Music Appreciation Exam 5

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which of the following is identified as the first great creative romantic
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beethoven
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which of the following does not describe romanticism
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the artist is a servant of the aristocracy
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the french revolution signaled
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the transfer of power from the aristocracy to the middle class
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the nineteenth century saw the rise of a new social order shaped by
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the technological advances of the industrial revolution
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which of the following was not a major theme of romantic writers
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idealized heroes of greece and rome
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which of the following was not an english lyric poet
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victor hugo
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during the nineteenth century, concert life began to center on the
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public concert hall
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which of the following does not describe orchestras of the nineteenth century
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the size of orchestras decreased, making for more compact ensembles
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what trend inspired composers to write music evoking scenes or sounds of far-off lands
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exoticism
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romantic composers sought to make instruments sing. this statement best describes the element of
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melody
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which of the following does not characterize romantic music
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reserved emotions
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which of the following does not describe romantic orchestral music
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composers produced more symphonies than their classical-era counterparts
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which of the following does not characterize musicians of the romantic era
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they continued to be viewed as servants
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which of the following gained prominence as a virtuoso violinist
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paganini
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which figure was a prominent performer and composer for piano
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clara wieck schumann
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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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the favorite romantic poets of the composers of lieder were
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goethe and 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
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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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approximately how many songs did schubert compose
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more than 600
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schubert's song elfking is a setting of a ballad written by
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goethe
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schubert's lied elfking is in _____ form
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through-composed
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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, the inspiration for a poet's love, one of the foremost pianists of her day
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robert schumann ended his career and life
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in an asylum, the result of mental illness
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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 mistrel show tunes
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stephen foster
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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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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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nineteenth-century composers of the short, lyric piano piece included
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johannes brahms, frederic chopin, robert schumann
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which nineteenth-century composer's entire output centered around the piano
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chopin
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with which famous novelist did chopin become romantically involved
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george sand
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which of the following was a noted woman composer of the romantic era
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clara schumann
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which of the following women organized salons featuring music by her brother
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fanny mendelssohn hensel
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fanny mendelssohn hensel was discouraged from pursuing a career as a composer because
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she was a woman
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which of the following composed the piano cycle the year
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fanny mendelssohn hensel
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in which country was franz liszt born
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hungary
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which composer is generally considered the greatest pianist and showman of the romantic era
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liszt
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liszt was inspired by the virtuoso violinist
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paganini
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which of the following was the first internationally acclaimed american composer of classical music
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louis moreau gottshcalk
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louis moreau gottschalk was born in
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new orleans
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louis moreau gottschalk is best known for his ______
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operas
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louis moreau gottschalk based many of his works on
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south american and caribbean songs
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instrumental music endowed with literary, philosophical, or pictorial associations is called
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program music
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music composed without literary or pictorial meanings is called
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absolute music
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which of the following composers is considered the first great exponent of musical romanticism in france
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berlioz
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hector berlioz was born and spent most of his career in
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france
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which of the following inspired berlioz's symphonie fantastique
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the actress harriet smithson
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the dies irae is
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a chant from the mass for the dead
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the concept of a program overture had its origins in the
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opera overture
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music written for plays, generally consisting of an overture and a series of pieces to be performed between acts, is called
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incidental music
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had movies been invented in the nineteenth century, to which genre of program music would film soundtracks be most similar
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incidental music
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nationalistic composers expressed their nationalism by
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employing songs and dances from their home countries in their works
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nationalism is characteristic of all of the following except
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chopin's sonatas
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which composer is from finland
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sibelius
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edvard grieg was a composer from
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norway
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by the romantic era, concerts had moved from
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the aristocratic palace to the public concert hall
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the first movement of a symphony is usually in _____ form
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sonata-allegro
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which movement of a symphony is traditionally the slowest
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the second movement
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brahms was recognized as a future leader in music by
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robert schumann
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brahms composed his german requiem after the death of
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his mother
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which young composer did robert and clara schumann take into their home
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brahms
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brahms maintained a lifelong, close relationship with
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clara schumann
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brahms wrote ____ symphonies
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four
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which of the following was a major composer of lieder
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brahms
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which nineteenth-century opera singer made a great impression in america by performing both opera excerpts and parlor songs
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jenny lind
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the singing star giuseppina strepponi helped launch the career of
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giuseppe verdi
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italian comic opera is called
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opera buffa
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which of the following wrote the play that was the source of verdi's inspiration for rigoletto
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johann wolfgang von goethe
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who dies at the end of rigoletto
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gilda, rigoletto's daughter