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- 1.The composer whose career was a model for many romantic composers was
- A.
Mozart
- B.
Bach
- C.
Beethoven
- 2.When music conservatories were founded, women
- A.
Were admitted only as vocalists or pianists
- B.
were at first accepted only as students of performance, but by the late 1800's could study musical composition
- C.
Were not admitted
- 3.Schubert's songs number more than
- A.
50
- B.
100
- C.
600
- 4.Schumann's works are
- A.
Intensely autobiographical
- B.
Usually linked with descriptive titles, texts, or programs
- C.
Essentially lyrical in nature
- D.
All of the above
- 5.
Clara Wieck was - A.
the daughter of Schumann's piano teacher
- B.
A virtuoso pianist
- C.
Schumann's wife
- D.
All of the above
- 6.As a writer and critic, Schumann
- A.
Founded and edited the "New Journal of Music"
- B.
Discovered and made famous some of the leading composers of his day
- C.
Wrote appreciative review of young "radical" composers like Chopin and Berlioz
- D.
All of the above
- 7.In the 1830s when Chopin lived in Paris, it was
- A.
a center of romanticism
- B.
The artistic capital of Europe
- C.
The home of Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac, and Heinrich Heine
- D.
All of the above
- 8.Chopin was
- A.
An extroverted virtuoso
- B.
Robust and flamboyant
- C.
Shy and reserved
- 9.Liszt typified the romantic movement because he
- A.
Had a charismatic personality
- B.
Was a stupendous performer
- C.
Was an innovative composer
- D.
All of the above
- 10.Liszt created the _____________________, a one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.
- A.
Opera
- B.
Symphonic poem
- C.
Piano concerto
- 11.Mendelssohn is known as the man who rekindled an interest in the music of
- A.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- B.
Johann Sebastian Bach
- C.
George Frideric Handel
- 12.Parisians were startled by Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony because of its
- A.
Sensationally autobiographical program
- B.
Amazingly novel orchestration
- C.
Vivid description of the weird and diabolical
- D.
All of the above
- 13.Nadezhda von Meck was
- A.
One of Tchaikovsky's lovers
- B.
A wealthy benefactress who provided Tchaikovsky with an annuity
- C.
Tchaikovsky's wife
- 14.At its premiere in 1870, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture was
- A.
A tremendous success
- B.
A dismal failure
- C.
Performed by a large orchestra, with chorus and cannon
- 15.Critics were often scandalized by the subject matter of Verdi's operas because they
- A.
Commemorated the Suez canal, which was not even in Europe
- B.
Were based on Shakespearean plays
- C.
Seemed to condone rape, suicide, and free love
- 16.Verdi's great comic masterpiece, written when he was seventy-nine, is
- A.
Il Trovatore
- B.
Otello
- C.
Falstaff
- 17.Verdi studied music in _____________, the city where Italy's most important opera house, La Scala, is located.
- A.
New York City
- B.
Venice
- C.
Milan
- 18.Verdi mainly composed his operas
- A.
To entertain a mass public
- B.
For the Italian musical elite
- C.
To glorify the singers
- 19.Puccini's opera have lasting appeal because
- A.
He had a marvelous sense of theater
- B.
His melodies have short, memorable phrases and are intensely emotional
- C.
He minimized the difference between aria and recitative, thus created a continuous flow of music
- D.
All of the above
- 20.An artistic trend of the 1890s, in which operas dealt with ordinary people and true-to-life situations, was known as
- A.
Cavalleria rusticana
- B.
Verismo
- C.
Exoticism
- 21.Wagner called his works "music dramas" rather than operas because
- A.
There is a continuous musical flow within each act
- B.
There are no breaks where applause can interrupt
- C.
The vocal line is inspired by the rhythms and pitches of the German text
- D.
All of the above
- 22.A short musical idea associated with a person, object, or thought, used by Wagner in his operas, is called
- A.
Leitmotif
- B.
Lied
- C.
Unending melody
- 23.Wagner had an opera house built to his own specifications in
- A.
Weimar
- B.
Miami
- C.
Bayreuth
- 24.The deliberate intent to draw creative inspiration from the composer's own homeland is known as
- A.
Exoticism
- B.
Nationalism
- C.
Verismo
- 25.The typical orchestra of the late romantic period numbered about ___________ musicians.
- A.
15
- B.
40
- C.
100
- 26.
Music intended to be performed before or during a play, to set the mood for scenes or highlight dramatic action, is known as - A.
