RE 3

Question 1

Nationalistic composers expressed their Nationalism by:

Answer 1

Employing native songs and dances of their people in their works

Question 2

Smetana’s My Country is:

Answer 2

A cycle of six symphonic poems

Question 3

Brahms wrote no symphonies until he was past the age of forty, in part because he was in awe of the symphonies of:

Answer 3

Beethoven

Question 4

Brahms is often described as an———, because of his use of the forms of classical masters.

Answer 4

Traditionalist

Question 5

Which position did Dvorak hold during his years in America?

Answer 5

Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City

Question 6

Dvorak’s New World Symphony is loosely programmatic, based on:

Answer 6

Longfellow’s Hiawatha