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Chapter 10 Flashcards

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Central to the Romantic spirit are

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d. The feelings of the individual.

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The classicist preferred

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c. Intellectuality and perfection of form.

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A renewed interest in nature led to

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b. Landscapes becoming a favorite theme.

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The Romantic period largely occupies the

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c. 19th Century.

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In the musical arts, the Romantic spirit of musical individualism led to

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b. Nationalism.

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The focus on the individual, and individual expression led to

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c. Biographies.

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The French Academy

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a. Opposed Romanticism.

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Jean Jacques Rousseau expressed his philosophies in

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d. The Social Contract.

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Which of the following are true of the Classical spirit?

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a. Intellectualism. e. Logical construction.

e. Logical construction.

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The desire to project strong emotions in the arts led to

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b. Violent and shocking subjects.

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Which of the following are true of the Romantic spirit?

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a. Soaring emotions.
b. Subjectivity.
d. Irrationality.

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Music that tells a story is called

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c. Program music.

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A musician of the Romantic period who we, today, would regard as one of the masters, but during his lifetime never achieved worldly success, was

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d. Schubert.

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The Romantic tendency to combine different arts, such as painting and poetry, is exemplified by

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d. Program music.

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Romanticism was a revolt against

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d. Convention and authority.

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Jean Jacques Rousseau believed people were

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b. Inherently good.

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During the Romantic period, the primary patronage came from

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b. The greater public.

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Jean Jacques Rousseau’s guiding principle was

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c. Be your natural self.

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The use and interest in folk songs and folklore show a valuing of the

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a. Peasantry.

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Jean Jacques Rousseau said that people should be guided by

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c. Their natural instincts.

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The emphasis of the Romanticism is

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b. The search for free expression and personal feelings.

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During the Romantic period, the social status of artists

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a. Could be a position of high honor if they were successful.

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The motivating force in Romanticism was

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c. The search for individual freedom.

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This artist was best known as a portrait painter.

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d. Benoist.

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Portrait of a Negress.

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d. Benoist.

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The mood of this artist’s paintings is always gentle.

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b. Corot.

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This artist focused on moral issues.

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b. Goya.

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Art should comment on moral issues.

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c. Goya.

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His art depicted the rape, mutilation, and desecration of war.

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f. Goya.

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This artist created abstractions with loose brush strokes.

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c. Turner.

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The architecture that exemplifies Neo-Baroque is

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a. The Paris Opera House.

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This artist studied with the neo-classicist, David.

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e. Benoist.

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This artist was the leader of the Romantic movement in painting.

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c. Delacroix.

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The architecture that exemplifies the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution.

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c. The Crystal Palace.

d. The Eiffel Tower.

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This artist depicted the horrors of hell.

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e. Delacroix.

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His painting depicted humans against the sea.

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a. Gericault.

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His art anticipated that of the French Impressionists.

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e. Turner.

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Which previous artists inspired Romantic artists?

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a. Rubens.

b. Rembrandt.

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His art created the spirit of the object.

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e. Turner.

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The best word to describe the architecture of the Romantic period is

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c. Revivalist.

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The Raft of the Medusa.

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b. Gericault.

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Dante and Virgil in Hell.

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a. Delacroix.

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This artist favored landscapes and seascapes.

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d. Turner.

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This artist included 2 poets in his painting.

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c. Delacroix.

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Speed.

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e. Turner.

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Spanish Romantic painter.

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f. Goya.

47
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Landscapes dissolving in soft light, color, and line.

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d. Corot.

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His artwork was inspired an account of a sinking ship.

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c. Gericault.

49
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The architecture that exemplifies Gothic Revival is

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c. The House of Parliament.

50
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Which of the following are true of painting in the Romantic period?

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c. Great individuality.
d. Unfettered.
e. Strong emotions.
f. Violence.

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This artist was well-read, sensitive, and intelligent; and friends with many important literary and musical figures.

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c. Delacroix.

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This artwork represented all classes of people.

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d. Liberty Leading the People.

53
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This subject of this artist’s painting is an execution.

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a. Goya.

54
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This artist was called a barbarian and savage with a paintbrush.

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e. Delacroix.

55
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This artist arranged his visual elements like they did in the Baroque period.

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b. Delacroix.

56
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Hired survivors of a tragedy to serve as the models in his painting.

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f. Gericault.

57
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The Erlkonig is a composition using a poem by

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a. Goethe.

58
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The musical compositions in the Romantic period focused on

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a. Dynamics.
c. Tone color.
d. Musical tension.
e. A plethora of keys.

59
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The art of music itself deals with

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d. Tones in the abstract.

60
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Beethoven’s Middle period began with

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b. The composition of his 3rd symphony.

