Large-scale forms |
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impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter. |
F |
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mpressionist composers used various non-Western scale patterns in their works. |
T |
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Programmatic music was discontinued in the Impressionist period. |
F |
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The Paris World Exposition of 1889 provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world. |
T |
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The whole-tone scale was a favored device of Impressionist composers. |
T |
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The opera Madame Butterfly is set in: |
japan |
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Japan’s two hundred years of isolation ended when the US Navy arrived in 1854, lead by ___________. |
commeddo perry |
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Japanese folk melodies are often built on a five note or _____________ scale. |
pentatonic |
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Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly focuses on the heroine, a former geisha. |
true |
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Late Romantic ideals were carried into the post-Romantic era both through the Italian operatic tradition as witnessed in Puccini and by German composers Strauss and Mahler, both of whom were noted for their orchestral writing. |
… |
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The movement of verismo focused on the imaginative/fantastic. |
false |
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Which of the following operas is considered part of the verismo tradition? |
Puccini’s Tosca Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci Puccini’s La bohème |
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Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly is considered exotic due to its setting and plot. |
true |
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Puccini found his inspiration for Madame Butterfly after visiting Tokyo and viewing a traditional play there. |
false |
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Which of the following is a post-Romantic composer? |
Richard Strauss Giacomo Puccini Gustav Mahler |
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In order to marry her American love, Cio-Cio-San, in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, renounces her role as a ________________. |
geisha |
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The nineteenth-century trend towards evoking a culture outside the composer’s in opera was known as: |
exotism |
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The characteristics of post-Romanticism were not found in works from Italy. |
false |
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What specific musical technique did Puccini borrow from Wagner in his Madame Butterfly? |
leitomis |
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The nineteenth-century trend towards realism in opera was known as: |
verismo |
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Puccini makes reference to the music of which culture in Madame Butterfly? |
Japanese usa |
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The single melody of the solo violin at the opening of "Un bel dì" from Puccini’s Madame Butterfly is evocative of: |
the clear lines |
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Which instruments did Puccini use in Madame Butterfly to evoke the Japanese gagaku orchestra? |
flute harp bells piccolo |
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A Lied is an art song for solo voice and piano sung in _____. |
German |
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A song form in which the same melody is repeated for each stanza, often heard in popular music, is known as _____. |
strophic form |
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A song form that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is in which form? |
Through-composed form |
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According to legend, a child touched by the Elfking must die. |
false |
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Most Lied composers wrote their own words for the song. |
false |
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Romantic Lieder texts often speak of love and/or nature. |
false |
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The piano was declining in popularity at the time of the Romantic Lied. |
false |
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Two prominent German Romantic poets whose texts were often set to music were Heinrich Heine and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. |
true |
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What is unusual about the ending of the song In the Lovely Month of May? |
It does not cadence on the tonic. |
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Robert Schumann’s In the Lovely Month of May? |
It is in through-composed form. |
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Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair was the most famous of Foster’s songs during his lifetime. |
false |
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Foster’s Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is primarily composed in what texture? |
homophonic |
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Foster’s My Old Kentucky Home was inspired by _____. |
his extensive visits to the American South |
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Music in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century America was wildly divergent from European traditions. |
false |
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Nineteenth-century parlor music in the United States was written to be accessible to amateurs. |
true |
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Nineteenth-century songwriters in the United States combined elements of all of the following EXCEPT _____. |
film music |
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Stephen Foster is known for his ballads, minstrel show tunes, and plantation songs. |
true |
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The music that accompanies the lyrics of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair reflects Foster’s Anglo-Irish cultural heritage. |
true |
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Which of the following songs was NOT written by Stephen Foster? |
coal black rose |
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Which of the following was a type of racially charged theatrical variety show in the United States in the nineteenth century? |
minstrel show |
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After his conservatory studies, Chopin spent most of his productive career in _____. |
France |
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Chopin was romantically involved with George Sand, the renowned French _____. |
novelist |
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Romantic-era piano works often had fanciful titles. |
true |
|
The nineteenth century was an age of great virtuoso pianists. |
true |
|
The piano changed little technically during the nineteenth century. |
false |
|
The piano was the most central instrument in nineteenth-century musical culture. |
true |
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The short, lyric piano work might be considered the instrumental equivalent to the nineteenth-century Lied. |
true |
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What best describes the character of Chopin’s Mazurka? |
dancelike |
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Which genre is NOT a part of Chopin’s compositional output? |
string quartets |
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Which is the best definition of "tempo rubato"? |
"Robbed" time |
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A lost manuscript of music by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, in her own handwriting, that contained September: At the River was discovered in _____. |
1989 |
