Romantic test
Schubert was eighteen years old when he composed the song Erlkönig, set to a poem by
Goethe.
During his teens and twenties, Franz Liszt lived in
Paris.
Music intended to be performed before and during a play to set the mood for scenes or highlight dramatic action is known as
incidental music.
Program music is instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene. music that depicts aspects of nature. vocal music that tells a story. All answers are correct.
instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene.
The word ___________ is commonly used for a romantic art song with a German text.
lied
Chopin expressed his love of Poland by composing polonaises and
mazurkas.
During the first ten years of his creative life, Schumann published only
piano pieces.
The ___________ is a dance in triple meter that originated as a stately processional for the Polish nobility.
polonaise
A ____________ is an instrumental composition in several movements based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.
program symphony
Chopin's output is
relatively small.
Romanze (romance) in the nineteenth century was often used for a(n)
short, lyrical piece for piano or solo instrument with piano accompaniment.
An art song is a musical composition for multiple voices. solo voice and piano. All answers are correct. solo voice and orchestra.
solo voice and piano.
When the same music is repeated for each stanza of a poem, the form is known as
strophic.
A ________________ is a one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.
symphonic poem
Chopin's Revolutionary Étude develops the pianist's left hand because
the left hand must play rapid passages throughout.
An orchestra toward the end of the romantic period might include close to ______ musicians.
100
Romanticism, as a stylistic period in western art music, encompassed the years
1820-1900
Schubert's songs number more than
600.
Smetana grew up when Bohemia was under ____________ domination.
Austrian
Most of Chopin's pieces
are exquisite miniatures.
Drawing creative inspiration from cultures of lands foreign to the composer is known as
exoticism.
A study piece, designed to help a performer master specific technical difficulties, is known as
an etude.
Robert Schumann's Carnaval is a(n)
cycle of piano pieces.
The Erlking, in Schubert's song of that name, is a romantic personification of
death.
While in Paris, Chopin All answers are correct. gave a great number of successful public concerts. married the famous writer Aurore Dudevant. earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich.
earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich.
Fascination with national identity also led composers to draw on colorful materials from foreign lands, a trend known as musical
exoticism.
The piano's relentless rhythm in Erlkönig (The Erlking) unifies the episodes of the song and suggests the
galloping horse.
Schubert's primary source of income came from his
musical compositions.
The deliberate intent to draw creative inspiration from the composer's own homeland is known as
nationalism.
Of all the inspirations for romantic art, none was more important than
nature.
A slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano, associated with evening and night time, is the
nocturne.
Absolute music is also known as
non-program music.
Until the age of thirty-six, Franz Liszt toured Europe as a virtuoso All answers are correct. pianist. cellist. conductor.
pianist.
Schubert wrote compositions in every musical genre except string quartets. symphonies. piano concertos. operas.
piano concertos.
Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene, popular during the romantic period, is called
program music.
A slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo in music is known as
rubato.
A slight slowing down or speeding up of the tempo, characteristically employed in the performance of much romantic music, is
rubato.
Brahms's musical trademarks included All answers are correct. the use of two notes against three. bombastic flamboyance. the use of da capo arias.
the use of two notes against three.
Altering the character of a melody by changes in dynamics, orchestration, or rhythm is a romantic technique known as
thematic transformation.
The form of The Erlking is strophic. modified strophic. through-composed. None of these.
through-composed.
Because of the French Revolution and the __________________, many aristocrats could no longer afford to maintain private opera houses, orchestras, and "composers in residence".
Napoleonic Wars
Which of the following composers is not associated with the romantic period? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Frédéric Chopin Giuseppe Verdi Robert Schumann
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet is
a concert overture consisting of a slow introduction and a fast movement in sonata form.
Non-program music is also known as _____________ music.
absolute
Even though Smetana was deaf at the time, he composed a musical work depicting Bohemia's main river as it flows through the countryside. The name of the river, and the musical composition, is the
Moldau.
Antonin Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 is his most famous work. is subtitled From the New World. glorifies both the Czech and the American folk spirit. All answers are correct.
All answers are correct.
Composers expressed musical nationalism in their music by using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands. All answers are correct. using their national legends as subject matter. basing their music on the folk songs of their country.
All answers are correct.
Liszt typified the romantic movement because he had a charismatic personality. All answers are correct. was an innovative composer. was a stupendous performer.
All answers are correct.
Liszt's piano works are characterized by an unprecedented range of dynamics. All answers are correct. rapid octaves and daring leaps. arpeggios.
All answers are correct.
The strongest impact of musical nationalism was felt in Russia. the Scandinavian countries. Poland and Bohemia. All answers are correct.
All answers are correct.
Which of the following is not characteristic of romanticism? A fascination with fantasy An interest in exoticism and the past An enthusiasm for the culture of the Middle Ages An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures
An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures
Schubert wrote a number of symphonies and chamber works that are comparable in power and emotional intensity to those of his idol,
Beethoven.
Which of the following is not a characteristic aspect of romanticism in literature and painting? Fantasy Exoticism Emotional restraint Emotional subjectivity
Emotional restraint
Mendelssohn is known as the man who rekindled an interest in the music of
Johann Sebastian Bach.
The composer whose career was a model for many romantic composers was
Ludwig van Beethoven.
Giacomo Puccini's first successful opera was
Manon Lescaut.
The "father of Russian music" is
Mikhail Glinka.
One of the few composers fortunate enough to be supported by private patrons was
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Which of the following countries did not produce important composers whose music had a national flavor? Portugal Norway Russia Bohemia
Portugal
Which of the following is not typical of Robert Schumann's works? They are usually linked with descriptive titles, texts, or programs. They are all written for the piano. They are essentially lyrical in nature. They are intensely autobiographical.
They are all written for the piano.
The librettos to The Ring of the Nibelung were written by
Wagner himself.
The opening of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor is unusual in that
the main theme is presented by the soloist.
An artistic trend of the 1890s, in which operas dealt with ordinary people and true-to-life situations, was known as
verismo.
The orchestra in the romantic period
was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra.
Schubert
was the first great master of the romantic art song.
As a composer, Clara Schumann
wrote songs, piano pieces, a piano concerto, and a trio for piano, violin, and cello.
