Music Chapter 30-40

A song form in which the same melody is repeated for each stanza, often heard in popular music, is known as:
modified strophic form
strophic form
through-composed form

A song form that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is called:
through-composed form
strophic form
modified strophic form

A group of Lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme is known as a:
medley
oratorio
song cycle

A Lied is an art song for solo voice and piano sung in ______.

German
either German or French
French

Schubert’s Erlking was written:
in the year he died
early in his life

The text of The Erlking was written by:
Heine
Goethe

Schubert wrote approximately_____ songs.
six hundred
one hundred

What is the form of Schubert’s song Erlking?
modified strophic
through-composed
strophic

What does the triplet rhythm in the piano accompaniment symbolically represent in this song?
the seductive Erlking
the horse’s hooves
the boy’s terror

Which best characterizes the range for the father’s role in the song?
high range
low range
medium range

What expressive technique does Schubert use in the boy’s cry, “My father, my father”?
major mode
high range and dissonance
melismatic setting

How is the character of the Erlking differentiated musically in the song?
high range and dissonant
medium range and major mode
low range and minor mode

The composer normally writes the lyrics for the Lied.

true
false

The piano was declining in popularity at the time of the Romantic Lied.

false
true

Two prominent German Romantic poets whose texts were often set to music were Heinrich Heine and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
true
false

Romantic Lieder texts often speak of love and/or nature.
true
false

Women composers wrote Lieder in the Romantic era.
true
false

Schubert wrote symphonies based on the forms established by Classical composers.
true
false

According to legend, a child touched by the Erlking must die.
true
false

The art song became a popular repertory for amateur and professional musicians in the nineteenth century.
true
false

Frédéric Chopin spent most of his productive career in:
France
England
Poland

Chopin was romantically involved with George Sand, the renowned:
French novelist
French painter
French opera composer

Which genre is NOT a part of Chopin’s compositional output?
piano concertos
string quartets
piano sonatas

Which is the best definition of “tempo rubato”?
in strict time
robbed time
quick tempo

Chopin paid homage to his Eastern European ancestry by composing:
sonatas and concertos
mazurkas and polonaises
preludes and nocturnes

The piano changed little technically during the nineteenth century.
false
true

The piano was the most central instrument in nineteenth-century musical culture.
true
false

The short, lyric piano work might be considered the instrumental equivalent to the nineteenth-century Lied (song).

true
false

The nineteenth century was an age of great virtuoso pianists.
false
true

Romantic-era piano works often had fanciful titles.
false
true

Steinway was important in the history of the Romantic-era piano.
false
true

Chopin lived a long and productive life, turning to the church in his later years.
true
false

Who was NOT a woman composer of the Romantic era?
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
George Sand
Clara Schumann

Which role did women NOT generally play in Romantic society?
conductors
music patrons
performers and composers

Which genre did Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel NOT contribute to?
piano music
songs
opera

From a trip to which country did Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel draw inspiration for her work The Year?
Italy
Austria
Enland

During her later years, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was responsible for:
organizing the famous family Sunday concerts
Her brother’s estate
program selection for the Berlin philharmonic

The concept of “river” in “September: At the River” by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel is expressed by:
the extremely fast melody
quick-moving notes that accompany the melody
the major tonality

A lost manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, in her own handwriting, that contained “September: At the River” was discovered in:
1989
1789
1889

Women seldom composed for the piano in the Romantic era.
false
true

Women played a critical role in music making in the nineteenth century, except as teachers.
false
true

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was enthusiastically encouraged to pursue a musical career by her family.
false
true

Each of the pieces in the manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s Das Jahr was originally accompanied by poetry and artwork.
true
false

Nineteenth-century songwriters in the United States combined elements of:
European art song
opera
both a and b

The songs of which nineteenth-century composer remain popular today?
Stephen Foster
John Philip Sousa
Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Foster’s Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is primarily composed in what texture?
heterophonic
homophonic, with some polyphony
monophonic

Stephen Foster is known for his ballads, minstrel show tunes, and plantation songs.
false
true

Stephen Foster’s music was popular only after his death.
true
false

The famous American tunes “Oh, Susanna!, Beautiful Dreamer, and Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair all were composed by Harry Burleigh.
true
false

Stephen Foster’s music sympathized with the plight of the slaves in the American South.
false
true

The music that accompanies the lyrics of “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair” reflects Foster’s Anglo-Irish cultural heritage.
true
false

