Listening quiz 2

Question 1

Dark and ominous violin trilling beginning, followed by orchestra, voices sounds like a spell.

Answer 1

Carl Mario von Weber, Wolf’s Glen scene from Der Freischutz 1817-21

Question 2

full orchestra beginning small crescendo, very softly

Answer 2

Carl Maria von Weber, Overture from Der Freischutz 1817-21

Question 3

piano accompaniment in one hand melody in the other. Soft, intimate

Answer 3

Clara Schumann, Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17, mvt 3 (1846)

Question 4

piano, sixteen notes in different keys, very virtuosic.

Answer 4

Franz Liszt Etudes d’execution transcendante d’apres Paganini, No. 6 (1838)

Question 5

Piano constant figuration in eighth notes, single female voice

Answer 5

Franz Schubert, Gretchen am Spinnrade (1814)

Question 6

piano sustains constant eighth notes in one hand, single male voice

Answer 6

Franz Schubert, “Gute Nacht” from Winterreise (1828)