Chapter 21

Question 2

Chopin identified himself with what country?

Answer 2

Poland

Question 3

Chopin primarily composed for what instrument?

Answer 3

the piano

Question 4

What do we call the Chopin piano pieces that are based on Polish narrative poems?

Answer 4

Ballades

Question 5

Distinguish the different types of piano compositions Chopin wrote (there are 7)

Answer 5

Ballades, Mazurka, Nocturne, Preludes, Etudes, Waltzes, Polonaise

Question 6

Which composer is the greatest master of character pieces for piano?

Answer 6

Chopin

Question 7

Specific musical term that says to take liberties with the tempo, to speed up and to slow down. What is this called?

Answer 7

Rubato

Question 8

Who is the first composer to use rubato?

Answer 8

Chopin

Question 9

What is the name of the person that Chopin has the affair with?

Answer 9

George Sand (Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin) - French novelist and memoirist

Question 10

What is the national dance of Poland?

Answer 10

Polonaise

Question 11

Who was the first American born composer?

Answer 11

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Question 12

So how is America known in Europe in the 19th century?

Answer 12

Well it primarily focuses on commerce and technology

Question 13

In the middle of the 19th century did the Europeans feel there was any high culture in the United States?

Answer 13

No- the United States was a new and developing country that was interested in science and technology and there was a lot going on in the US during this period. In Europe there was not, at least not to this extent (like England and France)

Question 14

Gottschalk spent the last few years of his life writing music and organizing concerts in what country?

Answer 14

South America

Question 15

What was Gottschalk accused of which forced him out of the country?

Answer 15

Statuatory Rape

Question 16

What is the name of the Gottschalk work you must know?

Answer 16

Bamboula (Danse de Négres)

Question 17

What was the first western musical tradition that was imported to Russia in the mid-18th century?

Answer 17

Italian opera

Question 18

What is the name of the first true Russia opera?

Answer 18

A Life for the Tsar

Question 19

The center for Russian culture was what city?

Answer 19

St. Petersbur

Question 20

Where is St. Petersburg in Russia? Is it North or South of Moscow?

Answer 20

North

Question 21

Did Russian monarchs want to cultivate or imitate in the 18th century that is different than the 19th century?

Answer 21

In the 18th century, they were looking to the west, attempting to imitate. In the 19th century, they wanted to cultivate their own art.