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After her marriage, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was responsible for _____. |
organizing the family Sunday salon concerts |
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was enthusiastically encouraged to pursue a musical career by her family. |
false |
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel wrote several large-scale works as well as many Lieder. |
true |
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In the recently discovered manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s September: At the River, poetry of which nineteenth-century poet was included _____. |
Goethe |
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The concept of "river" in September: At the River by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel is expressed by _____. |
quick moving notes that accompany the melody |
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Which role was NOT generally acceptable for women in Romantic society? |
conductor |
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Women in nineteenth-century Europe could not receive training in music. |
false |
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Women in nineteenth-century Europe were expected to have refined musical skills. |
true |
|
Women played a critical role in music-making activities of the nineteenth century, except as teachers. |
false |
|
Gottschalk began playing piano late in his life. |
false |
|
Gottschalk wrote piano works based on North American musical traditions. |
true |
|
Gottschalk’s The Banjo anticipates the syncopated piano style of ragtime. |
true |
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In his piece The Banjo, how does Gottschalk evoke, musically, the idea of the title? |
He simulates banjo strumming and picking on the piano. |
|
In which American city did Louis Gottschalk grow up? |
New Orleans |
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In which country was Franz Liszt born? |
Hungary |
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Liszt was an admirer of the virtuoso violinist, Niccolò Paganini. |
true |
|
The nineteenth century was an age of great virtuoso pianists. |
true |
|
Which of the following does NOT characterize Louis Gottschalk’s piano music? |
Distinctly European in style |
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Which of the following is considered the first internationally acclaimed American composer of classical music? |
Louis Moreau Gottschalk |
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Berlioz was a devoted fan of Beethoven. |
true |
|
Hector Berlioz looked to the writings of Shakespeare as the basis for both operas and symphonic works. |
true |
|
In the nineteenth century Theobald Boehm improved the flute, making it metal rather than wood. |
true |
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In which movement is the Dies irae (Day of Wrath) theme from the Mass for the Dead heard? |
the fifth |
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Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is absolute music. |
false |
|
Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called _____. |
program music |
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Once Adophe Sax developed the saxophone, it became a permanent and popular part of orchestral music. |
false |
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The inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was _____. |
the actress Harriet Smithson |
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The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, is called the _____. |
idée fixe |
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Which of the following did NOT make improved instruments possible in the nineteenth century? |
Household electrification |
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Censors did not concern themselves with political representation in nineteenth-century operas. |
false |
|
Edvard Grieg represents the _____ nationalist school. |
Scandinavian |
|
Hector Berlioz invented the symphonic poem. |
false |
|
In the twenty-first century, composers do not write nationalistic works. |
false |
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In writing Peer Gynt, with which playwright did Grieg collaborate? |
Henrik Ibsen |
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Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called program music. |
true |
|
Nationalistic program music might evoke a landscape. |
true |
|
Tchaikovsky’s music for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a famous example of _____. |
program overture |
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Which category of program music best describes Grieg’s Peer Gynt? |
incidental music |
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Which of the following was NOT a way that programmatic composers portrayed nationalistic sentiments in nineteenth-century music? |
Utilizing ritornello form |
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Brahms wrote his Requiem mass in memory of _____. |
his mother |
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How many symphonies did Brahms write? |
4 |
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The Romantic symphony featured an orchestra larger than that of the Classical masters. |
true |
|
The Romantic symphony follows the exact forms and proportions of the Classical genre of Beethoven. |
false |
|
The first movement of a Romantic symphony is usually the most dramatic and features the use of sonata-allegro form. |
true |
|
The scherzo movement in nineteenth-century symphonies generally is characterized by a slow march tempo. |
false |
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The third movement of a nineteenth-century symphony is most likely in _____ form. |
dance or scherzo |
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Unlike the symphonic poem the genre of symphony is often absolute music, without a program. |
true |
|
Which composer nurtured Brahms’s talents, going as far as taking him into his home? |
Robert Schumann |
|
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the nineteenth-century symphony? |
Small orchestra with limited winds |
|
Rigoletto is an opera based on Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. |
false |
|
After her husband’s composing career began to flourish, Giuseppina Strepponi enjoyed continued success as an opera singer into her last years. |
false |
|
Giuseppe Verdi viewed himself as an Italian nationalist composer. |
true |
|
In the nineteenth century, opera excerpts were NOT marketed to domestic consumers via _____. |
radio broadcasts |
|
Jenny Lind was a famous nineteenth-century composer of opera. |
false |
|
Nineteenth-century Italian opera is characterized by the use of the bel canto style of singing. |
true |
|
The American debut tour of international singing sensation Jenny Lind was managed by _____. |
P. T. Barnum |
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The literary basis for Verdi’s Rigoletto is _____. |
a play by Victor Hugo |
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Which is NOT a Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play? |
Aida |
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Which of these operas exhibited the high point of the singing style known as bel canto? |
Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia |
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After considerable success in Dresden with Rienzi, Wagner began to choose subjects derived from Germanic tales. |
true |
|
Germany is noted for its long-established opera traditions. |
false |
|
Light German opera featuring spoken dialogue is called _____. |
Singspiel |
|
The role of the Valkyries was to carry fallen heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla on their winged horses. |
true |
|
Wagner employed recurring themes called idées fixes in his operas. |
false |
|
Wagner had a theater built at Bayreuth specifically for the performance of his music dramas. |
true |
|
What did Wagner call his large-scale sung theatrical works? |
music drama |
|
What is the basis for the story of Die Walküre? |
A medieval German epic poem |
