Music Quizzes ~ Chapters 33-45

In nineteenth-century minstrel shows, white performers acted out - in blackface.

"Scenes from the Plantation"

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is considered to reflect the intersection between which of the following?

-African American. -Native American. -European American.

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.

In nineteenth-century Italy, audiences favored both the opera seria and opera - styles and the use of - singing.

-Buffa. -Bel canto.

Which of the following songs were written by Stephen Foster?

-Camptown Races. -Old Folks at Home.

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.

Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" features which of the following?

-Chromaticism. -"Blue" chords. -Antique cymbals. -Homophonic texture.

Spirituals gained a broader presence in the United States after the - War largely due to the work of a touring - group from - University in Nashville, Tennessee.

-Civil. -Choral. -Fisk.

Even though nineteenth-century symphonic - retained the basic structure of the earlier - symphony, they did not always follow the " - rules."

-Composers. -Classical. -Traditional.

Which of the following characters sing in the "Un dì" quartet in Verdi's Rigoletto?

-Duke. -Rigoletto. -Gilda. -Maddalena.

Which of the following describe aspects of the fourth movement of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique?

-Duple meter. -Prominent use of timpani. -Minor tonality.

Which of the following were ways that programmatic composers portrayed nationalistic sentiments in nineteenth-century music?

-Evoking the country's landscape. -Celebrating a national hero. -Basing the work on regional folklore.

Which of the following were prominent composers who wrote Lieder?

-Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel. -Johannes Brahms. -Franz Schubert.

At the beginning of this song, the pianist plays an introduction without the singer; the music conveys the image of the galloping horse. Which descriptions correctly depict the galloping music played by the pianist at the beginning of this song? (0:23)

-Fast tempo. -Rapid repeated octaves.

Who of the following composers wrote short lyric piano pieces in the Romantic era and who did not?

-Felix Mendelssohn. -Franz Liszt. -Clara Wieck Schumann.

The idée fixe, which means " - idea," is varied throughout Symphonie fantastique through a process known as - transformation.

-Fixed. -Thematic.

Romantic opera developed distinct national styles in Italy, Germany, and - , and women - excelled in all styles.

-France. -Singers.

Who of the following were prominent composers of Lieder?

-Franz Schubert. -Clara Schumann.

From what traditions were the musicians in the "Mighty Five" seeking to free themselves?

-German symphonic traditions. -Italian opera. -French ballet.

Which of the following are some of John Philip Sousa's accomplishments?

-He formed his own band that performed on the radio. -He brought ragtime to European audiences. -He was a strong champion of composer's rights.

Which of the following is true about Hector Berlioz?

-He was a genius at orchestration. -Some of his works have a literary basis. -He won Prix de Rome.

Which of the following describes Harry T. Burleigh's career?

-He worked with Dvorak. -He arranged spirituals for voice and piano. -He became an editor for a music publisher.

Which of the following correctly describe a part of Schubert's career?

-He wrote more than 600 Lieder. -He sang in a prestigious choir in Vienna. -His music shows both Classical and Romantic traits.

Edvard Grieg provided - music for a play by Henrik - about a lazy and prideful youth named - and his various misadventures.

-Incidental. -Ibsen. -Peer Gynt.

Which of the following is true of Impressionism?

-It was initially a term denoting scorn of the new style. -It developed in parallel with the Symbolist movement in poetry. -It was rebuffed by the academic salons of Paris.

The "Ride" motive played by the brass is called a - . It is played first by the - .

-Leitmotif. -French horns.

Which leitmotifs did Wagner use in the closing scene of Act III in Die Walküre?

-Magic sleep. -Magic fire. -Siegfried.

Sousa directed the U.S. - Band for twelve years, composing - and arranging - works for them to perform.

-Marine -Marches -Classical

In his career, Wagner abandoned the idea of separate arias, duets, ensembles, choruses, and ballets, instead developing an "endless - " that was molded to the natural inflections of the - language.

-Melody. -German.

