Music appreciation test 3
The "Erlkonig" by Schubert was a piece about:
Son hallucinating and dying
This Russian composer wrote a symphonic work called "Overture-Fantasy. Romeo and Juliet":
Tchaikovsky
This overture by Rossini later was adopted as:
The Lone Ranger
The German composer Wagner was most noted for composing:
The Valkyrie + opera
Vienna, Austria Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany but the bulk of his career was in:
Vienna, Austria
The Italian composer Verdi was most noted for composing:
opera
Compositions in the Romantic period were..
short + long
Which of these composers was NOT part of the Romantic period?
Mozart, Bach, Purcell, Montererdi
This Russian composer wrote a symphonic work called "Pictures at an Exhibition":
Musorgsky
Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 was originally dedicated to:
Napolean
The music of Brahms, as a possible reaction to the late-Romantic period, has been cited as a:
Older
Robert Schumann was most noted for composing:
Piano + Lieder music
Chopin's career was lived in Paris, but he was originally from:
Poland
Chopin was most noted for composing:
music for piano
Mahler wrote this number of symphonies, all of them long and large in scope:
10
"Symphony Fantastique" by Hector Berlioz, when compared to other symphonies of its day and before, contained many striking new elements including:
5 movements, theme, telling a story
One movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 contained a motive/theme that later became this song?
Austrian Notronal Anthem
Compared to the Classical Era orchestra, the typical orchestra from the Romantic period became...
Bigger
Beethovens symphony No. 9 was unusual in that it added these musical elements:
Choir, opera, soloist
Which of the following describes the goal of Romantic period composers in regard to emotions?
Emstional Journey