Music Appreciation - Prelude 05 Quiz

Niccolò Paganini was:

Romantic harmony is best described as:

Romantic melody is best described as:

What developed as a result of larger orchestras in the nineteenth century?

What does cantabile mean?

Which is a work with an "exotic" narrative?

Which is NOT a new instrument added to the Romantic orchestra?

Which of the following is NOT typical of Romantic music?

Who was NOT an author of the Romantic era?

Characteristics of nineteenth-century Romanticism reveal a self-conscious break from the past.

Musicians and composers achieved a higher social status during the Romantic era than in the Classical era.

Nationalistic feelings inspired composers to incorporate folk songs and dances from their native lands into their works.

Nineteenth-century composers sought to make their instruments "sing."

Orchestration was of little value in nineteenth-century composition.

Romantic composers rarely used dynamic markings and other expressive comments in their scores to communicate their intentions to musicians.

Symphonies by Romantic composers are shorter than those of the Classical era.

The Bohemian artist rejected the social norms of the establishment.

The French Revolution fostered the rise of a middle-class society.

The Industrial Revolution produced more refined, but also more expensive, musical instruments.

Women had significant influence as patrons of music in the nineteenth century.