Combo With "The Romantic Period" And 1 Other

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

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Ludwig van Beethoven

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

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Niccolo Paganini

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

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Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky

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Musical criticism was a source of income for both Berlioz and

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Robert Schumann

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When music conservatories were founded, women

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were at first accepted only as student of performance, but by the late 1800s could study musical composition

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A very important musical part of every middle-class home during the romantic period was the

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piano

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Public concerts had developed during the eighteenth century, but only in the nineteenth century did regular ___________ concerts become common

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subscription

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It is interesting to note that an American orchestra, the __________, is one of the two orchestras that are the third-oldest in the world.

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New York Philharmonic

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In the 1830s, Paris was

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a center of romanticism the artistic capital of Europe the home of Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac, and Heinrich Heine

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Chopin was

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shy and reserved

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Most of Chopin's pieces

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are exquisite miniatures

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

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the left hand must play rapid passages throughout

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A study piece, designed to help a performer master specific technical difficulties, is known as a(n)

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etude

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A slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano, associated with nighttime, is known as a(n)

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nocturne

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The __________ is a dance in triple meter that originated as a stately processional for the Polish nobility.

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polonaise

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Chopin expressed his love of Poland by composing ______________ and _____________.

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polonaises/mazurkas

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Among Liszt's favorite inspirations were the literary works of

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Liszt typified the romantic movement because he

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had a charismatic personality was an innovative composer was a stupendous performer

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Liszt's piano works are characterized by

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arpeggios rapid octaves and daring leaps an unprecedented range of dynamics

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

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thematic transformation

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During his teens and twenties, Liszt lived in

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Paris

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As a youth, Liszt was influenced by the performances of

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Niccolo Paganini

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

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symphonic poem

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Liszt abandoned his career as a traveling virtuoso to become a court conductor at ___________, where he championed works by contemporary composers.

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Weimar

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

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pianist

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

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Elijah

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

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soloist, who present the main theme

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The three movements of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin

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are played without pause

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

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

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

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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The work referred to by Beethoven as an "expression of feeling rather than painting" was his

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Symphony No.6

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

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symphonic poem

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The composer who developed the symphonic poem was

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Franz Liszt

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Today's movie scores may be regarded as examples of

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incidental music

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Nonprogram music is also known as _________ music.

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absolute

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In order to support his family, Berlioz turned to

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musical journalism

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

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sensationally autobiographical program amazingly novel orchestration vivid description of the weird and diabolical

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In 1830 the Paris Conservator awarded Berlioz

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the Prix de Rome

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

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Dies irae

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

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conductor

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

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idee fixe

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The Fantastic Symphony reflects Berlioz's

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love for actress Harriet Smithson

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The fourth movement of the Fantastic Symphony depicts a

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march to the scaffold

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Which of the following was not composed by Berlioz?

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The Sorcerer's Apprentice

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

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waltz

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

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Modest Mussorgsky

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The founder of the Czech national music was

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Bedrich Smetana

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

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Giuseppe Verdi

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Smetana grew up when Bohemia was under _________ domination.

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Austrian

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Smetana's most popular opera is _________.

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The Bartered Bride

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

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Moldau

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The first American concert pianist to gain international recognition was

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk

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Antonin Dvorak's music was first promoted by

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Johannes Brahms

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Dvorak _________ quoted actual folk tunes in his compostions.

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rarely

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In the first movement of the New World Symphony, Dvorak introduces a gracious melody that resembles the spiritual

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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

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

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New York

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

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African-American spirituals

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

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syncopations modal scales pentatonic scales

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Nadezhda con Meck was

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a wealthy benefactress who provided Tchaikovsky with an annuity

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

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a dismal failure

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Which of the following was not composed by Tchaikovsky?

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Russian Easter Overture

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Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet is a(n)

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concert overture

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Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony

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ends with a slow, despairing finale

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

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Joseph Haydn Ludwig van Beethoven Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Brahm's musical trademarks included

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the use of two notes against threee

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Johannes Brahm's Symphony No.3 in F Major

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is the shortest of his four symphonies is characterized by thematic connections among its four movements contains striking contrasts between major and minor

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Which of the following statements about the third movement of Brahm's Symphony No. 3 in F Major is not true?

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It utilizes a large orchestra

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In comparison to some earlier compositions, Brahm's musical output may be considered small. This is explained in part by the fact that Brahms

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was extremely critical of his own work, and endlessly revised his compositions

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The composer who had an overwhelming influence on the young Wagner was

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Ludwig van Beethoven

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Wagner called his works musical dramas rather than opera because

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there is a continuous musical flow within each act there are no breaks where applause can interrupt the vocal line is inspired by the rhythms and pitches of German text

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Wagner's last opera was

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Parsifal

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The librettos to the Ring of the Nibelung was written by

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Wagner himself

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A short musical idea associated with a person, object, or thought, used by Wagner in his operas is called

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leitmotif

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Valhalla in Wagner's Ring cycle, is

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the castle of the gods

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Wagner had an opera house built to his own specifications in

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Bayreuth

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Wagner's first successful opera was

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Rienzi

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Sigmund, in Wagner's opera Die Walkure, is

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Sieglinde's brother, then wife Siegfried's father Wotan's son by mortal womean

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Which of the following operas was not composed by Wagner?

