Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2023 » Chapter 35 Quiz

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Question #1
Which of the following is a type of program music written to accompany plays?
A.   symphonic poem
B.   incidental music
C.   program symphony
Question #2
Which term describes a one-movement work for orchestra with a literary program?
A.   program symphony
B.   symphonic poem
C.   symphony
Question #3
Which term describes a one-movement work possibly written to introduce a larger work but played independently?
A.   program symphony
B.   symphonic poem
C.   concert overture
Question #4
Which composer is generally credited with the first use of the term "symphonic poem"?
A.   Franz Liszt
B.   Felix Mendelssohn
C.   Hector Berlioz
Question #5
The chief difference between a symphonic poem and a program symphony is:
A.   the nature of the program
B.   the number of musicians involved
C.   the number of movements in the work
Question #6
Mendelssohn's music for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a famous example of:
A.   incidental music
B.   a tone poem
C.   a program symphony
Question #7
Which type of program best describes Smetana’s The Moldau?
A.   literary, based on a play or novel
B.   geographic/historic, depicting actual events or places
C.   philosophical, based on a conceptual idea
Question #8
Which category of program music best describes The Moldau?
A.   concert overture
B.   incidental music
C.   symphonic poem
Question #9
Grieg’s Peer Gynt is a work that suggests _________ nationalism.
A.   English
B.   Scandinavian
C.     
D.   Russian
Question #10
Which nationalist composer was asked to revise his music to suit a political censor?
A.   Verdi
B.   Schumann
C.   Vivaldi
Question #11
The Moldau is part of a cycle of works known as:
A.   My Country
B.   The Four Seasons
C.   A Poet's Life
Question #12
Composers expressed their nationalism through music by basing their compositions on:
A.   songs and dances of their people
B.   both of these
C.   the celebration of a national hero, event, or place
D.   none of these
Question #13
Bedøich Smetana represents the:
A.   Bohemian nationalist school
B.   Spanish nationalist school
C.   Russian nationalist school.
Question #14
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov represents the:
A.   Polish nationalist school
B.   Russian nationalist school
C.   Bohemian nationalist school
Question #15
Edvard Grieg represents the:
A.   Scandinavian nationalist school
B.   Bohemian nationalist school
C.   Russian nationalist school
Question #16
Antonín Dvoøák represents the:
A.   Czech nationalist school
B.   Polish nationalist school
C.   Russian nationalist school
Question #17
Jean Sibelius represents the:
A.   Russian nationalist school
B.   Scandinavian nationalist school
C.   Spanish nationalist school
Question #18
Manuel de Falla represents the:
A.   Czech nationalist school
B.   Spanish nationalist school
C.   Scandinavian nationalist school
Question #19
In the nineteenth-century nationalism was not a concern among composers.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #20
Often composers are commissioned to write nationalistic music.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #21
Composers like Tchaikovsky only selected inspiration from their own country in writing program music.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #22
Symphonic poems have between three to five movements.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #23
In the nineteenth century nationalist music was often inspired by folklore.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE

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