FINAL- TEST 2

Question 1

In Schubert’s Elfking, the obsessive triplet rhythm of the piano accompaniment represents:

Answer 1

the galloping of the horse.

Question 2

Which of the following composers was NOT a master of the Viennese school?

Answer 2

Chopin

Question 3

Beethoven suffered from perhaps the most traumatic of all maladies for a musician. What was it?

Answer 3

deafness

Question 4

Schubert was born in:

Answer 4

Vienna.

Question 5

In Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, what is the idée fixe?

Answer 5

the basic theme of the symphony, heard in every movement

Question 6

How did Classical artists differ from their Romantic counterparts?

Answer 6

Classical artists emphasized clarity and beauty of form.

Question 7

Wagner’s cycle of four music dramas is called:

Answer 7

The Ring of the Nibelung.

Question 8

How many movements make up a typical Haydn symphony?

Answer 8

four

Question 9

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Impressionist music?

Answer 9

strong accents on the first beat of each measure

Question 10

Which of the following Russian composers was famous for his ballets?

Answer 10

Tchaikovsky

Question 11

How many movements are in a Classical concerto?

Answer 11

three

Question 12

Impressionism in music is best exemplified by the works of:

Answer 12

Claude Debussy.

Question 13

Brahms is often described as a(n) ________ because of his use of the forms established by the Classical masters.

Answer 13

traditionalist

Question 14

The leading composer of Italian opera in the late-Romantic era was:

Answer 14

Puccini

Question 15

A rondo is most typically found in the ________ movement of a Classical multimovement cycle.

Answer 15

last

Question 16

Chopin spent his early years in:

Answer 16

Poland.

Question 17

Which of the following compositions is LEAST likely to be an example of program music?

Answer 17

String Quartet in B-flat Major

Question 18

Which group of instruments was the nucleus of the Classical orchestra?

Answer 18

strings

Question 19

Which of the following was NOT a leading composer of Italian opera?

Answer 19

Bizet

Question 20

Which composer both maintained and disrupted the balance of the Classical style?

Answer 20

Beethoven

Question 21

The nickname “father of the symphony” was earned by:

Answer 21

Haydn.

Question 22

What is the form of the second movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5?

Answer 22

theme and variations

Question 23

A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called:

Answer 23

a Requiem.

Question 24

Impressionism: Sun Rising, the painting that sparked the Impressionist art movement, was created by:

Answer 24

Claude Monet

Question 25

The “Ode to Joy” is the finale of Beethoven’s:

Answer 25

Symphony No. 9.

Question 26

A typical feature of a concerto is a free solo passage without orchestral accompaniment called the:

Answer 26

cadenza.

Question 27

How many symphonies did Beethoven write?

Answer 27

9

Question 28

Wagner’s total artwork, in which all the arts—music, poetry, drama, visual spectacle—are fused together, is called:

Answer 28

the Gesamtkunstwerk.

Question 29

The late-Romantic Italian opera tradition was characterized by a movement toward realism, called:

Answer 29

verismo.

Question 30

The Dies irae is:

Answer 30

a chant from the Mass for the Dead.

Question 31

Which of the following composed The Barber of Seville and William Tell?

Answer 31

Rossini

Question 32

Which of the following best describes the form of the first movement of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik?

Answer 32

sonata-allegro

Question 33

Chopin spent most of his productive life in:

Answer 33

Paris.

Question 34

Which nineteenth-century composer’s entire output centered around the piano?

Answer 34

Chopin

Question 35

Which composer rebelled against the patronage system and struggled to achieve financial independence?

Answer 35

Mozart

Question 36

Music composed without literary or pictorial meanings is called:

Answer 36

absolute music.

Question 37

Which of the following does NOT characterize Romantic music?

Answer 37

reserved emotions

Question 38

A group of Lieder unified by a narrative thread or by a descriptive or expressive theme is called a(n):

Answer 38

song cycle.

Question 39

Of which genre is Fauré is considered to be a master?

Answer 39

song

Question 40

Which of the following was a noted woman composer of the Romantic era?

Answer 40

Clara Schumann

Question 41

The Classical period in music ranged from approximately:

Answer 41

1750 to 1825.

Question 42

Oratorios primarily drew their stories from:

Answer 42

the Bible.

Question 43

How many movements are in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique?

Answer 43

five

Question 44

Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is an example of a:

Answer 44

program symphony.

Question 45

What trend inspired composers to write music evoking scenes or sounds of far-off lands?

Answer 45

exoticism

Question 46

The librettist for Wagner’s music dramas was:

Answer 46

Wagner himself.

Question 47

How did comic opera differ from opera seria?

Answer 47

It was sung in the vernacular
It presented down-to-earth plots.
It featured ensemble as well as solo singing.

Question 48

The Dies irae text from the Requiem Mass describes:

Answer 48

Judgment Day.

Question 49

Mozart died while writing his:

Answer 49

Requiem

Question 50

The German term for the art song is:

Answer 50

Lied.

Question 51

Which of the following was a widely beloved nationalist opera composer?

Answer 51

Verdi

Question 52

The first movement of a symphony is usually in ________ form.

Answer 52

sonata-allegro

Question 53

Which of the following inspired Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique?

Answer 53

the actress Harriet Smithson

Question 54

In the Classical multimovement cycle, the third movement is usually in ________ form.

Answer 54

minuet and trio

Question 55

The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was the:

Answer 55

piano.

Question 56

Which movement of a symphony is traditionally the slowest?

Answer 56

the second movement