Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 45

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Question #1
A leitmotif is a
A.   nineteenth-century stage illumination.
B.   continually repeated rhythm.
C.   recurring melodic theme that carries specific meaning.
D.   Viking ship captain
Question #2
Contemporary film composer John Williams uses Wagner’s musical foreshadowing devices in the Star Wars movies.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
Who wrote the libretto to Wagner’s The Valkyrie?
A.   Wagner
B.   Lorenzo di Ponte
C.   Puccini
D.   Piave
Question #4
Germany is noted for its long-established opera traditions.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
How many music dramas make up Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung?
A.   three
B.   six
C.   eight
D.   four
Question #6
How was the Ring cycle received by the nineteenth-century public?
A.   near riot took place at the premiere
B.   there was little interest
C.   not premiered until twenty years after his death
D.   Wagnerian gospel spread across Europe as new art-religion
Question #7
Light German opera featuring spoken dialogue is called
A.   bel canto.
B.   grand opera.
C.   music drama.
D.   Singspiel.
Question #8
________ commissioned Wagner to complete the Ring cycle and helped to finance a theater dedicated to the performance of Wagner’s music.
A.   King George II
B.   Louis XIV
C.   Prince Leopold II
D.   Ludwig II of Bavaria
Question #9
The Valkyrie is sung in which language?
A.   Czech
B.   German
C.   French
D.   Italian
Question #10
The role of the Valkyries was to carry fallen heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla on their winged horses.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #11
The theme that carries specific meanings, suggesting in a few notes a character, an emotion, an idea, or an object is called
A.   a leitmotif.
B.   Klangfarbenmelodie.
C.   Singspiel.
D.   an idée fixe.
Question #12
Which term refers to Wagner’s concept of a total artwork, encompassing all the arts?
A.   leitmotif
B.   Gesamtkunstwerk
C.   Sprechstimme
D.   Klangfarbenmelodie
Question #13
Wagner’s operas are considered nationalistic because they
A.   are inspired by medieval German epics.
B.   glorify the German land.
C.   All possible answers.
D.   glorify the German people.
Question #14
What describes Wagner’s harmonic language?
A.   strictly diatonic
B.   modal
C.   pentatonic
D.   chromatic
Question #15
What did Wagner call his operas?
A.   grand opera
B.   opera seria
C.   opera buffa
D.   music dramas
Question #16
What is the basis for the story of The Valkyrie?
A.   a French play by Victor Hugo
B.   a medieval German epic poem
C.   the legend of the Holy Grail
D.   a book by J. R. R. Tolkien
Question #17
Which describes Wagner’s "endless melody"?
A.   All possible answers.
B.   void of separate arias, duets, ensembles
C.   more melodious than traditional recitative
D.   more flexible than traditional arias
Question #18
Which describes the character of Wotan?
A.   the father of the gods
B.   the god of fire
C.   the fearless hero who awakens Brünnhilde
D.   a hideous dwarf
Question #19
Which elements are present in Wagner’s operas?
A.   profound feeling for nature
B.   supernatural as an element
C.   glorification of the German land and people
D.   All possible answers.
Question #20
Which is NOT an element of Wagner’s "leading motives"?
A.   explanations of the motives are stated in a printed program provided by Wagner
B.   the motives are recurring and consist of a few notes
C.   the motives suggest emotions, ideas, objects
D.   the motives trace changes in the characters

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