The Nineteenth Century: Era Quiz; Listening Identification Quiz

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-"Bella figlia" from Rigoletto -Giuseppe Verdi -opera

The two main Romantic-era song structures include ________ and through-composed. An intermediate type, which is a combination of these two, is called ________-strophic.

1. strophic 2 modified

While social assumptions about ______ in the Romantic era (and preceding eras) discouraged them from composing and giving public performances, they had long been _________ and sponsors of music.

1. women 2. teachers

Match each technological advancement to the instrument that it affected most in the nineteenth century. Advancement: A. secure chin rest B. rotary and piston valves C. cast-iron frame D. new sound hole system Instrument: 1. trumpets and horns 2. violin 3. flute 4. piano

A. 2. B.1. C. 4. D. 3.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the nineteenth-century symphony? A. expansive structure B. orchestra decreased in size as compared with Classical era C. lyrical themes D. harmonic experiments

B. orchestra decreased in size as compared with Classical era

American brass bands were originally an outgrowth of the _______ military band.

British

Describe strophic song form.

Every stanza is set to the same melody

Novelist George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin) played a key role in which composer's career?

Frederic Chopin

A Lied is an art song for solo voice and piano sung in _______.

German

Art-song arrangements of African American spirituals were an important part of which cultural movement?

Harlem Renaissance

Which of the following did not aid in the improvement of instruments in the nineteenth century?

Household electrification

Give impressionism facts

It developed in parallel with the Symbolist movement in poetry. It was initially a term denoting scorn of the new style. It was rebuffed by the academic salons of Paris.

Which French painter is credited with starting the Impressionistic movement with his painting Impression: Sunrise?

Monet

which of the following were new instruments added to the romantic orchestra and which were already present in the classical orchestra? a. piccolo b. french horn c. contrabassoon d. english horn e. viola

New to the Romantic Orchestra: a. piccolo c. contrabassoon d. english horn Already present in Classical Orchestra: b. french horn e. viola

Which of the following is not a typical characteristic of Impressionist music?

Strong triumphant cadences

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The title is Étude, Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary). The composer is Frédéric Chopin. The genre is polonaise.

Match the term to its correct description.

a song, generally accompanied by piano intended for home entertainmentparlor song Correct label:parlor song entertainment featuring white performers in blackface Correct label:minstrelsy

What were ways that composers of programmatic music portrayed nationalistic sentiments in nineteenth-century music?

basing the work on regional folklore, evoking the country's landscape, & celebrating a national hero

Match the term to its correct description.

beautiful singing style Correct label:bel canto Italian serious opera Correct label:opera seria Italian comic opera Correct label:opera buffa

In what ways did composers express musical nationalism in the nineteenth century?

celebrating national heroes recalling a shared historic event representing scenic beauty of a country's land

Which one of the following were women in Romantic European society NOT allowed to study in public conservatories? composition singing instrumental performance conducting

conducting

The large size of the romantic orchestra resulted in the need for a __________

conductor

Which of the following is NOT a style trait of romantic music? a. expanded instrumental forms b. lyricism c. profound meditations on life and death d. eschewal of chromatic and dissonant pitches

d. eschewal of chromatic and dissonant pitches

Which of the following was not a compositional trend in French Romantic music?

emphasis on private music for the royal court

Which of the following is not a way that composers expressed musical nationalism in the nineteenth century?

evoking color and atmosphere of far-off lands

Artists and writers in the nineteenth century turned to Italy and Spain as well as Asia and the Far East for inspiration. These locals were considered _______.

exotic

What made improved instruments possible in the nineteenth century?

improved production of metal alloys machines powered by steam increased availability of raw materials

Which of the following is false of Impressionism?

it is mainly an Italian Art Form

Which of the following were compositional trends in French Romantic music?

large-scale theatrical productions salon music for piano large-scale orchestral music

Women of the upper class in the nineteenth century often presided over _______ ______ in their homes.

musical salons

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's September: At the River is a character piece, which is a short piano work with a descriptive title that evokes a particular mood, scene, or person.What is the instrumentation of Hensel's work?

one piano

Elfking is a Lied (German for "song"). Which best describes the music of Elfking?

one singer and piano accompaniment

Match the term to its correct description.

opera conceived by Wagner in which music, poetry, drama and visual spectacle are fused togethermusic drama Correct label:music drama light German comic opera with spoken dialoguesingspiel Correct label:singspiel scenes with spoken dialogue or minimal singing, but striking orchestral accompaniment to intensify the dramatic effect of the wordsmelodrama Correct label:melodrama leading motives in Wagnerian opera that represent emotions, characters, ideas, objects and continually transform Correct label:leitmotif

What instrumental group performs this excerpt from Symphonie fantastique?

orchestra

A song that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is in which form?

through-composed form

Which of the following correctly describe "La donna è mobile" from Verdi's opera Rigoletto?La donna e mobile

triple meter solo tenor orchestral accompaniment

What are the characteristics of Impressionist music?

unresolved dissonances, rich orchestral color, & modal scales

Which of the following was not a way that nineteenth-century composers of programmatic music portrayed nationalistic sentiments?

utilizing ritornello form

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-"La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto -Giuseppe Verdi -opera

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-"Un bel dì" from Madame Butterfly -Giacomo Puccini -opera

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-"Un dì" from Rigoletto -Giuseppe Verdi -opera

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-Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker -Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky -ballet

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-Elfking -Franz Schubert -Lied

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-Swing Low, Sweet Chariot -Fisk Jubilee Singers -spiritual

The French song genre that paralleled the German Lied in the nineteenth century was the

mélodie

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-Symphony No. 3 in F Major, III -symphony -Johannes Brahms

French Romantic-era song composers were drawn to the poets of which movement?

