Intro to Music Trimester 3 Questions
Which American composer wrote West Side Story?
Bernstein
Which of the following is not one ofthe 3 B's?
Bibaldi
This excerpt is from his opera "Carmen
Bizet
This is from "Symphonie Fantastique" by
Borlioz
The leading composer of symphonies during the Romantic era. German. One of the 3 B's of music history.
Brahms
The leading symphonist of tha later Romantic period was
Brahms
This lullaby was composed by
Brahms
Who are considered to be the greatest composers of the Romantic period?
Brahms and Wagner
The process of creating original ideas of melody, harmony, rhythm, etc. is called:
Composition
This excerpt, taken from Appalachian spring, was composed by:
Copland
This "Dean of American Music" used folk music within his compositions
Copland.
The composer ofthis music, titled Hungarian Rhapsody, was on your shopping list of composers.
Franz Liszt
This jazz based piece was most likely composed by:
Gershwin
Which American composer is credited with bringing jazz to the orchestra?
Gershwin
Which one of the following individuals is considered to be a neo-romantic composer? (Holst, Stravinsky, Debussy, Berg)
Holst
A composer writing in this style would utilize free rhythm, dreamlike melodies, use of harp in the orchestra. Extreme dynamic changes were frequent.
Impressionists
This group of composers turned against the idea that art should exactly represent an object.
Impressionists
Compared to the Classical and Baroque era, Romantic orchestras are:
Larger
The composer credited with the development ofthe Symphonic Poem is
Liszt
Which of the following is not considered to be a Romantic composer? (Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Mozart, Liszt)
Mozart
This group of composers focused on emotion, and personal expression while using 20th century elements of composition.
Neo-Romantics
This group of composers focused on balance, order, and intellect with new ideas in harmony, rhythm and melody.
Neo-classical
This group of composers would have had large orchestras (100+ musicians) and wrote music with clear resolution.
Neo-romantics
Assigning musical ideas to the instruments and sections of an orchestra is called
Orchestration
The assigning of ideas to the instruments and sections of the orchestra (who will play what and when) is called:
Orchestration
Music in the Romantic era moves out of the ______ and into the _____.
Palace/concert hall
Different meters played at the same time is known as ___________.
Poly-rhythm
When two or more keys are performed at the same time it creates ___.
Polytonality
Instrumental music which TELLS A STORY or SUGGESTS A SCENE OR MOOD. Title + music describe something extra-musical. For example: Mars the Bringer of War.
Program music
Italian Opera composer. La Boheme.
Puccini
The most imporant ideal of a 20th Century composer is ______.
Pushing the envelope
Harmony that allowed for notes to be spaced four notes apart is know as _________ harmony
Quartal
This excerpt comes from Also Sprach Zarathustra (neo-romantic music). It was composed by
R. Strauss
Which of the following composers are considered to be neo-romantics? (Stravinsky, R. Strauss, Holst, Brahms, Tochelli)
R. Strauss, Holst
This purely romantic piece of music was most likely composed by:
Rachmaninoff
This excerpt, taken from Bolero, was composed by:
Ravel
Which one of the following individuals is an impressionist composer? (Lizst, Ravel, Mozart, Cage)
Ravel
Name 2 Impressionist composers
Ravel, Debussy
Which of the following composers are considered to be impressionists? (Holst, Ravel, Stravinsky, R. Strauss, Debussy)
Ravel, Debussy
Great Russian composer/teacher. Leader of the Russian School. Extremely Nationalistic. Flight of the Bumblebee.
Rimsky-Korsakov
Which of the following was a great Russian composer/teacher?
Rimsky-Korsakov
Which of the following was part of the "Russian 5"? (Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Bizet, Rimsky-Korsakov)
Rimsky-Korsakov
Which one of the following individuals is an expressionist composer? (Schoenberg, Debussy, Holst, Stravinsky)
Schoenberg
Composer who perfected the ART SONG. Wrote over 600 of them, including The Erlking.
Schubert
Which composer is known for his compositions of art songs?
Schubert
The leading Neo-Classical composer and most important compser of the 20th century was___.
Stravinsky
Which one of the following composers would most likely have composed absolute music?
Stravinsky
(True/False) Which Beethoven symphony is considered to be his greatest effort because it was written when he was deaf?
Symphony #9
Which Beethoven symphony is called the "choral Symphony"?
Symphony #9
The Russian Romantic - compositons had a universal appeal. Most well known for his ballet compositions. The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake.
Tchaikovsky
This example is from the "1812 overture and was composed by
Tchaikovsky
Who is considered to be THE Russian Romantic?
Tchaikovsky
Who wrote the very famous Nutcracker ballet?
