Module 6: The 19th Century/ Romantic Era (test 4)
In nineteenth-century minstrel shows, white performers acted out ----- in blackface.
"scenes from the plantation"
The form of both Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Trepak from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker is best outlined as which?
A-B-A
During which holiday season is Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker performed every year?
Christmas
Where does Act I of The Nutcracker take place?
Christmas party
From 1847 on, Stephen Foster was under contract with the -----.
Christy Minstrels
What happens in the second act of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker?
Clara visits the land of sweets with the Prince.
Which of these authors wrote during the Romantic era?
Correct Answer(s) -Victor Hugo -Walter Scott Incorrect Answer(s) -William Shakespeare
In which countries was nineteenth-century ballet favored as an independent dramatic form?
Correct Answer(s) France Russia Incorrect Answer(s) Sweden Ireland
Which of the following were famous ballets written by Tchaikovsky?
Correct Answer(s) The Nutcracker Sleeping Beauty Swan Lake Incorrect Answer(s) Romeo and Juliet 1812 Overture
Which two scale types did Puccini use in Madame Butterfly to evoke Japanese culture?
Correct Answer(s) pentatonic whole-tone Incorrect Answer(s) major minor
Which of the following correctly describes strophic song form?
Every stanza is set to same melody
After his conservatory studies, Frédéric Chopin spent most of his productive career in ----.
France
Novelist George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin) played a key role in which composer's career?
Frédéric Chopin
A Lied is an art song for solo voice and piano sung in ------.
German
Foster's My Old Kentucky Home was inspired by which?
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
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.
Industrial affordable improvements
Who wrote the dramatic poem (based on a Danish legend) which provides the text for Schubert's Elfking?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Where did Tchaikovsky receive his first teaching post thanks to the recommendation of Anton Rubinstein?
Moscow Conservatory
Who of the following played a key role in Franz Liszt's career?
Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein
Tchaikovsky was a famous composer from -.
Russia
Match the musical elements to the art song in which they are found.
Schubert: Elfking -through-composed form -set to a Goethe poem Schumann: "In the Lovely Month of May" -set to a Heine poem -strophic form
The famous American tunes Oh, Susanna!, Beautiful Dreamer, and Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair were all composed by who?
Stephen Foster
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.
United States sheet
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.
art song popular
Which best describes the tempo in Tchaikovsky's Trepak from The Nutcracker?
begins at a lively tempo then is marked by an accelerando
What best describes the character of the Chopin's Mazurka?
dancelike
The nineteenth-century trend towards evoking a culture outside the composer's in opera was known as:
exoticism
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair was the most famous of Foster's songs during his lifetime.
false
Music in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century America was wildly divergent from European traditions.
false
Puccini found his inspiration for Madame Butterfly after visiting Tokyo and viewing a traditional play there.
false
Romantic composers rarely used dynamic markings and other expressive comments in their scores to communicate their intentions to musicians.
false
The Bohemian artist adhered to the social norms of the establishment.
false
The characteristics of post-Romanticism were not found in works from Italy.
false
The movement of verismo focused on the imaginative/fantastic.
false
The piano experienced minor technical improvements during the nineteenth century.
false
Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is primarily composed in what texture?
homophonic
The eighteenth century saw the rise of ballet as an - art form. French ballet was preeminent in the early nineteenth century then - ballet flourished.
independent Russian
Romantic-era melodies are best described as ------.
lyrical and singable
The lively triple-meter dance with an accent on the second or third beat in the measure that originated in Mazovia is known as the ----.
mazurka
Chopin paid homage to his Eastern European ancestry by composing which?
mazurkas and polonaises
Which of the following was a type of racially-charged theatrical variety show in the United States in the nineteenth century?
minstrel show
In the ---- century technical improvements were made to the piano, which satisfied ----- composers' quest for greater dynamic range.
nineteenth Romantic
Chopin was romantically involved with George Sand, the renowned French ----.
novelist
Late Romantic ideals were carried into the post-Romantic era both through the Italian - tradition as witnessed in Puccini and by - composers Strauss and -, both of whom were noted for their orchestral writing.
operatic German Mahler
Nedezhda von Meck's relationship with Tchaikovsky was which?
patron
Robert Schumann praised the level of expression in Chopin's work, calling Chopin a(n) -----.
poet
Which best describes the expression in Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker?
quiet and mysterious
What is the term for a group of Lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme?
song cycle
The two main Romantic-era song structures include ------ and through-composed. An intermediate type, which is a combination of these two, is called ------ strophic.
strophic modified
What special technique is used at the end of the first verse in the song "In the Lovely Month of May"?
text painting
The French Revolution signaled the transfer of power from the hereditary landholding aristocracy to whom?
the middle class
A song that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is in which form?
through-composed form
According to legend, anyone touched by the Elfking must die.
true
Nationalistic feelings inspired Romantic composers to incorporate folk songs and dances from their native lands into their works.
true
Stephen Foster's songs exemplify the intersection between the American spirit and the European art tradition.
true
Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker was choreographed by Marius Petipa.
true
Tchaikovsky's ballets are central to the repertory today.
true
The French Revolution fostered the rise of a middle-class society.
true
The Nutcracker was based on a story written by E. T. A. Hoffmann.
true
The nineteenth century was an age of great virtuoso pianists.
true
Which of the following describes Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe (A Poet's Love)?