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Which leitmotif did Wagner NOT use in the closing scene of Act III in Die Walküre? |
Zoroaster |
|
Which term refers to Wagner’s concept of a total artwork, encompassing all the arts? |
Gesamtkunstwerk |
|
The Nutcracker was based on a story originally written by the Romantic writer Victor Hugo and expanded by E. T. A. Hoffman. |
false |
|
Ballet has been a part of theatrical entertainments since the Renaissance. |
true |
|
Ballet was first featured in Russian opera in the Romantic era. |
false |
|
Nadezhda von Meck’s relationship with Tchaikovsky was that of his _____. |
patron |
|
Tchaikovsky was the first Russian _____. |
whose music appealed to Western tastes |
|
Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker was choreographed by Marius Petipa. |
true |
|
The pas de deux, or dance for two, was developed by the choreographer Marius Petipa. |
true |
|
The overall structure of both the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Trepak from Tchaikovksy’s Nutcracker is best outlined as _____. |
ABA |
|
Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet? |
Celesta |
|
Which of the following was NOT a famous ballet written by Tchaikovsky? |
Romeo and Juliet |
|
Puccini found his inspiration for Madame Butterfly after visiting Tokyo and viewing a traditional play there. |
false |
|
Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly focuses on the heroine, a former geisha. |
true |
|
Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly is considered exotic due to its setting and plot. |
true |
|
What specific musical technique did Puccini borrow from Wagner in his Madame Butterfly? |
Use of leitmotifs |
|
The characteristics of post-Romanticism were not found in works from Italy. |
false |
|
The movement of verismo focused on the imaginative/fantastic. |
false |
|
The nineteenth-century trend toward realism in opera was known as _____. |
verismo |
|
The opera Madame Butterfly is set in _____. |
Japan |
|
Which of the following is NOT a Germanic post-Romantic composer? |
Gustav Holst |
|
Which of the following operas is NOT considered part of the verismo tradition? |
Verdi’s Aida |
|
Fauré composed his Requiem over the span of a single summer. |
false |
|
Fauré’s original ensemble plan for his Requiem was a(n) _____. |
small chamber orchestra |
|
French Romantic-era song composers were drawn to the poets of which movement? |
symbolist |
|
In his Requiem Fauré included nonstandard versions of traditional liturgical texts. |
true |
|
In the nineteenth century sacred music was not an important genre in France. |
false |
|
The French mélodie was inspired by the songs of Schubert. |
true |
|
The French Romantic mélodie parallels the German Lied tradition. |
true |
|
The French song genre that paralleled the German Lied in the nineteenth century was the _____. |
Mélodie |
|
What language did Fauré choose for the text of his Requiem? |
latin |
|
Which of the following is NOT considered a Symbolist poet? |
Thoreau |
|
Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" does NOT feature _____. |
accented rhythmic drive |
|
Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter. |
false |
|
Impressionist composers used various non-Western scale patterns in their works. |
true |
|
Programmatic music was discontinued in the Impressionist period. |
false |
|
The Paris World Exposition of 1889 provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world. |
true |
|
The overall form of Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is best described as _____. |
ternary (A-B-A’) |
|
The program of Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns a _____. |
mythological creature in a dreamlike state |
|
The whole-tone scale was a favored device of Impressionist composers. |
true |
|
Which best describes the character of the opening theme of Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"? |
Chromatic and with a free rhythm |
|
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Impressionist music? |
Large-scale forms |
|
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot became a favorite tune of which college-level performing group? |
Fisk Jubilee Singers |
|
Art-song arrangements of African American spirituals were an important part of which cultural movement? |
Harlem Renaissance |
|
At the turn of the 1800s camp meetings in the United States were not segregated by cultural background. |
true |
|
Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, was established as a college for freed slaves. |
true |
|
Spirituals fell out of circulation after the Civil War in the United States. |
false |
|
The singing of spirituals offered the slave community a sense of solidarity. |
true |
|
The style and structure of African American spirituals were in strict imitation of European models. |
false |
|
The texture of African American spirituals is best described as _____. |
monophonic with some heterophonic elaboration |
|
What scale is utilized in Swing Low, Sweet Chariot? |
Pentatonic |
|
Which European composer was an early supporter of African American musical styles like the spiritual? |
Dvorák |
|
Adolphe Sax was a famous musical instrument inventor who positively affected bands in the United States. |
true |
|
America’s vernacular traditions also included music for brass bands. |
true |
|
Before recorded music was widespread, music like the rags of Scott Joplin could be mechanically performed by _____. |
player pianos |
|
Rags, like marches, are structured in regular, duple-meter sections known as _____, each of which is usually repeated |
strains |
|
Scott Joplin is considered the "March King." |
false |
|
Scott Joplin is one of the first African American composers to receive wide recognition. |
true |
|
Scott Joplin won the Pulitzer Prize posthumously for _____. |
Treemonisha |
|
The United States Marine Band has a history dating back to the eighteenth century. |
true |
|
The work that is considered to be Scott Joplin’s most famous is his _____. |
Maple Leaf Rag |
|
Which of the following does NOT describe the style of ragtime? |
No repetition in each rag |
|
The Nutcracker was based on a story originally written by the Romantic writer Victor Hugo and expanded by E. T. A. Hoffman. |
false |
|
Ballet has been a part of theatrical entertainments since the Renaissance. |
true |
|
Ballet was first featured in Russian opera in the Romantic era. |
false |
|
Nadezhda von Meck’s relationship with Tchaikovsky was that of his _____. |
patron |
|
Tchaikovsky was the first Russian _____. |
whose music appealed to Western tastes |
|
Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker was choreographed by Marius Petipa. |
true |
|
The pas de deux, or dance for two, was developed by the choreographer Marius Petipa. |
true |
|
The overall structure of both the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Trepak from Tchaikovksy’s Nutcracker is best outlined as _____. |
ABA |
|
Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet? |
celesta |
|
Which of the following was NOT a famous ballet written by Tchaikovsky? |
Romeo and Juliet |
|
The pas de deux, or dance for two, was developed by the choreographer Marius Petipa. |
true |
|
Tchaikovsky was a famous composer from __________. |
russia |
|
Which best describes the tempo in Tchaikovsky’s Trepak from The Nutcracker? |
begins |
|
In which countries was nineteenth-century ballet favored as an independent dramatic form? |
france russia |
|
Which best describes the dynamics in Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker? |
mezzo |
|
Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker was choreographed by Marius Petipa. |
true |
|
The eighteenth century saw the rise of ballet as an independent art form. French ballet was preeminent in the early nineteenth century then Russian ballet flourished. |
… |
|
Nedezhda von Meck’s relationship with Tchaikovsky was that of his: |
patron |
|
the overall structure of both the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Trepak from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker is best outlined as: |
aba |
|
During which holiday season is Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker performed every year? |
christmas |
|
Ballet was first featured in Russian opera in the Romantic era. |
false |
|
