Final

Question 1

Brandenburg Concerto no. 5

Answer 1

J.S. Bach, first movement, classical

Question 2

Symphony no. 40 in G minor

Answer 2

W.A. Mozart, first movement, classical

Question 3

Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major

Answer 3

W.A. Mozart, first movement, classical

Question 4

Symphony no. 95 in C minor

Answer 4

F.J. Haydn, third movement (Menuetto), classical

Question 5

Symphony no. 5 in C minor

Answer 5

Ludwig van Beethoven, all four movements, romanticism

Question 6

Erlkonig

Answer 6

Franz Schubert, romanticism, A boy and father are riding near some woods, the boy sees spirits that the father cannot see, the boy ends up dead.

Question 7

Dichterliebe: Im wunderschonen Monat Mai

Answer 7

Schumann, romanticism, A knight confesses his love and adoration for an unnamed woman in the month of May

Question 8

Dichterliebe: Die alten, bosen Lieder

Answer 8

Schumann, romanticism, The Knight, no longer in love, asks for the construction of a massive coffin which is to be thrown into the ocean by sea giants

Question 9

Nocturne in F-sharp Op. 15 no. 2

Answer 9

Frederic Chopin, Romanticism

Question 10

Rigoletto, Act 3, Scene 1

Answer 10

Giuseppe Verdi, Romanticism, a. Aria “La donna e mobile (Duke of Mantua) - Women are fickle, men are wretched for indulging them, b. Quartet “Bella figlia dell’amore” - the Duke attempts to seduce Maddalena in the assassin’s house

Question 11

Tristan und Isolde

Answer 11

Richard Wagner, Romanticism, a. Prelude, b. Act 3, Scene 3 “Isolde’s Liebestod” - Tristan has died, Isolde is collapsed at his side until someone says that the love potion was to unite them, she awakes, sings her Liebestod, and then dies

Question 12

Symphony no. 1 in C minor

Answer 12

Johannes Brahms, Romanticism, first movement

Question 13

Clouds, from Three Nocturnes for orchestra

Answer 13

Claude Debussy, Impressionism

Question 14

The Rite of Spring

Answer 14

Igor Stravinsky, Primitivism, a. Introduction - Before the curtain rises, an orchestral introduction resembles, according to Stravinsky, “a swarm of spring pipes” b. Dance of the Adolescents - Young girls arrive from the river, in single file. They begin the “Dance of the Abduction”. c. Round Dances of Spring - The people break into a passionate dance, sanctifying and becoming one with the earth.

Question 15

Pierrot Lunaire

Answer 15

Arnold Schoenberg, Expressionism, a. Night - Giant black butterflies fly around, being creepy b. The Moonfleck - A speck of moonlight is on Pierrot’s jacket, he tries to rub it off but he can’t, is upset

Question 16

Wozzeck

Answer 16

Alban Berg, Expressionism, Act III, Scene II - Wozzeck stabs Marie because he can’t have her, Act II, Scene III - Wozzeck goes to a dance covered in blood, everyone freaks out

Question 17

Five Orchestral Pieces Op. 10

Answer 17

Anton Webern, Serialism, Piece no. 3, and no. 4

Question 18

Lux aeterna

Answer 18

Gyorgy Ligeti, Postwar Avant-Garde, text taken from Requiem Mass - serve as lament for dead

Question 19

Poeme Electronique

Answer 19

Edgar Varese, Postwar Avant-Garde

Question 20

Conga Brava

Answer 20

Duke Ellington, Big Band Jazz

Question 21

Out of Nowhere

Answer 21

Charlie Parker, Avant-Garde Jazz

Question 22

Bitches Brew

Answer 22

Miles Davis, Fusion Jazz

Question 23

Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano

Answer 23

John Cage, Indeterminacy, Sonatas V and VI

Question 24

Kontakte

Answer 24

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Serialism, Structure I, beginning

Question 25

Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima

Answer 25

Kryzstof Penderecki, Postwar Avantegarde

Question 26

Sinfonia

Answer 26

Luciano Berio, Postmodernism, 2nd movement “O King” and 3rd Movement