Music History 122 Final Review

Which composer was the first to develop possibilities of electronic music?

Which opera is Rossini's most famous?

The most popular dance of the 19th century was the:

Modernists included this type of music into their compositions which reflected Nationalism:

Which of the following is NOT one of the three protest movements of music we learned about?

Which composer only composed for 3 months and conducted and orchestra for 9 months of the year?

Recording was incredibly challenging until this invention in the mid-1920's:

This describes a technique where composers took older styles while presenting them in new ways:

Of all the genres Mozart composed in, which works are celebrated as his greatest achievements?

A new 19th c. genre associated with the piano, it is the instrumental counterpart to the song:

Who founded the Muzak Corporation in 1922?

Who was the first American born composer to achieve international fame?

During the 19th century, which is NOT one of the reasons credited for the growth in music?

Which composer developed an opera house that placed the orchestra in a pit beneath the stage?

German composers cultivated the song genre with such intensity that it earned this name:

A 20th c. technique that blurred the lines of distinct harmonies, rhythms, and forms:

A new form of musical theater that operated on a smaller scale & was humorous or lighthearted:

What person served as the 18th century equivalent of an ipod?

This was not a style in its own right, but rather an attitude that was used in the 20th century

Which of Beethoven's symphonies has the most famous four note motive of all time?

Which mid-20th c. invention helped offer a key to understanding transforming attitudes in music

The phonograph was invented by whom?

Which of the following works is NOT one of Mozart's most celebrated?

Brahms was able to compose how many symphonies, all with their own distinctive stamp?

Because orchestral writing became so intricate, this became a necessity:

A debate raged between the traditional style of opera and the new style in a dispute called:

During the 19th century people started making a distinction between what 2 types of music?

Verdi used a longer unit of dramatic organization called:

Stephen Foster is associated with pre-Civil War South because of his contribution to the genre:

Which famous American compared this battle over operatic styles to a debate among flies?

The first professional association of U.S. music therapists was established in what year?

Which symphony did Czech composer Antonin Dvorak write while in America?

Romanticism was closely related to the philosophical outlook known as:

Which symphony was the first to follow Beethoven's works with great success?

Songs were financially lucrative for what two professions?