The orchestra in the romantic period ______.

Was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra

Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin in E Minor opens with a(n) _______.

Soloist, who presents the main theme

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was inspired by ______.

His friendship with the famous violinist Ferdinand David

What is program music?

Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene

Which of the following statements is not true?

Composers rejected basic forms of the classical period.

How is Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin different from a typical concerto of the classical era?

A classical concerto usually begins with an exposition.

Which of the following statements is not true of the romantic art song?

The art song is restricted to strophic form

Which of the following is not characteristic of romanticism?

An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures

Which of the following statements is not true?

Schubert labored a great length over each of his compositions

While in Paris, Chopin _____.

Earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich

Which of the following statements is not true?

Chopin's etudes are primarily technical exercises

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1
Many aristocrats could not afford to keep private opera houses, etc., because of the French Revolution and the _______.
Napoleonic Wars
Wages of skilled performers
American Revolution
French and Indian War
2
The orchestra in the romantic period ______.
Was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra
Was basically the same as in the classical period
Had a limited dynamic range
Ranged from twenty to sixty players
3
Outside France, Berlioz enjoyed a great career as a(n) ______.
Conductor
Concert pianist
Singer
Impresario
4
Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin in E Minor opens with a(n) _______.
Single bassoon tone
Orchestral exposition typical in concertos
Slow introduction by the orchestra
Soloist, who presents the main theme
5
A slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo in music is known as ______.
Fermata
Accelerando
Ritardando
Rubato
6
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was inspired by ______.
Napoleon Bonaparte's conquest of Europe
His friendship with the famous violinist Ferdinand David
A performance of the great violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini
Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
7
What is program music?
All answers are correct.
Music that depicts aspects of nature
Vocal music that tells a story
Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene
8
An art song is a musical composition for ______.
Solo voice and piano
Multiple voices
All answers are correct
Solo voice and orchestra
9
The word _____ is commonly used for a romantic art song with a German text.
Durchkomponiert
Chanson
Lied
Ballade
10
Which of the following statements is not true?
Composers rejected basic forms of the classical period.
Hector Berlioz's book published in 1844 viewed orchestration as an art
Musical nationalism when music was created with a national identity.
Tempo was held back or pressed forward to intensify musical expression.
11
A slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano, associated with evening and nighttime is the ______.
Etude
Nocturne
Mazurka
Waltz
12
How is Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin different from a typical concerto of the classical era?
It does not have a cadenza.
A classical concerto usually begins with an exposition.
It has four movements while a classical concerto has three.
The solo violin part is not overly difficult.
13
Music criticism was a source of income for both Hector Berlioz and _____.
Robert Schumann
Franz Liszt
Giuseppe Verdi
Niccolo Paganini
14
Liszt typified the romantic movement because he _____.
Was an innovative composer
All answers are correct.
Was a stupendous performer
Had a charismatic personality
15
The fourth movement of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony depicts a ______.
Scene in the country
March to the scaffold
Dream of a witch's sabbath
Ball
16
Which of the following is not a characteristic aspect of romanticism in liter-ature and painting?
Fantasy
Exoticism
Emotional subjectivity
Emotional restraint
17
Chopin expressed his love Poland by composing polonaises and ______.
Polkas
Mazurkas
Waltzes
Folk songs
18
The writer whose literary works greatly inspired Franz Liszt was _____.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
William Shakespeare
Marie d'Agoult
Robert Schumann
19
Schubert was born in ______.
Vienna
Paris
Berlin
London
20
Liszt created the _____, a one movement orchestral composition based on a literary or pictorial idea.
