Quiz 5 Romanticism

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Question #1

Berlioz was extraordinarily imaginative in treating the orchestra, creating ____________ never before heard.

A tone colors

B forms

C rhythms

D harmonies

Question #2

The Fantastic Symphony reflects Berlioz’s

A interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles.

B intense nationalism.

C love for the actress Harriet Smithson.

D experiences in Rome.

Question #3

Today’s movie scores may be regarded as examples of

A pure music.

B folk music.

C absolute music.

D incidental music.

Question #4

Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene, popular during the romantic period, is called

A absolute music.

B opera.

C program music.

D symphony.

Question #5

Program music is

A All answers are correct.

B instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene.

C vocal music that tells a story.

D music that depicts aspects of nature.

Question #6

Liszt abandoned his career as a traveling virtuoso to become court conductor at __________, where he championed works by contemporary composers.

A Paris

B Weimar

C Rome

D Budapest

Question #7

Until the age of thirty-six, Franz Liszt toured Europe as a virtuoso

A All answers are correct.

B conductor.

C cellist.

D pianist.

Question #8

Drawing creative inspiration from cultures of lands foreign to the composer is known as

A verismo.

B nationalism.

C exoticism.

D program music.

Question #9

A study piece, designed to help a performer master specific technical difficulties, is known as

A a polonaise.

B ein lied.

C a nocturne.

D an etude.

Question #10

Chopin’s Revolutionary Étude develops the pianist’s left hand because

A it takes nearly an hour to perform.

B the left hand plays the main melody.

C it is played only by the left hand.

D the left hand must play rapid passages throughout.

Question #11

A slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano, associated with evening and nighttime, is the

A nocturne.

B etude.

C waltz.

D mazurka.

Question #12

Most of Chopin’s pieces

A are for a wide range of media.

B have literary programs or titles.

C have a limited variety of moods.

D are exquisite miniatures.

Question #13

While in Paris, Chopin

A gave a great number of successful public concerts.

B earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich.

C married the famous writer Aurore Dudevant.

D All answers are correct.

Question #14

The piano’s relentless rhythm in Erlkönig (The Erlking) unifies the episodes of the song and suggests the

A joy of the child.

B steadiness of the father.

C galloping horse.

D approach of death.

Question #15

Schubert wrote compositions in every musical genre except

A operas.

B string quartets.

C piano concertos.

D symphonies.

Question #16

The word ___________ is commonly used for a romantic art song with a German text.

A chanson

B lied

C durchkomponiert

D ballade

Question #17

An art song is a musical composition for

A solo voice and orchestra.

B multiple voices.

C solo voice and piano.

D All answers are correct.

Question #18

A composer who earned his/her living as a violin virtuoso was

A Robert Schumann.

B Frédéric Chopin.

C Clara Schumann.

D Niccolò Paganini.

Question #19

A romantic composer who earned his living as a touring virtuoso was

A Frédéric Chopin.

B Franz Schubert.

C Hector Berlioz.

D Franz Liszt.

Question #20

Which of the following is not characteristic of romanticism?

A An interest in exoticism and the past

B An enthusiasm for the culture of the Middle Ages

C An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures

D A fascination with fantasy

Question #21

Because of the French Revolution and the __________________, many aristocrats could no longer afford to maintain private opera houses, orchestras, and “composers in residence”.

A Napoleonic Wars

B wages of skilled performers

C French and Indian War

D American Revolution

Question #22

Valhalla, in Wagner’s Ring cycle, is

A a city in New York State.

B the home of Siegfried.

C Wotan’s castle.

D the magic ring.

Question #23

The orchestration in Wagner’s operas is

A subservient to the singers.

B full and colorful.

C limited to only the string section.

D light and simple.

Question #24

A short musical idea associated with a person, object, or thought, used by Richard Wagner in his operas, is called

A leitmotif.

B lied.

C unending melody.

D speech-song.

