Which of the following choral genres was NOT developed during the Baroque?
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part song
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A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called:
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a Requiem
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Oratorios primarily drew their stories from:
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the Bible
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Mozart's Requiem was:
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his last work, incomplete at his death
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Who completed Mozart's Requiem?
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Süssmayr
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The Dies irae text from the Requiem Mass describes:
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Judgement Day
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Which of the following correctly describes the musical forces for Mozart's Requiem?
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winds, brass, strings, timpani, choir, and four soloists
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The ________ accompanies the baritone voice in the Tuba mirum section of Mozart's Requiem.
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trombone
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Which of the following best describes the mood of the Dies irae from Mozart's Requiem?
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fearful and then wondering
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The text of Mozart's Requiem is sung in:
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Latin
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The German term for the art song is:
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Lied
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A song whose text is a short lyric poem in German with piano accompaniment is called a:
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Lied
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_______ was NOT an important composer of nineteenth-century Lieder.
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Heinrich Heine
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Which of the following was NOT a typical theme of Romantic poetry?
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praise of the Virgin Mary
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The favorite subjects of the Romantic poets were:
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love, longing, and nature
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A group of Lieder unified by a narrative thread or by a descriptive or expressive theme is called a(n):
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song cycle
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A song form in which the same melody is repeated for every stanza of text is called:
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strophic
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A song that is composed from beginning to end without repetition of whole sections is called:
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through composed
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A song form in which the main melody is repeated for two or three stanzas but introduces new or significantly varied material when the text requires it is called:
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modified strophic
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Schubert was born in:
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Vienna
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Schubert and his friends organized evening gatherings of artists, writers, and musicians, called:
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Schubertiads
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Schubert lived a tragically short life but was a remarkably prolific composer of:
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Lieder, chamber music, piano music (all of the above)
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In which genre was Schubert NOT indebted to Classical traditions?
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Lied
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Approximately how many songs did Schubert compose?
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more than 600
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Schubert wrote several song cycles, including:
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Winter's Journey
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Schubert's song Elfking is a setting of a ballad written by:
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Geothe
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Schubert's Lied Elfking is in ________ form.
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through-composed
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Which of the following is true of Schubert's Elfking?
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It is the masterpiece of his youth, It is based on a legend that whoever is touched by the king of the elves must die, It presents four characters who are differentiated in the music (all of the above)
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In Schubert's Elfking, the obsessive triplet rhythm of the piano accompaniment represents:
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the galloping of the horse
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Which musical devices does Schubert use to portray the child's terror in Elfking?
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high range and dissonance
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The composer who founded the New Journal of Music was:
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Robert Schumann
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Robert Schumann's wife, Clara, was:
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the daughter of his piano teacher, one of the foremost pianists of her day, the inspiration for A Poet's Love (all of the above)
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Robert Schumann ended his career and life:
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in an asylum, the result of a mental illness
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Robert Schumann's A Poet's Love is a:
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song cycle
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Robert Schumann's A Poet's Love is set to texts by:
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Heinrich Heine
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Which of the following does NOT describe Schumann's A Poet's Love?
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it tells a detailed story of a lost love
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Schumann's In the lovely month of May is from which song cycle?
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A Poet's Love
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What is the form of In the lovely month of May?
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strophic
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Which of the following does NOT describe Schumann's In the lovely month of May?
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it ends with harmonic resolution
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Which of the following does NOT describe American popular music of the nineteenth century?
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the composers were always well known
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Which of the following describes music in America during the early nineteenth century?
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music was largely imported through Europe
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What is vernacular music?
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popular songs sung in a country's native language
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What nationality was Stephen Foster?
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American
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Which nineteenth-century American composer is best remembered for his parlor songs and minstrel show tunes?
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Stephen Foster
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Which of the following best describes minstrelsy?
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shows that featured performers in blackface
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Stephen Foster composed all of the following songs EXCEPT:
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home
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Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is:
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a parlor song
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The form of Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is:
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strophic
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Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is based on a poem by:
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Foster himself
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The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was the:
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piano
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Which of the following does NOT characterize the piano?
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it is capable of only one dynamic level
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Which of the following instruments is capable of playing both melody and harmony?
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piano
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Which of the following was NOT a technical improvement to the nineteenth-century piano?
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a second keyboard was added
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The short, lyric piano piece is the instrumental equivalent of:
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the song
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During the nineteenth century, "Prelude," "Impromptu," and "Intermezzo" were common titles for:
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character pieces
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Nineteenth-century composers of the short, lyric piano piece included:
symbolizes the beloved, recurs as required by the literary program, unifies the five movements, which are diverse in character and mood (all of the above)
