Romantic Period

Which of the following is not true of music of the Romantic period?

1. Harmony tended to be colorful and more unstable

2. New Forms developed

3. All the music was deeply rooted in the classical tradition

4. There were greater ranges of tone color, dynamics, and pitch

All the music was deeply rooted in the classical tradition

Which of the following music reflects the concepts of exoticism?

1. Folk songs and dances

2. Bizet's opera Carmen

3. Chopin's Pollonaise in A Flat Major

4. music with a specific national identity

Bizet's opera Carmen

Instrumental music associated with a story is called:

1. nationalism

2. thematic transformation

3. program music

4. interlude

program music

By the end of the Romantic era, an orchestra might include ___________ musicians.

1. 100

2. 150

3. 200

4. 250

150

The purpose of using chromatic chords in Romantic music was to

1. create comples scores for musicians to read.

2. lengthen the phrases of the main theme

3. provide an opportunity for more experienced musicians to display their skill

4. snf color and motion

snf color and motion

Berlioz's use of a lyrical melody from the opening movement of Symphonie Fantastique that is then repeated as a grotesque dance in the finale is an example of:

1. program music

2. interlude

3. thematic transformation

4. coda

thematic transformation

The composer whose career was a model for many romantic composers was

1. Johann Sebastian Bach

2. Jospeh Haydn

3. Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

A composer who earned his/her living as a violin virtuoso was

1. Clara Schumann

2. Niccolo Paganini

3. Robert Schumann

4. Frederic Chopin

Niccolo Paganini

One of the few composers fortunate enough to be supported by private patrons was

1. Franz Liszt

2. Franz Schubert

3. Hector Berioz

4. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Music criticism was a source of income for both Berlioz and

1. Robert Schumann

2. Franz Liszt

3. Niccolo Paganini

4. Giuseppe Verdi

Franz Liszt

When music conservatories were founded, women

1. were admitted only as vocalists or pianists

2. were at first accepted only as students of performance

3. could study only musical composition, since performance was considered undignified

4. were not admitted

were at first accepted only as students of performance

In the art song, which instrument shares an equal interpretive task with the voice?

1. piano

2. violin

3. organ

4. harpsichord

piano

An art song in which two stanzas of a poem are set to the same music and another stanza is set to different music is called

1. Strophic form

2. through-composed form

3. modified-strophic form

4. a song cycle

modified-strophic form

A set of art songs that are intended to be performed together as a group is called

1. strophic form

2. through-composed form

3. modified-strophic form

4. a song cycle

a song cycle

Schubert

1. was widely acknowledged as a composer in his lifetime

2. was very self-critical, which accounts for his meager output

3. produced his greatest works after the age of forty

4. was the first great master of the romantic art song

was the first great master of the romantic art song

he piano's relentless rhythm in Erlkknig  unifies the song's episodes and suggests the

1. galloping horse

2. joy of the child

3. calmness of the father

4. approach of death

galloping horse

Schubert's songs number more than

1. 50

2. 100

3. 250

4. 600

600

he Erlking, in Schubert's song of that name, is a romantic personification of

1. ghosts

2. death

3. nature

4. a galloping horse

death

The Erlking is a poem by

1. Heinrich Heine

2. Schubert himself

3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

4. Robert Schumann

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The form of The Erlking is

1. strophic

2. modified strophic

3. through-composed

4. None of the answers are correct

through-composed

Which characteristic is not true of Schumann's works?

1. intensely autobiographical

2. usually linked with non-descriptive titles, texts, or programs

3. essentially lyrical in nature

4. all of the above

usually linked with non-descriptive titles, texts, or programs

Robert Schumann's Carnaval is a(n)

1. etude for piano students

2. song cycle

3. composition for orchestra

4. cycle of piano pieces

cycle of piano pieces

Clara Wieck was

1. the daughter of Schubert's piano teacher

2. an Italian pianist

3. Schumann's wife and a virtuoso pianist

4. Schumann's second cousin

Schumann's wife and a virtuoso pianist

During the first ten years of his creative life, Schumann published only

1. songs

2. piano pieces

3. symphonies

4. musical criticism

piano pieces

One of the characteristics of Schumann's Carnaval is that it

1. is permeated with autobiographical references in its musical ideas

2. includes sketches of great composers from past eras

3. was written partly to describe his marriage to Clara Wieck

4. is a song cycle of twenty-one pieces

is permeated with autobiographical references in its musical ideas

Clara Wieck Schumann considered herself to be primarily

1. a composer

2. a teacher

3. a mother of a large family

4. a performing artist

a performing artist

Romanze (romance) in the nineteenth century was often used for a(n)