Which of the following are characteristics of Impressionist music?

-Modal scales. -Unresolved dissonances. -Rich orchestral color.

Which of the following correctly describes Stephen Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair?

-Moderate Tempo. -Major Key. -Syllabic.

Put the following in the correct order in which they first appear in Schubert's Elfking.

-Narrator. -Father. -Son. -Elfking.

In the - century technical improvements were made to the piano, which satisfied - composers' quest for greater dynamic range.

-Nineteenth. -Romantic.

Which of the following are pieces that Chopin wrote and which are not?

-Polonaises. -Etudes. -Nocturnes.

Many marches, including The Washington - , are made up of small, repeated sections called - .

-Post. -Strains.

- music evokes images and ideas and is distinguished from - music, which consists of music without literary or pictorial meanings.

-Program. -Absolute.

Place the following movements in the order that they appear in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique.

-Reveries, Passions. -A Ball. -Scene in the Fields. -March to the Scaffold. -Dream of a Witches' Sabbath.

African Americans brought the tradition of the - shout to the - meetings of the - Great Awakening movement of the 1800s.

-Ring. -Camp. -Second.

Which of these operas marked the high point of the singing style known as bel canto?

-Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia. -Rossini's Buillaume Tell.

The operas of - marked the high point of the bel canto singing style, which is characterized by florid - lines.

-Rossini. -Melodic.

Put the excerpts in the correct order in which they first appear in the opening scene of Act III from Wagner's Die Walküre.

-Rushing strings. (0:11) -Dotted figure. (0:15) -Ride motive. (0:14)

Which French Symbolist poets were highly influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, a poet from the United States?

-Stephane Mallarme. -Paul Verlaine.

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.

The - has a much freer structure than the - , the latter of which usually has a traditional Classical form.

-Symphonic poem. -Concert overture.

At the end of the song, the rapid and repetitive part that the pianist plays slows down and then stops altogether. Which two answers describe why this happens? (0:40)

-The Son is dead. -The Father and Son reach the courtyard.

Which of the following statements correctly describe Berlioz's March to the Scaffold, the fourth movement from Symphonie fantastique?

-The idee fixe is heard only at the end of the movement. -The movement is programmatic. -The timpani are prominently featured.

Which of the following describe the Fisk Jubilee Singers?

-They toured in Europe. -They toured in the United States. -They raised enough money to construct a major building on the Fisk University campus. -They were a part of Fisk University.

Schubert's Elfking is a - Lied that sets a text by - . The singer uses different voice registers to express four different characters (in order of appearance in the song): a - , the father, the son, and the - . The harmony changes to a major key when the - sings. Even the piano gets a "role" as the horse, with its galloping figures and rhythmic momentum.

-Through-composed. -Goethe. -Narrator. -Elfking. -Elfking.

Which of the following describes Chopin's Mazurka in B-flat Minor, Op. 24, No. 4?

-Triple meter. -Chromatic Melody.

The fourth movement is built upon - main themes: a(n) - minor scale in the low strings and a diabolically exuberant march tune in the - and woodwinds. At the very end of the movement, the idée fixe appears in the - , one last recollection of the beloved before the fall of the guillotine's blade.

-Two. -Descending. -Brass. -Clarinet.

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.

In the nineteenth century, opera excerpts were marketed to domestic consumers via which?

-Voice and guitar arrangements. -Four-hand piano arrangements. -Wind band medleys.

Debussy was influenced by the non- - scales and instruments he encountered at the - World Exhibition of 1889.

-Western. -Pris.

Which of the following are characteristics of Brahms's career and compositional output?

-Wrote about 200 solo songs. -Wrote chamber music. -Collected folk songs.

The poem is introduced by a narrator who describes the scene. Including the narrator, how many characters speak in this poem?

4

The first scene of Act III of Wagner's Die Walküre opens with music that is in which meter? (0:11)

9/8

Which character from Wagner's Ring Cycle is presented in this image?

