Mus 154 Final Part 2

Beethoven's performing instrument was the:

piano

In the nineteenth-century, what instrument was the most likely to be composed for and played as a solo instrument?

piano

Beethoven composed mostly ______________ in his last style period.

piano sonatas and string quartets.

Music during the Enlightenment was meant to

please and entertain

Wagner was as well-known for his ________ as he was for his operas.

political views

Brahms composed in many genres, but did not write any:

program music

Music without singing but derived from a poem, story, or other literary source, is called:

program music

What characterizes the music of nationalist composers?

rebellion against the traditional harmony and form of European Romantic composers

What do you hear in the third section of the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 that is unusual?

recapitulation

Program music:

refers to some extramusical idea such as painting or literary work

Which does not describe the Classical ideal of melody?

richly ornamented

The musical term applied to flexibility in rhythm is:

rubato

A fast, triple-meter movement that evolved from the minuet is called a:

scherzo

Schubert started out his career as a ___________ , then devoted his time to _______________ .

schoolteacher; composition

The fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 is in __________ form.

sonata

What is the form of the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67?

sonata form

The English word for Lied is:

song

What is the general mood of the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67?

stormy

The performing forces in the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 consist of:

strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion

What are the two basic forms of Lieder?

strophic and through-composed

The function of the brass section in a Classical orchestra was to:

support the harmony and play along with the percussion section.

An orchestral work composed in one movement with a free form and with a program is called a:

symphonic poem

Mahler's First Symphony started out as a(n) ______________ and became a(n) ___________ .

symphonic poem; symphony in four movements

With which genre is Beethoven most closely associated?

symphony

Who started the idea of the symphonic poem?

Franz Liszt

Carl Maria von Weber was the founder of:

German Romantic Opera

What were the two most important elements of Wagner's operatic style?

Gesamtkunstwerk

Which term refers to a synthesis of many of the arts into one glorified work?

Gesamtkunstwerk

Which is not true of Romantic music?

Harmonies were clearer and more Diatonic and established a stronger sense of tonality than before.

Carnaval contains twenty pieces, each representing a different:

character at a masked ball

Romantic treatment of tone color included:

combining and blending different instrumental tone colors

Oxford, England, was the location of the first

concert hall

The important new member of the Romantic orchestra was the:

conductor

Which characterizes the musical style of Chaikovsky?

cosmopolitan Romantic

Which is not one of the standard Classical forms?

da capo form

Which is not a feature of Beethoven's symphonic compositional style?

disregard for Classical forms

With which musical element does the composer achieve the most contrast in the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67?

dynamics

The first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 is dominated by a repeated:

exposition

In which category is a symphonic poem different from a program symphony?

form

Romantic treatment of form was:

free and spontaneous

The eighteenth century salon was a(n):

gathering in a home

A song cycle is a(n).

group of songs with a common poetic theme or unifying story.

Beethoven stopped performing because:

he became progressively deaf.

Which best describes Beethoven's character as reflected in his music?

heroic, striving, and triumphant

The predominant texture of Classical music is:

homophony

The Fantastic Symphony includes a(n):

idée fixe

The term Romantic was:

initially a literary term applied by writers of the era to their own work

Thanks to Pergolesi, Rousseau, and Mozart, the most progressive style of opera in the latter part of the eighteenth century was:

opera buffa

Which is not included in the creative output of Gustav Mahler

operas

In his writings on music, Jean Jacques Rousseau attacked the:

operatic style of the Baroque period.

The rise of public concerts in the eighteenth century gave a special impetus to the creation of:

orchestral music

What is chromaticism?

using all twelve notes of the scale liberally

Thematic unity occurs:

when a composer uses the same themes in some or all movements of a work

Which is not true of Franz Liszt?

He was shy and never able to sustain a long-term relationship.

Which is not true of Gaetano Donizetti?

He wrote complex, intellectual arias and ensemble numbers in his operas.

Which is not true of Carl Maria von Weber?

He wrote in the bel canto style.

Who provided the Romantics with the ideal of the individual and was considered the ideological father of the French Revolution?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What was the result of the Classical practice of using standard forms?

Music became more predictable for the listener.

The Russian Kushka included:

Mussorgsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Cuiz, Balakirev

Who does not belong on this list of early Italian Romantic opera composers?

