Music Chpt. 36

True

T/F A song in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza of the text is in strophic form.

False

T/F A song that is composed rom beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is in modified strophic form.

True

T/F A typical Romantic symphony is generally longer than a typical Classical symphony.

True

T/F An interest in folklore and folk music resulted from the rise of nationalism.

False

T/F Composers depicted exoticism by incorporating folk music of their own countries in their compositions.

True

T/F During the Romantic era, solo performers became stars idolized by the public.

False

T/F Franz Schubert was a thoroughly Romantic composer who abandoned the forms and stylistic principles of Classicism.

True

T/F Goethe and Heine were two of the leading nineteenth-century writers whose poetry was set by Lieder composers.

False

T/F Music did not embrace the Romantic movement until the mid-1800s.

True

T/F Nineteenth-century composers communicated their desire for increased expressiveness to the performer through new descriptive terms.

True

T/F Robert Schumann was married to the fitted pianist and composer Clara Wieck.

False

T/F Romantic music is characterized by relatively less expression than music of earlier periods.

False

T/F Schubert composed Elfking just before he died.

True

T/F Schubert's Lied Elfking is through composed.

True

T/F Schubert's composed over 600 Lieder.

True

T/F Schubert's prolific output includes works in every major genre.

False

T/F Schumann concentrated on intimate piano and vocal works and wrote no symphonies.

False

T/F Schumann was a carefree spirit with a happy disposition who lived a long, productive life as a composer.

True

T/F Schumann's In the lovely month of May is in strophic form.

False

T/F The French Revolution had little impact on the Romantic movement.

False

T/F The Industrial Revolution led to the production of less expensive musical instruments but with no technical improvements.

False

T/F The Romantic orchestra was the same size and the Classical orchestra.

False

T/F The Romantics embraced conventional forms.

True

T/F The art song can be described as a union of poetry and music.

True

T/F The dynamic range of the nineteenth-century orchestras was far greater than that of orchestras of the previous century.

False

T/F The poem Elfking was written by Heinrich Heine.

True

T/F The rise of the piano as a household instrument influenced the popularity of the Lied.

True

T/F The song form that combines features of strophic and through-composed forms is called modified strophic.

the transfer of power from the aristocracy to the middle class

The French Revolution signaled:

Lied

The German term for the art song is:

Robert Schumann

The composer who founded the New Journal of Music was:

Goethe and Heine

The favorite Romantic poets of the composers of Lieder were:

love, longing, and nature

The favorite subjects of the Romantic poets were:

the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution

The nineteenth century saw the rise of a new social order shaped by:

late nineteenth century

The split between light music and art music occurred during the:

strophic

What is the form of In the lovely month of May?

exoticism

What trend inspired composers to write music evoking scenes or sounds of far-off lands?

the first few decades of the nineteenth century

When did Romanticism in music come into its own?

Clara Wieck Schumann

Which figure was a prominent performer and composer for piano?

high range and dissonance

Which musical devices does Schubert use to portray the child's terror in Elfking?

reserved emotions

Which of the following does NOT characterize Romantic music?

They continues to be viewed as servants

Which of the following does NOT characterize musicians of the Romantic era?

Composers produced more symphonies than their Classical-era counterparts

Which of the following does NOT describe Romantic orchestral music?

The artist is a servant of the aristocracy

Which of the following does NOT describe Romanticism?

It tells a detailed story of a lost love

Which of the following does NOT describe Schumann's A Poet's Love?

It ends with harmonic resolution

Which of the following does NOT describe Schumann's In the lovely month of May?

The size of orchestras decreased, making for more compact ensembles

Which of the following does NOT describe orchestras of the nineteenth century?

Paganini

Which of the following gained prominence as a virtuoso violinist?

Beethoven

Which of the following is identified as the first great creative Romantic?

idealized héros of Greece and Rome

Which of the following was NOT a major theme of Romantic writers?

praise of the Virgin Mary

Which of the following was NOT a typical theme of Romantic poetry?

Victor Hugo

Which of the following was NOT an English lyric poet?

Nadezhda von Meck

Which of the following was the mysterious woman who supported Tchaikovsky?

Heinrich Heine

_______ was NOT an important composer of nineteenth-century Lieder.

False

T/F Nineteenth-century society continued to view musicians as glorified servants.

True

T/F One of the prime traits of Romantic artists was their emphasis on intense emotional expression.

False

T/F The mood of Schumann's In the Lovely month of May is joyful and exuberant.

True

T/F The nineteenth-century novel found its great theme in the conflict between the individual and society.

song cycle

A group of Lieder unified by a narrative thread or by a descriptive or expressive theme is called a:

modified strophic

A song form in which the main melody is repeated for two or three stanzas but introduces new or significantly varied material when the text requires it is called:

strophic

A song form in which the same melody is repeated for every stanza of text is called:

through composed

A song that is composed from beginning to end without repetition of whole sections is called:

Lied

A song whose text is a short lyric poem in German with piano accompaniment is called a:

more than 600

Approximately how many songs did Schubert compose?

public concert hall

During the nineteenth century, concert life began to center on the:

the galloping of the horse

In Schubert's Elfking, the obsessive triplet rhythm of the piano accompaniment represents:

Lied

In which genre was Schubert NOT indebted to Classical traditions?

in an asylum, the result of mental illness

Robert Schumann ended his career and life:

song cycle

Robert Schumann's A Poet's Love is a:

Heinrich Heine

Robert Schumann's Poet's Love is set to texts by:

melody

Romantic composers sought to make instruments sing. This statement best describes the element of:

Schubertaids

Schubert and his friends organized evening gatherings of artists, writers, and musicians, called:

Vienna

Schubert was born in:

Winter's Journey

Schubert wrote several song cycles, including:

through-composed

Schubert's Lied Elfking is in _____ form.

Goethe

Schubert's song Elfking is a setting of a ballad written by:

A Poet's Love

Schumann's In the lovely month of May is from which song cycle?