The Nutcracker was based on a story originally written by the Romantic writer Victor Hugo and expanded by E. T. A. Hoffman. |
false |
|
Ballet has been a part of theatrical entertainments since the Renaissance. |
true |
|
.Tchaikovsky was the first Russian: |
whose |
|
Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet? |
celesta |
|
In the second act of Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker |
visit land sweet |
|
after considerable success in dresden withe "rienzi", wagner began to choose subjects derived from germanic tales. t/f |
true |
|
germany is noted for its long- established opera traditions. t/f |
false |
|
light german opera featuring spoken dialogue is called ____. |
singspiel |
|
the role of the valkyries was to carry fallen heroes from the battlefield to valhalla on the winged horses. t/f |
true |
|
wagner employed recurring themes called "idees fixes" in his operas. t/f |
false |
|
wagner had a theater built at Bayreuth specifically for the performance of his music dramas. t/f |
true |
|
what did wagner call his large-scale sung theatrical works? |
music drama |
|
what is the basis for the story of "die walkure"? |
a medieval german epic poem |
|
which leitmotif did wagner not use in the closing scene of act 3 in "die walkure"? |
zoroaster |
|
which term refers to wagner’s concept of a total artwork, encompassing all the arts? |
gesamtkunstwerk |
|
Rigoletto is an opera based on Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. |
false, 250 H |
|
After her husband’s composing career began to flourish, Giuseppina Strepponi enjoyed continued success as an opera singer into her last years |
false, Strepponi’s career faded as her husband Verdi’s flourished |
|
Giuseppe Verdi viewed himself as an Italian nationalist composer. |
true |
|
In the nineteenth century, opera excerpts were NOT marketed to domestic consumers via _____. |
radio broadcasts (NOT four-hand piano arrangements, wind band medleys, or voice and guitar arrangements) |
|
Jenny Lind was a famous nineteenth-century composer of opera. |
false, she sang operas but did not compose them |
|
Nineteenth-century Italian opera is characterized by the use of the bel canto style of singing. |
true |
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The American debut tour of international singing sensation Jenny Lind was managed by _____. |
P.T. Barnum |
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The literary basis for Verdi’s Rigoletto is _____. |
a play by Victor Hugo |
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Which is NOT a Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare play? |
Aida |
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Which of these operas exhibited the high point of the singing style known as bel canto? |
Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia |
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Brahms wrote his Requiem mass in memory of _____. |
his mother |
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How many symphonies did Brahms write? |
Four |
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The Romantic symphony featured an orchestra larger than that of the Classical masters. |
True |
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The Romantic symphony follows the exact forms and proportions of the Classical genre of Beethoven. |
False |
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The first movement of a Romantic symphony is usually the most dramatic and features the use of sonata-allegro form. |
True |
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The scherzo movement in nineteenth-century symphonies generally is characterized by a slow march tempo. |
False |
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The third movement of a nineteenth-century symphony is most likely in _____ form. |
dance or scherzo |
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Unlike the symphonic poem the genre of symphony is often absolute music, without a program. |
True |
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Which composer nurtured Brahms’s talents, going as far as taking him into his home? |
Robert Schumman |
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the nineteenth-century symphony? |
Small orchestra with limited winds |
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Censors did not concern themselves with political representation in nineteenth-century operas. |
False |
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Edvard Grieg represents the _____ nationalist school. |
Scandinavian |
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Hector Berlioz invented the symphonic poem. |
False |
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In the twenty-first century, composers do not write nationalistic works. |
False |
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In writing Peer Gynt, with which playwright did Grieg collaborate? |
Henrik Ibsen |
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Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called program music. |
True |
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Nationalistic program music might evoke a landscape. |
True |
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Tchaikovsky’s music for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a famous example of _____. |
Program overture |
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Which category of program music best describes Grieg’s Peer Gynt? |
Incidental music |
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Which of the following was NOT a way that programmatic composers portrayed nationalistic sentiments in nineteenth-century music? |
Utilizing ritornello form |
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Berlioz was a devoted fan of Beethoven. |
True |
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Hector Berlioz looked to the writings of Shakespeare as the basis for both operas and symphonic works. |
True |
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In the nineteenth century Theobald Boehm improved the flute, making it metal rather than wood. |
True |
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In which movement is the Dies irae (Day of Wrath) theme from the Mass for the Dead heard? |
The fifth |
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Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is absolute music. |
False |
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Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called _____. |
Program music |
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Once Adophe Sax developed the saxophone, it became a permanent and popular part of orchestral music. |
False |
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The inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was _____. |
The actress Harriet Smithson |
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The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, is called the _____. |
idée fixe |
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Which of the following did NOT make improved instruments possible in the nineteenth century? |
Household electrification |
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Gottschalk began playing piano late in his life. |
False |
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Gottschalk wrote piano works based on North American musical traditions. |
True |
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Gottschalk’s The Banjo anticipates the syncopated piano style of ragtime. |
True |
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In his piece The Banjo, how does Gottschalk evoke, musically, the idea of the title? |
He simulates banjo strumming and picking on the piano. |
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In which American city did Louis Gottschalk grow up? |
New Orleans |
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In which country was Franz Liszt born? |
Hungary |
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Liszt was an admirer of the virtuoso violinist, Niccolò Paganini. |
True |
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The nineteenth century was an age of great virtuoso pianists. |
True |