A Valkyrie

The quick, repeated notes in the piano are meant to convey the image of - . (0:23)

A galloping horse.

What is the basis for the story of The Ring of the Nibelung?

A medieval German epic poem

What is the literary basis for Verdi's Rigoletto?

A play by Victor Hugo.

Which Verdi opera is set in Egypt?

Aida

What is the historical setting of Rigoletto?

An Italian court during the Renaissance era

Harry T. Burleigh worked with the European composer - while the latter was teaching in the United States.

Antonin Dvorak

What instrument plays a countermelody in the first appearance of Theme A? (0:10)

Bassoon

Which of the following is least likely to be a nationalistic work based on the title?

Brahms, Symphony No. 4

Which of the following is a nineteenth-century American vernacular tradition?

Brass band music

American brass bands were originally an outgrowth of the - military band.

British

Which strain in a march is also known as the "trio"?

C Strain

The opening melody of the third movement in Brahms's Symphony No. 3 is performed by which instruments?

Cellos

From 1847 on, Stephen Foster was under contract with the - .

Christy Minstrels

Which best describes the character of the opening theme of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?

Chromatic and with a free rhythm

At the end of the piece, you hear a passage played loudly by brass, then the "fixed idea" played softly by a solo instrument. What is the solo instrument?

Clarinet

The most important French Impressionist composer was - .

Claude Debussy

In the last section of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" antique - are introduced.

Cymbals

The third movement of a nineteenth-century symphony is most likely in - form.

Dance or scherzo

What best describes the character of the Chopin's Mazurka?

Dancelike

Which of the following best describes the melodic contour of Theme A in March to the Scaffold? (0:11)

Descending

Which European composer was an early supporter of African American musical styles like the spiritual?

Dvorak

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, IV.

Dynamics -Sudden Changes Form -Sonata-like with two themes. Meter -Duple

Which character is singing in this excerpt? (0:23)

Elfking

Match the composers to their corresponding country or region.

England -Elgar Scandinavia -Sibelius Russia -Borodin Czech Rep. -Dvorak Spain -Albeniz

Which of the following correctly describes strophic song form?

Every stanza is set to same melody.

All marches have a military theme.

False

Franz Schubert only wrote Lieder

False

Hector Berlioz invented the symphonic poem.

False

Impressionist composers often made use of a strongly accented meter.

False

In his music dramas Wagner created short arias that lent themselves to being separated from the larger work for performance at home.

False

In the nineteenth century Germany was noted for its long-established opera tradition.

False

In the twenty-first century, composers do not write nationalistic works.

False

Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is absolute music.

False

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair was the most famous of Foster's songs during his lifetime.

False

Jenny Lind was a famous nineteenth-century composer of opera.

False

Music in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century America was wildly divergent from European traditions.

False

Programmatic forms were not used by the Impressionists.

False

Rigoletto is an opera based on Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

False

Spirituals fell out of circulation after the Civil War in the United States.

False

The piano experienced minor technical improvements during the nineteenth century.

False

The piano in Schubert's songs is only used for simple accompaniment; the voice has all the expression.

False

The scherzo movement in nineteenth-century symphonies generally is characterized by a slow march tempo.

False

The style and structure of African American spirituals were in strict imitation of European models.

False

Verdi's Rigoletto was not an immediate success.

False

Wagner employed recurring themes called idées fixes in his operas.

False

In the nineteenth century, the - movement of a symphony was the most dramatic movement.

First

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot became a favorite tune of which college-level performing group?

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Which university's future was endowed largely through musical performances of spirituals?

Fisk University

Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is in how many movements?

Five

Which instrument is featured in the opening melody of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?

Flute

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in Schubert's Elfking.

Form -Through-composed. Accompaniment Rhythm -Triplets. Vocal Register -High (for the son) -Low (for the father) Expression -Urgent mood.

How many music dramas make up Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung?

Four

How many symphonies did Brahms write?

Four

After his conservatory studies, Frédéric Chopin spent most of his productive career in - .

