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QUESTION 1Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was considered the Tsar of Russian Music. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 2One translation of the title Wagner’s Götterdämmerung is”The Curse of the Gods””The Highlight of the Gods””The Final Judgment of the Gods””The Image of God””The Twilight of the Gods”0.66667 points QUESTION 3When writing an art song, the composerarranges a melody originally written for piano and transcribes it for a singer and pianistfinds a melody he or she likes and then writes words to go with that melodytakes a folk song and arranges it for performance by a singer and pianistselects a poem and then writes music that enhances the sense of that text0.66667 points QUESTION 4Theme transformation isa theme that has been turned upside down so that an interval that originally ascended now descends, and so fortha theme from an absolute work of music that is used in a work of program musicwriting a theme or melody for a different instrument or voicea rather short melodic pattern that is subject to changes in rhythm, harmony, and other featuresanother name for theme and variations0.66667 points QUESTION 5Program music is music that isassociated by the composer with a nonmusical ideain none of the standard formsplayed in response to the continued applause of the audienceprinted in the programplayed by an orchestra0.66667 points QUESTION 6Beethoven’s early compositions are in the Classical style of Mozart and Haydn, but later his works often were longer and more powerful. falsetrue0.66667 points QUESTION 7Romantic writers, artists, and composers were often self-absorbed and sometimes antisocial.falsetrue0.66667 points QUESTION 8Brahms’s German Requiem is so titled becausehe composed it while living in Germanyit uses the traditional Requiem text but in a German translationit was dedicated to Kaiser Wilhelmthe music of its last section is based on the German national anthemit uses phrases from the Bible that are in German instead of the traditional Latin text0.66667 points QUESTION 9Romantic writers and musicians were impressed by the unknown.truefalse0.66667 points QUESTION 10Berlioz created his Symphonie fantastique to vent his feelings abouthis love for the actress Harriet Smithsonhis admiration for the poet Lamartinebeing dismissed from his job at a Paris hospitalbeing raised as an orphanhis bad relationship with his father0.66667 points QUESTION 11One of the musical innovations contained in the music of the “Coronation Scene” ischords in secondsthe whole-tone scaleAll of these choicesthe pentatonic scaletone clusters0.66667 points QUESTION 12Beethoven composed very little music other than symphonies and piano sonatas.falsetrue0.66667 points QUESTION 13The fixed idea in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique appears in all five movements of the work.falsetrue0.66667 points QUESTION 14A fugato isanother name for imitationanother name for fuguea fugue-like passagemusic in which sounds in one part “fight” with anothera short fantasy-like section0.66667 points QUESTION 15Diminution refers toplaying a theme softlya theme with its note values doubledarranging a work for full orchestra for a small orchestranot repeating sections of a worka theme with its note values cut in half0.66667 points QUESTION 16A feature of the fifth movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is the use ofa theme from J. S. Bacha quotation from a Gregorian chanta theme from Mozartpolymetersritornelli form0.66667 points QUESTION 17Which book title best represents Romanticism?The Life of J.S. BachMy StrugglesThe Coronation of PoppeaThe Logic of AristotleThe Acoustics of Music0.66667 points QUESTION 18Romantic symphonies and concertos are generally quite a bit longer than their Classical counterparts.truefalse0.66667 points QUESTION 19Ballet developed in the courts of Russia.falsetrue0.66667 points QUESTION 20The first movement of Dvorák’s “American” Quartet isin rondo forma theme and variationsin ABA formnone of the abovein sonata form0.66667 points QUESTION 21The characters in Wagner’s operas are mostly drawn from Greek mythology.truefalse0.66667 points QUESTION 22The Russian composer who represents a phase called “Exoticism” isRimsky-KorsakovMussorgskyTchaikovskyBorodinGlinka0.66667 points QUESTION 23Nationalism in the nineteenth century was partly an attempt by various composers to break free of the prevailingFrench styleEnglish styleGerman-Austrian styleItalian styleRussian style0.66667 points QUESTION 24Which composer was not a member of the “Russian Five”?MussorgskyTchaikovskyRimsky-KorsakovBalakirevBorodin0.66667 points QUESTION 25In the third movement of his Symphony No. 5, Beethoven changed the traditional minuet and trio to atheme and variationsgiguecountry dancenone of the abovescherzo0.66667 points QUESTION 26A feature of Romantic music is itscomplex rhythmsAll of these choicesuse of folk musicconcise musical