Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 45

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

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