Concert overture
Piano concerto
Symphonic poem
Sonata
21
The three movements of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin _____.
All have separate cadenzas
Are played without pause
Are unified by the process of thematic transformation
Are all in the same key
22
During his teens and twenties, Franz Liszt lived in ______.
Paris
Budapest
Rome
Weimar
23
A composer who earned his/her living as a violin virtuoso was ______.
Frederic Chopin
Niccolo Paganini
Robert Schumann
Clara Schumann
24
A romantic composer who earned his living as a touring virtuoso was _____.
Franz Liszt
Hector Berlioz
Franz Schubert
Frederic Chopin
25
How did composers express musical nationalism in their music?
By using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands
All answers are correct
By using their national legends as subject matter
By basing their music on the folk songs of their country
26
Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene, popular during the romantic period is called ______.
Symphony
Program music
Opera
Absolute music
27
The citizen's sense of national identity and patriotic feelings were intensified by ______.
All answers are correct.
Common bonds of language, culture, and history
Military resistance to Napoleon
Romanticism, which glorifed love for one's national heritage
28
During the first ten years of his creative life, Schumann published only ____.
Symphonies
Musical criticism
Songs
Piano pieces
29
The mood of an art song is often set by a brief piano introduction and summed up at the end by a ____.
Postlude
Song cycle
Conclusion
Finale
30
Which of the following statements is not true of the romantic art song?
The accompaniment is an integral part of the composer's conception.
Ccomposers sought to make the usic bring out the meaning of the text.
The art song is restricted to strophic form
A song cycle is a set of romantic art songs unified by a story line.
31
Schubert wrote a number of symphonies and chamber works that are comparable to those of his idol, ______.
Berlioz
Haydn
Beethoven
Mozart
32
The composer whose career was a model for many romantic composers was _______.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Joseph Haydn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
33
Which of the following is not characteristic of romanticism?
A fascination with fantasy
An enthusiasm for the culture of the Middle Ages
An interest in exoticism and the past
An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures
34
The deliberate intent to draw creative inspiration from the composer's own homeland is known as _____.
Nationalism
Exoticism
Individualism
Verismo
35
One of the few composers fortunate enough to be supported by private patrons was ______.
Franz Schubert
Hector Berlioz
Franz Liszt
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
36
Which of the following composers is not associated with the romantic peri-od?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Giuseppe Verdi
Frederic Chopin
Robert Schumann
37
Today's movie scores may be regarded as examples of ______.
Pure music
Incidental music
Absolute music
Folk music
38
Which of the following statements is not true?
When he died, Schubert's reputation was mainly that of a fine song composer
Schubert composed over six hundred songs.
Franz Schubert lived with friends because he had no money.
Schubert labored a great length over each of his compositions
39
Romanticism, as a stylistic period in Western music, encompassed the years _____.
1750-1820
1820-1900
1450-1600
1600-1750
40
Berlioz was extraordinarily imaginative in treating the orchestra, creating ____ never before heard.
Rhythms
Harmonies
Forms
Tone colors
41
Parisians were startled by Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony because of its _____.
Amazingly novel orchestration
All answers are correct.
Sensationally autobiographical program
Vivid description of the weird and diabolical
42
The form of The Erlkonig is ______.
Through-composed
None of these
Modified strophic
Strophic
43
The piano's relentless rhythm in Erlkonig unifies the episodes of the song and suggests the _____.
Joy of the child
Galloping horse
Steadiness of the father
Approach of death
44
A ______ is an instrumental composition in several movements based on a literary or pictorial idea.
Program symphony
Nocturne
Polonaise
Concert overture
45
Schubert was 18 years old when he composed Erlkonig, set to a poem by _____.
Heinrich Heine
Schubert himself
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Victor Hugo
46
Until the age of thirty-six, Franz Liszt toured Europe as a virtuoso ______.
Conductor
Cellist
Pianist
All answers are correct.
47
The Erlking, in Schubert's song of that name, is a romantic personification of ______.
Death
Nature
A galloping horse
Ghosts
48