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Fidelio

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Instrumental music endowed with literary or pictorial associations, popular during the romantic period, is called

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program music

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The typical orchestra of the late romantic period numbered about ___________ musicians.

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100

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Music intended to be performed before or during a play, to set the mood for scenes or highlight dramatic action, is known as

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incidental music

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Instrumental music that is written for its own sake, and for which the composer does not provide a program, is called

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absolute music

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Drawing creative inspiration from cultures of lands foreign to the composer is known as

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exoticism

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Approximately, the romantic period encompassed the years

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1820-1900

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All of the following composers are associated with the romantic period except

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozat

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of romanticism?

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emotional restraint

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The movement in opera known as verismo is best exemplified by

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Giacomo Puccini

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Which of the following is not characteristic of romanticism?

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A fascination with fantasy ✓ An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures An enthusiasm for the culture of the Middle Ages An interest in exoticism and the past

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Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet is

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a concert overture consisting of a slow introduction and a fast movement in sonata form.

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While in Paris, Chopin

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earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich.

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

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death

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Clara Wieck was

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the daughter of Schumann's piano teacher. a virtuoso pianist. Schumann's wife. ✓ All answers are correct.

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The German master _____________ recommended Dvořák's music to his own publisher, resulting in a rapid spread of Dvořák's fame.

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Johannes Brahms

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In order to support his family, Schumann turned to

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musical journalism.

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Which of the following operas is not by Verdi?

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Turandot

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

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Rigoletto.

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The citizen's sense of national identity and patriotic feelings were intensified by

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romanticism, which glorified love for one's national heritage. common bonds of language, culture, and history. military resistance to Napoleon. ✓ All answers are correct.

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Johannes Brahms

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was a close friend of Clara and Robert Schumann.

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The rise of the urban middle class led to the

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piano becoming a fixture in every middle-class home. formation of many orchestras and opera groups. development of regular subscription concerts. ✓ All answers are correct.

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The form of The Erlking is

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through-composed.

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A leading pianist of the nineteenth century, Clara Schumann

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did some composing, but considered herself primarily a performer.

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Berlioz was extraordinarily imaginative in treating the orchestra, creating ____________ never before heard.

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tone colors

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Which of the following operas was not composed by Richard Wagner?

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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Tristan and Isolde ✓ Fidelio Parsifal

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Which of the following statements is not true?

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To display his incomparable piano mastery, Liszt composed his Transcendental Etudes and made piano transcriptions of Paganini's violin pieces. ✓ During the last years of his life, Liszt settled in Rome and devoted himself solely to his religious duties. As a stupendous performer, innovative composer, and charismatic personality, Franz Liszt typified the romantic movement. The literary works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were among Franz Liszt's favorite inspirations.

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During Wagner's time in Paris, he

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was unable to get an opera performed and was reduced to musical hackwork.

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An artistic trend of the 1890s, in which operas dealt with ordinary people and true-to-life situations, was known as

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verismo.

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Antonin Dvořák's Symphony No. 9

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is his most famous work. is subtitled From the New World. glorifies both the Czech and the American folk spirit. ✓ All answers are correct.

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Which of the following statements is not true of the piano in the early romantic period?

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A cast-iron frame was introduced to hold the strings under greater tension. The use of the damper pedal allowed a sonorous blend of tones from all registers of the piano. ✓ The piano's range remained basically the same as in the classical period. The piano's hammers were covered with felt.

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In Puccini's La Bohème, Rodolfo is a young

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poet

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

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syncopations pentatonic scales modal scales ✓ All of these

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Who laid the groundwork for a nationlist style in Russian music?

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Mikhail Glinka

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Antonin Dvořák's music was first promoted by

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Johannes Brahms.

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Rigoletto, the title role in Giuseppe Verdi's opera, is all of the following except

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a hunchback. a court jester to the Duke of Mantua. the father of Gilda. ✓ the romantic lover.

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Wagner's preeminence was such that an opera house of his own design was built in _________________, solely for performances of his music dramas

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Bayreuth, Germany

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At the end of the first act of Wagner's opera Die Walküre,

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Sieglinde recognizes the stranger as her brother and renames him Siegmund. Siegmund draws the magical sword Notung from the tree. Siegmund embraces Sieglinde with passionate fervor. **** All answers are correct.