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Which of the following does NOT characterize Louis Gottschalk’s piano music? |
Distinctly European in style |
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Which of the following is considered the first internationally acclaimed American composer of classical music? |
Louis Moreau Gottschalk |
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A lost manuscript of music by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, in her own handwriting, that contained September: At the River was discovered in _____. |
1989 |
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After her marriage, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was responsible for _____. |
organizing the family Sunday salon concerts |
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was enthusiastically encouraged to pursue a musical career by her family. |
False |
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel wrote several large-scale works as well as many Lieder. |
True |
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In the recently discovered manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s September: At the River, poetry of which nineteenth-century poet was included _____. |
Goethe |
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The concept of "river" in September: At the River by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel is expressed by _____. |
quick moving notes that accompany the melody |
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Which role was NOT generally acceptable for women in Romantic society? |
Conductor |
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Women in nineteenth-century Europe could not receive training in music. |
False |
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Women in nineteenth-century Europe were expected to have refined musical skills. |
True |
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Women played a critical role in music-making activities of the nineteenth century, except as teachers. |
False |
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After his conservatory studies, Chopin spent most of his productive career in _____. |
France |
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Chopin was romantically involved with George Sand, the renowned French _____. |
novelist |
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Romantic-era piano works often had fanciful titles. |
True |
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The nineteenth century was an age of great virtuoso pianists. |
True |
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The piano changed little technically during the nineteenth century. |
False |
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The piano was the most central instrument in nineteenth-century musical culture. |
True |
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The short, lyric piano work might be considered the instrumental equivalent to the nineteenth-century Lied. |
True |
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What best describes the character of Chopin’s Mazurka? |
Dancelike |
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Which genre is NOT a part of Chopin’s compositional output? |
String quartets |
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Which is the best definition of "tempo rubato"? |
"Robbed" time |
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false |
"jeanie with the light brown hair" was the most famous of foster’s songs during his lifetime. |
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homophonic |
foster’s "jeanie with light brown hair" is primarily composed in what texture? |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin |
foster’s "my old kentucky home" was inspired by ______. |
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false |
music in 18th and early 19th century america was wildly divergent from european traditions. |
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true |
19th century parlor music in the US was written to be accessible to amateurs. |
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film music |
19th century songwriters in the US combined elements of all of the following except _________. |
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true |
stephen foster is inwon for his ballads, minstrel show tunes, and plantation songs. |
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true |
the music that accompanies the lyrics of "jeanie with the light brown hair" reflects foster’s anglo- irish cultural heritage. |
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coal black rose |
which of the following songs was not written by stephen foster? |
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minstrel show |
which of the following was a type of racially charged theatrical variety show in the US in the 19th century? |
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german |
A Lied is an art song for solo voice and piano sung in _____. Latin French Italian German |
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strophic form |
A song form in which the same melody is repeated for each stanza, often heard in popular music, is known as _____. strophic form modified strophic form through-composed form bar form |
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Through-composed form |
A song form that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is in which form? Strophic form Modified strophic form Through-composed form Bar form |
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false |
According to legend, a child touched by the Elfking must die. True False |
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false |
Most Lied composers wrote their own words for the song. True False |
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false |
Romantic Lieder texts often speak of love and/or nature. True False |
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false |
The piano was declining in popularity at the time of the Romantic Lied. True False |
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true |
Two prominent German Romantic poets whose texts were often set to music were Heinrich Heine and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. True False |
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It does not cadence on the tonic. |
What is unusual about the ending of the song In the Lovely Month of May? It does not cadence on the tonic. It is highly dissonant. The piano drops out. |
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It is in through-composed form. |
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Robert Schumann’s In the Lovely Month of May? It is in strophic form. It is in through-composed form. The poetry was written by Heine. It is for solo voice and piano. |
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musicians and composers achieved a higher social status during the romantic era than they had in the classical era. t/f |
true |
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nationalistic feelings inspired composers to incorporate folk songs and dances from their native lands into their works. t/f |
true |
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niccolo paganini was a _______. |
virtuoso violinist |
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romantic composers rarely used dynamic markings and other excessive comments in their scores to communicate their intentions to music. t/f |
false |
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the bohemian artist adhered to the social norms of the establishment |
false |
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the french revolution fostered the rise of a middle class society. t/f |
true |
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the french revolution signaled the transfer of power from the hereditary landholding aristocracy to the _______. |
middle class |
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the large size of the romantic orchestra resulted in the need for a _______. |
conductor |
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which of the following is not typical of romantic music? |
smaller orchestras |
