Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 45

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Question #1
A leitmotif is a
A.   Viking ship captain
B.   recurring melodic theme that carries specific meaning.
C.   nineteenth-century stage illumination.
D.   continually repeated rhythm.
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.   Piave
D.   Puccini
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.   four
C.   eight
D.   six
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.   Wagnerian gospel spread across Europe as new art-religion
D.   not premiered until twenty years after his death
Question #7
Light German opera featuring spoken dialogue is called
A.   music drama.
B.   grand opera.
C.   bel canto.
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.   Prince Leopold II
C.   Louis XIV
D.   Ludwig II of Bavaria
Question #9
The Valkyrie is sung in which language?
A.   Italian
B.   German
C.   Czech
D.   French
Question #10
The role of the Valkyries was to carry fallen heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla on their winged horses.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
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.   Singspiel.
B.   a leitmotif.
C.   an idée fixe.
D.   Klangfarbenmelodie.
Question #12
Which term refers to Wagner’s concept of a total artwork, encompassing all the arts?
A.   Klangfarbenmelodie
B.   leitmotif
C.   Gesamtkunstwerk
D.   Sprechstimme
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.   pentatonic
B.   strictly diatonic
C.   chromatic
D.   modal
Question #15
What did Wagner call his operas?
A.   opera buffa
B.   opera seria
C.   grand opera
D.   music dramas
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.   All possible answers.
B.   void of separate arias, duets, ensembles
C.   more flexible than traditional arias
D.   more melodious than traditional recitative
Question #18
Which describes the character of Wotan?
A.   the fearless hero who awakens Brünnhilde
B.   a hideous dwarf
C.   the father of the gods
D.   the god of fire
Question #19
Which elements are present in Wagner’s operas?
A.   profound feeling for nature
B.   All possible answers.
C.   supernatural as an element
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.   explanations of the motives are stated in a printed program provided by Wagner
C.   the motives are recurring and consist of a few notes
D.   the motives trace changes in the characters

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