1. steamy, sexy novel

2. short, lyrical piece for piano

3. autobiographical song cycle

4. descriptive programmatic symphony

short, lyrical piece for piano

Clara Schumann frequently performed the works of her husband and her close friend

1. Hector Berlioz

2. Richard Wagner

3. Johann Sebastian Bach

4. Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms

Clara Schumann

1. composed many works for orchestra

2. stopped composing at the age of thirty-six when her husband died

3. gave up concertizing when she got married

4. continued to compose music throughout her life

stopped composing at the age of thirty-six when her husband died

As a composer, Clara Schumann

1. wrote songs, piano pieces, a piano concerto, and a trio for piano, violin, and cello

2. wrote only operas

3. wrote only short lyrical piano pieces

4. never performed her own music

wrote songs, piano pieces, a piano concerto, and a trio for piano, violin, and cello

Chopin was

1. an extroverted virtuoso

2. robust and flamboyant

3. sloppy and careless in dress

4. shy and reserved

shy and reserved

Most of Chopin's pieces

1. are exquisite miniatures

2. are for a wide range of media

3. have a limited variety of moods

4. have literary programs or titles

are exquisite miniatures

Chopin's Revolutionary Etude in C Minor develops the pianist's left hand because

1. the left hand must play rapid passages throughout

2. it is played only by the left hand

3. it takes nearly an hour to perform

4. the left hand plays the main melody

the left hand must play rapid passages throughout

Because of his size, it was difficult for Chopin to

1. play fast passages on the piano

2. produce big sounds on the piano

3. conduct symphony orchestras

4. use the pedal on the piano

produce big sounds on the piano

Much of Chopin's music is an example of

1. expressionism

2. exoticism

3. nationalism

4. impressionism

nationalism

The polonaise is

1. a dance in duple meter

2. a dance in triple meter

3. a march in duple meter

4. a march in triple meter

a dance in triple meter

Among Liszt's favorite inspirations were the literary works of

1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

2. Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein

3. Heinrich Heine

4. Richard Wagner

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Liszt typified the romantic movement because he

1. wrote love songs

2. played many instruments other than the piano

3. was born in Paris

4. had a charismatic personality and was a stupendous performer

had a charismatic personality and was a stupendous performer

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Liszt's piano works?

1. arpeggios

2. rapid octaves and daring leaps

3. a small range of dynamics

4. complexity of sound

a small range of dynamics

In many of his works, Liszt unified contrasting moods by a process known as

1. motivic repetition

2. thematic transformation

3. sequential restatement

4. cohesive unification

thematic transformation

During his teens and twenties, Liszt lived in

1. Rome

2. Weimar

3. Paris

4. Budapest

Paris

As a youth, Liszt was influenced by the performances of

1. Richard Wagner

2. Hector Berlioz

3. Robert Schumann

4. Niccolo Paganini

Niccolo Paganini

Liszt created the ______________, a one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.

1. concert overture

2. symphonic poem

3. piano concerto

4. sonata

symphonic poem

Liszt created the ______________, a one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.'

1. Rome

2. Weimar

3. Paris

4. Budapest

Weimar

Until the age of thirty-six, Liszt toured Europe as a virtuoso

1. pianist

2. conductor

3. cellist

4. All answers are correct

pianist

The aim of most program music is

1. description

2. expression

3. to provide an interlude between longer pieces

4. to showcase the composer’s skill

expression

A ________ is a one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.

1. mazurka

2. program symphony

3. symphonic poem

4. nocture

symphonic poem

The composer who developed the symphonic poem was

1. Franz Liszt

2. Ludwig van Beethoven

3. Franz Schubert

4. Richard Strauss

Franz Liszt

Today's movie scores may be regarded as examples of

1. pure music

2. incidental music

3. folk music

4. absolute music

incidental music

Nonprogram music is also known as _____________ music.

1. pure

2. absolute

3. concert

4. symphonic

absolute

The high point of Mendelssohn's career was the triumphant premiere of his oratorio _____________ in England.