Claudio Monteverdi

Which is true in regard to texture in Classical music?

Compared to Baroque composers, Viennese Classical composers employed a delicate and unobtrusive sort of polyphony in their music.

Which does not describe the Classical composer's approach to harmony?

Composers used figured bass to specify the desired harmony.

Which is true of the use of dynamics in the Classical era?

Dynamics were specifically notated; gradual dynamic changes were also notated.

Which does not characterize Mahler's style of orchestration?

He uses a general homophonic texture, with sustained melodies played by the strings.

Which is not true of Gioacchino Rossini?

He was famous for his serious operas in the nineteenth century.

Which composer was most admired for his ability as an orchestrator?

Hector Berlioz

Which is not true of Wagner's career?

His career as a concert pianist enabled him to travel all over Europe.

Which is not true of the career of the career of Robert Schumann?

His musical career was eclipsed by that of his wife, the musically gifted Clara Wieck Schumann.

Which of the following is true about the end of the third movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67?

It continues right into the next movement of this work.

Which is true about the second theme in the third movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67?

It recalls the first movement of this work.

The nineteenth-century German genre consisting of a musical setting of a short poem for voice and piano is the:

Lied

The lifelong model for Brahms was:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Who had the greatest influence on early Romantic composers?

Ludwig van Beethoven

Which is true of the relationship between Romantic composers and the public?

Nineteenth century audiences became more conservative and more critical of innovative composers.

Next to Beethoven, who had the greatest influence on nineteenth-century composers?

Richard Wagner

Who wrote the texts for Wagner's operas?

Richard Wagner

The man who started a music magazine to defend the music of the Romantics against public indifference was:

Robert Schumann

The light, decorative, frivolous style of art and music that developed during the mid-eighteenth century was called:

Rococo

Which is not true about Romantic opera?

Romantic opera flourished only in Germany and Italy

Two compositions that represent Romantic Musicians' fascination with the supernatural are:

Schumann's Dichterliebe, Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony.

Wagner's ________ was part of ________.

The Rhinegold; The Ring of the Nibelung

What is unusual about Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?

There is no break between the third and fourth movements.

Which is true of the style periods of Beethoven?

They progress from Classical to heroic to serene

Which is not true of Verdi's operatic style?

Verdi's operas still employ secco recitative and aria, although in a bel canto style.

The Classical style developed principally in:

Vienna

The third movement of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 is:

a funeral march

Which describes the struggle involved in the psychological progression of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5?

a heroic struggle with fate, starting out stormy and ending triumphant

Which describes the emotional goal of music in the nineteenth century?

a search for freedom of the individual emotional expression

What characterizes the focus of the arts from the 1850s on?

an increased interest in realism

Which described the early nineteenth-century concept of the artist as personified in Beethoven?

an inspired soul who suffers to deliver art to humanity

A concert overture is:

an overture that is not connected to any following music, such as an opera.

A style of opera developed by early Italian Romantic composers was called:

bel canto

How might a Classical composer help listeners become familiar with a theme in a composition?

by repeating it right away

Compared to the Classical orchestra, the typical Romantic orchestra was:

larger, and blended tone colors in new ways.

Which allows a composer to show what a character is thinking even though something else is being said in the text?

leitmotiv

Which of the other arts had the greatest influence on the early Romantic composers?

literature

Which characterizes the contrasting second theme in the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67?

lyrical

Tristan and Isolde is based on a(n):

medieval legend

The Classical style emerged in the ________________ century.

mid-eighteenth

A "character piece" is a:

miniature composition for piano

Which does not describe the Romantic melody?

more regular phrase lengths than in Classical melodies

In the nineteenth century, which of the arts was considered to be the most capable of expressing inner experience and emotion?

music

Verdi's early operas were associated with:

the Italian liberation movement

Which is not an important element in the operatic style of Richard Wagner?

the aria

What is a musical innovation of the eighteenth century?

the public concert

Leitmotivs are developed by means of:

thematic transformation

The second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 is in __________ form.

theme and variations

Music scholars divide Beethoven's music into ________ style periods.

three

The general mood of the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 is:

triumphant

Which instruments are not heard until the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67?

trombones

How many themes are handled in the song movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67?

two

The woodwind section of a Classical orchestra consisted of:

two of each: flute, oboe, bassoon, and optional clarinets.