Chapter 52. Nationalism Crosses the Ocean: Dvořák and Late Romanticism in the USA; Listening Guide 43: Dvořák: String Quartet in F Major (American)

What describes the instrumentation of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? 0:24

string quartet

The pitches of the first theme in the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major are derived from what five-note scale?

pentatonic

The first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major is in sonata-allegro form and includes two themes. Which instruments perform the first theme? Which do not? 0:24

viola

first violin

What describes the meter of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? 0:54

quadruple

What describes the texture of the following excerpt from the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? 0:24

homophonic

Listen to the exposition of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major and then put the following selections in the correct order.

0:54, 0:44, 0:47

Which of the following describe the melody and harmony of the opening of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? Which do not? 0:13

pentatonic

major

Match excerpts from the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major to their corresponding sections of sonata form.

exposition - 0:47

recapitulation - 7:24

development - 0:36

Although Dvořák was in the -

when he composed his String Quartet in F Major, his use of the -

scale in the first movement may have been inspired by African American - or folk traditions in his home country of - and central Europe in general.

United States, pentatonic, spirituals, Bohemia

Listen to themes 1 and 2 from the exposition of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major.

Now listen to the following excerpt from the recapitulation 7:24

In this excerpt from the recapitulation, Theme 2 is in a different key than it was in the exposition.

True

Which of the following statements correctly describe the exposition of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? 2:25

☑ Theme 1 is based on a pentatonic scale

☑ The transition elaborates on motives from theme 1.

☑ The melody of theme 2 is performed by the first violin.

Which of the following statements correctly describe the recapitulation of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? 2:51

☑ The recapitulation closes with a coda.

☑ Theme 2 is in the home key of F major.

Which instruments perform in this excerpt from the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? Which do not? 0:30

violin

viola

cello

Which of the following statements correctly describe the development section of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? 4:23

☑ The development closes with a fugato section

☑ Four instruments play short motives in imitation

☑ Motives from the transition are passed back and forth between instruments

☑ Both theme 1 and theme 2 return and are varied.

The first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major is in sonata-allegro form and includes two themes. What describes the instrument that introduces theme 2? 0:13

violin

In the exposition, the - introduces the first theme in a - key with a melody based on a pentatonic scale. This theme is then played by violin. After a transition which varies motives from the first theme, the - plays theme 2 in A major while the other instruments accompany with slow, quiet -

viola, major, violin, accompaniment

In the recapitulation the first theme returns in the key of F major, played by the - and then the first violin. A new - solo in a - key transitions to the second theme. Unlike the exposition, this theme is now in the - key and alternates between the -

in a low range and the cello in its highest range. The movement closes with a - based on motives from the -.

viola, cello, major, home, violin, coda, transition

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major. 0:24

harmony-major

melody- pentatonic

texture- homophonic

The development begins with glimpses of theme 1 and rhythmic motives from the - passed back and forth between instruments. The - theme returns in a varied and expanded form, with the first -most prominent. The first theme returns again with variations on the opening section in a dialogue between instruments. The development closes with a -section in which all four instruments play in imitation.

transition, second, violin, fugato

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major. 0:29

form- development

texture-polyphonic

Listen to part of the development from the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major and then put the following selections in the correct order.

Dvořák, String Quartet, F Major, American 2:42

0:47, 1:18, 0;36

In what order do these themes appear in the development? 1:04

Theme 2, Theme 1

Match excerpts from the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major to the corresponding sections of sonata form.

recapitulation- 1:13

development - 1:40

exposition - 1:39

In this excerpt from the development, Theme 1 returns in varied and expanded form, with the first violin most prominent. 0:47

False

Listen to part of the recapitulation from the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major and then put the following selections in the correct order.

Dvořák, String Quartet, F Major, American 2:51

0:24, 1:13,___,0:36

What famous European "nationalist" composer became a figurehead for intense debate about the definition of American music in the United States?

Antonín Dvořák

How was musical nationalism in the nineteenth century often described?

A way for composers to represent their regional traditions as equal in expressive power to German art music

Which of the following are types of music that European immigrant composers in the United States drew from to establish a national American school? Which are not?

African American music

Native American music

Which of the following describe musical efforts by European immigrants who populated the United States by the nineteenth century?

☑ creation of an international style couched in terms of universality

☑ integration of African American musical traditions to create music rivaling European art music

☑ incorporation of Indian themes based on stereotypes of Native American music to create music rivaling European art music

☑ performance of music in the traditions of their native lands

Which of the following was Antonín Dvořák well known as? Which was he not?

a practitioner of German absolute music

a champion of musical nationalism in Prague

Which of the following describe who recruited Antonín Dvořák to be the director of the National Conservatory of America in 1892? Which do not?

Who of the following recruited Antonín Dvořák to be the director of the National Conservatory of America in 1892? Who did not?

The founder of the National Conservatory of America,

Jeanette Thurber

Before taking his post at the National Conservatory of America, Antonín Dvořák told a London newspaper that America should ignore the influence of German art music.

F

After listening to his African American composition students, most notably -, perform - from their communities, Antonín Dvořák was struck by the music's expressive potential.

Harry T. Burleigh

spirituals

The first movement of Antonín Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major is in - form with melodies centered on a - scale.

sonata-allegro

pentatonic

Where did Antonín Dvořák travel with his family to in the summer of 1893? Where did he not?

Spillville, Iowa

a Czech settlement

Which of the following describe the scale that Antonín Dvořák significantly used throughout his American String Quartet?

