6th Grade - Romantic Era Review

Question 1

A(n) _______ is an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment.

Accepted Answer

Opera

Question 2

Which late-Romantic Era American composer is known as the King of Ragtime?

Accepted Answer

Joplin

Question 3

Another name for an orchestra is a(n) __________.

Accepted Answer

Symphony

Question 4

Music composed purely as music, and not intended to represent something else is called _______?

Accepted Answer

Absolute Music

Question 5

___________ was an early-Romantic Era piano virtuoso and well-known teacher who stopped composing after her husband died

Accepted Answer

Clara Schumann

Question 6

A single movement or piece evoking content of another source is called a ____________.

Accepted Answer

Symphonic Poem

Question 7

Which of these mid-Romantic Era composers from Germany preferred to write absolute music?

Accepted Answer

Brahms

Question 8

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote which of the following nationalistic pieces?

Accepted Answer

Flight of the Bumblebee

Question 9

__________ was the first black band leader and first black musician to perform in integrated musical events in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

Francis "Frank" Johnson

Question 10

Which of these is a symphonic poem written about the Serbo-Turkish War of 1876-1878?

Accepted Answer

Marche Slave

Question 11

Which of these early-Romantic Era composers was known for being a child music prodigy and reviving interest in Bach?

Accepted Answer

Mendelssohn

Question 12

Which of these compositions is said to be inspired by Native and African American music in the United States?

Accepted Answer

The New World Symphony

Question 13

A(n) _____________ is someone who is highly skilled, particularly in music or art.

Accepted Answer

Virtuoso

Question 14

________ was an early-Romantic Era composer who mainly wrote short songs and piano pieces and suffered from depression.

Accepted Answer

Robert Schumann

Question 15

_________ was an early-Romantic Era composer from Poland who was known as a piano virtuoso.

Accepted Answer

Chopin

Question 16

_______ is a music movement that began during the 19th century - marked by emphasis on using national elements in music.

Accepted Answer

Nationalism

Question 17

A(n) ___ is the leader of a musical group who indicates through gestures or patterns how the music should be interpreted

Accepted Answer

Conductor

Question 18

________ was the most predominant style of popular music in America during the first part of the 1900s.

Accepted Answer

Ragtime

Question 19

Which of these early-Romantic Era German composers was most well-known for his exhaustive operas?

Accepted Answer

Wagner

Question 20

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of art from the Romantic Era?

Accepted Answer

The introduction of the piano

Question 21

Which of these late-Romantic Era composers from the Czech Republic wrote the New World Symphony?

Accepted Answer

Dvorak

Question 22

A(n) _____ refers to a lengthy form of musical composition for orchestra, normally consisting of several large movements

Accepted Answer

Symphony

Question 23

Which of these mid-Romantic Era Russian composers wrote Marche Slave and The Nutcracker?

Accepted Answer

Tchaikovsky

Question 24

Who of these is known as the first successful female American composer?

Accepted Answer

Amy Beach

Question 25

When did the Romantic Era Take place?

Accepted Answer

c. 1780-1910

Question 26

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of art from the Romantic Era?

Accepted Answer

Going back to the basics

Question 27

The mid-Romantic Hungarian composer ______________ created the symphonic poem.

Accepted Answer

Liszt

6th Grade - Romantic Era Review

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6th Grade - Romantic Era Review

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