The composer who developed the symphonic poem was ______.
Franz Liszt
Franz Schubert
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Strauss
49
While in Paris, Chopin _____.
Earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich
Gave a great number of successful public concerts
Married the famous writer Aurore Dudevant
All answers are correct.
50
Which of the following statements is not true?
Chopin was a shy, reserved man who disliked crowds and preferred salons.
Paris was a center of romanticism and the artistic capital of Europe
Many of Chopin's most poetic effects come from sensitive exploitation.
Chopin's etudes are primarily technical exercises
51
The contrasting episodes of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony are unified by the recurrence of a theme known as the ______.
Idee fixe
Smithson theme
Leitmotif
Subject
52
Liszt's piano works are characterized by ______.
All answers are correct.
Arpeggios
An unprecedented range of dynamics
Rapid octaves and daring leaps
53
Liszt abandoned his career as a traveling virtuoso to become court conductor at ________.
Weimar
Paris
Budapest
Rome
54
Altering the character of a melody by changes in dynamics, orchestration, or a rhythm is known as ______.
Thematic transformation
Rubato
Development
Melodic evolution
55
Music intended to be performed before and during a play is known as _____.
Play music
Incidental music
Absolute music
Music drama
56
The work referred to by Beethoven as an "expression of feeling rather than painting" was his _______.
Fidelio Overture
Eroica Symphony
Symphony (No. 5)
Pastoral Symphony (No. 6)
57
In 1830 Berlioz was awarded _______.
The Prix de Rome
A scholarship to the Paris Conservatory
A graduate fellowship
An Oscar
58
In order to support his family, Berlioz turned to ______.
Medicine
Musical journalism
Teaching
Arranging concerts
59
What did the rise of the urban middle class lead to?
All answers are correct.
The development of regular subscription concerts.
The piano becoming a fixture in every middle-class home.
The formation of many orchestras and opera groups.
60
Non-program music is also known as ______ music.
Absolute
Concert
Symphonic
Pure
61
The German composers of art song favored the lyric poetry of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and _____.
Victor Hugo
William Wordsworth
Heinrich Heine
Walt Whitman
62
Drawing creative inspiration from cultures of lands foreign to the composer is known as ______.
Program music
Exoticism
Verismo
Nationalism
63
Which of the following statements is not true?
Fascination with melodies, rhythms, and colorful materials from abroad.
Romantic music puts an emphasis on self-expression and individuality.
Composers relied on a use of chromatic harmony.
Compositions tend to have a wide variety of keys and modulations.
64
A study piece, designed to help a performer master specific technical diffic-ulities, is known as ______.
A polonaise
An etude
A nocturne
A lied
65
Schubert's Winterreise and Schumann's Dichterliebe are examples of _____.
Character pieces
Romantic symphonies
Romantic operas
Song cycles
66
The writer whose works had the greatest impact on the young Berlioz was ______.
William Shakespeare
Heinrich Heine
Honore de Balzac
Victor Hugo
67
The 1844 Treatise on Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration was writt-en by ______.
Franz Liszt
Robert Schumann
Bedrich Smetana
Hector Berlioz
68
As a youth, Franz Liszt was influenced by the performances of ____.
Hector Berlioz
Robert Schumann
Niccolo Paganini
Richard Wagner
69
Which of the following statements is not true?
The 19th century public was captivated by virtuosity.
Musicians often composed to execute a commission or meet demands.
Composers wrote primarily for the middle-class.
Music conservatories were founded during the 1860s across the US.
70
A leading pianist of the nineteenth century, Clara Schumann ______.
Performed only the music of her husband Robert
Did some composing, but considered herself primarily a performer
Never composed any music
Was discovered to have composed some works for Brahms
71
In the first movement of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin, the cadenza ______.
Appears at the end of the development section as a transition
Is frequently omitted in performance
Appears at the end of the recapitulation
Is left to the performer to improvise
72
Schubert's songs number more than ______.
50
250
600
100
73
Mendelssohn wrote in all musical forms except _____.
String quartets
Symphonies
Operas
Oratorios
74
Schubert _____.
Produced his greatest works after the age of forty
Was the first great master of the romantic art song
Was very self-critical, which accounts for his meager output
Was widely acknowledged as a composer in his lifetime
75
An orchestra toward the end of the romantic period might include close to _____ musicians.
