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Question #1
Romanticism, as a stylistic period in western music, encompassed the years
A.
1820-1900
B.
1600-1750
C.
1750-1820
D.
1450-1600
Question #2
Composers expressed musical nationalism in their music by
A.
basing their music on the folk songs of their country.
B.
All answers are correct.
C.
using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands.
D.
using their national legends as subject matter.
Question #3
The citizen's sense of national identity and patriotic feelings were intensified by
A.
common bonds of language, culture, and history.
B.
romanticism, which glorified love for one's national heritage.
C.
All answers are correct.
D.
military resistance to Napoleon.
Question #4
The strongest impact of musical nationalism was felt in
A.
the Scandinavian countries.
B.
All answers are correct.
C.
Russia.
D.
Poland and Bohemia.
Question #5
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
A.
was a child prodigy, learning music at an early age.
B.
studied music theory and violin as a teenager.
C.
began to study music theory at the age of twenty-one.
D.
preferred his government position to music.
Question #6
Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony
A.
is in the usual four-movement form.
B.
ends with a slow, despairing finale.
C.
was left unfinished by the composer.
D.
has five movements.
Question #7
Which of the following was not a member of the Russian five?
A.
Modest Mussorgsky
B.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
C.
César Cu
D.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Question #8
The orchestra in the romantic period
A.
was basically the same as in the classical period.
B.
ranged from twenty to sixty players.
C.
was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra.
D.
had a limited dynamic range due to the primitive nature of the brass instruments.
Question #9
The course of Brahms's artistic and personal life was shaped by the influence of the composer
A.
Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.
B.
Franz Liszt.
C.
Antonin Dvořák.
D.
Richard Wagner.
Question #10
Brahms wrote masterpieces in many musical forms, but never any
A.
operas.
B.
chamber music.
C.
choral works.
D.
art songs.
Question #11
Brahms's works, though very personal in style, are rooted in the music of
A.
Ludwig van Beethoven.
B.
Joseph Haydn.
C.
All answers are correct.
D.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Question #12
Verdi studied music in _________, the city where Italy's most important opera house, La Scala, is located.
A.
Florence
B.
Milan
C.
Rome
D.
Venice
Question #13
The famous aria La donna è mobile is taken from Verdi's opera
A.
Falstaff.
B.
Rigoletto.
C.
Il Trovatore.
D.
Aïda.
Question #14
Giacomo Puccini's first successful opera was
A.
Turandot.
B.
Madame Butterfly.
C.
Manon Lescaut.
D.
La Bohème.
Question #15
Which of the following operas was not composed by Giacomo Puccini?
A.
Tosca
B.
Madame Butterfly
C.
Falstaff
D.
Turandot
Question #16
An artistic trend of the 1890s, in which operas dealt with ordinary people and true-to-life situations, was known as
A.
Cavalleria rusticana.
B.
verismo.
C.
exoticism.
D.
opera seria.
Question #17
The movement in opera known as verismo is best exemplified by
A.
Claudio Monteverdi.
B.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
C.
Richard Wagner.
D.
Giacomo Puccini.
Question #18
Which of the following statements is not true of the piano in the early romantic period?
A.
A cast-iron frame was introduced to hold the strings under greater tension.
B.
The piano's range remained basically the same as in the classical period.
C.
The piano's hammers were covered with felt.
D.
The use of the damper pedal allowed a sonorous blend of tones from all registers of the piano.
Question #19
Some of Puccini's operas feature exoticism, as in his use of melodic and rhythmic elements derived from Japanese and Chinese music in his operas
A.
La Bohème and Madame Butterfly.
B.
Tosca and Turandot.
C.
Turandot and Manon Lescaut.
D.
Madame Butterfly and Turandot.
Question #20
Wagner had an opera house built to his own specifications in
A.
Munich.
B.
Bayreuth.
C.
Weimar.
D.
Dresden.
Question #21
The composer who had an overwhelming influence on the young Wagner was
A.
Johannes Brahms.
B.
Johann Sebastian Bach.
C.
Ludwig van Beethoven.
D.
Hector Berlioz.
Question #22
A slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo in music is known as
A.
fermata.
B.
accelerando.
C.
rubato.
D.
ritardando.
Question #23
Which of the following operas was not composed by Richard Wagner?
A.
Parsifal
B.
Fidelio
C.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
D.
Tristan and Isolde
Question #24
The librettos to The Ring of the Nibelung were written by
A.
