Music Final Exam ch 6-9
The tune to which Francis Scott Key's "Defence of Fort M'Henfry" is sung was orginally known as:
"Anacreon in Heaven"
Francis Scott Key began writing the poem for the American National Anthem on board the British flagship HMS Tonnant and published it a few days later under the title:
"Defence of Fort M'Henry"
A satirical cartoon mocking Berlioz's excessive instrumentation pictures him with which of these?
A large orchestra and a cannon
Whiteman invited George Gershwin to compose a piano concerto that combined jazz with:
European concert music
Francis Scott Key knew that American forces had lost the battle when he saw the British flag flying over the buttresses
False
George and Ira Gershwin were cousins who became famous for writing Broadway musicals
False
The Anacreontic Society was named after the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote about love, wine, and amusements
True
The Heiligenstadt Testament revealed Beethoven's inner emotional state as he struggled with physical disability
True
The ancient Greeks believed that the unique musical styles of each regional tribe represented the characteristics of that tribe.
True
The lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner" were written by Francis Scott Key in 1814
True
Although he composed in many formats, Vivaldi primarily composed:
concertos
The Anacreontic Society was disbanded in 1792 following:
controversy over lewd songs
In music composition, mimesis is the process of:
creating imitation of real - world sounds
Program music is music that is accompanied by a(n):
descriptive text
Afrikaans is a language spoken in South Africa by the descendants of British colonist that combines elements of English and indigenous languages
false
Mussorgsky wrote Pictures at an Exhibition as a piano suite because he was not a skilled orchestrator
true
South Africa has eleven official languages, including nine indigenous African languages, which posed difficulties for the creation or selection of a national anthem
true
"Sweet Jazz" was a term used to describe lively dance music primarily intended for:
white consumers
"Hot Jazz" was a term used to describe the rhythmically interesting style associated with:
African American musicians
In 1997, Mandela commissioned a new national anthem that:
All of the above
The act of singing an anthem together has documented effects on participants, including:
All of the above
The leading criticism of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was that it was too difficult to sing because:
All of the above
unlike Whitney Houston's performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner," Namika's rendition of "The Song of the Germans" includes the audience singing along, likely because:
All of the above
Since WWII, only the third verse of West Germany's "The Song of the Germans" has been used in official context due to the fact that:
All the above
In the 19th century, English became an important language in South Africa due to the:
Displacement of the Dutch colonists by the British
By the 19th century, Sonata Form had become standardized and contained the following sections:
Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation, and an optional coda
"The Anacreontic Song" was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, a group of aristocrats who gathered to discuss art and literature
False
"The Call of South Africa" contained lyrics that celebrated indigenous ownership of the land
False
A cyclical technique in music composition is one by which all parts of a large work are connected by the same tonal center
False
Antonio Vivaldi was a violinist and composer in the city of Nice, France.
False
Beethoven was entirely at the mercy of his aristocratic patrons as he sought to cultivate a public career
False
Berlioz won the top honor for French composers, the Rome Prize, years after his death.
False
Berlioz wrote detailed narratives of all of his works, but did not utilize a program at the premiere of his Fantastical Symphony
False
Every country has a national anthem
False
Hector Berlioz was 55 years old when he wrote his Fantastical Symphony.
False
Hector Berlioz's obsession with Irish actress Harriet Smithson was unrequited for his entire life.
False
Mandela discarded "The Call of South Africa" and adopted "Lord Bless Africa" as the national anthem of South Africa
False
Mussorgsky and his colleagues were known as "The Mighty Few."
False
Mussorgsky and his musical colleagues were dedicated to developing an authentically Austrian means of musical expression
False
The Concert Spirituel series was launched in Vienna in 1725
False
The Russian composer Mussorgsky was inspired to compose Pictures at an Exhibition after his experience witnessing an artist during live composition
False
The current national anthem of Germany was written when the nation came into existence.
False
The earliest operas performed in Florence were open to the public
False
The first national anthem was "God Save the Queen" which was adopted by Great Britain in 1875
False
The guzheng is the oldest Chinese instrument and dates back to about 500 BCE
False
The history of the public concert is tied to the history of socialism in Italy
False
To work around the prohibition of young women performing in public, the weekly Vespers services were not open to the public
False
Vivaldi trained as a medical doctor but abandoned school to teach music.
False
Vivaldi's Four Seasons was a collection of four concertos representing each season
False
Arguably, Berlioz's most influential work was:
Fantastical Symphonie
How do contemporary listeners know what Berlioz's Fantastical Symphony is about?
He wrote a detailed program to accompany performance
The letters Beethoven wrote to his brother reflecting the shame he felt about his affliction are known as the:
Heiligenstadt Testament
Which of the following was Berlioz NOT known for?
Inventing new percussion techniques
Which of the following artist did NOT adapt Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition?
Ludwig Van Beethoven
This famous hymn by Beethoven was sometimes used for state occasions in post-WWII West Germany:
Ode to Joy
The five moments of Berlioz's Symphony include which of the following?
Reveries-Passions, A Ball, Scenes in the Fields, March to the Scaffold, Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
Mussorgsky belonged to a progressive school of 19th-century composers of which nationality?
Russian
Beethoven transformed the symphony genre with this work:
Symphony No. 5
What name did Berlioz give to the melody that represents his protagonist's love interest?
