Music Appreciation Pt 5 Ch 1-12.

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Berlioz's use of a lyrical melody from the opening movement of Symphonie fantastique that is then repeated as a grotesque dance in the finale is an example of:
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thematic transformation.
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The purpose of using chromatic chords in Romantic music was to
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add motion & color.
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By the end of the romantic era, an orchestra might include ___ musicians.
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100.
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Instrumental music associated with a story is called:
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program music.
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What music reflects the concept of exoticism?
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Bizet's opera Carmen.
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What is true of the Romantic Period.
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Harmony tended to be colorful and more unstable, new forms developed, & there were greater ranges of tone color, dynamics, and pitch.
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When music conservatories were founded, women
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were at first accepted only as students of performance.
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Music criticism was a source of income for both Berlioz and
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Robert Schumann.
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One of the few composers fortunate enough to be supported by private patrons was
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Peter Tchaikovsky.
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A composer who earned his living as a violin virtuoso was
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Niccolò Paganini.
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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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Instrumentation in the art song is usually a combination of
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voice & piano.
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Lied is the German word for
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song.
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Art song composers include
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Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, & Johannes Brahms.
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The structure of the art song can be
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strophic, through-composed, or modified strophic form.
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Songs in strophic form are easy to remember because
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the music is the same in every verse.
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The form of The Erlking is
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through-composed.
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The Erlking is a poem by
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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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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Schubert's songs number more than
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600.
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The piano's relentless rhythm in Erlkönig (The Erlking) unifies the song's episodes and suggests the
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galloping horse.
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Schubert
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was the first great master of the romantic art song.
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During the first ten years of his creative life, Schumann published only
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piano pieces.
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One of the characteristics of Schumann's Carnaval is that it
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is permeated with autobiographical references in its musical ideas.
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Clara Wieck was
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Schumann's wife & virtuoso pianist.
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Robert Schumann's Carnaval is a(n)
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cycle of piano pieces.
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What are characteristics of Schumann's works?
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they are intensely autobiographical, usually linked with descriptive titles, texts, or programs, & essentially lyrical in nature.
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As a composer, Clara Schumann
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wrote songs, piano pieces, a piano concerto, and a trio for piano, violin, and cello.
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Clara Schumann
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stopped composing at the age of thirty-six.
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Romanze (romance) in the nineteenth century was often used for a
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short, lyrical piece for piano.
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Clara Wieck Schumann considered herself to be primarily
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a performing artist.
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The polonaise is
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a dance in triple meter.
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Chopin's Revolutionary Étude 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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Most of Chopin's pieces
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are exquisite miniatures.
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Chopin was
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shy & reserved.
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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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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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As a youth, Liszt was influenced by the performances of
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Niccolo Paganini.
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During his teens and twenties, Liszt lived in
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Paris.
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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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What are characteristics of Liszt's piano works?
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arpeggios, rapid octaves and daring leaps, & complexity of sound.
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Liszt typified the romantic movement because he
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had a charismatic personality and was a stupendous performer.
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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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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
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soloist, who presents 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 section 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 aim of most program music is
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expression.
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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
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absolute music.
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In order to support his family, Berlioz turned to
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music 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 Conservatory 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
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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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idée fixe.
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The Fantastic Symphony reflects Berlioz's
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love for the 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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What did Berlioz compose?
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Romeo & Juliet, The Damnation of Faust, & Requiem.
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Even though Smetana was deaf at the time, he composed a musical work depicting Bohemia's main 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.