Hans von Bülow.
B.
Richard Wagner
C.
Arrigo Boito.
D.
King Ludwig of Bavaria.
Question #25
A short musical idea associated with a person, object, or thought, used by Richard Wagner in his operas, is called
A.
leitmotif.
B.
lied.
C.
speech-song.
D.
unending melody.
Question #26
The orchestration in Wagner's operas is
A.
light and simple.
B.
full and colorful.
C.
subservient to the singers.
D.
limited to only the string section.
Question #27
Valhalla, in Wagner's Ring cycle, is
A.
the magic ring.
B.
the home of Siegfried.
C.
a city in New York State.
D.
Wotan's castle.
Question #28
Because of the French Revolution and the __________________, many aristocrats could no longer afford to maintain private opera houses, orchestras, and "composers in residence".
A.
wages of skilled performers
B.
Napoleonic Wars
C.
French and Indian War
D.
American Revolution
Question #29
Which of the following is not characteristic of romanticism?
A.
An interest in exoticism and the past
B.
A fascination with fantasy
C.
An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures
D.
An enthusiasm for the culture of the Middle Ages
Question #30
A romantic composer who earned his living as a touring virtuoso was
A.
Hector Berlioz.
B.
Franz Liszt.
C.
Franz Schubert.
D.
Frédéric Chopin.
Question #31
A composer who earned his/her living as a violin virtuoso was
A.
Clara Schumann.
B.
Frédéric Chopin.
C.
Niccolò Paganini.
D.
Robert Schumann.
Question #32
An art song is a musical composition for
A.
solo voice and orchestra.
B.
multiple voices.
C.
All answers are correct.
D.
solo voice and piano.
Question #33
The word ___________ is commonly used for a romantic art song with a German text.
A.
ballade
B.
chanson
C.
durchkomponiert
D.
lied
Question #34
Schubert wrote compositions in every musical genre except
A.
piano concertos.
B.
symphonies.
C.
operas.
D.
string quartets.
Question #35
The piano's relentless rhythm in Erlkönig (The Erlking) unifies the episodes of the song and suggests the
A.
approach of death.
B.
galloping horse.
C.
steadiness of the father.
D.
joy of the child.
Question #36
While in Paris, Chopin
A.
married the famous writer Aurore Dudevant.
B.
All answers are correct.
C.
earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich.
D.
gave a great number of successful public concerts.
Question #37
A.
have a limited variety of moods.
B.
have literary programs or titles.
C.
are exquisite miniatures.
D.
are for a wide range of media.
Question #38
A slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano, associated with evening and nighttime, is the
A.
etude.
B.
nocturne.
C.
mazurka.
D.
waltz.
Question #39
Chopin's Revolutionary Étude develops the pianist's left hand because
A.
it takes nearly an hour to perform.
B.
the left hand must play rapid passages throughout.
C.
the left hand plays the main melody.
D.
it is played only by the left hand.
Question #40
A study piece, designed to help a performer master specific technical difficulties, is known as
A.
a nocturne.
B.
a polonaise.
C.
ein lied.
D.
an etude.
Question #41
Drawing creative inspiration from cultures of lands foreign to the composer is known as
A.
program music.
B.
exoticism.
C.
verismo.
D.
nationalism.
Question #42
Until the age of thirty-six, Franz Liszt toured Europe as a virtuoso
A.
pianist.
B.
All answers are correct.
C.
conductor.
D.
cellist.
Question #43
Liszt abandoned his career as a traveling virtuoso to become court conductor at __________, where he championed works by contemporary composers.
A.
Rome
B.
Paris
C.
Weimar
D.
Budapest
Question #44
Program music is
A.
vocal music that tells a story.
B.
All answers are correct.
C.
music that depicts aspects of nature.
D.
instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene.
Question #45
Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene, popular during the romantic period, is called
A.
program music.
B.
symphony.
C.
absolute music.
D.
opera.
Question #46
A.
pure music.
B.
incidental music.
C.
folk music.
D.
absolute music.
Question #47
The Fantastic Symphony reflects Berlioz's
A.
interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles.
B.
intense nationalism.
C.
experiences in Rome.
D.
love for the actress Harriet Smithson.
Question #48
Berlioz was extraordinarily imaginative in treating the orchestra, creating ____________ never before heard.
A.
harmonies
B.
forms
C.
rhythms
D.
tone colors
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