France

Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor was admired and performed by which nineteenth-century virtuoso pianist?

Franz Liszt

Whose daughter was Cosima, Wagner's wife?

Franz Liszt

A Lied is an art song for solo voice and piano sung in - .

German

Which term refers to Wagner's concept of a total artwork, encompassing all the arts?

Gesamtkunstwerk

Foster's My Old Kentucky Home was inspired by which?

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Over the course of the Lied, the son becomes more and more agitated. He yells out to his father three times ("Mein Vater, mein Vater"). How is the boy's growing fear conveyed in the music?

He sings at higher and higher pitch levels.

Who wrote the play Peer Gynt and asked Grieg to compose incidental music for it?

Henrik Ibsen

Brahms wrote his Requiem Mass in memory of - .

His mother

Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is primarily composed in what texture?

Homophonic

The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, is called the - .

Idee fixe

The character development in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is realized musically through the thematic development of the - .

Idee fixe.

- music is a type of program music and a predecessor of film soundtracks.

Incidental

Match the following genres of program music to the correct description

Incidental Music -music written to accompany plays (Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream) Symphonic Poem -large-scale one-movement work for orchestra, also called tone poem (Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of the Faun") Program Overture -one-movement work for orchestra, independent of opera (Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet)

Now listen to the music as the Elfking enters the story. Which best describes the Elfking's music? (0:23)

It is in a major key.

Who wrote the dramatic poem (based on a Danish legend) which provides the text for Schubert's Elfking?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Which of the following operas by Verdi is NOT based on a Shakespeare play?

La Traviata

Wagner's large-scale music dramas are unified by - .

Leitmotifs

How are the Father's and the Son's music different? The father sings - .

Lower pitches than the son.

Match the instrument(s) that Wagner used to portray each person or idea in the closing of scene 3 of Act III in Die Walküre.

Magic Fire -Woodwinds and French horns. Magic Sleep -Harps. Siegfried -Brass. Loge -Trombones.

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.

Let's compare two examples representing Romantic symphonies: one from the early part of the era and the other from the last decades of the nineteenth century. Match each work with the appropriate traits you hear.

Medelssohn: Symphony No. 4, IV (Italian) (0:24) -Early Romantic era (c. 1830) -Quick-paced, dancelike theme Brahms: Symphony No. 4, IV (1:00) -Late Romantic era (c. 1885) -Slow-moving theme.

Which of the following was a type of racially-charged theatrical variety show in the United States in the nineteenth century?

Minstrel show

Which French painter is credited with starting the Impressionistic movement with his painting Impression: Sunrise?

Monet

Match each movement to the description Berlioz describes in the score for his Symphonie fantastique.

Movement I - The young musician's passionate daydream about love and suffering Movement II - A dance in which the beloved is glimpsed for a moment Movement III - A shepherds' duet inspires anxiety Movement IV - The artist is punished for committing a crime of passion Movement V - The creatures of the underworld introduce the musician's eternal resting place

What did Wagner call his complete integration of theater and music?

Music drama

The program of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" concerns which?

Mythological faun in a dream-like state

Which opera did Verdi write based on the story of the king of Babylon?

Nabucco

When nineteenth-century composers sought to glorify aspects of their homeland, this was considered an act of - .

Nationalism

Chopin was romantically involved with George Sand, the renowned French - .

Novelist.

After the idée fixe is played by a solo instrument, the guillotine blade drops on the lovesick artist and his head falls below. How does Berlioz use music to describe the action? (0:09)

One loud chord followed by two softer notes in low strings.

Elfking is a Lied (German for "song"). Which best describes Elfking?

One singer and piano accompaniment.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the nineteenth-century symphony?

Orchestra decreased in size as compared with Classical era

Who managed the American debut tour of international singing sensation Jenny Lind?

P.T. Barnum

What scale is utilized in Swing Low, Sweet Chariot?

Pentatonic

What recording technology was used for the 1890 recording of The Washington Post?