40
24
60
100
76
Chopin's Revolutionary Etude develops the pianist's left hand because ____.
It takes nearly an hour to perform
It is played only by the left hand
The left hand must play rapid passages throughout
The left hand plays the main melody
77
Which of the following statements is not true?
Liszt composed Transcendental Etudes to display his piano mastery.
Franz Liszt typified the romantic movement.
Liszt settled in Rome to devote himself to religious duties.
Goethe's works were among Liszt's favorite inspirations.
78
Which of the following statements is not true?
Berlioz's reputation outside France was even lower than in his homeland.
Berlioz's major works are dramatic in nature and relate to literary works.
Berlioz won the Prix de Rome in 1830.
Verlioz was an extraordinarily imaginative and innovative orchestrator.
79
Which of the following statements is not true of the piano in the early rom-antic period?
The piano's hammers were covered with felt
A cast-iron frame was introduced to hold the strings under greater tension.
The piano's range remained basically the same as in the classical period.
The use of the damper pedal allowed a sonorous blend of tones
80
By the age of thirteen, Mendelssohn had written _____ of astounding quality.
Sonatas
All answers are correct.
Symphonies and concertos
Vocal works
81
The Fantastic Symphony reflects Berlioz's ______.
Interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles
Intense nationalism
Experiences in Rome
Love for the actress Harriet Smithson
82
Of all the inspirations for romantic art, none was more important than _____.
The aristocracy
Nature
Ancient Greek art and culture
The church
83
Most of Chopin's pieces _______.
Have a limited variety of moods
ARe composed for a wide variety of ensembles
Have literary programs or titles
Are exquisite miniatures
84
In the 1830s, Paris was ______.
The home of Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac, and Heinrich Heine
All answers are correct.
A center of romanticism
The artistic capital of Europe
85
Which of the following instruments is not part of the orchestra for Symphonie fantastique?
Organ
Bells
Cello
Cornet
86
The high point of Mendelssohn's career was the triumphant premiere of his oratorio ____ in England.
Elijah
Fingal's Cave
Hebrides
A Midsummer Night's Dream
87
Clara Wieck was ______.
A virtuoso pianist
All answers are correct
The daughter of Schumann's piano teacher
Schumann's wife
88
Johannes Brahms _______.
Was an admirer of Robert Schumann, but never met him
Was a violinist who performed Clara Schumann's compositions
Was a close friend of Clara and Robert Schumann
Married Clara Schumann after her husband died
89
A very important musical part of every middle-class home during the romantic period was the _____.
Piano
Violin
Flute
Resident composer/performer
90
Which of the following is not true of Robert Schumann's works?
They are all written for the piano.
They are frequently lyrical in nature
They are usually linked with descriptive titles, texts, or programs.
They are intensely autobiographical.
91
When music conservatories were founded, women ______.
Were accepted only as students of performance until the late 1800s.
Were admitted only as vocalists
Could only study musical composition
Were not admitted
92
Clara Schumann was a _______.
Composer
Virtuoso pianist
Touring performer
All answers are correct
93
All of the following composers were also virtuoso instrumentalists giving solo recitals except ______.
Hector Berlioz
Clara Wieck Schumann
Franz Liszt
Niccolo Paganini
94
A _____ is a one-movement orchestral composition based on a literary or pictorial idea.
Nocturne
Program symphony
Symphonic poem
Mazurka
95
Which of the following statements is not true?
Musicians and audiences liked to read stories into all music.
Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet is an example of program music.
The symphonic poem is a two movement composition in sonata-allegro form.
The concert overture was modeled after the opera overature.
96
Mendelssohn is known as the man who rekindled an interest in the music of ______.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
George Frideric Handel
Franz Schubert
97
Robert Schumann's Fantasiestucke is a(n) _______.
Song cycle
Etude for piano students
Composition for orchestra
Cycle of piano pieces
98
Schubert wrote compositions in every musical genre except _____.
Piano concertos
Symphonies
String quartets
Operas
99
What was Schubert's primary source of income?
Performing as church organist
His position as music director to a noble court
His musical compositions
Touring as a virtuoso performer
100
The _____ is a dance in triple meter that originated as a stately processional for the Polish nobility.
Waltz
Mazurka
Polonaise
Polka

