HOW DOES A SYMPHONIC POEM DIFFER FROM A PROGRAMMATIC SYMPHONY?

IT IS A SINGLE MOVEMENT SELF CONTAINED WORK

WHY DID WAGNER ATTACK BRAHMS MERCILESSLY IN PRINT?

WAGNER CONSIDERED BRAHMS A SYMBOL OF CONSERVATISM

WHAT CHILDHOOD EXPRIENCE INFLUENCED IVES'S MODERNIST APPROACH TO MUSIC?

FATHER USED TO PLAY TUNES IN TWO DIFFERENT KEYS AT ONCE

IN WAGNER'S MUSIC DRAMAS, WHAT ARE LEITMOTIVS?

MUSICAL PHRASES THAT BECOME ASSOCIATED W/ OBJECTS AND EVENTS

HOW DID MAHLER FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BEETHOVEN?

RADICALLY INNOVATIVE IN HIS SYMPHONIC COMPOSITIONS

WHY DID IT TAKE BRAHMS 20 YEARS TO PUBLISH HIS 1ST SYMPHONY?

FELT BEETHOVEN AS THE STEP OF A GIANT OVER MY SHOULDER

WHY HAS CLASSICAL MUSIC STRUGGLED TO SURVIVE IN THE 20TH CENTURY?

HAS TO COMPETE WITH POPULAR MUSIC

HOW DID SHOSTAKOVICH PUT HIS SIGNATURE ON HIS COMPOSITIONS?

USING SHORT MUSICAL MOTIVE THAT REPRESENTED HIS NAME

WHY IS PUCCINI'S LA BOHÉME CONSIDERED A VERISMO OPERA?

STORY OF A GROUP OF POOR STUDENTS/ARTISTS LIVING IN PARIS

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS A MAIN ASPECT OF MUSICAL ROMANTICISM?

MUSIC MUST TELL A STORY OR EXPRESS AN IDEA THAT IS PROFOUND

WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES LED TO MAHLER'S MOVE TO NEW YORK IN 1908?

RESIGNED CONDUCTING POSITION IN VIENNA AND HIS DAUGHTER DIED

WHAT ARE THE HALLMARKS OF FRENCH ROMANTIC GRAND OPERA?

LOFTY SUBJECT MATTER AND SPECTACULAR STAGING

HOW DID VERDI BECOME INTERTWINED WITH THE BIRTH OF THE NATION ITALY?

HIS NAME SERVED AS A RALLYING CRY FOR ITALIAN NATIONALIST

HOW DID SHAPE-NOTE BOOKS DIFFER FROM STANDARD 19TH CENTURY MUSIC PUBLICATIONS?