Phonograph Cylinder

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 type of program best describes Smetana's The Moldau?

Pictorial, depicting actual events or places

Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" draws its program from a Symbolist - .

Poem

Robert Schumann praised the level of expression in Chopin's work, calling Chopin a(n) - .

Poet.

Which best describes the texture of the opening scene of Die Walkuüre? (0:24)

Polyphonic

Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called - .

Program music

Tchaikovsky's music for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a famous example of which?

Program overture

By the Romantic era, music had moved from the palace to the - .

Public concert hall

In Wagner's The Ring Cycle, the treasure of gold that lies in a particular river is guarded by the three - .

Rhine Maidens

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in the opening of Wagner's Die Walküre, Act III.

Rhythm -Dotted. Orchestration -Brass, winds, strings. Texture -Polyphonic.

The opening lines of the poem describe a father and his son - .

Riding on a horse.

Which is the best definition of tempo rubato?

Robbed Time

Which composer nurtured Brahms's talents, going as far as taking him into his home?

Robert Schumann

In his music Chopin called for "robbed" time, a technique formally known as - .

Rubato

Which best describes the first seven seconds of scene 1 from Wagner's Die Walküre? (0:11)

Rushing strings and wavering woodwinds

Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" was later choreographed by the great - dancer Vaslav Nijinksy.

Russian

Edvard Grieg represents the - nationalist school.

Scandinavian.

In the final scene of Die Walküre, Wagner introduces the leitmotif for the hero - who hasn't even been born yet.

Siegfried

Light German opera featuring spoken dialogue is called what?

Singspiel

As a review, let's consider two selections that are both examples of Romantic program music. Match each of the traits with the work in which they are represented.

Smetana: The Moldau, from My Homeland (0:50) -Fast-paced, flowing theme. -Features woodwinds and plucked strings. Mussorgsky: Great Gate of Kiev from Pictures at an Exposition (0:44) -Broad, majestic theme. -Features brass and percussion.

The - can see the Elfking.

Son

Which of the Elfking characters is singing at this point in the Lied? (0:07)

Son

What is the term for a group of Lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme?

Song Cycle

Match each character with their description as seen in Verdi's Rigoletto.

Sparafucile -Assassin. Rigoletto -Court jester. Gilda -Rigoletto's daughter. Maddalena -Sparafucile's sister.

The famous American tunes Oh, Susanna!, Beautiful Dreamer, and Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair were all composed by who?

Stephen Foster

The chord that closes The Washing Post is known as a - chord

Stinger

Which genre is NOT a part of Chopin's compositional output?

String quartets

What instruments play Theme A when you hear it a third time? (0:11)

Strings

The form of Stephen Foster's song Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is - .

Strophic

Which best describes the music in this excerpt, which begins about eight seconds into scene 1? (0:15)

Swirling strings and woodwinds with a lively dotted rhythm in French horns and low strings.

Which best describes the music in this excerpt, which begins 22 seconds into scene 1? (0:14)

Swirling strings and woodwinds; a lively dotted rhythm in horns and low strings; and a melody played by brass.

Common types of Romantic program music include the concert overture, incidental music, and the - .

Symphonic poem

Which genre best describes the Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"?

Symphonic poem

The overall form of Debussy's Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" is best described as which?

Ternary (A-B-A')

The general form of the third movement (III) of Brahms's third symphony is - .

Ternary (three-part)

Art-song arrangements of African American spirituals were an important part of which cultural movement?

The Harlem Renaissance

Berlioz's wife, who is believed to be the inspiration for his Symphonie fantastique, was which?

The actress Harriet Smithson.

What does the loud chord at the end of the fourth movement (March to the Scaffold) of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique represent?

The falling of the guillotine's blade.

In which movement is the Dies irae ("Day of Wrath") theme from the Mass for the Dead heard in Symphonie fantastique?

The fifth

What happens in Theme B that is different from Theme A? (0:11 then 0:14)

Theme B is played loudly by brass and woodwinds.