The "obsession"
Which of these was the first musical presentation to which the public could buy tickets?
The operas at the St. Cassiano Theater in Venice
"The Anacreontic Song" remained popular and was frequently used as the tune for new works.
True
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is an example of a new text fitted to an old melody
True
A standardized version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was published in 1917
True
Beethoven held a famous concert on December 22, 1808, at the Theater an der Wien, which translates to "Theater on the Banks of the Vienna River."
True
Berlioz' Fantastical Symphony was based upon his desire for relationship with Harriet Smithson.
True
Black South Africans favored a Xhosa-language Methodist hymn entitled "Lord Bless Africa"
True
Concerts during Beethoven's time had become presentational, with a clear divide between performers and the audience
True
During the Romantic era there was increased interest in individual experience, and the portrayal of heartbreak, illness, and personal struggle
True
Each of Vivaldi's concertos was accompanied by a sonnet that he probably wrote himself
True
Following WWII, the government of East Germany commissioned a new anthem, "Risen from the Ruins," while West Germany ceased to use an anthem altogether.
True
In 1948, the National Party was elected to power and institued apartheid (white supremacist segregation) in South Africa.
True
In 1957, the National Party adopted a new anthem, "The Call of South Africa."
True
In 1992, a referendum brought apartheid to an end, and African National Party leader Nelson Mandela became President
True
In 19th centry Europe, a debate took place concerning the superiority of absolute music to program music
True
In the 19th-century Europe, a debate took place concerning the superiority of absolute music to program music.
True
Many modern European countries came into existence during the 19th century
True
Many of Vivaldi's students were illegitimate offspring of noblemen
True
Mussorgsky career was in military and civil service, not composing
True
Mussorgsky wrote Pictures at an Exhibition as a ten-movement piano suite in twenty days
True
Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition constitutes a musical tour of an art show, each painting represented in a movement
True
Paul Whiteman's 1924 concert was intended to demonstrate the potential of jazz as serious concert music
True
Solo music in China is predominantly programmatic
True
Sonata form is a musical structure consisting of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation
True
Spring River in the Flower Moon Night is based on a famous poem written by Zhang Ruoxo.
True
The 4th movement of Berlioz' Fantastical Symphony utilized musical topic, quotation, and mimesis
True
The shared experience of singing or hearing the anthem binds people together.
True
The tune of the current German national anthem, composed by Joseph Haydn, was first known as "God Save Emperor Francis"
True
When Germany was unified in 1871, the new nation adopted the Prussian national anthem, which used the same tune as "God Save the Queen"
True
Whiteman's strategy for marketing jazz to resistant white audiences included inviting prominent performers, conductors, and critics of classical music to his 1924 concert
True
"The Song of the Germans" became the German anthem in 1918 following:
World War One
"Music for music's sake" is referred to as:
absolute music
Populations who shared __________ began campaigning for independence during the 19th century
an ethnic and linguistic heritage
Hector Berlioz's Fantastical Symphony tells the story of a musician who:
becomes obsessed with a women and overdoses on opium
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is an example of a:
broadside ballad
During his years as a concert pianist, Ludwig van Beethoven's career was suspended due to this health concern:
deafness
All 18th-century concertos contained four movements
false
In Beethoven's time, concert programs typically included works from a variety of genres, time periods and composers
false
When South Africa gained independence in 1931, the political parties that came to power represented the interests all people, regardless of race
false
All of the following are true about "The Star-Spangled Banner", except that:
it was designated as the national anthem in 1912
Each of these keywords is associated with Berlioz's Fantastical Symphony except for:
malaise
The popular solo Attack on All Sides is an example of a:
martial composition
Before enrolling in the Paris conservatory in 1826, Berlioz studied the field of :
medicine
A compositional technique that attempts to imitate or represent real world sound is:
mimesis
Even though instrumental music does not have words, it can communicate meaning with which of the following techniques?
mimesis, quotation, musical topics, reliance on a descriptive text, All of the above
Musical representation of shepherds with a bagpipe-like drone is an example of what compositional technique?
musical topic
The use of recognizable music to portray a typical scene, such as a storm scene or love scene, is referred to as the use of:
musical topics
When a composer uses familiar musical styles or cliches to communicate to a listener, it is referred to as the use of:
musical topics
European countries began adopting anthems in the mid - 19th century, which marked a period of growing:
nationalism
Apartheid included all of the following elements except:
non-whites retained full voting rights
Historically, the chinese tradition of music composition has been primarily
oral
The guzheng is tuned according to which type of scale?
pentatonic
In the European tradition, instrumental music that claims to tell a specific story or to otherwise communicate extra-musical information is referred to as:
program music
In Berlioz's "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath," the incorporation of "Dies irae" is an example of the compositional practice of:
quotation
The incorporation of a passage of existing music into a new composition is termed:
quotation
In ritornello form, as it is used in Vivaldi's concertos, the full orchestra alternates with:
solo passaged
Organicism is defined as:
the development of a large-scale work from a single musical motif
Challenges to concert permformances during Beethoven's time included all of the following except for:
the lack of public concert halls
Audiences of the Romantic Era (1815-1900) were fascinated by:
the personal lives of artists
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the text of "The Song of the Germans" in 1841 in order to call for:
the unification of Germany under democratic rule