Stephen Foster’s Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair was inspired by real life experiences.
false
true

Romantic melody is best described as:
disjunct and wide-ranging
lyrical and singeable

Romantic harmony is best described as:
chromatic and treated expressively
diatonic and treated objectively

Which of the following is NOT typical of Romantic music?
increased dissonance for expression
interest in new orchestral forms
smaller orchestras

Nicolò Paganini was:
a well-known conductor
a virtuoso violinist
a prominent educator

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

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

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

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

Characteristics in nineteenth-century music reveal an conscious break from the past.
true
false

Orchestration was of little value in nineteenth-century composition.
false
true

Nineteenth-century composers sought to make their instruments “sing.”
false
true

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

Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called:
aleatoric music
absolute music
program music

Music lacking any literary or pictorial association is called:
incidental music
program music
absolute music

The inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was:
the writer George Sand
the composer Clara Schumann
the actress Harriet Smithson

The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of the Symphonie fantastique, is called:
the subject
the idée fixe
the Dies irae

Which best describes the character of the fourth movement of Symphonie fantastique?
a diabolical march
a witches’ orgy
a pastoral scene

What does the loud chord immediately after the statement of the idée fixe in the solo clarinet at the end of the fourth movement in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique represent?
the falling of the guillotine’s blade
the last image of his beloved
the witches at the composer’s funeral

In which movement is the Dies irae (Day of Wrath) theme from the Mass for the Dead heard?
the first
the fourth
the fifth

Hector Berlioz looked to the writings of Shakespeare as the basis for both operas and symphonic works.
true
false

Which of the following is a type of program music written to accompany plays?
symphonic poem
program symphony
incidental music

Which term describes a one-movement work for orchestra with a literary program?
symphonic poem
symphony
program symphony

Which term describes a one-movement work possibly written to introduce a larger work but played independently?
symphonic poem
concert overture
program symphony

Which composer is generally credited with the first use of the term “symphonic poem”?
Hector Berlioz
Franz Liszt
Felix Mendelssohn

The chief difference between a symphonic poem and a program symphony is:
the number of movements in the work
the number of musicians involved
the nature of the program

Mendelssohn’s music for Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a famous example of:
a program symphony
a tone poem
incidental music

Which type of program best describes Smetana’s The Moldau?
philosophical, based on a conceptual idea
literary, based on a play or novel
geographic/historic, depicting actual events or places

Which category of program music best describes The Moldau?
incidental music
concert overture
symphonic poem

Which nationalist composer was asked to revise his music to suit a political censor?
Schumann
Verdi
Vivaldi

The Moldau is part of a cycle of works known as:
The Four Seasons
A Poet’s Life
My Country

Composers expressed their nationalism through music by basing their compositions on:
songs and dances of their people
the celebration of a national hero, event, or place
both a and b

Bedøich Smetana represents the:
Russian nationalist school.
Spanish nationalist school
Bohemian nationalist school

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov represents the:
Russian nationalist school
Bohemian nationalist school
Polish nationalist school

Edvard Grieg represents the:
Bohemian nationalist school
Scandinavian nationalist school
Russian nationalist school

Antonín Dvoøák represents the:
Polish nationalist school
Russian nationalist school
Czech nationalist school

Jean Sibelius represents the:
Scandinavian nationalist school
Russian nationalist school
Spanish nationalist school

In the nineteenth century nationalist music was often inspired by folklore.
true
false

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the nineteenth-century symphony?
small orchestra with limited winds
lyrical melodies
colorful harmonies

The third movement of the nineteenth-century symphony is most likely in:
theme and variations form
sonata-allegro form
dance or scherzo form

The opening melody of the third movement in Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 is given to which instrument?
the violins
the cellos
the violas

Which composer nurtured Brahms’s talents, taking him into his home?
Robert Schumann
Franz Schubert
Franz Liszt

Brahms wrote his Requiem mass in memory of:
Clara Schumann
his mother
Richard Wagner

Unlike the symphonic poem, the genre of symphony is often absolute music, without a program.
false
true

The Romantic symphony follows the exact forms and proportions of the Classical genre of Beethoven.
false
true

The Romantic symphony cycle typically has three movements.
false
true

The first movement of a Romantic symphony is usually the most dramatic and features the use of sonata-allegro form.
false
true

The scherzo movement in nineteenth-century symphonies generally is characterized by a slow march tempo.
false
true

The Romantic symphony required a larger orchestra than that of the Classical masters.
true
false