USED SMALL TRIANGLES/SQUARES TO INDICATE PITCHES

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WHAT CONDITION DID TCHAIKOVSKY AGREE TO RECEIVE COMPOSITION FROM WEALTHY PATRON MADAME VON MECK
ONLY COMPOSE PIECES SHE COMMISSIONED
THEY MUST NEVER MEET
MOVE IN WITH HER FOR COMPANIONSHIP
DEDICATE ALL OF HIS PIECES TO HER
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HOW DOES A SYMPHONIC POEM DIFFER FROM A PROGRAMMATIC SYMPHONY?
MUSICAL FORM IS BASED ON STANDARD POETIC FORMS
IT IS NOT PROGRAMMATIC
IT IS ALWATS BASED ON A POETIC SOURCE
IT IS A SINGLE MOVEMENT SELF CONTAINED WORK
3
WHY DID WAGNER ATTACK BRAHMS MERCILESSLY IN PRINT?
BRAHMS WAS CONSIDERED TO BE MORE INNOVATIVE THAN WAGNER
BRAHMS HID A REFRENCE TO WAGNER'S WIFE IN HIS COMPOSITIONS
WAGNER CONSIDERED BRAHMS A SYMBOL OF CONSERVATISM
BRAHMS CRITICIZED WAGNERS OPERAS FOR BEING ANTI SEMITIC
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WHAT CHILDHOOD EXPRIENCE INFLUENCED IVES'S MODERNIST APPROACH TO MUSIC?
CORRESPONED WITH STRAVINSKY VIA LETTERS
FATHER USED TO PLAY TUNES IN TWO DIFFERENT KEYS AT ONCE
FATHER DIED DURING WWI
DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL, NEVER LEARNED CORRECT WAY TO COMPOSE
5
WHAT IS THE INSTRUMENTATION OF BOULEZ'S STRUCTURES I?
SYNTHESIZER
PIANO AND VIOLIN
TWO PIANOS
STRING QUARTET
6
IN WAGNER'S MUSIC DRAMAS, WHAT ARE LEITMOTIVS?
CHARACTERS IN THE FOLK LEGENDS FROM WHICH HE DREW HIS OPERAS
MUSICAL PHRASES THAT BECOME ASSOCIATED W/ OBJECTS AND EVENTS
OBJECTS THAT SYMBOLIZE ROMANTIC PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS
MECHANICAL DEVICES CREATED BY WAGNER FOR USE IN BAYREUTH
7
ROMANTIC COMPOSER KNOWN AS PAGANNI OF THE PIANO?
FREDERIC CHOPIN
FRANZ SCHUBERT
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
FRANZ LISZT
8
HOW DID MAHLER FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BEETHOVEN?
RADICALLY INNOVATIVE IN HIS SYMPHONIC COMPOSITIONS
DEDICATED THE FINAL YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO STRING QUARTETS
HE BEGAN GOING DEAF IN HIS 30'S
BEGAN CAREER AS PIANO VIRTUOSO BEFORE TURNING TO COMPOSITION
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WHY DID IT TAKE BRAHMS 20 YEARS TO PUBLISH HIS 1ST SYMPHONY?
BUSY COMPOSING OPERAS AND SYMPHONIC POEMS
ROBERT SCHUMANN DISCOURAGED HIM FROM PUBLISHING IT
LOST THE MANUSCRIPT WHEN HE MOVED FROM HAMBURG TO VIENNA
FELT BEETHOVEN AS THE STEP OF A GIANT OVER MY SHOULDER
10
WHY HAS CLASSICAL MUSIC STRUGGLED TO SURVIVE IN THE 20TH CENTURY?
MANY COMPOSERS DIED IN WWI AND WWII
UNABLE TO MEET THE LARGE DEMAND FOR NEW MUSIC
HAS TO COMPETE WITH POPULAR MUSIC
BECOME TOO FAMILIAR TO MOST LISTENERS
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HOW DID SHOSTAKOVICH PUT HIS SIGNATURE ON HIS COMPOSITIONS?
USING A PEN GIVEN TO HIM BY STALIN
SIGNING HIS NAME IN REVERSE
USING SHORT MUSICAL MOTIVE THAT REPRESENTED HIS NAME
USING A RUBBER STAMP
12
WHY IS PUCCINI'S LA BOHÉME CONSIDERED A VERISMO OPERA?
DRAWS ON GREEK MYTHOLOGY FOR SYMBOLISM
CHARACTERS ARE ARISTOCRATIC AND IDEALIZED
SET IN THE WILD WEST WITH SALOONS, GUNS, AND A MANHUT
STORY OF A GROUP OF POOR STUDENTS/ARTISTS LIVING IN PARIS
13
MAHLER EXHIBITED A PREOCCUPATION WITH BLENDING TWO GENERS OF COMPOSITIONS; WHAT WERE THEY?
ORATORIO AND SYMPHONY
OPERA AND PIANO TRIO
SONG AND STRING QUARTET
SYMPHONY AND SONG
14
WHO WAS THE GREATEST OPERA COMPOSER OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY?
FRANZ LISZT
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
GIACOMO PUCCINI
15
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS A MAIN ASPECT OF MUSICAL ROMANTICISM?
MUSIC IS UNABLE TO EXPRESS ANYTHING NONMUSICAL
MUSIC SHOULD STRIVE TO BE BALANCED AND OBJECTIVE
MUSIC WAS MERELY ONE FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT
MUSIC MUST TELL A STORY OR EXPRESS AN IDEA THAT IS PROFOUND
16
IN ADDITION TO BEING A COMPOSER/CONCERT PIANIST, WHAT WAS BARTÓK'S OTHER CAREER?
CONDUCTOR
PROFESSOR
LIBRETTIST
ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST
17
WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES LED TO MAHLER'S MOVE TO NEW YORK IN 1908?
RESIGNED CONDUCTING POSITION IN VIENNA AND HIS DAUGHTER DIED
HIS WIFE, ALMSA, WAS UNFAITHFUL
SUPERSTITIOUS AND FEARED HE WOULD DIE IN VIENNA
SEEKING OUT NEW AMERICAN FOLK MELODIES
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WHAT ARE THE HALLMARKS OF FRENCH ROMANTIC GRAND OPERA?
SPOKEN DIALOGUE RATHER THAN MUSICAL RECITATIVE
LOFTY SUBJECT MATTER AND SPECTACULAR STAGING
DOWN TO EARTH PLOTS WITH HUMOROUS OR ROMANTIC INTEREST
SMALL CAST AND ORCHESTRA
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HOW DID VERDI BECOME INTERTWINED WITH THE BIRTH OF THE NATION ITALY?
SERVED AS PRIME MINISTER
PARTICIPATED IN ARMED UPRISING
COMPOSED AN OPERA ABOUT THE ITALIAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT
HIS NAME SERVED AS A RALLYING CRY FOR ITALIAN NATIONALIST
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HOW DID SHAPE-NOTE BOOKS DIFFER FROM STANDARD 19TH CENTURY MUSIC PUBLICATIONS?
USED SMALL TRIANGLES/SQUARES TO INDICATE PITCHES
THEY WERE PUBLISHED ON A SUBSCRIPTION BASIS
THEY PRINTED THE WORDS AND MUSIC IN SEPARATE VOLUMES
USED GREEK ALPHABET TO INDICATE PITCHES

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