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Answers

1
Many aristocrats could not afford to keep private opera houses, etc., because of the French Revolution and the _______.
Napoleonic Wars
Wages of skilled performers
American Revolution
French and Indian War
2
The orchestra in the romantic period ______.
Was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra
Was basically the same as in the classical period
Had a limited dynamic range
Ranged from twenty to sixty players
3
Outside France, Berlioz enjoyed a great career as a(n) ______.
Conductor
Concert pianist
Singer
Impresario
4
Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin in E Minor opens with a(n) _______.
Single bassoon tone
Orchestral exposition typical in concertos
Slow introduction by the orchestra
Soloist, who presents the main theme
5
A slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo in music is known as ______.
Fermata
Accelerando
Ritardando
Rubato
6
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was inspired by ______.
Napoleon Bonaparte's conquest of Europe
His friendship with the famous violinist Ferdinand David
A performance of the great violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini
Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
7
What is program music?
All answers are correct.
Music that depicts aspects of nature
Vocal music that tells a story
Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene
8
An art song is a musical composition for ______.
Solo voice and piano
Multiple voices
All answers are correct
Solo voice and orchestra
9
The word _____ is commonly used for a romantic art song with a German text.
Durchkomponiert
Chanson
Lied
Ballade
10
Which of the following statements is not true?
Composers rejected basic forms of the classical period.
Hector Berlioz's book published in 1844 viewed orchestration as an art
Musical nationalism when music was created with a national identity.
Tempo was held back or pressed forward to intensify musical expression.
11
A slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano, associated with evening and nighttime is the ______.
Etude
Nocturne
Mazurka
Waltz
12
How is Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin different from a typical concerto of the classical era?
It does not have a cadenza.
A classical concerto usually begins with an exposition.
It has four movements while a classical concerto has three.
The solo violin part is not overly difficult.
13
Music criticism was a source of income for both Hector Berlioz and _____.
Robert Schumann
Franz Liszt
Giuseppe Verdi
Niccolo Paganini
14
Liszt typified the romantic movement because he _____.
Was an innovative composer
All answers are correct.
Was a stupendous performer
Had a charismatic personality
15
The fourth movement of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony depicts a ______.
Scene in the country
March to the scaffold
Dream of a witch's sabbath
Ball
16
Which of the following is not a characteristic aspect of romanticism in liter-ature and painting?
Fantasy
Exoticism
Emotional subjectivity
Emotional restraint
17
Chopin expressed his love Poland by composing polonaises and ______.
Polkas
Mazurkas
Waltzes
Folk songs
18
The writer whose literary works greatly inspired Franz Liszt was _____.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
William Shakespeare
Marie d'Agoult
Robert Schumann
19
Schubert was born in ______.
Vienna
Paris
Berlin
London
20
Liszt created the _____, a one movement orchestral composition based on a literary or pictorial idea.
Concert overture
Piano concerto
Symphonic poem
Sonata
21
The three movements of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin _____.
All have separate cadenzas
Are played without pause
Are unified by the process of thematic transformation
Are all in the same key
22
During his teens and twenties, Franz Liszt lived in ______.
Paris
Budapest
Rome
Weimar
23
A composer who earned his/her living as a violin virtuoso was ______.
Frederic Chopin
Niccolo Paganini
Robert Schumann
Clara Schumann
24
A romantic composer who earned his living as a touring virtuoso was _____.
Franz Liszt
Hector Berlioz
Franz Schubert
Frederic Chopin
25
How did composers express musical nationalism in their music?
By using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands
All answers are correct
By using their national legends as subject matter
By basing their music on the folk songs of their country
26
Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene, popular during the romantic period is called ______.
Symphony
Program music
Opera
Absolute music
27
The citizen's sense of national identity and patriotic feelings were intensified by ______.
All answers are correct.
Common bonds of language, culture, and history
Military resistance to Napoleon
Romanticism, which glorifed love for one's national heritage
28
During the first ten years of his creative life, Schumann published only ____.
Symphonies
Musical criticism
Songs
Piano pieces
29
The mood of an art song is often set by a brief piano introduction and summed up at the end by a ____.
Postlude
Song cycle
Conclusion
Finale
30
Which of the following statements is not true of the romantic art song?
The accompaniment is an integral part of the composer's conception.
Ccomposers sought to make the usic bring out the meaning of the text.
The art song is restricted to strophic form
A song cycle is a set of romantic art songs unified by a story line.
31
Schubert wrote a number of symphonies and chamber works that are comparable to those of his idol, ______.
Berlioz
Haydn
Beethoven
Mozart
32
The composer whose career was a model for many romantic composers was _______.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Joseph Haydn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
33
Which of the following is not characteristic of romanticism?
A fascination with fantasy
An enthusiasm for the culture of the Middle Ages
An interest in exoticism and the past
An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures
34
The deliberate intent to draw creative inspiration from the composer's own homeland is known as _____.
Nationalism
Exoticism
Individualism
Verismo
35
One of the few composers fortunate enough to be supported by private patrons was ______.
Franz Schubert
Hector Berlioz
Franz Liszt
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
36
Which of the following composers is not associated with the romantic peri-od?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Giuseppe Verdi
Frederic Chopin
Robert Schumann
37
Today's movie scores may be regarded as examples of ______.
Pure music
Incidental music
Absolute music
Folk music
38
Which of the following statements is not true?
When he died, Schubert's reputation was mainly that of a fine song composer
Schubert composed over six hundred songs.
Franz Schubert lived with friends because he had no money.
Schubert labored a great length over each of his compositions
39
Romanticism, as a stylistic period in Western music, encompassed the years _____.
1750-1820
1820-1900
1450-1600
1600-1750
40
Berlioz was extraordinarily imaginative in treating the orchestra, creating ____ never before heard.
Rhythms
Harmonies
Forms
Tone colors
41
Parisians were startled by Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony because of its _____.
Amazingly novel orchestration
All answers are correct.
Sensationally autobiographical program
Vivid description of the weird and diabolical
42
The form of The Erlkonig is ______.
Through-composed
None of these
Modified strophic
Strophic
43
The piano's relentless rhythm in Erlkonig unifies the episodes of the song and suggests the _____.
Joy of the child
Galloping horse
Steadiness of the father
Approach of death
44
A ______ is an instrumental composition in several movements based on a literary or pictorial idea.
Program symphony
Nocturne
Polonaise
Concert overture
45
Schubert was 18 years old when he composed Erlkonig, set to a poem by _____.
Heinrich Heine
Schubert himself
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Victor Hugo
46
Until the age of thirty-six, Franz Liszt toured Europe as a virtuoso ______.
Conductor
Cellist
Pianist
All answers are correct.
47
The Erlking, in Schubert's song of that name, is a romantic personification of ______.
Death
Nature
A galloping horse
Ghosts
48
The composer who developed the symphonic poem was ______.
Franz Liszt
Franz Schubert
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Strauss
49
While in Paris, Chopin _____.
Earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich
Gave a great number of successful public concerts
Married the famous writer Aurore Dudevant
All answers are correct.
50
Which of the following statements is not true?
Chopin was a shy, reserved man who disliked crowds and preferred salons.
Paris was a center of romanticism and the artistic capital of Europe
Many of Chopin's most poetic effects come from sensitive exploitation.
Chopin's etudes are primarily technical exercises