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

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

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The first movement of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin is linked to the introduction of the second movement by a(n)

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single bassoon tone.

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The ___________ is a dance in triple meter thatoriginated as a stately processional for the Polish nobility

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polonaise

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Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene, popular during the romantic period, is called

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program music.

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

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symphonic poem

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The founder of Czech national music was

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Bedřich Smetana.

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Which of the following statements is not true?

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During the nineteenth century, Europeans felt strongly that their homelands merited loyalty and self-sacrifice. In the romantic era, it was felt that the "national spirit" of a people resided in the "folk," the peasantry. Composers used folk tunes in their serious compositions to give their works a national identity. ✓ The strongest impact of musical nationalism was felt in Italy, France, Germany, and Austria.

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Composers expressed musical nationalism in their music by

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using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands. using their national legends as subject matter. basing their music on the folk songs of their country. ✓ All answers are correct.

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By the age of thirteen, Mendelssohn had written ____________ of astounding quality.

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vocal works. sonatas symphonies and concertos ✓ All answers are correct.

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During his teens and twenties, Franz Liszt lived in

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Paris.

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

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pianist.

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Brahms wrote masterpieces in many musical forms, but never any

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operas.

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Giuseppe Verdi mainly composed his operas

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to entertain a mass public.

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Most of Chopin's pieces

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are exquisite miniatures.

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In the 1830s, Paris was

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a center of romanticism. the artistic capital of Europe. the home of Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, and Heinrich Heine. ✓ All answers are correct.

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Which of the following statements is not true?

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Giuseppe Verdi, the most popular of all opera composers, was born to a poor family in a tiny Italian village. The soul of a Verdi opera is its expressive vocal melody. ✓ Verdi composed primarily for the Italian musical elite, those who would best appreciate his talents. In the course of his long life, Verdi's style became less conventional, more subtle and flexible, with more imaginative orchestrations and richer accompaniments

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Giacomo Puccini's first successful opera was

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Manon Lescaut.

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In the first movement of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin, the cadenza

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

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Which of the following instruments is not part of the orchestra for Symphonie fantastique?

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****Organ Cello Cornet Bells

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Siegmund, in Wagner's opera Die Walküre, is

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Sieglinde's brother, then wife. Wotan's son by a mortal woman. Siegfried's father. ✓ All answers are correct.

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Liszt abandoned his career as a traveling virtuoso to become court conductor at __________, where he championed works by contemporary composers.

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Weimar

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A ____________ is an instrumental composition in several movements based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.

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program symphony

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Schubert was eighteen years old when he composed the song Erlkönig, set to a poem by

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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All of the following romantic composers were also virtuoso instrumentalists giving solo recitals except

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Hector Berlioz.

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Who sings the aria Che gelida manina (What a cold little hand) in La Bohème?

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Rodolfo

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Which of the following statements is not true?

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Romantic composers wrote primarily for a middle-class audience whose size and prosperity had increased because of the industrial revolution. ✓ Romantic musicians often composed to execute a commission or meet the demands of an aristocratic or church patron. Music conservatories were founded in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Oberlin, and Philadelphia during the 1860s. The nineteenth-century public was captivated by virtuosity.

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The soul of a Verdi opera is

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expressive vocal melody.

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Which of the following statements is not true?

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Tchaikovsky's progress in music was so rapid that after graduating from the St. Petersburg Conservatory he became professor of harmony at the new Moscow Conservatory. ✓ Tchaikovsky was a happily-married family man with a cheerful, self-confident outlook. Tchaikovsky, while not a member of the "Russian five," considered himself Russian, in the fullest sense of the word. Tchaikovsky, with elements of French, Italian, and German music as well as Russian folk songs, fused national and international elements to produce intensely subjective and passionate

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The orchestration in Wagner's operas is

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full and colorful.

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Which of the following statements is not true?

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Which of the following statements is not true?

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

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Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.

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Schubert's primary source of income came from his

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musical compositions.

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The deliberate intent to draw creative inspiration from the composer's own homeland is known as

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nationalism.

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Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was inspired by

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his friendship the famous violinist Ferdinand David.

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The librettos to The Ring of the Nibelung were written by

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Richard Wagner

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Clara Schumann was a

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virtuoso pianist. composer. touring performer. ✓ All of the above are correct.

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Which of the following is not a characteristic aspect of romanticism in literature and painting?

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Emotional restraint

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A short musical idea associated with a person, object, or thought, used by Richard Wagner in his operas, is called

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leitmotif.

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Which of the following statements is not true?

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**** Romantic composers rejected the basic forms of the classical period and preferred to develop new forms of their own. Hector Berlioz's Treatise on Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration, published in 1844, signaled the recognition of orchestration as an art in itself. Musical nationalism was expressed when romantic composers deliberately created music with a specific national identity. To intensify the expression of the music, romantic performers made use of rubato, the slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo.

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