1. Elijah

2. Hebrides

3. A Midsummer Night's Dream

4. Fingal's Cave

Elijah

Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin in E Minor opens with a(n)

1. orchestral exposition typical in concertos

2. soloist, who presents the main theme

3. slow introduction by the orchestra

4. single bassoon tone

soloist, who presents the main theme

The three movements of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin

1. are unified by the process of thematic transformation

2. are all in the same key

3. all have separate cadenzas

4. are played without pause

are played without pause

In the first movement of the Concerto for Violin, the cadenza

1. is left to the performer to improvise

2. appears at the end of the recapitulation, as is common in classical concertos

3. appears at the end of the development section as a transition to the recapitulation

4. is frequently omitted in performance

appears at the end of the development section as a transition to the recapitulation

Mendelssohn is known as the man who rekindled an interest in the music of

1. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

2. Johann Sebastian Bach

3. George Frideric Handel

4. Franz Schubert

Johann Sebastian Bach

Antonin Dvoroak's music was first promoted by

1. Hector Berlioz

2. Richard Wagner

3. Franz Liszt

4. Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms

Dvorak ____________ quoted actual folk tunes in his compositions

1. never

2. rarely

3. occasionally

4. frequently

rarely

In the second movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony, the nostalgic quality of the melody of the famous largo movement is heightened by the timbre of the

1. french horn

2. muted violins

3. english horn

4. cello

english horn

In 1892, Dvorak went to ___________, where he spent almost three years as director of the National Conservatory of Music

1. London

2. New York

3. Prague

4. Leipzig

New York

Dvorak "found a secure basis for a new national [American] musical school" in the

1. Music of New York

2. western art music taught at the National Conservatory of Music.

3. African-American spirituals

4. traditional folk music of European immigrants

African-American spirituals

The popular character of the Dvorak's New World Symphony can be traced to the composer's use of ___________ often found in folk music.

1. syncopations

2. pentatonic scales

3. modal scales

4. all of the above

all of the above

In order to support his family, Berlioz turned to

1. medicine

2. musical journalism

3. teaching

4. arranging concerts

musical journalism

Parisians were startled by Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony because of its

1. sensationally autobiographical program

2. amazingly novel orchestration

3. vivid description of the weird and diabolical

4. all answers are correct

all answers are correct

In 1830 the Paris Conservatory awarded Berlioz

1. a graduate fellowship

2. a scholarship

3. a position on the faculty

4. the Prix de Rome

the Prix de Rome

The liturgical melody quoted in the last movement of the Fantastic Symphony is the

1. Ave Maria

2. alleluia

3. benedictus

4. Dies irae

Dies irae

Outside France, Hector Berlioz enjoyed a great career as a(n)

1. conductor

2. concert pianist

3. singer

4. impresario

conductor

Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony is unified by the recurrence of a theme known as the

1. germ motive

2. home variation

3. idée fixe

4. basic motive

idée fixe

The Fantastic Symphony reflects Berlioz's

1. intense nationalism

2. experience in Rome

3. love for the actress Harriet Smithson

4. interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles

love for the actress Harriet Smithson

The fourth movement of the Fantastic Symphony depicts a

1. march to the scaffold

2. ball

3. dream of a witches’ Sabbath

4. scene in the country

march to the scaffold

Which of the following was not composed by Berlioz?

1. Romeo and Juliet

2. The Damnation of Faust

3. The Sorcerer's Apprentice

4. Requiem

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The second movement of the Fantastic Symphony is a __________, the most popular dance of the romantic era.

1. waltz

2. minuet

3. country dance

4. gavotte

waltz

The most original, and probably the greatest of the Russian five, was

1. César Cui

2. Modest Mussorgsky

3. Alexander Borodin

4. Mily Balakirev

Modest Mussorgsky

Libretti that fanned the public's hatred for its Austrian overlords were deliberately chosen by the composer

1. Gioacchino Rossini

2. Modest Mussorgsky

3. Giuseppe Verdi

4. Richard Wagner

Giuseppe Verdi

Smetana grew up when Bohemia was under ________________ domination

1. German

2. Austrian

3. Polish

4. Russian

Austrian

Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition was inspired by

1. paintings in the Louvre Museum

2. buildings designed by Musssorgsky's friend, architect Victor Hartmann

3. pictures in a memorial exhibit

4. pictures in an exhibit for a new artist

pictures in a memorial exhibit

Even though Smetana was deaf at the time, he composed a musical work depicting Bohemia's main river as it flows through the countryside. The name of the river, and the musical composition, is the

1. Moldau

2. Seine

3. Danube

4. Thames

Moldau

The first American concert pianist to gain international recognition was

1. Harry T. Burleigh

2. Charles Ives

3. Stephen Foster

4. Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Nadezhda von Meck was

1. one of Tchaikovsky's lovers

2. a wealthy benefactress who provided Tchaikovsky with an annuity.

