Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the nineteenth-century symphony?

Accepted Answer

small orchestra with limited winds

Question 2

Brahms is buried

Accepted Answer

in Vienna, near Beethoven and Schubert.

Question 3

Brahms is from which country?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 4

Brahms moved to Vienna

Accepted Answer

and became enormously successful

Question 5

Brahms only wrote orchestral music.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 6

Brahms wrote all of his symphonies after he turned forty.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 7

Brahms's Four Serious Songs were written in response to Clara Schumann's declining health.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 8

Brahms's Symphony No. 3 in F major uses none of the forms often found in late eighteenth-century symphonies.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 9

Brahms's compositional focus was programmatic music.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 10

By the Romantic era, music performances had moved from the palace to public concert halls.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 11

How many symphonies did Brahms write?

Accepted Answer

four

Question 12

In his Symphony No. 3, Brahms incorporates a melodic motive from the first movement into the other movements.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 13

Which is NOT a genre in which Brahms composed?

Accepted Answer

opera

Question 14

Johannes Brahms is revered for his mastery in composing

Accepted Answer

absolute music

Question 15

Music without a program, relying entirely on structures of sound for its expressive power, is called

Accepted Answer

absolute music

Question 16

Which statement is NOT true of Brahms's personal motto?

Accepted Answer

Brahms's personal motto was Always a bachelor.

Question 17

The Romantic symphony featured an orchestra larger than that of the Classical era.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 18

The opening melody of the third movement in Brahms's Symphony No. 3 is given to which instrument?

Accepted Answer

cellos

Question 19

Which composer nurtured Brahms's talents, going as far as taking him into his home?

Accepted Answer

robert schumann

Question 20

Which describes Brahms?

Accepted Answer

traditionalist composer

Question 21

Which does NOT describe Brahms's musical style?

Accepted Answer

supernatural as an element

Question 22

Which is the most important element in absolute music?

Accepted Answer

form

Question 23

Which of the following characterizes the third movement of Brahms's Symphony No. 3?

Accepted Answer

All possible answers

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Romantic symphony?

Accepted Answer

Romantic composers often shortened and lightened up the last movement of a symphony to balance the first movement.

Question 25

Which statement about the Romantic-era symphony is true?

Accepted Answer

The first movement of a Romantic symphony is usually the most dramatic and features the use of sonata-allegro form.

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