☑ five-note scale

☑ pentatonic scale

☑ scale used frequently in African American spirituals

☑ scale used frequently in folk traditions of Bohemia

Antonín Dvořák's -, many based on - themes, are the most strongly national of his country.

Operas

Czech

Why did Antonín Dvořák come to the United States in 1892?

He was recruited to be the director of the National Conservatory of America.

After arriving in the United States in the 1890s, Antonín Dvořák never returned home to Bohemia.

False

In Spillville, Iowa in 1893 there were - church services and a school, so Antonín Dvořák felt like he was home in -

Czech

Bohemia

Who of the following recruited Antonín Dvořák to be the director of the National Conservatory of America in 1892? Who did not?

the founder of the National Conservatory of America,

Jeanette Thurber

Antonín Dvořák challenged American composers to embrace the "folk songs" of the United States while teaching in what city?

New York City

Which of the following describe the career of Antonín Dvořák?

☑ director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York

☑ He played viola in the Czech National Theater.

☑ professor of composition at the Conservatory of Pragu

Place the movements of Antonín Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major in their correct order.

Allegro ma non troppo in sonata-allegro form, F major

Lento in sectional form, D minor

Molto vivace scherzo and trio, F major/minor

Vivace ma non troppo in sonata-rondo form, F major

Match the musical descriptions of the first movement of Antonín Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major to their correct place within the sonata-allegro form of the movement.

-recapitulation

Theme 1 in F major and based on a pentatonic scale played by the viola and then by the first violin, is followed by theme 2, also in F major, alternating between the first violin and cello.

-Development

Theme 1 and theme 2 are varied and expanded in the form with variations in the dialogue between instruments.

-exposition

Theme 1, in F major and based on a pentatonic scale played by the viola and then by the first violin, is followed by theme 2 in A major, played by the first violin.

Which of the following describe the first movement of Antonín Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major?

☑ pentatonic scale melodies

☑ sonata-allegro form

☑ homophonic texture

What describes the instrumentation of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? 0:24

string quartet

The pitches of the first theme in the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major are derived from what five-note scale?

pentatonic

The first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major is in sonata-allegro form and includes two themes. Which instruments perform the first theme? Which do not? 0:24

viola

first violin

What describes the meter of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? 0:54

quadruple

What describes the texture of the following excerpt from the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? 0:24

homophonic

Listen to the exposition of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major and then put the following selections in the correct order.

0:54, 0:44, 0:47

Which of the following describe the melody and harmony of the opening of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? Which do not? 0:13

pentatonic

major

Match excerpts from the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major to their corresponding sections of sonata form.

exposition - 0:47

recapitulation - 7:24

development - 0:36

Although Dvořák was in the -

when he composed his String Quartet in F Major, his use of the -

scale in the first movement may have been inspired by African American - or folk traditions in his home country of - and central Europe in general.

United States, pentatonic, spirituals, Bohemia

Listen to themes 1 and 2 from the exposition of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major.

Now listen to the following excerpt from the recapitulation 7:24

In this excerpt from the recapitulation, Theme 2 is in a different key than it was in the exposition.

True

Which of the following statements correctly describe the exposition of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? 2:25

☑ Theme 1 is based on a pentatonic scale

☑ The transition elaborates on motives from theme 1.

☑ The melody of theme 2 is performed by the first violin.

Which of the following statements correctly describe the recapitulation of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? 2:51

☑ The recapitulation closes with a coda.

☑ Theme 2 is in the home key of F major.

Which instruments perform in this excerpt from the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? Which do not? 0:30

violin

viola

cello

Which of the following statements correctly describe the development section of the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major? 4:23

☑ The development closes with a fugato section

☑ Four instruments play short motives in imitation

☑ Motives from the transition are passed back and forth between instruments

☑ Both theme 1 and theme 2 return and are varied.

The first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major is in sonata-allegro form and includes two themes. What describes the instrument that introduces theme 2? 0:13

violin

In the exposition, the - introduces the first theme in a - key with a melody based on a pentatonic scale. This theme is then played by violin. After a transition which varies motives from the first theme, the - plays theme 2 in A major while the other instruments accompany with slow, quiet -

viola, major, violin, accompaniment

In the recapitulation the first theme returns in the key of F major, played by the - and then the first violin. A new - solo in a - key transitions to the second theme. Unlike the exposition, this theme is now in the - key and alternates between the -

in a low range and the cello in its highest range. The movement closes with a - based on motives from the -.

viola, cello, major, home, violin, coda, transition

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major. 0:24

harmony-major

melody- pentatonic

texture- homophonic

The development begins with glimpses of theme 1 and rhythmic motives from the - passed back and forth between instruments. The - theme returns in a varied and expanded form, with the first -most prominent. The first theme returns again with variations on the opening section in a dialogue between instruments. The development closes with a -section in which all four instruments play in imitation.

transition, second, violin, fugato

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major. 0:29

form- development

texture-polyphonic

Listen to part of the development from the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major and then put the following selections in the correct order.

Dvořák, String Quartet, F Major, American 2:42

0:47, 1:18, 0;36

In what order do these themes appear in the development? 1:04

Theme 2, Theme 1

Match excerpts from the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major to the corresponding sections of sonata form.

recapitulation- 1:13

development - 1:40

exposition - 1:39

In this excerpt from the development, Theme 1 returns in varied and expanded form, with the first violin most prominent. 0:47

False

Listen to part of the recapitulation from the first movement of Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major and then put the following selections in the correct order.

Dvořák, String Quartet, F Major, American 2:51

0:24, 1:13,___,0:36