51
The contrasting episodes of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony are unified by the recurrence of a theme known as the ______.
Idee fixe
Smithson theme
Leitmotif
Subject
52
Liszt's piano works are characterized by ______.
All answers are correct.
Arpeggios
An unprecedented range of dynamics
Rapid octaves and daring leaps
53
Liszt abandoned his career as a traveling virtuoso to become court conductor at ________.
Weimar
Paris
Budapest
Rome
54
Altering the character of a melody by changes in dynamics, orchestration, or a rhythm is known as ______.
Thematic transformation
Rubato
Development
Melodic evolution
55
Music intended to be performed before and during a play is known as _____.
Play music
Incidental music
Absolute music
Music drama
56
The work referred to by Beethoven as an "expression of feeling rather than painting" was his _______.
Fidelio Overture
Eroica Symphony
Symphony (No. 5)
Pastoral Symphony (No. 6)
57
In 1830 Berlioz was awarded _______.
The Prix de Rome
A scholarship to the Paris Conservatory
A graduate fellowship
An Oscar
58
In order to support his family, Berlioz turned to ______.
Medicine
Musical journalism
Teaching
Arranging concerts
59
What did the rise of the urban middle class lead to?
All answers are correct.
The development of regular subscription concerts.
The piano becoming a fixture in every middle-class home.
The formation of many orchestras and opera groups.
60
Non-program music is also known as ______ music.
Absolute
Concert
Symphonic
Pure
61
The German composers of art song favored the lyric poetry of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and _____.
Victor Hugo
William Wordsworth
Heinrich Heine
Walt Whitman
62
Drawing creative inspiration from cultures of lands foreign to the composer is known as ______.
Program music
Exoticism
Verismo
Nationalism
63
Which of the following statements is not true?
Fascination with melodies, rhythms, and colorful materials from abroad.
Romantic music puts an emphasis on self-expression and individuality.
Composers relied on a use of chromatic harmony.
Compositions tend to have a wide variety of keys and modulations.
64
A study piece, designed to help a performer master specific technical diffic-ulities, is known as ______.
A polonaise
An etude
A nocturne
A lied
65
Schubert's Winterreise and Schumann's Dichterliebe are examples of _____.
Character pieces
Romantic symphonies
Romantic operas
Song cycles
66
The writer whose works had the greatest impact on the young Berlioz was ______.
William Shakespeare
Heinrich Heine
Honore de Balzac
Victor Hugo
67
The 1844 Treatise on Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration was writt-en by ______.
Franz Liszt
Robert Schumann
Bedrich Smetana
Hector Berlioz
68
As a youth, Franz Liszt was influenced by the performances of ____.
Hector Berlioz
Robert Schumann
Niccolo Paganini
Richard Wagner
69
Which of the following statements is not true?
The 19th century public was captivated by virtuosity.
Musicians often composed to execute a commission or meet demands.
Composers wrote primarily for the middle-class.
Music conservatories were founded during the 1860s across the US.
70
A leading pianist of the nineteenth century, Clara Schumann ______.
Performed only the music of her husband Robert
Did some composing, but considered herself primarily a performer
Never composed any music
Was discovered to have composed some works for Brahms
71
In the first movement of Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin, the cadenza ______.
Appears at the end of the development section as a transition
Is frequently omitted in performance
Appears at the end of the recapitulation
Is left to the performer to improvise
72
Schubert's songs number more than ______.
50
250
600
100
73
Mendelssohn wrote in all musical forms except _____.
String quartets
Symphonies
Operas
Oratorios
74
Schubert _____.
Produced his greatest works after the age of forty
Was the first great master of the romantic art song
Was very self-critical, which accounts for his meager output
Was widely acknowledged as a composer in his lifetime
75
An orchestra toward the end of the romantic period might include close to _____ musicians.
40
24
60
100
76
Chopin's Revolutionary Etude develops the pianist's left hand because ____.
It takes nearly an hour to perform
It is played only by the left hand
The left hand must play rapid passages throughout
The left hand plays the main melody
77
Which of the following statements is not true?