Question #25

The librettos to The Ring of the Nibelung were written by

A Arrigo Boito.

B Hans von Bülow.

C King Ludwig of Bavaria.

D Richard Wagner

Question #26

Which of the following operas was not composed by Richard Wagner?

A Fidelio

B Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

C Parsifal

D Tristan and Isolde

Question #27

A slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo in music is known as

A rubato.

B fermata.

C ritardando.

D accelerando.

Question #28

The composer who had an overwhelming influence on the young Wagner was

A Hector Berlioz.

B Johann Sebastian Bach.

C Johannes Brahms.

D Ludwig van Beethoven.

Question #29

Wagner had an opera house built to his own specifications in

A Munich.

B Dresden.

C Bayreuth.

D Weimar.

Question #30

Some of Puccini’s operas feature exoticism, as in his use of melodic and rhythmic elements derived from Japanese and Chinese music in his operas

A La Bohème and Madame Butterfly.

B Tosca and Turandot.

C Turandot and Manon Lescaut.

D Madame Butterfly and Turandot.

Question #31

Which of the following statements is not true of the piano in the early romantic period?

A The use of the damper pedal allowed a sonorous blend of tones from all registers of the piano.

B The piano’s range remained basically the same as in the classical period.

C A cast-iron frame was introduced to hold the strings under greater tension.

D The piano’s hammers were covered with felt.

Question #32

The movement in opera known as verismo is best exemplified by

A Claudio Monteverdi.

B Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

C Giacomo Puccini.

D Richard Wagner.

Question #33

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.

D opera seria.

Question #34

Which of the following operas was not composed by Giacomo Puccini?

A Madame Butterfly

B Tosca

C Falstaff

D Turandot

Question #35

Giacomo Puccini’s first successful opera was

A Turandot.

B Madame Butterfly.

C La Bohème.

D Manon Lescaut.

Question #36

The famous aria La donna è mobile is taken from Verdi’s opera

A Rigoletto.

B Falstaff.

C Aïda.

D Il Trovatore.

Question #37

Verdi studied music in _________, the city where Italy’s most important opera house, La Scala, is located.

A Venice

B Rome

C Milan

D Florence

Question #38

Brahms’s works, though very personal in style, are rooted in the music of

A All answers are correct.

B Ludwig van Beethoven.

C Joseph Haydn.

D Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Question #39

Brahms wrote masterpieces in many musical forms, but never any

A operas.

B choral works.

C art songs.

D chamber music.

Question #40

The course of Brahms’s artistic and personal life was shaped by the influence of the composer

A Richard Wagner.

B Antonin Dvořák.

C Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.

D Franz Liszt.

Question #41

The orchestra in the romantic period

A had a limited dynamic range due to the primitive nature of the brass instruments.

B ranged from twenty to sixty players.

C was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra.

D was basically the same as in the classical period.

Question #42

Which of the following was not a member of the Russian five?

A Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

B César Cu

C Modest Mussorgsky

D Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Question #43

Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony

A is in the usual four-movement form.

B ends with a slow, despairing finale.

C was left unfinished by the composer.

D has five movements.

Question #44

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

A studied music theory and violin as a teenager.

B was a child prodigy, learning music at an early age.

C began to study music theory at the age of twenty-one.

D preferred his government position to music.

Question #45

The strongest impact of musical nationalism was felt in

A Russia.

B All answers are correct.

C Poland and Bohemia.

D the Scandinavian countries.

Question #46

The citizen’s sense of national identity and patriotic feelings were intensified by

A military resistance to Napoleon.

B common bonds of language, culture, and history.

C romanticism, which glorified love for one’s national heritage.

D All answers are correct.

Question #47

Composers expressed musical nationalism in their music by

A All answers are correct.

B using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands.

C using their national legends as subject matter.

D basing their music on the folk songs of their country.

Question #48

Romanticism, as a stylistic period in western music, encompassed the years

A 1750-1820

B 1450-1600

C 1600-1750

D 1820-1900

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