Correct Answer(s) -The poems follow a psychological progression. -It is a song cycle. -It is comprised of sixteen songs. Incorrect Answer(s) -There is a clear story being told.
Which of the following describes Chopin's Mazurka in B-flat Minor, Op. 24, No. 4?
Correct Answer(s) -chromatic melody -triple meter Incorrect Answer(s) -conjunct melody -minor tonality throughout
Robert Schumann was noted for which of the following in his day?
Correct Answer(s) -composition -music criticism Incorrect Answer(s) -opera singer -violin virtuoso
Which of the following were new instruments added to the Romantic orchestra?
Correct Answer(s) -piccolo -contrabassoon -English horn Incorrect Answer(s) -viola -French horn
Which of the following correctly describes Stephen Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair?
Correct Answer(s) -syllabic -major key -moderate tempo Incorrect Answer(s) -minor key -allegro tempo
Which of the following are pieces that Chopin wrote and which are not?
Correct Answer(s) -études -polonaises -nocturnes Incorrect Answer(s) motets organum
Puccini makes reference to the music of which nations in Madame Butterfly?
Correct Answer(s) Japanese the United States Incorrect Answer(s) Germanic Russian
Which of the following operas is considered part of the verismo tradition?
Correct Answer(s) Puccini's La bohème Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci Puccini's Tosca Incorrect Answer(s) Wagner's Die Walküre Verdi's Aida
Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet?
celesta
Which of the following is NOT a style trait of Romantic music? -profound meditations on life and death -expanded instrumental forms -eschewal of chromatic and dissonant pitches -lyricism
eschewal of chromatic and dissonant pitches
Artists and writers in the nineteenth century turned to Italy and Spain as well as Asia and the Far East for inspiration. These locales were considered ------.
exotic
Japanese folk melodies are often built on a five-note, or _____________, scale.
pentatonic
Polish composer Frédéric Chopin dedicated his entire compositional output to the -.
piano
The German art song was a genre that was generally performed by a solo voice and ------.
piano
Which is the best definition of tempo rubato?
robbed time
In his music Chopin called for "robbed" time, a technique formally known as ----.
rubato
Which genre is NOT a part of Chopin's compositional output?
string quartets
Foster was sympathetic toward the Abolitionist cause.
true
Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair draws on the tradition of Anglo-Irish folk song.
true
Musicians and composers achieved a higher social status during the Romantic era than they had in the Classical era.
true
Nineteenth-century parlor music in the United States was written to be accessible to amateurs.
true
One definition of the term "popular" means belonging to "the people."
true
Romantic Lied texts are written in German.
true
Romantic era piano character pieces often had fanciful titles.
true
Stephen Foster is known for his minstrel show tunes and parlor songs.
true
Japan's two hundred years of isolation ended when the US Navy arrived in 1854, lead by ___________.
Commodore Perry
Which of these Romantic-era works is considered to have an "exotic" narrative?
Correct Answer(s) -Aida -Madame Butterfly Incorrect Answer(s) -Brahms's Symphony No. 2
Which of the following songs were written by Stephen Foster?
Correct Answer(s) -Camptown Races -Old Folks at Home Incorrect Answer(s) -September: At the River Elfking
Which of the following are Romantic-era composers?
Correct Answer(s) -Clara Wieck Schumann -Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Incorrect Answer(s) -Nedezhda von Meck -George Sand
Who of the following composers wrote short lyric piano pieces in the Romantic era and who did not?
Correct Answer(s) -Franz Liszt -Felix Mendelssohn -Clara Wieck Schumann Incorrect Answer(s) -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -George Frideric Handel
Who of the following were prominent composers of Romantic-era Lieder?
Correct Answer(s) -Franz Schubert -Clara Schumann Incorrect Answer(s) -Wolfgang Mozart -Ludwig van Beethoven
Which of the following correctly describe a part of Franz Schubert's career?
Correct Answer(s) -He wrote more than 600 Lieder. -He sang in a prestigious choir in Vienna. -His music shows both Classical and Romantic traits. Incorrect Answer(s) -He did not write chamber music.
Which of the following is a characteristic of Robert Schumann's In the Lovely Month of May?
Correct Answer(s) -It is in a strophic form. -The poetry was written by Heine. -It is for solo voice and piano. Incorrect Answer(s) -It is in through-composed form. -It is sung in French.
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 ------.
character song
The large size of the Romantic orchestra resulted in the need for a -----.
conductor
The form of Stephen Foster's song Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is -----.
strophic
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was a prominent composer of Lieder.
true
The piano played a crucial role in nineteenth-century musical culture.
true
The short lyric piano work was the instrumental equivalent to the nineteenth-century song.
true
Two prominent German Romantic poets whose texts were often set to music were Heinrich Heine and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
true
