Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 45

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Question #1
A leitmotif is a
A.   Viking ship captain
B.   continually repeated rhythm.
C.   recurring melodic theme that carries specific meaning.
D.   nineteenth-century stage illumination.
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.   Piave
C.   Puccini
D.   Lorenzo di Ponte
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.   six
B.   four
C.   eight
D.   three
Question #6
How was the Ring cycle received by the nineteenth-century public?
A.   not premiered until twenty years after his death
B.   near riot took place at the premiere
C.   there was little interest
D.   Wagnerian gospel spread across Europe as new art-religion
Question #7
Light German opera featuring spoken dialogue is called
A.   music drama.
B.   Singspiel.
C.   bel canto.
D.   grand opera.
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.   Prince Leopold II
C.   Ludwig II of Bavaria
D.   Louis XIV
Question #9
The Valkyrie is sung in which language?
A.   Italian
B.   French
C.   Czech
D.   German
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.   Singspiel.
C.   an idée fixe.
D.   Klangfarbenmelodie.
Question #12
Which term refers to Wagner’s concept of a total artwork, encompassing all the arts?
A.   Sprechstimme
B.   Klangfarbenmelodie
C.   leitmotif
D.   Gesamtkunstwerk
Question #13
Wagner’s operas are considered nationalistic because they
A.   are inspired by medieval German epics.
B.   All possible answers.
C.   glorify the German people.
D.   glorify the German land.
Question #14
What describes Wagner’s harmonic language?
A.   strictly diatonic
B.   pentatonic
C.   modal
D.   chromatic
Question #15
What did Wagner call his operas?
A.   opera seria
B.   music dramas
C.   opera buffa
D.   grand opera
Question #16
What is the basis for the story of The Valkyrie?
A.   the legend of the Holy Grail
B.   a French play by Victor Hugo
C.   a book by J. R. R. Tolkien
D.   a medieval German epic poem
Question #17
Which describes Wagner’s "endless melody"?
A.   more melodious than traditional recitative
B.   more flexible than traditional arias
C.   All possible answers.
D.   void of separate arias, duets, ensembles
Question #18
Which describes the character of Wotan?
A.   the fearless hero who awakens Brünnhilde
B.   a hideous dwarf
C.   the god of fire
D.   the father of the gods
Question #19
Which elements are present in Wagner’s operas?
A.   supernatural as an element
B.   profound feeling for nature
C.   All possible answers.
D.   glorification of the German land and people
Question #20
Which is NOT an element of Wagner’s "leading motives"?
A.   the motives suggest emotions, ideas, objects
B.   the motives are recurring and consist of a few notes
C.   explanations of the motives are stated in a printed program provided by Wagner
D.   the motives trace changes in the characters

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