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which of the following was not a new instrument added to the romantic orchestra? |
french horn |
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Orchestration was of little value in nineteenth-century composition. |
False |
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Which is NOT a new instrument added to the Romantic orchestra? |
french horn |
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Romantic harmony is best described as: |
chromatic and treated expressively. |
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Symphonies by Romantic composers are shorter than those of the Classical era. |
false |
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Romantic composers rarely used dynamic markings and other expressive comments in their scores to communicate their intentions to musicians. |
false |
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Romantic melody is best described as: |
lyrical and singable |
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Who was NOT a woman composer of the Romantic era? |
George Sand |
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Music conservatories appeared in the Americas in the nineteenth century. |
true |
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Nineteenth-century composers sought to make their instruments "sing." |
true |
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The Industrial Revolution produced more refined, but also more expensive, musical instruments. |
false |
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Niccolò Paganini was: |
a virtuoso violinist |
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Musicians and composers achieved a higher social status during the Romantic era than in the Classical era. |
true |
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Which of the following is NOT typical of Romantic music? |
smaller orchestras |
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Which of the following women was critical to the success of Chopin? |
George Sand |
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Nationalistic feelings inspired composers to incorporate folk songs and dances from their native lands into their works. |
true |
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Which is NOT considered a work with an "exotic" narrative? |
moldau |
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Tchaikovsky’s music for the Nutcracker ballet is entirely nationalistic. |
false |
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Which role did women NOT generally play in Romantic society? |
conductors |
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Adolphe Sax was a famous inventor of musical instruments who revolutionized the key mechanisms on brass instruments. |
true |
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The French Revolution fostered the rise of a middle-class society. |
true |
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Which of the following works was inspired by a painting? |
Liszt’s Faust |
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Robert Schuman was a composer as well as a: |
pianist, conductor, and critic |
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latin |
In which language is Mozart’s Dies irae from Requiem written? Latin French German Italian |
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false |
Mozart did not write for solo singers in his Requiem. True False |
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true |
Mozart’s Requiem is a sacred piece of music. True False |
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false |
Mozart’s Requiem is an example of a Classical-era oratorio. True False |
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true |
Mozart’s Requiem was the composer’s last work and was left incomplete. True False |
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true |
The last part of Requiem that Mozart wrote was the Lacrimosa. True False |
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trombone |
What instrument is featured in the Tuba mirum section of Mozart’s Requiem? Tuba Trombone Trumpet |
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It features several verses in German. |
Which of the following does NOT describe Mozart’s Dies irae from Requiem? It begins with a chorus. It is in a strong duple meter. It features several verses in German. It is in Latin. |
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emotional restraint |
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Romantic era? Secular music was predominant Experiments with new instruments Increased virtuosity Emotional restraint |
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Franz Xaver Süssmayer |
Who completed the unfinished portions of Mozart’s Requiem? Franz Xaver Süssmayer Yo-Yo Ma Xavier Cugat Constanze Mozart |
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false |
In the "Catalog Aria" Leporello assures Donna Elvira that indeed she is Don Giovanni’s one true love. True False |
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true |
In the Classical era both serious opera and comic opera were popular. True False |
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true |
In the beginning of the eighteenth century serious opera was the most prevalent style. True False |
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the librettist who adapted the play into an opera |
Lorenzo da Ponte was _____. the first singer to play the title role in Don Giovanni the playwright on whose work the opera is based the librettist who adapted the play into an opera |
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false |
Mozart’s Don Giovanni does not have any comic opera elements. True False |
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false |
Operas were written with the intent to portray the events realistically. True False |
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A list of women in several countries whom Don Giovanni has seduced |
The "Catalog Aria" in Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni catalogs what, exactly? A list of women in several countries whom Don Giovanni has seduced The contents of Don Giovanni’s library Scientific data on astronomical objects |
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Commendatore |
Which character ultimately brings Don Giovanni to his justly deserved fate? Commendatore Zerlina Donna Elvira Leporello |
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Opera seria |
Which of the following is NOT categorized as an opera that is more realistic? Ballad opera Singspiel Opera buffa Opera seria |
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Baritone |
Which voice part sings the role of Don Giovanni in Mozart’s opera? Bass Baritone Tenor |
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Operas were written with the intent to portray the events realistically. |
False |
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In the Classical era, both serious opera and comic opera were popular. |
True |
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Which voice part sings the role of Don Giovanni in Mozart’s opera? |
Baritone |
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The Catalogue Aria in Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni catalogs what, exactly? |
A list of women in several Countries whom don Giovinni has seduced |
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Opera buffa presented lively, down-to-earth plots rather than the remote concerns of gods and mythological heroes…..(answer) |
… |
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While serious opera was almost invariably in Italian, comic opera was generally in the local language of the audience (the vernacular)…(answer) |
… |
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Which character ultimately brings Don Giovanni to his justly deserved fate? |
The Commondatore |
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Mozart’s Don Giovanni does not have any comic opera elements. |
False |
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At the beginning of the eighteenth century, serious opera was the most prevalent style. |
True |
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Lorenzo da Ponte was: |
