HWM ch. 28-30

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

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

Concerning American music, Dvořák advocated for the use of

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

Bizet’s Carmen exhibits French interest in

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

César Franck’s style blended traditional forms with techniques of

Johann Strauss and Arthur Sullivan composed theatrical works known as

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

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

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

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

Works that adopt the approach of verismo

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

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

In France, the Société Nationale de Musique

A spiritual was a

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

Sousa’s marches included a

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

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

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

Opéra bouffe

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

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

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

Brahms’s source for his music was often

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

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

Which late-century critic often advocated for absolute music?

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

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

The phrase “Viva Verdi!” reflects

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

Gabriel Fauré drew inspiration from

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

According to Wagner’s conception of Gesamtkunstwerk

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

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

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

Strauss’s principal models for program music were

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

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

What is one hallmark of Johannes Brahms’s style?

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

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

One compositional technique that Liszt illustrated in Les preludes is

What is one reason Dvořák came to the United States?

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

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

What was Tchaikovsky’s response to the nationalist turn?

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

Most of Amy Beach’s music

Der Ring des Niebelungen is

A symphonic poem is a

How did Verdi often express his nationalism in his operas?

Bruckner’s orchestration was influenced by

Leitmotives are