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Which of the following choral genres was NOT developed during the Baroque? |
part song |
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A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called: |
a Requiem |
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Oratorios primarily drew their stories from: |
the Bible |
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Mozart’s Requiem was: |
his last work, incomplete at his death |
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Who completed Mozart’s Requiem? |
Süssmayr |
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The Dies irae text from the Requiem Mass describes: |
Judgement Day |
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Which of the following correctly describes the musical forces for Mozart’s Requiem? |
winds, brass, strings, timpani, choir, and four soloists |
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The ________ accompanies the baritone voice in the Tuba mirum section of Mozart’s Requiem. |
trombone |
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Which of the following best describes the mood of the Dies irae from Mozart’s Requiem? |
fearful and then wondering |
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The text of Mozart’s Requiem is sung in: |
Latin |
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The German term for the art song is: |
Lied |
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A song whose text is a short lyric poem in German with piano accompaniment is called a: |
Lied |
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_______ was NOT an important composer of nineteenth-century Lieder. |
Heinrich Heine |
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Which of the following was NOT a typical theme of Romantic poetry? |
praise of the Virgin Mary |
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The favorite subjects of the Romantic poets were: |
love, longing, and nature |
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A group of Lieder unified by a narrative thread or by a descriptive or expressive theme is called a(n): |
song cycle |
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A song form in which the same melody is repeated for every stanza of text is called: |
strophic |
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A song that is composed from beginning to end without repetition of whole sections is called: |
through composed |
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A song form in which the main melody is repeated for two or three stanzas but introduces new or significantly varied material when the text requires it is called: |
modified strophic |
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Schubert was born in: |
Vienna |
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Schubert and his friends organized evening gatherings of artists, writers, and musicians, called: |
Schubertiads |
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Schubert lived a tragically short life but was a remarkably prolific composer of: |
Lieder, chamber music, piano music (all of the above) |
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In which genre was Schubert NOT indebted to Classical traditions? |
Lied |
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Approximately how many songs did Schubert compose? |
more than 600 |
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Schubert wrote several song cycles, including: |
Winter’s Journey |
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Schubert’s song Elfking is a setting of a ballad written by: |
Geothe |
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Schubert’s Lied Elfking is in ________ form. |
through-composed |
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Which of the following is true of Schubert’s Elfking? |
It is the masterpiece of his youth, It is based on a legend that whoever is touched by the king of the elves must die, It presents four characters who are differentiated in the music (all of the above) |
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In Schubert’s Elfking, the obsessive triplet rhythm of the piano accompaniment represents: |
the galloping of the horse |
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Which musical devices does Schubert use to portray the child’s terror in Elfking? |
high range and dissonance |
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The composer who founded the New Journal of Music was: |
Robert Schumann |
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Robert Schumann’s wife, Clara, was: |
the daughter of his piano teacher, one of the foremost pianists of her day, the inspiration for A Poet’s Love (all of the above) |
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Robert Schumann ended his career and life: |
in an asylum, the result of a mental illness |
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Robert Schumann’s A Poet’s Love is a: |
song cycle |
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Robert Schumann’s A Poet’s Love is set to texts by: |
Heinrich Heine |
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Which of the following does NOT describe Schumann’s A Poet’s Love? |
it tells a detailed story of a lost love |
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Schumann’s In the lovely month of May is from which song cycle? |
A Poet’s Love |
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What is the form of In the lovely month of May? |
strophic |
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Which of the following does NOT describe Schumann’s In the lovely month of May? |
it ends with harmonic resolution |
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Which of the following does NOT describe American popular music of the nineteenth century? |
the composers were always well known |
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Which of the following describes music in America during the early nineteenth century? |
music was largely imported through Europe |
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What is vernacular music? |
popular songs sung in a country’s native language |
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What nationality was Stephen Foster? |
American |
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Which nineteenth-century American composer is best remembered for his parlor songs and minstrel show tunes? |
Stephen Foster |
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Which of the following best describes minstrelsy? |
shows that featured performers in blackface |
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Stephen Foster composed all of the following songs EXCEPT: |
When Johnny Comes Marching Home |
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Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is: |
a parlor song |
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The form of Foster’s Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is: |
strophic |
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Foster’s Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is based on a poem by: |
Foster himself |
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The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was the: |
piano |
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Which of the following does NOT characterize the piano? |
it is capable of only one dynamic level |
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Which of the following instruments is capable of playing both melody and harmony? |
piano |
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Which of the following was NOT a technical improvement to the nineteenth-century piano? |
a second keyboard was added |
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The short, lyric piano piece is the instrumental equivalent of: |
the song |