Which of the following statements does NOT describe Schubert's Elfking?

There are four separate singers for each role.

Throughout his third symphony, Brahms incorporates a - motive.

Three-note

A song that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is in which form?

Through-Composed Form

The aria "La donna è mobile" from Verdi's Rigoletto is in a lilting - meter.

Triple

"Happy Birthday" was likely composed in the nineteenth century.

True

According to legend, anyone touched by the Elfking must die.

True

Adolphe Sax was a famous musical instrument inventor who positively affected bands in the United States.

True

After considerable success in Dresden with Rienzi, Wagner began to choose subjects derived from Germanic epics.

True

America's vernacular traditions also included music for brass bands.

True

Berlioz was a devoted fan of Beethoven.

True

Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is a program symphony.

True

By the Romantic era, music had moved from the palace to the public concert hall.

True

Czech composer Antonin Dvořák taught in the United States.

True

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was a prominent composer of Lieder.

True

Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, was established as a college for freed slaves.

True

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

Giuseppe Verdi was viewed as an Italian nationalist composer.

True

Grieg studied music in Germany, and was influenced by Mendelssohn and Schumann.

True

Hector Berlioz looked to the writings of Shakespeare as the basis for both an opera and symphonic works.

True

Impressionist composers explored the whole-tone scale.

True

Impressionist composers used various non-Western scale patterns in their works.

True

In this excerpt, which begins 22 seconds into scene 1, the trumpets and French horns both play the "Ride" leitmotif: (0:24)

True

Instrumental music that does not have a program is called absolute music.

True

Many of Schubert's works were performed in the homes of his friends and sponsors.

True

Nationalistic program music might evoke a country's landscape.

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

Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert both composed song cycles.

True

Romantic Lied texts are written in German.

True

Romantic era piano character pieces often had fanciful titles.

True

Sousa composed and arranged operettas.

True

Sousa's The Washington Post is in 6/8 meter.

True

Sousa's The Washington Post started a dance craze.

True

Stephen Foster is known for his minstrel show tunes and parlor songs.

True

Stephen Foster's songs exemplify the intersection between the American spirit and the European art tradition.

True

The Fisk Jubilee Singers sang European choral masterworks and spirituals.

True

The Paris World Exposition of 1889 provided French composers the opportunity to hear various musical ensembles from around the world.

True

The Romantic symphony featured an orchestra larger than that of the Classical composers.

True

The United States Marine Band has a history dating back to the eighteenth century.

True

The bel canto style of singing is characterized by florid melodic lines.

True

The first movement of a Romantic symphony is usually the most dramatic and features the use of sonata-allegro form.

True

The idée fixe from Symphonie fantastique represents the artist's beloved. (0:07)

True

The nineteenth century was an age of great virtuoso pianists.

True

The piano played a crucial role in nineteenth-century musical culture.

True

The role of the Valkyries was to carry fallen heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla on their winged horses.

True

The short lyric piano work was the instrumental equivalent to the nineteenth-century song.

True

The singing of spirituals offered the slave community a sense of solidarity.

True

Two prominent German Romantic poets whose texts were often set to music were Heinrich Heine and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

True

Wagner had a theater built at Bayreuth specifically for the performance of his music dramas.

True

The texture of African American spirituals is best described as which?

Unison with some elaboration.

The nine daughters of Wotan, in Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung, are known as the - .

Valkyries

The third movement of Brahms's third symphony is not the expected scherzo but actually a slow - .

Waltz

Which of the following is NOT a march by Sousa?

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again

Listen to the following music excerpts and drag the corresponding cards to the correct location on the image below. Only the highlighted sections can be possible targets.

Y: Downward minor scale. (0:11) Z: Diabolical march tune (0:14) X: Clarinet Idee Fixe (0:09)

Listen to the following music excerpts and drag the corresponding cards to the correct location on the chart below.

Y: Galloping (0:23) X: Du liebes Kind... (0:02) Z: Mein Vater (0:07)