worksrich harmonies0.66667 points QUESTION 27Liszt’s La Campanella is asonatawork for piano and orchestraNone of these choicesvirtuoso set of variations on a themecharacter piece0.66667 points QUESTION 28Like Beethoven, Brahms extensively develops motives in many of his works.falsetrue0.66667 points QUESTION 29The fourth movement of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony featuresa fiery first themea Russian folk song as the second themea quotation from the introduction to the first movementAll of these choicesmuch contrast between the first and second themes0.66667 points QUESTION 30Romantic artists and musicians thought of themselves as only highly skilled craftsmen.truefalse0.66667 points QUESTION 31Some nationalistic composers wrote directions in the music in their native language instead of the traditional Italian.truefalse0.66667 points QUESTION 32Which work is probably program music?”Der Erlkönig”Nocturne in D FlatConcerto grosso in D MinorMessiahGrand Canyon Suite0.66667 points QUESTION 33″Verismo” operas were aboutheroic warriorspeople in everyday lifemythological Greek and Roman godsmembers of royal familiesrulers in ancient Rome0.66667 points QUESTION 34One of the important changes Beethoven made in sonata form was toadd a third themeeliminate the contrast between the first and second themesnone of the aboveexpand the codarepeat the development section0.66667 points QUESTION 35Dvorák was helped greatly by fellow composerSchumannLisztMendelssohnBrahmsSmetana0.66667 points QUESTION 36Brahms was considered by some nineteenth-century musicians to be out of date because headmired J.S. Bach’s musicwas anxious that only his better works be publisheddid not compose operasoften used the same forms as composers of the Classical perioddisliked Wagner and his music0.66667 points QUESTION 37Art songs are often called by their German name, which isWerkLiederVolkmusikVerzeichnisSingspiels0.66667 points QUESTION 38Dvorák’s “American” Quartet is so named because itAll of these choiceswas commissioned by an American, Andrew Carnegiewas first published in the United Statescontains American folk melodieswas composed while he was in America0.66667 points QUESTION 39Antonin Dvorák’s native country wasBohemiaRussiaPolandSwitzerlandGermany0.66667 points QUESTION 40Some composers in the Romantic period worked hard at having their compositions sound like improvised momentary feelings rendered in sound.truefalse0.66667 points QUESTION 41Beethoven was especially fond oflong, gradual decrescendosrhythmic ostinatosthe percussion sectionrondo formrepeating and developing short melodic ideas0.66667 points QUESTION 42Beethoven frequently usedmajor and minor keyssudden contrasts in moodall of these choicesforms such as sonata and rondorepeated notes and chords0.66667 points QUESTION 43Mussorgsky completed several unfinished works started by Rimsky-Korsakov.falsetrue0.66667 points QUESTION 44Which two composers in addition to Berlioz are especially recognized for their program music?Robert Schumann and Felix MendelssohnChopin and LisztLiszt and Richard StraussBeethoven and LisztRichard Strauss and Felix Mendelssohn0.66667 points QUESTION 45Brahms composed all these types of music exceptpiano musicchamber musicconcertoschoral musicoperas0.66667 points QUESTION 46Mussorgsky’s opera Boris Godunov is a series of episodes rather than a story that moves sequentially from one scene to the next.falsetrue0.66667 points QUESTION 47Important composers of piano music in the Romantic period includeR. Strauss and WagnerVerdi and PucciniMonteverdi and PurcellSchumann and RossiniChopin and Liszt0.66667 points QUESTION 48The fourth movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony isa theme and variationsin ABA formnone of the abovein sonata formin rondo form0.66667 points QUESTION 49Along with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the most influential musical work of the nineteenth century was _______________________. Mahler’s Symphony #1 Wagner’s Tristan und IsoldeBerlioz’s Symphonie FantastiqueCarl Maria von Weber’s Der FrieschützVerdi’s Nabucco0.66667 points QUESTION 50What Beethoven was to the first half of the nineteenth century, so ____________________ was to the second half. Gustav Mahler Richard StraussJohannes BrahmsRichard Wagner Antonin Dvorak0.66667 points QUESTION 51The history of a truly Russian concert music begins with _____________. Mily BalakirevMikhail Glinka Alexander Borodin Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Modeste Mussorgsky 0.66667 points QUESTION 52Singspiel literally means, “a spoken play with singing.” True False0.66667 points QUESTION 53Exoticism is the use by a composer of one nationality of the ethnic musical elements of another nationality. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 54Which of the following would not be considered an example of “exoticism”? Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio ItalianRimsky Korsakov’s ScheherazadeBrahms Hungarian Dance #5 Ravel’s BoleroSmetana’s Ma Vlast0.66667 points QUESTION 55Which of the following is not true concerning Danhauser’s painting Liszt at the Piano from 1840. Beethoven’s bust is seen against a window which frames a roiling and turbulent sky. It portrays Liszt at the piano looking at a monumental marble bust of Beethoven perched on the piano. It pictures a Parisian salon filled with some of the greatest artists of the day. It illustrates perfectly the romantic era infatuation with the Beethovian “ideal”. Liszt is seen performing a piano duet with Chopin.0.66667 points QUESTION 56The big difference between the music of the Classical era and that of the Romantic era has to do with: the establishment of new musical forms and the rise of nationalism. the establishment of new musical forms and the incremental changes to the musical language. the expanded expressive content and the incremental changes to the musical language. the expanded expressive content and the establishment of new musical forms. the incremental changes to the musical language and the rise of nationalism. 0.66667 points QUESTION 57Painting became the ultimate art form for those in the Romantic period. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 58During his lifetime, Beethoven was considered by many of his contemporaries as an oddity, whose compositions could be ignored because they were the product of an eccentric, progressively deaf composer. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 59Folkloric nationalism is quite different from the language-based nationalism of the Baroque era. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 60Beethoven’s 6th symphony, nicknamed the Pastoral, consists of 5 movements, rather than the standard 4 movement form of the Vienesse classical period. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 61When applied to art and literature of the 1800’s, the word romantic refers to physical love and/or affection. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 62The 4th movement of Beethoven’s 6th symphony is entirely programmatic, the form being determined by the story being told, which is the depiction of a “Storm”. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 63The only major nineteenth-century composer who wrote no program music whatsoever was Gustav Mahler. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 64Many composers wrote “miniatures” to overcome the challenge of dealing with large-scale musical forms. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 65″Grandiose Compositions” were an important Romantic response to the use of Viennese classical forms and were widely composed throughout the 1800’s. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 66The spontaniety, individuality, and creative freedom treasured by many nineteenth-century composers was expressed in their conforming to preordained musical forms. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 67A concert overture is a one-movement program composition for orchestra written in sonata form or a modification of sonata form. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 68The vast majority of nineteenth century composers continued to use the Classical era forms in one way or another whenever it suited them. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 69Most of Franz Liszt’s music was for solo piano, primarily sets of miniature compositions. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 70What happened at the premiere of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique that shocked the audience?The orchestra performed from behind a curtain.The symphony had five movements.They were asked to refrain from applause until the end of the symphony.They received a printed program describing each of the symphony’s five movements.0.66667 points QUESTION 71A cavatina is a type of aria intended to show off a singer’s ability to negotiate a long phrase with beauty of tone, nuance, and color. True False0.66667 points QUESTION 72Which of the following statements is not true of Verdi’s mature operas? The orchestra is more than just accompaniment, but constitutes an important part of the musical presentation.There is a focus on continuous dramatic line The vocalists are given great liberty in embellishing the musical lines.Human emotion and relationships lie at the heart of the opera. The old divisions of aria, recitative, and ensemble are deemphasized.0.66667 points QUESTION 73Which of the following was not a principle composer of bel canto opera?Gioacchino RossiniGaetano DonizettiGiacomo PucciniVincenzo Bellini0.66667 points QUESTION 74Which of the following types of compositions did Chopin not write? orchestral nocturnespiano concertos piano miniatures piano scherzospiano etudes 0.66667 points QUESTION 75Which of the following is not one of the basic genres of nineteenth-century orchestral program music. a program symphony a symphonic overturea tone poem a concert overture a symphonic concerto