Liszt composed Transcendental Etudes to display his piano mastery.
Franz Liszt typified the romantic movement.
Liszt settled in Rome to devote himself to religious duties.
Goethe's works were among Liszt's favorite inspirations.
78
Which of the following statements is not true?
Berlioz's reputation outside France was even lower than in his homeland.
Berlioz's major works are dramatic in nature and relate to literary works.
Berlioz won the Prix de Rome in 1830.
Verlioz was an extraordinarily imaginative and innovative orchestrator.
79
Which of the following statements is not true of the piano in the early rom-antic period?
The piano's hammers were covered with felt
A cast-iron frame was introduced to hold the strings under greater tension.
The piano's range remained basically the same as in the classical period.
The use of the damper pedal allowed a sonorous blend of tones
80
By the age of thirteen, Mendelssohn had written _____ of astounding quality.
Sonatas
All answers are correct.
Symphonies and concertos
Vocal works
81
The Fantastic Symphony reflects Berlioz's ______.
Interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles
Intense nationalism
Experiences in Rome
Love for the actress Harriet Smithson
82
Of all the inspirations for romantic art, none was more important than _____.
The aristocracy
Nature
Ancient Greek art and culture
The church
83
Most of Chopin's pieces _______.
Have a limited variety of moods
ARe composed for a wide variety of ensembles
Have literary programs or titles
Are exquisite miniatures
84
In the 1830s, Paris was ______.
The home of Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac, and Heinrich Heine
All answers are correct.
A center of romanticism
The artistic capital of Europe
85
Which of the following instruments is not part of the orchestra for Symphonie fantastique?
Organ
Bells
Cello
Cornet
86
The high point of Mendelssohn's career was the triumphant premiere of his oratorio ____ in England.
Elijah
Fingal's Cave
Hebrides
A Midsummer Night's Dream
87
Clara Wieck was ______.
A virtuoso pianist
All answers are correct
The daughter of Schumann's piano teacher
Schumann's wife
88
Johannes Brahms _______.
Was an admirer of Robert Schumann, but never met him
Was a violinist who performed Clara Schumann's compositions
Was a close friend of Clara and Robert Schumann
Married Clara Schumann after her husband died
89
A very important musical part of every middle-class home during the romantic period was the _____.
Piano
Violin
Flute
Resident composer/performer
90
Which of the following is not true of Robert Schumann's works?
They are all written for the piano.
They are frequently lyrical in nature
They are usually linked with descriptive titles, texts, or programs.
They are intensely autobiographical.
91
When music conservatories were founded, women ______.
Were accepted only as students of performance until the late 1800s.
Were admitted only as vocalists
Could only study musical composition
Were not admitted
92
Clara Schumann was a _______.
Composer
Virtuoso pianist
Touring performer
All answers are correct
93
All of the following composers were also virtuoso instrumentalists giving solo recitals except ______.
Hector Berlioz
Clara Wieck Schumann
Franz Liszt
Niccolo Paganini
94
A _____ is a one-movement orchestral composition based on a literary or pictorial idea.
Nocturne
Program symphony
Symphonic poem
Mazurka
95
Which of the following statements is not true?
Musicians and audiences liked to read stories into all music.
Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet is an example of program music.
The symphonic poem is a two movement composition in sonata-allegro form.
The concert overture was modeled after the opera overature.
96
Mendelssohn is known as the man who rekindled an interest in the music of ______.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
George Frideric Handel
Franz Schubert
97
Robert Schumann's Fantasiestucke is a(n) _______.
Song cycle
Etude for piano students
Composition for orchestra
Cycle of piano pieces
98
Schubert wrote compositions in every musical genre except _____.
Piano concertos
Symphonies
String quartets
Operas
99
What was Schubert's primary source of income?
Performing as church organist
His position as music director to a noble court
His musical compositions
Touring as a virtuoso performer
100
The _____ is a dance in triple meter that originated as a stately processional for the Polish nobility.
Waltz
Mazurka
Polonaise
Polka