Tchaikovsky
By Claude Debussy
impressionist
Beethoven's greatest maaical contributions aro in the area of
instrumental music
Music that mixes multiple keys together at the same time (tonal centers) it is safd to be:
polytonal
Harmony based on fourths rather than the traditional third is called:
quartal
The expressionist technique of "half singing/half speaking" is called:
sprechstimme
Which is not considered descriptive of the Romantia period?
strict form
Creation of musical ideas of melody, rhythm, harmony, etc. is called
composition
A tone row uses all ________ tones of the chromatic scale grouped according to preconceived plan.
12
The Romantic time period extended from?
1820-1900
Which best describes the dynamics of the romantic time?
<>
Impressionism movement was born in which country?
France
Instrumental music with NO STORY OR MOOD associated with the title. Title describes musical elements only. Example: Symphony No. 5 in c minor.
Absolute music
Music without a tonal center or tonic is called ____ music.
Atonal
The opposite of tonality is ________.
Atonality
Which of the following is NOT a Romantic characteristic?
Balance
Who is the only composer listed below to write any opera?
Becthoven
Composer credited with transtioning from the Classical to the Romantic. Built the bridge to Romanticism.
Beethoven
This is early romanticiam from his "Choral Symphony"
Beethoven
Which composer occupies a transitional place between the classical and Romantic Periods?
Beethoven
which composer is credited with the introduction of the concert overture?
Beethoven
Which one of the following composers wrote pieces that cannot be recreated at live performances?
Cage
Where did Tchsikovsky conduct opening ceremonies while in the U.S.?
Carnagie Hall
Polish Piano Virtuoso. Nationalistic. Minute Waltz.
Chopin
This virtuoso piano music was probably composed by
Chopina
This school of composers used the tone row method of compositions
Expressionism
(True/False) Beethoven's late works show increased interest in traditional classical forms.
False
(True/False) Chopin wrote many compositions for symphony orchestra.
False
(True/False) Fanfare for the Common Man was made famous by Charles Ives.
False
(True/False) Flight of the Bumble Bee is considered absolute music.
False
(True/False) Form is more important than emotion to romantic composers.
False
(True/False) Mozart's Symphony #40 is considered program music.
False
(True/False) Neo-classical composers wrote music for very large orchestras (around 100 people).
False
(True/False) Orchestration and composition are the same thing.
False
(True/False) Retrograde is a technique that is often used by Romantic composers.
False
(True/False) Sergei Rachmaninoff's pieces are characterized by very dissonant sounds and a sense of atonality.
False
(True/False) Support for Romantic componers came mostly from the church.
False
(True/False) Verdi was the leading composer of German opera.
False
Impressionism began in what country?
France
(True/False) Alban Berg and Anton Webern were students of Arnold Schoenberg.
True
(True/False) American composer George Gershwin composed the 20th century opera Porgy and Bess.
True
(True/False) Arnold Schoenberg is known for being the father of expressionism.
True
(True/False) Atonal music is not very popular with typical concert audiences.
True
(True/False) Beethoven wrote fower works than Haydn or Mozart.
True
(True/False) During the Romantic time period music moved out of the palace and into the concert hall.
True
(True/False) Most of Bachs instrumental music is considered to be absolute music.
True
(True/False) Nationalism is eviden in a great deal of romantic music.
True
(True/False) Neo-romantic composers usually wrote program music.
True
(True/False) Night on Bald Mountain is oonsidered program music.
True
(True/False) Rhapsody in Blue is a famous piece that was composed by George Gershwin.
True
(True/False) The Concerto Grosso was not a popular orchestral form of the Romantic time period.
True
(True/False) The Romantio orcheatra is larger than the Classic orchestra
True
This excerpt from an Italian opera was composed b
Verdi
Which composors are known for their great lalian operas?
Verdi and Rossini
German opera composer. The Ring Cycle (Ride of the Valkyries).
Wagner
This is from the Ring cycle of operas by
Wagner
Which composer is best known for his powerful German opera?
Wagner
Which of the following is a musical setting of a poem for voice and piano?
art song
Music written using the tone row will be:
atonal
Entitled 4'33"
avant-garde
Which group of composers is more likely to use tape rather than printed music in their compositions?
avant-garde
Which one of the following groups of composers devised new systems of notation for their pieces?
avant-garde
What word best fits when describing music of the avant-garde and expressionists? chromatic
experimental
No Hint
expressionist
This group of composers uses the tone row
expressionist
By Igor Stravinsky
neo-classical
By Gustav Holst
neo-romantic
In impressionist music, a composer's interest in __________ is the same as a painter's interest in color.
timbre
The opposite of atonality is:
tonality
This example by Strauss is a
waltz