Brahms wrote all four of his symphonies after he turned forty.
true
false

In his Symphony No. 3, Brahms incorporates a melodic idea from the first movement into the other movements as well.
false
true

The literary basis for Verdi’s Rigoletto is:
a comedy by William Shakespeare
a play by Victor Hugo
a novel by Alexander Dumas

What is the historical setting for Rigoletto?
an Italian court, during the Renaissance era
Paris, during the nineteenth century
a Spanish gypsy camp, during the nineteenth century

Which opera did Verdi write based on the story of the king of Babylon?
Don Carlos
La forza del destino
Nabucco

The American debut tour of international singing sensation Jenny Lind was managed by:
Robert Ripley
P. T. Barnum
Howard Hughes

Giuseppe Verdi is viewed as an Italian nationalist composer.
false
true

Many Romantic composers looked to faraway lands or cultures for their opera plots.
true
false

Nineteenth-century Italian opera is characterized by the use of the bel canto style of singing.
true
false

In the late nineteenth century France, Germany, and Italy developed distinct national styles.
true
false

Light German opera featuring spoken dialogue is called:
Singspiel
lyric opera
grand opera

What did Wagner call his large-scale sung theatrical works?
opera buffa
grand opera
music drama

How many music dramas make up Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung?
six
three
four

Which term refers to Wagner’s concept of a total artwork, encompassing all the arts?
Klangfarbenmelodie
Gesamtkunstwerk
Sprechstimme

What is the basis for the story of Die Walküre?
a medieval German epic poem
the legend of the Holy Grail
a French play by Victor Hugo

There are ____ Valkyries, all daughters of Wotan.
twelve
five
nine

Which best describes the character of Wotan?
the father of the gods
the fearless hero who awakens Brünnhilde
the god of fire

A leitmotif is:
a Viking ship captain
a recurring melodic theme that signifies something
nineteenth-century stage illumination

Wagner had a theater built at Bayreuth specifically for the performance of his music dramas.
false
true

The role of the Valkyries was to carry fallen heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla on their winged horses.
false
true

Wagner employed a recurring theme called an idée fixe in his operas.
false
true

In his music dramas Wagner created short arias that lent themselves to being separated from the larger work for performance at home.
false
true

Verdi’s Requiem is part of which Christian tradition?
Roman Catholic
Lutheran
Methodist

Verdi’s Requiem was criticized by the Church in the nineteenth century for:
being in Latin
being excessively theatrical
being sung

The fully completed Requiem by Verdi was dedicated to whom?
Antonio Salieri
Alessandro Manzoni
Gioachino Rossini

In the Dies irae section of his Requiem Verdi creates a sense of awesome terror through the use of which musical tools?
dramatic orchestration including brass and percussion
powerfully dramatic use of loud dynamics
both a and b

The nineteenth century witnessed an increasing interest in social choral-singing.
true
false

The nineteenth century was the first time, historically, where secular and sacred music on Christian practice became an issue.
true
false

Barbershop quartet music in the United States was influenced by singing traditions in nineteenth-century Europe.
false
true

Some of the major composers of choral music in the Romantic era include Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, Verdi, and Brahms.
true
false

The text of Verdi’s Requiem is derived from the Catholic tradition.
true
false

Prisoners condemned to die in Nazi concentration camps sang Verdi’s Requiem as an act of defiance.
true
false

Some of Ravel’s music reflects his travels to:
the United States
South Africa
Spain

The overall form of Debussy’s Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun” is best described as:
ternary (A-B-A’)
sonata-allegro
theme and variation

The program for Debussy’s Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun” concerns:
a magic ring that brings bad luck to its owner
a baby deer just beginning to stand
a mythological creature in a dreamlike state

Which best describes the character of the opening theme of Debussy’s Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”?
disjunct and forceful
diatonic and dancelike
chromatic and languorous

Which melodic instrument is featured in the opening melody of Debussy’s Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”?
trumpet
violin
flute

The whole-tone scale was a favored device of Impressionist composers.
true
false

Impressionist composers use various non-Western scale patterns in their works.
true
false

The Paris World Exposition of 1889 provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world.
false
true

Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter.
false
true

Programmatic music continued in the Impressionist period.
true
false

Impressionist artists and composers looked to mythological themes for inspiration.
false
true

Debussy primarily utilized the sonata-allegro form in his large works.
true
false

Debussy is considered to be an Impressionist composer.
true
false