The librettist who adapted the play into an opera |
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In Don Giovanni, the characters portray either the older, serious opera or the newer, comic opera. Match the character with either serious or comic opera. |
Comic Opera :Leporello Serious Opera :the Commendatore, Donna Anna |
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In the Catalogue Aria, Leporello assures Donna Elvira that indeed she is Don Giovanni’s one true love. |
False |
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Which term(s) describe(s) Mozart’s Don Giovanni? |
1. opera seria 2. opera buffa |
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The type of Classical opera that continued a tradition of idealized characters and plots was: |
opera seria |
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In the aria in which Donna Elvira sings with Don Giovanni and Leporello ("Ah, chi mi dice mai,") how does Mozart musically express her anger? |
1.quick tempo 2.changes in range 3.sudden dynamic shifts |
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Which voice part sings the role of Don Giovanni’s servant, Leporello, in Mozart’s opera? |
Bass |
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Which of the following characters was an object of Don Giovanni’s desires? |
1.Donna Elvira 2. Zerlina 3. Donna Anna |
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In Mozart’s comic operas, he held society up to a mirror and emphasized the problems of separating people based on class and gender….(answer) |
… |
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Which of the following operas was the result of collaboration between Mozart and Lorenzo da Ponte? |
1.The Marriage of Figaro 2.Women Are Like That 3.Don Giovanni |
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… |
… |
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The various movements of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony are unified by the opening motive. |
True |
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Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony opens and closes in the key of C minor. |
False |
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How many symphonies did Beethoven write? |
Nine |
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All four of the movements in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony are based on one: |
theme |
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The second movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is in what form? |
theme and variation |
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The movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony that makes the most extensive use of variation procedure is the: |
second |
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Beethoven’s music is firmly rooted in the conventions of Classical form. |
true |
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Which malady afflicted Beethoven and profoundly affected his work as a composer? |
deafness |
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Which of the following statements describe the third movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony? |
1.It is in scherzo form. 2.It features the opening motive of the first movement. 3.It is in triple meter. |
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Beethoven, in his music, completely abandons formal considerations. |
False |
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Which of Beethoven’s symphonies was originally dedicated to Napoleon? |
the third |
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The text of Schiller’s poem "Ode to Joy" is an expression of universal brotherhood and was inspired by the contemporary French Revolution…(answer) |
… |
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Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony generally follows the outline of the standard multimovement cycle |
true |
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Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony generally follows the outline of the standard multimovement cycle |
1.It has bold dynamic contrasts. 2.It has bold dynamic contrasts. 3.The opening motive is featured throughout the first movement. |
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Which of Beethoven’s symphonies includes a chorus? |
the ninth |
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The last movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 features a choral setting of a poem called "Ode to Joy."…(answer) |
… |
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Which of the following is true of Beethoven’s symphonies? |
1.The earliest of his symphonies were very much in the older Classical style 2.Several of his symphonies had political or personal meanings. 3.The symphonies have recently been used to bridge cultural gaps. |
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Which of the following are found in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony? |
1.the substitution of the scherzo and trio as the third movement 2.the unification of all the movements with a single melodic idea 3.a development section following the exposition |
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Which of the following describes the form of the second movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata? |
Scherzo |
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Classical sonatas were set either for solo instrument (usually the piano) or for duos (violin and piano, for example)…(answer) |
… |
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The sonata in the Classical era was an important genre for amateur musicians playing which instrument? |
piano |
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Beethoven gave the nickname Moonlight to his own piano sonata. |
False |
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Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata was dedicated to one of his students, with whom he had fallen in love. |
True |
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Beethoven, in his Moonlight Sonata, follows formal molds in all of the movements. |
False |
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Match the sections of the first movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata to their sonic descriptions. |
1. melody in right hand–strophe 1 2.return to original key area–strophe 2 3.Melody is stated in the left hand–coda 4.appegiated chords–introduction |
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Beethoven’s solo piano sonatas are some of his most important works. |
True |
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Which of the following describes the first movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata? |
1.begins with a singing melody 2.soft dynamics 3.in an expressive minor key |
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Beethoven called the Moonlight Sonata a: |
Fantasy Sonata |
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The Moonlight Sonata evokes what new expressive style? |
Romantic |
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Generally, a scherzo is slower-paced than a minuet. |
False |
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Place the parts of the first movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata in the correct order. |
1.intro 2.strophe 1 3.middle section 4.strophe 2 5.coda |
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The Countess Giulietta Guicciardi was: |
1.one of Beethoven’s students 2.a woman with whom Beethoven was enamored 3.a woman with whom Beethoven was enamored |
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In the second movement of his Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven uses a variant of the minuet called a: |
scherzo |
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The Countess Giuletta Guicciardi was: |
Beethoven student |
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The sonata in the Classical era was: |
1.sometimes used by composer-performers as show pieces 2.sometimes designed for amateur performance 3. considered the most significant in the keyboard literature |
