HWM ch. 28-30

In the 1890s, Gabriel Fauré was regarded as the standard-bearer for France’s conservative musical establishment.

Wagner’s leitmotive technique was very important for twentieth-century developments in film music

What part of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony stands out as particularly Russian?

Wagner’s use of leitmotives as a primary structuring device give the experience of

Nationalism was a powerful force in opera history, but had little impact on abstract genres of chamber & orchestral musi

Religious songs of slaves, passed down through oral tradition, often expressing longing for freedom, are known as hymns

One compositional technique that Liszt illustrated in Les preludes is

What musical development by Beethoven was particularly significant for Wagner in The Artwork of the Future?

The Schola Cantorum’s curriculum differed from that of the Paris Conservatory in stressing

What is one hallmark of Johannes Brahms’s style?

A spiritual was a

In ITL opera the late 19thc trend of vivid, real depiction of oft-sordid lives & conflicts of lower classes is verisimo

In a typical American march, the tunes are presented in musical periods that are also known as strains.

Wagner’s use of leitmotives as a primary structuring device give the experience of

The song publishing industry in the 1880-90s was based in a NY neighborhood popularly known as Tin Pan Alley

How did Verdi often express his nationalism in his operas?

The phrase “Viva Verdi!” reflects

Gabriel Fauré drew inspiration from

What was one issue in the debate around Wagner and Brahms?

The group of composers that valued new developments and music connected to other arts were dubbed the

Most of Amy Beach’s music

Most music written by US composers in the late 19th century did not long remain part of the canon of concert repertoire.

What is one way that concert programming was different in 1850 than it was in 1800?

According to Wagner’s conception of Gesamtkunstwerk

Which of the following is one trait of African-American music?

Women were not permitted to enroll at major universities in the late nineteenth century.

Concerning American music, Dvořák advocated for the use of

Leitmotives are

In the terminology of US popular song, the scoring of song refrains for multiple voices led to their being called verses

Sousa’s marches included a

Many of Wagner’s and Verdi’s stage works were overtly or implicitly linked to contemporary political crises and issues.

Johann Strauss and Arthur Sullivan composed theatrical works known as

In debates about music at the end of the nineteenth century, composers like Wagner and Liszt favored

What is one way in which Verdi’s operas differed from those of the bel canto generation?

What was Tchaikovsky’s response to the nationalist turn?

César Franck’s style blended traditional forms with techniques of

What is one reason Dvořák came to the United States?

Bizet’s Carmen exhibits French interest in

In the final decade of the nineteenth century, Richard Strauss wrote mostly

What was the Mighty Five’s response to the nationalist turn?

What is one thing that distinguishes Wagner’s leitmotives from typical melodic material?

Evoking non-Western lands & cultures in music by a European composer is called internationalism

Der Ring des Niebelungen is

What is one reason Czech composers’ instr music is better known outside their countries of origin than their operas?

The Paris school founded in 1853 to provide instruction especially in church music was called the École Niedermeyer

Wagner’s concept that all aspects of opera production - music, drama, poetry, design, staging, etc. - come together is

Which of the following emerged in the middle of the 19th century?

American bands in the late nineteenth century excluded European masterworks and cultivated more accessible repertoire

In France, the Société Nationale de Musique

Who was a successful composer from Norway at the end of the nineteenth century?

Brahms’s source for his music was often

What contributed to the popularity of bands in the nineteenth century?

A symphonic poem is a

What 19th-century social convention did Amy Beach buck in her career?

Strauss’s principal models for program music were

What is one way the composer’s role shifted in the later 19th century?

A musical scale comprised of the pitches of two interlocking dim. 7th chords a semitone apart is called a whole tone.

Bruckner’s orchestration was influenced by

After the US Civil War, bands declined and were unpopular until the early 1900s.

What was Anton Bruckner’s response to Wagner’s developments?

Works that adopt the approach of verismo

The most popular style of theatrical entertainment in the United States before talking movies was

Opéra bouffe

Sousa’s innovations in the march made the form more conducive to

Which late-century critic often advocated for absolute music?