MU001 Chapter 17-19

A program symphony is a(n):

Romantic symphony that is based on a program.

Program symphonies are in the category of:

grandiose compositions.

Wagner uses mythology in The Nibelung's Ring to reflect on modern life, the basic theme being:

greed and hunger for power bring moral decline.

A song cycle is a(n):

group of songs with a common poetic theme or unifying story.

Which allows a composer to show what a character is thinking even though something else is being said in the text?

leitmotiv

The nineteenth-century German genre consisting of a musical setting of a short poem for voice and piano is the:

lied.

A character piece is a:

miniature composition for piano

"Erlkönig" is a:

miniature, a song.

What did Wagner call his new style of opera in the 1850s?

music drama

Who started the idea of the symphonic poem?

Franz Liszt

Who composed "Erlkönig"?

Franz Schubert

Which term refers to a synthesis of many of the arts into one unified work, or "total work of art"?

Gesamtkunstwerk

How did Chopin support himself?

He gave piano lessons and sold his music to publishers.

Which composer had an extraordinary imagination for orchestral tone color?

Hector Berlioz

Which statement about Fanny Mendelssohn is false?

Her compositions were widely admired during her lifetime.

What became of Wagner's leitmotiv technique?

It became used in most operas.

Which is true of program music?

It refers to some non-musical idea such as a poetic or literary work

Which would you least associate with nationalism in music?

Johannes Brahms

Smetana and Dvorak were nationalist composers from

Bohemia

Chopin was most noted for composing:

character pieces for piano

The opera Carmen, written by the French composer Georges Bizet and set in Spain, is an example of:

exoticism in music.

How many different characters do you hear in "Erlkönig"?

three, plus the narrator

The rise of nationalism in music was a reflection of:

people cherishing their distinctive artistic heritage.

In the nineteenth century, what instrument was the most likely to be used for the great profusion of Romantic miniature compositions?

piano

What characterizes the music of nationalist composers?

rebellion against the traditional rules of harmony and form of European Romantic composers

"Im wunderschönen Monat Mai" is part of a(n):

song cycle

What are the two basic forms of lieder?

strophic and through-composed

An orchestral work that is composed in one movement and has a free form and a program is called a:

symphonic poem

What is characteristic of all nationalistic music?

the use of the folk music of each country

A song in which the musical sections are not the same for all verses of poetry but instead are composed with new material for each verse from beginning to end is said to be:

through-composed.