Play music
- B.
Incidental music
- C.
Absolute music
- 27.Instrumental music which is written for its own sake, and for which the composer does not provide a program, is called
- A.
Absolute music
- B.
Program music
- C.
Music for its own sake
- 28.Approximately, the romantic period encompassed the years
- A.
1600-1750
- B.
1750-1820
- C.
1820-1900
- 29.Which of the following is not a characteristic of romanticism?
- A.
Emotional restraint
- B.
Individualism
- C.
Supernaturalism
- 30.Drawing creative inspiration from cultures of lands foreign to the composer is known as
- A.
Exoticism
- B.
Nationalism
- C.
Program music
- 31.Composers in the twentieth century drew inspiration from
- A.
Folk and popular music from all cultures
- B.
European art music from the Middle Ages through the 19th century
- C.
The music of Asia and Africa
- D.
All of the above
- 32.Among the unusual playing techniques that are widely used during the twentieth century is the _____________________, a rapid slide up or down a scale.
- A.
Buzz
- B.
Glissando
- C.
Slip
- 33.A motive or phrase that is repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a section is called
- A.
Polytonality
- B.
Glissando
- C.
Ostinato
- 34.In twentieth-century music
- A.
String players are sometimes called on to use the wood instead of the hair on their bows
- B.
Percussion instruments have become very prominent and numerous
- C.
Dissonance has been emancipated
- D.
All of the above
- 35.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
- A.
New technological advances, such as phonograph records, tape and digital recordings, radio, and television, have brought music to a larger audience than ever before.
- B.
Audiences in the first half of the 20th century, as in Mozart's time, demanded and got the latest music, and concert programs consisted mainly of recent works.
- C.
Nazi persecution and the onset of World War II led many composers, including Stravinsky, Bartok, Schoenberg, and Hindemith, to emigrate to the United States.
- 36.Impressionism as a movement originated in
- A.
France
- B.
Italy
- C.
Germany
- 37.Debussy's music tends to
- A.
Sound free and almost improvisational
- B.
affirm the key very noticeably
- C.
Have a strong rhythmic pulse
- 38.Which of the following is NOT characteristic of impressionist music?
- A.
A stress on tone color
- B.
A stress on atmosphere
- C.
Clearly defined rhythmical patterns
- 39.Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) by Stravinsky is an example of
- A.
Neoclassicism
- B.
Primitivism
- C.
Serialism
- 40.Stravinsky's enormous influence on 20th century music is due to his innovations in
- A.
Rhythm
- B.
Harmony
- C.
Tone color
- D.
All of the above
- 41.Expressionism is an art concerned with
- A.
Depicting the beauties of nature
- B.
Emotional restraint, clarity, and balance
- C.
Social protest
- 42.The expressionist movement was largely centered in
- A.
France
- B.
Grear Britain
- C.
Germany and Austria
- 43.Expressionist music stresses
- A.
Harsh dissonance
- B.
Fragmentation
- C.
Unusual instrumental effects
- D.
All of the above
- 44.Bartok evolved a completely individual style that fused elements with
- A.
Changes of meter and a powerful beat
- B.
Twentieth-century sounds
- C.
Classical forms
- D.
All of the above
- 45.The melodies Bartok used in most of his works are
- A.
Authentic folk melodies gathered in his research
- B.
Original themes that have a folk flavor
- C.
Reminiscent of 19th-century symmetrical themes
- 46.During most of his lifetime, Ives's musical compositions
- A.
Were enthusiastically received in public performances
- B.
Were quickly published by a major firm
- C.
Accumulated in the barn of his Connecticut farm
- 47.Ives's music contains elements of
- A.
Revival hymns and ragtime
- B.
Patriotic songs and barn dances
- C.
Village bands and church choirs
- D.
All of the above
- 48."Harlem Renaissance" was the name
- A.
sometimes given to a flowering of African American culture during the years 1917-1935
- B.
Given to a housing project in New York City's Harlem
- C.
Of a city in Holland
- 49.Copland's name has become synonymous with American music because of his use of
- A.
Revival hymns, cowboy songs, and other folk tunes
- B.
Jazz, blues, and ragtime elements
- C.
Subjects from American folklore
- D.
All of the above
- 50.Minimalist music is characterized by
- A.
The development of musical materials through random methods
- B.
Rapidly changing dynamics and textures
- C.
A steady pulse, clear tonality, and insistent repetition of short melodic patterns
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