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The erlking is

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b. The specter of death.

62
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Schubert rivals Beethoven in

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b. The Symphony in C Major.

63
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Those who felt music should tell a story were the

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c. Realists.

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Romantic composers loved the human voice for which reasons?

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a. Its personalized quality.

b. That it could sing words; be combined with poetry.

65
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Through his whole life, Schubert was dogged by

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d. Poverty.

66
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Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony was dedicated to

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a. Napolean.

67
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The art that gave artists the greatest opportunity for individual freedom of expression was

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a. Music.

68
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The composition of so many art songs composed in the Romantic period was directly related to

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d. The great wealth of 19th century German lyic poetry.

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Those who insisted music could exist for its own sake were the

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a. Idealists.

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In the Romantic period, musicians responded to

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a. The public opinion.

b. Their own personal impulses.

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The favorite musical media for composers of the Romantic period were

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a. The orchestra.
d. The human voice.
e. The piano.

72
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To successfully perform the Erlkonig, the soloist must be able to

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a. Portray four different characters.

73
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Beethoven’s most individualized personal expression came through

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a. The compositions of his Late period.

74
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Romantic composers loved the orchestra for which reasons?

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a. Its size.
c. Its color possibilities.
d. Its brilliance.

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Romantic composers created harmonic tension with

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a. Dissonances.

d. Chromaticism.

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The melodies of the Eroica Symphony are known for

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a. Their fragmentable quality.

77
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The piano part in the Erlking could be be described as

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a. Ceaseless and driving.

78
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Romantic musicians were emancipated from

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a. Aristocratic patronage.

c. The church.

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The most Romantic of all the arts was

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d. Music.

80
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Beethoven had great performance skills as

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a. A pianist. .
c. A violinist.
d. An organist.

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The two types of art songs are (you will have to do outside research, because only one is identified in the text)

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a. The through-composed.

b. The strophic.

82
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The characteristics of Beethoven’s greatest music would place him best in

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d. The Romantic period.

83
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Schubert’s most important contribution to the music of the Romantic period was

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c. The art song.

84
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The art that can sustain exaggeration, irrationality, and sentimentality for the longest period of time in an aesthetically satisfying way is

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d. Music.

85
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Romantic composers wrote music with the hope that it would appeal to

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c. The general musical public.

86
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In the Early part of his career, Beethoven was known as

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b. A pianist-composer.

87
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Was privately wealthy.

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b. Felix Mendelssohn.

88
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Made substantial income through concertizing.

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b. Frederic Chopin.

89
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He is the poet of musical fantasy.

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d. Frederic Chopin.

90
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All of the melodies of his compositions in this collection used the notes ASCH (A, E-flat, C, and B).

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a. Robert Schumann

91
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His compositions use old forms, such as the fugue and passacaglia.

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a. Johannes Brahms

92
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His symphonies feature folk themes and texts from Romantic authors.

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d. Gustav Mahler

93
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His compositions for piano tend to be tender in quality.

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i. Frederic Chopin.

94
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His opera stories were “verismo”.

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c. Giacomo Puccini.

95
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He wrote an opera about young bohemians.

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c. Puccini.

96
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His operas include Aida, Otello, and Falstaff.

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c. Verdi.

97
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The piano parts of his Lieder are very independent.

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f. Robert Schumann

98
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Was a virtuoso pianist, admired by Liszt and Chopin.

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a. Clara Schumann

99
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Had an obsession with death.

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e. Mahler.

100
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His opera characters were ordinary people.

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d. Puccini.

101
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His operas epitomize tragedy and comedy.

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b. Verdi.

102
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The most famous popular opera ever is:

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c. Carmen.

103
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Was a master of contrapuntal writing.

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Brahms

104
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Her musical compositions are identical in style to those of her brother.

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h. Fanny Mendelssohn.

105
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His symphonies incorporate vocal elements.

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g. Gustav Mahler

106
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They composed in the second half of the 19th century.

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e. Giacomo Puccini.
g. Giuseppe Verdi.
h. Gustav Mahler
i. Johannes Brahms

107
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Was known chiefly for compositions of symphonic dimension.

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Mahler

108
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His piano compositions used small forms.

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d. Robert Schumann

109
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Was a conservatory director and musical journalist.

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i. Robert Schumann

110
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Wrote an operatic Requiem.

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f. Giuseppe Verdi.

111
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Composed almost exclusively for the piano.

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c. Chopin.

112
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He composed art songs using the poetry of Heine.

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c. Robert Schumann.

113
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His musical compositions (with the exception of the scherzos) are more Classical than Romantic.

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i. Felix Mendelssohn.

114
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His four symphonies are classic in form.

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e. Johannes Brahms

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