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- 1A song that is composed from beginning to end without repetition of whole sections is called a. strophic b. modified strophic c. through-composed d. theme and variationsc. through-composed
- 2A song whose text is a short lyric poem in German with piano accompaniment is called a a. sonata b. ballad c. Lied d. chantc. Lied
- 3Which of the following was a typical theme of Romantic poetry? a. the beauty of nature b. love and longing c. the fleeting nature of hu man happiness d. All answers are correctd. All answers are correct
- 4A group of Lieder unified by a narrative thread or by a descriptive or expressive theme is called a(n) a. song cycle b. ballad cycle c. opera d. cantataa. song cycle
- 5A song form in which the same melody is repeated for every stanza of text is called a. through-composed b. strophic c. rubato d. durchkomponiertb. strophic
- 6Which of the following describes music in America during the early nineteenth century? a. The difficulty of life in the New World essentially eliminated music making. b. Music was largely created by American composers. c. Music was largely imported from Europe. d. Because of the influence of the Puritans, no dance music was composedc. Music was largely imported from Europe
- 7Which American composer helped to lay the foundation for the enormous international influence of North American music culture during the twentieth century? a. Stephen Foster b. George Gershwin c. William Billings d. Louis Moreau Gottschalkb. George Gershwin
- 8What is vernacular music? a. opera sung in English b. popular songs sung in a country’s native language c. music in traditional European genres and forms d. lighter music, such as for dancing and singingb. popular songs sung in a country's native language
- 9Which of the following describes minstrelsy? a. idealized scenes from the plantation b. shows that featured performers in blackface c. explicit racist stereotypes d. All answers are correctd. All answers are correct
- 10The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was the a. harpsichord b. piano c. organ d. clavichordb. piano
- 11Which of the following describes the genre of “étude” during the nineteenth century? a. virtuosic show piece b. technical study c. short piece d. All answers are correctd. All answers are correct
- 12Which nineteenth-century composer’s entire output centered around the piano? a. Brahms b. Liszt c. Chopin d. Berliozc. Chopin
- 13Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s output is dominated by ________ music. a. piano music and string quartet b. Lieder and string quartet c. Lieder and orchestral d. Lieder and pianod. Lieder and piano
- 14Women made great strides during the nineteenth century in establishing careers as professional musicians and public advocates for musical innovation. T/FTRUE
- 15Instrumental music endowed with literary, philosophical, or pictorial associations is called ________ music. a. absolute b. program c. background d. pureb. program
- 1616. Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is an example of a a. tone poem. b. symphonic poem. c. program symphony. d. concert overturec. program symphony
- 17In Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, the idée fixe a. symbolizes the beloved. b. recurs as required by the literary program. c. unifies the five movements, which are diverse in character and mood d. All answers are correctd. All answers are correct
- 18Music endowed with literary or pictorial associations is called absolute music. T/FFALSE
- 19A one-movement piece of program music for orchestra that, through several contrasting sections, develops a poetic idea or suggests a scene or mood is called a. a program symphony. b. an overture. c. a symphonic poem. d. incidental music.c. a symphonic poem
- 20The “Mighty Five” were composers from a. Russia. b. Bohemia. c. Scandinavia. d. Germany.a. Russia
- 21Brahms is often described as a(n) ________ because of his use of the forms established by the Classical composers. a. traditionalist b. Impressionist c. nationalist d. Romanticista. traditionalist
- 22The most important organizing element in absolute music is a. form. b. thematic transformation. c. programmatic images. d. improvisation.a. form
- 23The first movement of a symphony is usually in ________ form. a. theme and variations b. sonata-allegro c. minuet or scherzo d. rondob. sonata-allegro form
- 24Who of the following was a widely beloved nationalist opera composer? a. Giuseppe Verdi b. Frédéric Chopin c. Johannes Brahms d. Franz Lisztb. Frédéric Chopin
- 25The term bel canto refers to a. a female singer who performs male roles b. the standard form of nineteenth- century Italian arias c. a style of singing that features agility and purity of tone d. the new melodic recitative of the nineteenth centuryc. a style of singing that features agility and purity of tone
