Exam 5
german
A Lied is an art song for solo voice and piano sung in
true
A lost manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, in her own handwriting, that contained September: At the River was discovered in 1989.
true
According to legend, anyone touched by the Elfking must die.
the program symphony
Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique exemplifies the type of program music known as
brother
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's musical career was overshadowed by that of her ____________ Felix.
4
How many symphonies did Brahms write?
siegfried
In the final scene of Die Walküre, Wagner introduces the leitmotif for the hero ____________ who hasn't even been born yet.
trombone
In the final scene of Die Walküre, which instrument precedes Wotan's call to Loge, the god of Fire?
program music
Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called
absolute music
Music without literary or pictorial meanings is called
true
One definition of the term "popular" means belonging to "the people."
false
Romantic composers rarely used dynamic markings and other expressive comments in their scores to communicate their intentions to musicians.
600
Schubert wrote more than ____________ Lieder.
strophic
The form of Stephen Foster's song Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is
ternary form (ABA)
The form of both Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Trepak from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker is
norwegian
The play Peer Gynt is based on a ____________ folk tale and the story has a strong moral message.
true
The short lyric piano work was the instrumental equivalent to the 19th-century song.
three-note
Throughout his Symphony No. 3, Brahms incorporates a ____________ motive.
true
Two prominent German Romantic poets whose texts were often set to music were Heinrich Heine and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
conjunct melody
Which of the following does NOT describe Chopin's Mazurka in B-flat Minor Op. 24, No. 4?
avoidance of chromatic and dissonant pitches
Which of the following is NOT a style trait of Romantic music?
nabucco
Which opera did Verdi write based on the story of the king of Babylon?
gesamtkunstwerk
Which term refers to Wagner's concept of a total artwork, encompassing all the arts?
symphonic poem
Which type of program music describes a large-scale one-movement work for orchestra, also called a tone poem?
program overture
Which type of program music describes a one-movement work for orchestra, independent of opera?
incidental music
Which type of program music describes music written to accompany plays?
george sand
Who was NOT a woman composer of the Romantic era?
5
Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is in how many movements?
the actress harriet smithson
Berlioz's wife, who is believed to be the inspiration for his Symphonie fantastique, was which?
public concert hall
By the Romantic era, music had moved from the palace to the
mazurkas and poloniases
Chopin paid homage to his Eastern European ancestry by composing which?
novelist
Chopin was romantically involved with George Sand, the renowned French
organizing the family sunday salon concerts
During her later years, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was responsible for
christmas
During which holiday season is Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker performed every year?
true
Each of the pieces in the manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's The Year was originally accompanied by poems and artwork that suggest the passage of time or the seasons of one's life.
scandinavian
Edvard Grieg represents the ____________ nationalist school.
true
Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair draws on the tradition of Anglo-Irish folk song.
homophonic
Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is primarily composed in what texture?
true
Giuseppe Verdi was viewed as an Italian nationalist composer.
henrik ibsen
Grieg provided incidental music for a play by ____________ about a lazy and prideful youth named Peer Gynt and his various misadventures.
solo piano
Hensel's September: At the River is a character piece written for
12
Hensel's The Year is a programmatic cycle of ____________ character pieces, each named for a month of the year.
medium range and major mode
How is the character of the Elfking differentiated musically in the song?
4
How many music dramas make up Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung?
bel canto
In 19th-century Italy, audiences favored both the opera seria and opera buffa styles and the use of ____________ singing.
slow-paced; fast-moving
In September: At the River by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, the melody is ____________ and the accompanying notes are ____________.
prince
In The Nutcracker, Clara's wooden nutcracker turns into a
true
In The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky includes a number of dances that evoke exotic locales such as Arabia and China.
celesta
In The Nutcracker, the timbre of the ____________ enhances the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
true
In Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung, the role of the Valkyries was to carry fallen heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla on their winged horses.
true
In the 19th century, technical improvements were made to the piano, which satisfied Romantic composers' quest for greater dynamic range.
high range and dissonance
In the Elfking, what expressive technique does Schubert use in the boy's cry, "My father, my father"?
