Ch. 28 Intro. To Music

Chopin is credited with creating:

Chopin spent most of his productive life in:

Chopin contributed much to the establishment of a modern piano style.

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's The Year is her only symphonic poem.

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's The Year is a cycle for:

What nineteenth-century composer's entire output centered around the piano?

Which of the following does NOT characterize the music of Chopin?

Titles such as Prelude, Impromptu, and Intermezzo are used for:

The mazurka is a Hungarian folk dance.

The manuscript for Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's September: At the River, from The Year, has poetic lines by:

Chopin wrote in all genres of music, including opera and symphony.

Nineteenth-century composers of the short, lyric piano piece included:

What is the origin of the mazurka?

The form of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's September: At the River, from The Year, is:

Chopin primarily composed for which type of venue?

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was discouraged from pursuing a career as a composer because:

Which composer is known as "the poet of the piano"?

As in the eighteenth century, nineteenth-century virtuoso pianists were almost always prominent composers as well.

The short, lyric piano piece is the instrumental equivalent of:

How does Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's The Year reach a level of achievement beyond her brother Felix?

Of the following, which type of piano work has a spacious form?

Piano manufacturing remained unchanged until the technical advances of the early twentieth century.

An étude is a short but highly technical study piece for piano.

Salon performances were usually open to the general public.

The term tempo rubato means:

With which famous novelist did Chopin become romantically involved?

The term tempo rubato, associated with Chopin's music, means that the performer should:

The rise in popularity of the piano was an important factor in shaping the musical culture of the Romantic era.

Which of the following does NOT characterize Chopin's Mazurka in B-flat Minor, Op. 24, No. 4?

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's The Year has extra-musical connections.

Chopin had a long relationship with the female writer George Sand.

Many Romantic piano works are in short, free forms.

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel is known for her large-scale orchestral compositions.

Chopin is considered to be the national composer of:

Which of the following did NOT characterize salons?

Which of the following was NOT a technical improvement in the nineteenth-century piano?

Despite her gender, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was encouraged by her family to pursue a career in music.

Which of the following was NOT a genre of music written by Chopin?

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's output is dominated by:

The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was:

Chopin's Mazurka in B-flat minor, Op. 24, No. 4, is in duple meter.

Who composed the piano cycle entitled The Year?