Symbolist

Define temp rubato

robbed time

Which genre is NOT a part of Chopin's compositional output? piano concertos piano sonatas string quartets

string quartets

Common types of Romantic program music include the concert overture, incidental music, and the

symphonic poem

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-Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" -Claude Debussy -symphonic poem

Able to exhibit melodious and dramatic moods despite its compact form, the short lyric piano piece, also known as the __________ piece, was the instrumental equivalent to the _____.

1. character 2. song

Match the movement of the Romantic symphony to its correct description

often follows sonata form and closes the symphony Correct label:movement 4 rhythmic dance or scherzo Correct label:movement 3 most dramatic in sonata form Correct label:movement 1 slow and lyrical in a loose 3-part form Correct label:movement 2

What instrumentation do you hear in this work? (0:34)

solo piano

What is the term for a group of Lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme?

song cycle

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-Die Walküre (Act III, closing of scene 3) -Richard Wagner -music drama

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-In the Lovely Month of May -Robert Schumann -Lied

Late Romantic ideals were carried into the post-Romantic era both through the Italian ___tradition—as exemplified by Puccini—and by the ___ composers Strauss and ____, both of whom were noted for their orchestral writing.

operatic German Mahler

Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called ________ music.

program

By the Romantic era, music had moved from the palace to the ______ _______ ____.

public concert hall

Which technique is heard here when the performer takes liberties with the rhythms and pace of the music?

rubato

The instrument that was invented in the nineteenth century and ultimately became a staple in jazz bands is the __________.

saxophone

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-Die Walküre (Act III, scene 1: Ride of the Valkyries) -Richard Wagner -music drama

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-Frédéric Chopin -Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1 (Military) -polonaise

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-In the Hall of the Mountain King, from Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1 -Edward Grieg -incidental music

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-Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair -Stephen Foster -parlor song

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-Libera me, from Requiem -Gabriel Fauré -requiem (mass for the dead)

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-Maple Leaf Rag -Scott Joplin -piano rag

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-Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1 -Edvard Grieg -incidental music

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-Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream -Felix Mendelssohn -concert overture

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-September: At the River, from -The Year -Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel -character piece

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-Symphonie fantastique (IV) -program symphony -Hector Berlioz

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-Symphonie fantastique (V) -Hector Berlioz -program symphony

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-Trepak (Russian Dance), from The Nutcracker -Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky -ballet

Nineteenth-century songwriters in the United States combined elements of European ___ ____ and opera with other traditions such as nostalgic "folk songs" to create commercially successful ________ music.

1. Art Song 2. popular

The ___________ Revolution brought with it the means to create more __________ and responsive musical instruments as well as technical _____________ that influenced the sound of Romantic music.

1. Industrial 2. affordable 3. improvements

Stephen Foster helped to build a powerful musical industry in the ______ _______ in the nineteenth century, even though he earned very little from sales of his ______ music.

1. United States 2. sheet

In nineteenth-century Italy, audiences favored both the opera seria and opera ______ styles and the use of ___ _____ singing.

1. buffa 2. bel canto

Even though nineteenth-century symphonic __________ retained the basic structure of the earlier __________ symphony, they did not always follow the "____________ rules."

1. composers 2. Classical 3. traditional

The eighteenth century saw the rise of ballet as an ____________ art form. French ballet was preeminent in the early nineteenth century then _______ ballet flourished.

1. independent 2. Russian

In the __________ century technical improvements were made to the piano, which satisfied _________ composers' quest for greater dynamic range.

1. nineteenth 2. Romantic

Ragtime was an African American ______ style characterized by ____________ rhythms and sectional forms.

1. piano 2. syncopated

Match the musical descriptions to their correct dance in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.

Trepak Correct label:A-B-A form Correct label:duple meter Correct label:vivacious mood that builds to a frenzy Correct label:tambourine featured Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Correct label:quiet and mysterious mood Correct label:celesta featured Correct label:A-B-A form Correct label:duple meter

Match the end-of-the-20th-century musical trend to its definition.

operatic style popular in Italy that attempted to bring naturalism and realism to the stageverismo Correct label:verismo musical style in which rhythms, melodies, or instruments evoke the color and atmosphere of foreign or fantastic lands Correct label:exoticism

Before recorded music was widespread, music like Scott Joplin's rags could be mechanically performed by what?

player piano