Question 1

Strings

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Which group of instruments was the nucleus of the Classical orchestra?

Question 2

Cadenza

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A typical feature of a concerto is a free solo passage without orchestral accompaniment called the:

Question 3

Minuet and trio

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In the Classical multimovement cycle, the third movement is usually in ________ form.

Question 4

Song cycle

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A group of Lieder unified by a narrative thread or by a descriptive or expressive theme is called a(n):

Question 5

Liszt

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Which of the following composers created the symphonic poem?

Question 6

the Gesamtkunstwerk.

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Wagner's total artwork, in which all the arts&mdash;music, poetry, drama, visual spectacle&mdash;are fused together, is called:

Question 7

Tchaikovsky

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Which of the following Russian composers was famous for his ballets?

Question 8

Verismo

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The late-Romantic Italian opera tradition was characterized by a movement toward realism, called:

Question 9

Mozart

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Which composer rebelled against the patronage system and struggled to achieve financial independence?

Question 10

a. It was sung in the vernacular.b. It presented down-to-earth plots.c. It featured ensemble as well as solo singing.Ans: all the above

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How did comic opera differ from opera seria?

Question 11

Poland

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Chopin spent his early years in:

Question 12

New Orleans

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Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in:

Question 13

9

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How many symphonies did Beethoven write?

Question 14

Last

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A rondo is most typically found in the ________ movement of a Classical multimovement cycle.

Question 15

Puccini

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The leading composer of Italian opera in the late-Romantic era was:

Question 16

The actress Harriet Smithson

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Which of the following inspired Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique?

Question 17

The galloping of the horse

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In Schubert's Elfking, the obsessive triplet rhythm of the piano accompaniment represents:

Question 18

Program symphony

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Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is an example of a:

Question 19

String accents on the first beat of each measure

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Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Impressionist music?

Question 20

Requiem

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A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called:

Question 21

Requiem

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Mozart died while writing his:

Question 22

A chant from the mass for the dead

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The Dies irae is:

Question 23

Sonata-allegro

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The first movement of a symphony is usually in ________ form.

Question 24

Vienna

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Schubert was born in:

Question 25

Classical artists emphasized clarity and beauty of form.

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How did Classical artists differ from their Romantic counterparts?

Question 26

Verdi

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Which of the following was a widely beloved nationalist opera composer?

Question 27

1750 to 1825

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The Classical period in music ranged from approximately:

Question 28

The second movement

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Which movement of a symphony is traditionally the slowest?

Question 29

Theme and variations

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What is the form of the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?

Question 30

absolute music

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Music composed without literary or pictorial meanings is called:

Question 31

Wagner himself

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The librettist for Wagner's music dramas was:

Question 32

Paris

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Chopin spent most of his productive life in:

Question 33

Song

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Of which genre is Faur&eacute; is considered to be a master?

Question 34

Chopin

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Which nineteenth-century composer's entire output centered around the piano?

Question 35

deafness

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Beethoven suffered from perhaps the most traumatic of all maladies for a musician. What was it?

Question 36

Bizet

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Which of the following was NOT a leading composer of Italian opera?

Question 37

Haydn

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The nickname father of the symphony was earned by:

Question 38

Lied

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The German term for the art song is:

Question 39

exoticism

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What trend inspired composers to write music evoking scenes or sounds of far-off lands?

Question 40

Three

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How many movements are in a Classical concerto?

Question 41

Rossini

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Which of the following composed The Barber of Seville and William Tell?

Question 42

Claude Debussy

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Impressionism in music is best exemplified by the works of:

Question 43

String quartet in B-flat major

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Which of the following compositions is LEAST likely to be an example of program music?

Question 44

Claude Monet

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Impressionism: Sun Rising, the painting that sparked the Impressionist art movement, was created by:

Question 45

Reserved emotions

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Which of the following does NOT characterize Romantic music?

Question 46

the basic theme of the symphony, heard in every movement

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In Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, what is the id&eacute;e fixe?

Question 47

Piano

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The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was the:

Question 48

Judgment day

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The Dies irae text from the Requiem Mass describes:

Question 49

Sonata-allegro

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Which of the following best describes the form of the first movement of Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik?

Question 50

Heinrich Heine.

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Robert Schumann's A Poet's Love is set to texts by:

Question 51

The Ring of the Nibelung

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Wagner's cycle of four music dramas is called:

Question 52

Chopin

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Which of the following composers was NOT a master of the Viennese school?

Question 53

Clara Schumann

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Which of the following was a noted woman composer of the Romantic era?

Question 54

Beethoven

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Which composer both maintained and disrupted the balance of the Classical style?

Question 55

Sibelius

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Which composer is from Finland?

Question 56

Symphony No. 9

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The Ode to Joy is the finale of Beethoven's:

Question 57

Hungary

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In which country was Franz Liszt born?

Question 58

Five

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How many movements are in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique?

Question 59

Traditionalist

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Brahms is often described as a(n) ________ because of his use of the forms established by the Classical masters.

Question 60

the Bible

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Oratorios primarily drew their stories from:

Question 61

Four

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How many movements make up a typical Haydn symphony?

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