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Review of Quiz 1 Flashcards

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1
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Chopin’s folk influence from what country?

A

Poland

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2
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Which composer conducted Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in 1827?

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Mendelssohn

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3
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Which famous composer did not play piano?

A

Berlioz

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4
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Famous composer married to famous pianist?

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Robert Schumann, married to Clara Wieck

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5
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Name a famous programmatic overture by Mendelsohn

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Midsummer Night’s Dream

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6
Q

What is the subtitle to Beethoven’s 9th symphony?

A

Choral Symphony

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7
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Which famous composer wrote 600 songs, despite dying at 31?

A

Schubert

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8
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Paganini’s violin playing influenced the playing of

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Liszt

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9
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Beethoven’s Eroica symphony is dedicated to

A

Napoleon Bonaparte

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10
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Name the German writer of Faust

A

Goethe

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11
Q

Name one opera in Der Ring Des Nebelungen

A
  • Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold)
  • Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)
  • Siegfried
  • Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)
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12
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Which Puccini Opera takes place in Japan?

A

Madame Butterfly

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13
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Rossini’s last opera

A

William Tell

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14
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Which opera begins Verdi’s third period?

A

Othello

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15
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Wagner’s only comic opera

A

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

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16
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Which German composer excelled at grand opera in Paris?

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Meyerbeer

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17
Q

What was Verdi’s last opera?

A

Falstaff

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18
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Verdi’s were based on texts by which writer?

A

Shakespeare

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19
Q

Which composer wrote a book on orchestration?

A

Berlioz

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20
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Who was the composer of Der Freischutz and Oberon

A

Weber

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21
Q

Nocturne

A

Night Music

Short piano piece

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22
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Etude

A

study piece

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23
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Idee fixe

A

recurring music in the movements of a symphony

-Berlioz’s Symphony Fantastique

24
Q

Risorgimento

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Rebirth in Italian nationalism

-Verdi

25
Q

Gesamtkunstwerk

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Total or combination of works of art

-Wagner

26
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Leitmotive

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Recurring ideas in a Wagner opera

27
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Music Drama

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Term used for later Wagner operas

28
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Aida

A

Verdi

29
Q

Barber of Seville

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Rossini

30
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La Traviata

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Verdi (written during his middle period)

31
Q

Mikado

A

Sullivan

32
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Norma

A

Bellini

33
Q

Fidelio

A

Beethoven

34
Q

Carmen

A

Bizet

35
Q

Lohengrin

A

Wagner (last “opera”, called later works musical dramas”

36
Q

Madame Butterfly

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Puccini

37
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Les Troyens

A

Berlioz

38
Q

Parsifal

A

Wagner

39
Q

Faust

A

Gounod

40
Q

Pastoral Symphony

A

Beethovan

6th Symphony

41
Q

Elijah

A

Mendelssohn

oratorio

42
Q

German requiem

A

Brahms

43
Q

Unfinished symphony

A

Schubert

44
Q

24 Preludes

A

Chopin

45
Q

Schwanengesang

A

Schubert

46
Q

Songs without words

A

Liszt

47
Q

Faust Symphony

A

Liszt

48
Q

Symphonie Fantastique

A

Berlioz

49
Q

Davidsbundlertanze

A

Schumann

50
Q

Revolutionary Etude

A

Chopin

51
Q

Academic Festival Overture

A

Brahms

52
Q

Moonlight Sonata

A

Beethoven

53
Q

Heligenstadt Testament

A

Letter that Beethoven wrote to his brother
he was losing his hearing
he was considering suicide, but decided to go on for the sake of his art

54
Q

Define a song cycle, and give an example of one

A

a collection of songs that collectively present a narrative

example: Schwanengesang by Schubert

55
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Cyclic

A

The use of the same thematic material in multiple movements of a piece.

Example: idee fixe in Symphony Fantastique

Music History 2 Final (7 decks)

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