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Classical sonatas were often written for one solo instrument, usually the: |
piano |
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Haydn, Mozart, and their successors understood the term sonata as an instrumental work for one or two instruments consisting of three or four contrasting movements….answer |
… |
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The Classical sonata typically consists of three to four movements. |
True |
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Which best describes the tempo of the last movement of the Moonlight Sonata? |
presto |
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cadenza |
A brilliant solo passage in the manner of an improvisation within a concerto is called a(n) _____. cadence cadenza capitulation |
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true |
First-movement concerto form is based on principles from Baroque ritornello and the sonata-allegro forms. True False |
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Babette von Ployer |
For whom did Mozart write his Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453 to perform as soloist? Babette von Ployer Maria Theresia von Paradis Maria Anna Mozart |
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three |
How many movements does a typical Classical-era concerto have? One Two Three Four |
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true |
Improvisation is important in Classical concerto music. True False |
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false |
In a cadenza during a concerto from the Classical period, the orchestra improvises freely. True False |
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true |
Mozart wrote many of his piano concertos to showcase his own performance skills. True False |
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false |
The Classical-era concerto has four movements. True False |
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the cadenza written by Mozart |
The cadenza that is typically performed today in Mozart’s Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453 is _____. the cadenza written by Mozart freely improvised based on Haydn’s Emperor quartet |
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minuet |
Which of the following parts is NOT found in the first-movement concerto form of the Classical era? Solo exposition Development Recapitulation Minuet |
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he was working on his Requiem. |
At the time of Mozart’s death he was working on his Requiem. he was completely deaf. he was seventy-one years old. |
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first – fast – sonata-allegro |
Fill in the three blanks in the following statement. The longest movement in the Classical multi-movement cycle is the ______ movement, and this movement is typically in a ______ tempo and is in ______ form. first – slow – minuet and trio first – fast – sonata-allegro second – moderate – theme and variations third – rondo – sonata-allegro |
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exposition, development, recapitulation |
Identify the correct order of the sections of sonata-allegro form. development, exposition, recapitulation recapitulation, development, exposition development, recapitulation, exposition exposition, development, recapitulation exposition, recapitulation, development |
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false |
Identify the following statement as true or false: Mozart worked successfully under the patronage system for his entire life. true false |
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false |
Identify the following statement as true or false: Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik was written for large ensemble, with more than one player playing each part. true false |
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false |
Identify the following statement as true or false: a sonata-allegro form is comprised of one main section. true false |
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false |
Identify the following statement as true or false: the divertimento and the serenade were both operatic musical forms in the Classical era. true false |
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setting a light, social tone at a social event. |
In writing Eine kleine Nachtmusik Mozart was primarily concerned with soloistic virtuosity. political inspiration. setting a light, social tone at a social event. featuring bombastic brass. |
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recapitulation. |
The last section of sonata-allegro form that restates the opening thematic material is called the recapitulation. minuet. exposition. development. |
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the trio |
The middle section of a typical third movement in a Classical instrumental cycle is called Theme 2. the development. the minuet. the trio. |
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minuet-and-trio |
The third movement of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik is in what form? rondo sonata-allegro minuet-and-trio theme and variations |
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It is in sonata-allegro form. |
Which of the following does NOT describe the third movement of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik? It is in triple meter. The harmony is consonant. It is in sonata-allegro form. The texture is homophonic. |
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It was written for full orchestra. |
Which of the following does not describe Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik? It has four movements. It was written to be social music. The name translates to A Little Night Music. It was written for full orchestra. |
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piano |
Which of the following instruments did Mozart NOT intend to perform Eine kleine Nachtmusik? violin piano viola cello |
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He embraced patronage. |
Which of the following statements does NOT describe the life and career of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? He was born into a musical family. By the age of thirteen he had written several operas. His own instrument was the piano. He embraced patronage. |
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The Italian opera overture |
From which older genre did the symphony evolve? The Italian oratorio The Italian opera overture The French opera overture |
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false |
Percussion is absent from the second movement of Haydn’s Symphony No. 100. True False |
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true |
The Classical symphony orchestra typically featured some woodwind and brass instruments along with strings. True False |
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ten to twenty players |
The Classical-era orchestra is typically composed of _____. ten to twenty players thirty to forty players seventy to eighty players |
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Joseph Haydn |
The composer of the London symphonies was: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven Joseph Haydn |
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string section |
The heart of the Classical orchestra was the _____. string section woodwind section brass section |
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false |
The meter heard throughout the second movement of Haydn’s Symphony No. 100 is triple meter. True False |
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false |
The second movement of Haydn’s Symphony No. 100 was composed in sonata-allegro form. True False |
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true |
Theme and variation was a typical form for the second movement of a symphony. True False |
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The use of melodies |
Which of the following is NOT a contribution to the symphony of the German Classical symphonists? The use of a "steamroller" crescendo The use of a "rocket theme" The use of melodie |
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2 |
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