Hector Berlioz looked to the writings of Shakespeare as the basis for both an opera and symphonic works.
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true
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Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is absolute music.
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false
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In the nineteenth century Theobold Boehm improved the flute, making it metal rather than wood.
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true
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Which of the following made improved instruments possible in the nineteenth century?
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increased availability of raw materials
improved production of metal alloys
machines powered by steam
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Adolphe Sax developed the saxophone in the middle of the nineteenth century.
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true
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Berlioz was a devoted fan of Beethoven.
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true
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Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called - music.
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progrm
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Berlioz's wife, who is believed to be the inspiration for his Symphonie fantastique, was which?
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the actress Harriet Smithson
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The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, is called the -.
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idee
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Match each movement to the description Berlioz includes in the score for his Symphonie fantastique.
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A dance in which the beloved is glimpsed for a moment
-Movement II
A shepherds' duet inspires anxiety
-Movement III
The artist is punished for committing a crime of passion
-Movement IV
The young musician's passionate daydream about love and suffering
-Movement I
The creatures of the underworld introduce the musician's eternal resting place
=movement V
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In which movement is the Dies irae ("Day of Wrath") theme from the Mass for the Dead heard in Symphonie fantastique?
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the fifth
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The character development in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is realized musically through the thematic development of the -.
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idee
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Which of the following is true about Hector Berlioz and which is not?
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He won the Prix de Rome.
Some of his works have a literary basis.
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- music evokes images and ideas and is distinguished from - music, which consists of music without literary or pictorial meanings.
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program
absolute
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Match each technological advancement to the instrument that it affected most in the nineteenth century.
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piano
Correct label:
cast-iron frame
trumpets and horns
Correct label:
rotary and piston valves
flute
Correct label:
new sound hole system
violin
correct label:
secure chin rest
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The instrument that was invented in the nineteenth century and ultimately became a staple in jazz bands is the -.
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saxophone
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What is the expansive form of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique—in which a recurrent theme is varied in harmony, rhythm, meter, tempo, dynamics, register, and/or instrumental color—called?
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thematic transformation
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