3. Tchaikovsky's wife

4. the inspiration for his Romeo and Juliet

a wealthy benefactress who provided Tchaikovsky with an annuity

At its premiere in 1870, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture was

1. a tremendous success

2. a dismal failure

3. performed by a large orchestra, with chorus and cannon

4. enthusiastically applauded by the tsar

a dismal failure

Which of the following was not composed by Tchaikovsky?

1. Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)

2. Russian Easter Overture

3. Marche slave

4. Overture 1812

Russian Easter Overture

Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet is a(n)

1. opera

2. program symphony

3. symphonic poem

4. concert overture

concert overture

Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony

1. has 5 movements

2. ends with a slow, despairing finale

3. is in the usual four-movement form

4. was left unfinished by the composer

ends with a slow, despairing finale

Smetana grew up when Bohemia was under _________ domination

1. French

2. Austrian

3. Russian

4. Swiss

Austrian

Smetana is regarded today as the father of ___________.

1. the tone poem

2. Czech national music

3. Antonin Dvorak

4. the use of tubas in the orchestra

Czech national music

Smetana's most popular opera is _____________.

1. Ma Vlast

2. The Bartered Bride

3. Fidelio

4. The Moldau

The Bartered Bride

Smetana's most famous work is the tone poem Ma Vlast (My Land). In it, the movement called The Moldau depicts ____________.

1. a river

2. a castle

3. a mythical bird

4. a battle

a river

Brahms's works, though very personal in style, are rooted in the music of

1. Joseph Haydn

2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3. Ludwig van Beethoven

4. All answers are correct

All answers are correct

Brahms's musical trademarks included

1. bombastic flamboyance

2. the use of two notes against three

3. the use of da capo arias

4. all answers are correct

the use of two notes against three.

The course of Brahms's artistic and personal life was shaped by the influence of the composer

1. Antonin Dvorak

2. Richard Wagner

3. Franz Liszt

4. Robert Schumann and his wife Clara

Robert Schumann and his wife Clara

Which piece established Brahms as a leading composer of his time?

1. Symphony No. 3 in F Major

2. A German Requiem

3. Four Serious Songs

4. his piano works

A German Requiem

Brahms created masterpieces in all the traditional forms except

1. dance suites

2. concertos

3. opera

4. program music

opera

Critics were often scandalized by the subject matter of Verdi's operas because they

1. symbolized a free and unified Italy

2. commemorated the Suez canal, which was not even in Europe

3. were based on Shakespearean plays

4. seemed to condone rape, suicide, and free love

seemed to condone rape, suicide, and free love

Which of the following operas is not by Verdi?

1. La Traviata

2. Cavalleria rusticana

3. II Trovatore

4. Otello

Cavalleria rusticana

Verdi's great comic masterpiece, written when he was seventy-nine, is

1. II Trovatore

2. Otello

3. Falstaff

4. Aida

Falstaff

Verdi studied music in _________, the city where Italy's most important opera house, La Scala, is located.

1. Rome

2. Florence

3. Venice

4. Milan

Milan

Verdi's first great success, an opera with strong political overtones, was

1. Oberto

2. Aida

3. Nabucco

4. La Traviata

Nabucco

Verdi mainly composed his operas

1. for the Italian musical elite

2. to glorify the singers

3. to promote Italian unification

4. to entertain a mass public

to entertain a mass public

Rigoletto, the title character in Giuseppe Verdi's opera, is

1. a hunchbacked court jester

2. the father of Cornelia

3. a servant to the duke of Esterhazy

4. Verdi’s son

a hunchbacked court jester

The famous aria "La donna e mobile" is taken from Verdi's opera

1. Rigoletto

2. Aida

3. Falstaff

4. II Trovatore

Rigoletto

The soul of a Verdi opera is

1. extensive thematic development

2. expressive vocal melody

3. the situation comedy

4. atmospheric orchestral parts

expressive vocal melody