true
Nationalistic feelings inspired Romantic composers to incorporate folk songs and dances from their native lands into their works.
true
Romantic era piano character pieces often had fanciful titles.
through-composed
Schubert's song Elfking is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections which is ____________ form.
true
Stephen Foster is known for his minstrel show tunes and parlor songs.
true
Stephen Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair was inspired by real life experiences.
russia
Tchaikovsky was a famous composer from
true
Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker was choreographed by Marius Petipa.
quick-moving notes that accompany the melody
The "river" in September: At the River by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel is musically expressed by
true
The Nutcracker was based on a story written by E. T. A. Hoffmann.
true
The Romantic symphony featured an orchestra larger than that of the Classical composers.
russian
The Trepak is inspired by a ____________ folk dance.
triple
The aria "La donna è mobile" from Verdi's Rigoletto is in a lilting ____________ meter with "oom- pah-pah" accompaniment.
true
The bel canto style of singing is characterized by florid melodic lines.
stephen foster
The famous American tunes Oh, Susanna!, Beautiful Dreamer, and Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair all were all composed by who?
true
The first movement of a Romantic symphony is usually the most dramatic and features the use of sonata-allegro form.
strophic
The form of the aria "La donna è mobile" from Verdi's Rigoletto is
ternary
The general form of the third movement of Brahms' third symphony is
mazurka
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
idée fixe
The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, is called the
valkyries
The nine daughters of Wotan in Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung are known as the
cellos
The opening melody of the third movement in Brahms' Symphony No. 3 is performed by which instruments?
false
The piano in Schubert's songs is only used for simple accompaniment; the voice has all the expression.
true
The piano played a crucial role in 19th-century musical culture.
true
The quartet "Un di" from Verdi's Rigoletto is a dialog between four characters (Duke, Maddalena, Gilda, and Rigoletto).
goethe
The recently discovered manuscript of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's September: At the River is included a drawing and poetry from which 19th-century poet?
waltz
The third movement of Brahms' Symphony No. 3 is not the expected scherzo but actually a slow
true
Unlike the symphonic poem, the genre of symphony is often absolute music, without a program.
true
Wagner had a theater built at Bayreuth specifically for the performance of his music dramas.
leitmotifs
Wagner's large-scale music dramas are unified by
dancelike
What best describes the character of Chopin's Mazurkas?
music drama
What did Wagner call his complete integration of theater and music?
clara visits the land of the sweets with the prince
What happens in Act II of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker?
loud chord
What instrumentation does Berlioz use at the end of the fourth movement ("March to the Scaffold") of Symphonie fantastique to depict the falling of the guillotine's blade?
clarinet solo
What instrumentation does Berlioz use at the end of the fourth movement ("March to the Scaffold") of Symphonie fantastique to depict the last image of his beloved (idée fixe)?
pizzicato strings
What instrumentation does Berlioz use at the end of the fourth movement ("March to the Scaffold") of Symphonie fantastique to depict the rolling head?
a medieval german epic poem (the nibelung)
What is the basis for the story of The Ring of the Nibelung?
an italian court during the renaissance era
What is the historical setting of Rigoletto?
a play by victor hugo
What is the literary basis for Verdi's Rigoletto?
nationalism
When 19th-century composers sought to glorify aspects of their homeland, this was considered an
aida
Which Verdi opera is set in Egypt?
low range
Which best characterizes the range for the father's role in the song Elfking?
a march to the scaffold
Which best describes the character of the fourth movement of Symphonie fantastique?
franz lizst
Which composer invented the "symphonic poem"?
robert schumann
Which composer nurtured Brahms' talents, going as far as taking him into his home?
robbed time
Which is the best definition of tempo rubato?
in the hall of the mountain king
Which movement from Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite can be described as a march for the wild troll daughters of the Mountain King.
morning mood
Which movement from Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite can be described as an atmospheric depiction of the sunrise?
johann Wolfgang von goethe
Who wrote the dramatic poem (based on a Danish legend) which provides the text for Schubert's Elfking?