- 26Italian comic opera is called a. opera seria b. opéra comique c. opera buffa d. Singspielc. opera buffa
- 2728. The principal themes in Wagner’s operas, which recur throughout and carry specific meanings, are called a. libretti b. leitmotifs c. motives d. fixed ideasb. leitmotifs
- 28Wagner’s cycle of four music dramas is called a. Lohengrin b. Tristan and Isolde c. The Ring of the Nibelung d. Die Meistersinger von Nürnbergd. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
- 29Who of the following is considered the greatest figure in German opera? a. Berlioz b. Schubert c. Wagner d. Schumannc. Wagner
- 30Which of the following characterizes Singspiel? a. It was the immediate predecessor of German Romantic opera. b. Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute is an example of this genre. c. The plots were generally light or comic. d. All answers are correctd. All answers are correct
- 31Brahms’s German Requiem includes many intense references to religious judgment. T/FTRUE
- 32Tchaikovsky’s fanciful ballet about a child’s Christmas gift and dreams of exotic people and places is a. Swan Lake b. Sleeping Beauty c. Pathétique d. The Nutcrackerd. The Nutcracker
- 33Who of the following was a major figure in post-Romantic Italian opera? a. Giacomo Puccini b. Gustav Mahler c. Richard Strauss d. Richard Wagnera. Giacomo Puccini
- 34The joyful mood of “Un bel dì” from Puccini’s Madame Butterfly foretells the ending of the opera. T/FFALSE
- 35The plots of verismo operas are subjects of everyday life. T/FTRUE
- 36Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly, with its Japanese melodies and pentatonic and whole-tone scales, is an example of exoticism. T/FTRUE
- 37Which of the following describes the work of the Impressionist painters? a. They adhered firmly to academic traditions. b. They preferred to do their painting indoors. c. They attempted to capture the freshness of first impressions. d. All answers are correct.c. They attempted to capture the freshness of first impressions
- 38Impressionism in music is best exemplified by the works of a. Claude Debussy b. Gustav Mahler c. Hector Berlioz d. Frédéric Chopina. Claude Debussy
- 39Impression Sunrise, the painting that sparked the Impressionist art movement, was created by a. Auguste Renoir b. Edgar Degas c. Claude Monet d. Paul Verlainec. Claude Monet
- 40Which of the following are characteristics of Impressionist music? a. whole-tone scales b. parallel chords c. ninth chords d. All answers are correct.d. All answers are correct
- 41Which of the following describes nineteenth-century musical nationalism? a. The intent of a composer to express the regional traditions of his or her “people.” b. The writing of music for patriotic events. c. To write music embracing all cultures. d. All answers are correct.a. The intent of a composer to express the regional traditions of his or her "people"
- 42The United States is composed of __________, making a national identity in music more complex. a. immigrants of various European regions. b. descendants of enslaved people shipped from Africa. c. members of Native American tribes. d. All answers are correctd. All answers are correct
- 43European immigrant composers looked to _______ to establish a national American school. a. cowboy music of the American west. b. folk music of Appalachia. c. native American and African American music. d. All answers are correct.c. native American and African American music
- 44Dvořák was particularly drawn to a. African American spirituals. b. Creole melodies. c. Irish ballads. d. Hungarian folk tunesa. African American spirituals
- 45Which is something that Harry T. Burleigh accomplished? a. He published a landmark collection of spirituals arranged as art music. b. He founded the National Conservatory of America with the help of Dvořák. c. He wrote influential articles on the importance of Czech music. d. He directed the Fisk Jubilee Singers for the last ten years of his life.a. He published a landmark collection of spirituals arranged as art music
- 46What did spirituals include that made them politically subversive? a. coded messages. b. promises of heavenly deliverance. c. messages of earthly escape. d. All answers are correct.d. All answers are correct
- 47Art-song arrangements of African American spirituals overlapped with which cultural movement? a. Industrial Revolution b. Civil War c. Harlem Renaissance d. Counterculturec. Harlem Renaissance
- 48When was the Harlem Renaissance? a. the 1500s b. the 1700s c. the early part of the twentieth century d. the early 1800sc. the early part of the twentieth century
- 49Which statement describes the activities of the Fisk Jubilee Singers? a. They formed as a group to raise funds for the Fisk University. b. They toured the U. S. and Europe in the 1870s. c. They raised the staggering sum of $150,000 in the late nineteenth century. d. All statements are trued. All statements are true
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