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During the nineteenth century, "Prelude," "Impromptu," and "Intermezzo" were common titles for: |
character pieces |
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Nineteenth-century composers of the short, lyric piano piece included: |
Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann (all of the above) |
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Chopin is credited with developing the: |
modern piano style |
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Which nineteenth-century composer’s entire output centered around the piano? |
Chopin |
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Chopin spent his early years in: |
Poland |
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Chopin spent most of his productive life in: |
Paris |
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With which famous novelist did Chopin become romantically involved? |
George Sand |
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Chopin composed works in all of the following genres EXCEPT the: |
symphony |
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Which of the following does NOT characterize the music of Chopin? |
reserved emotions |
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What is the origin of the mazurka? |
a Polish peasant dance |
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Which of the following does NOT characterize Chopin’s Mazurka in B-flat Minor, Op. 24, No. 4? |
simple A-B-A form |
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In connection with Chopin’s music, the term rubato means that the performer should: |
take liberties with the tempo |
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Which composer is known as the "poet of the piano"? |
Frédéric Chopin |
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Which of the following best describes the role of women in nineteenth-century music? |
the piano provided women with a socially acceptable performance outfit |
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Which of the following was a noted woman composer of the Romantic era? |
Clara Schumann |
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Which of the following women organized salons featuring music by her brother? |
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel |
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was discouraged from pursuing a career as a composer because: |
she was a woman |
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s output is dominated by: |
Lieder and piano music |
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Which of the following composed the piano cycle The Year? |
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel |
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel wrote her cycle The Year for: |
piano |
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The manuscript for Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s September: At the River, from The Year, has poetic lines by: |
Johann Wolfgang von Geothe |
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s September: At the River, from The Year, is in ________ form. |
A-B-A’ |
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How does Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s The Year reach a level of achievement beyond that of her brother Felix? |
it is a large-scale work unified by musical and extramusical links |
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In which country was Franz Liszt born? |
Hungary |
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Which composer is generally considered the greatest pianist and showman of the Romantic era? |
Liszt |
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Liszt was inspired by the virtuoso violinist: |
Paganini |
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Which of the following was the first internationally acclaimed American composer of classical music? |
Louis Moreau Gottschalk |
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in: |
New Orleans |
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk is best known for his ________. |
solo piano music |
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Which of the following statements about Louis Moreau Gottschalk is NOT true? |
he spent most of his creative life in Europe |
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk based many of his works on: |
South American and Caribbean songs |
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Which of the following does NOT characterize Gottschalk’s The Banjo? |
limited range |
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The familiar tune quoted near the end of Gottschalk’s work The Banjo is: |
Camptown Races |
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Instrumental music endowed with literary, philosophical, or pictorial associations is called: |
program music |
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Which of the following compositions is LEAST likely to be an example of program music? |
string quartet in B-flat major |
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Music composed without literary or pictorial meanings is called |
absolute music |
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A multimovement, programmatic work for orchestra is called a: |
program symphony |
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Which of the following composers is considered the first great exponent of musical Romanticism in France? |
Berlioz |
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Hector Berlioz was born and spent most of his career in: |
France |
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Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the music of Berlioz? |
as is typical of French music, emotions are restrained |
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Which of the following is NOT a work by Berlioz? |
Italian Symphony |
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Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is an example of a: |
program symphony |
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How many movements are in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique? |
five |
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Which of the following inspired Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique? |
the actress Harriet Smithson |
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Which of the following is NOT true of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique? |
the program deals entirely with nature |
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In Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, the idée fixe: |
symbolizes the beloved, recurs as required by the literary program, unifies the five movements, which are diverse in character and mood (all of the above) |
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In Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, what is the idée fixe? |
the basic theme of the symphony, heard in the march movement |
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The technique of altering a theme to give it a different character is often called: |
thematic transformation |
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Which of the following does NOT characterize the March to the Scaffold from Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique? |
dominance of the string instruments |
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The Dies irae is: |
a chant from the Mass for the Dead |
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The piano manufacturer in New York that made major improvements to the instrument was: |
Steinway |
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Through which innovation did Theobald Boehm improve musical instruments? |
key mechanism for woodwinds |
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What new instrument was developed in the nineteenth century? |
saxophone |
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