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How did Mendelssohn explore realms of fantasy in his A Midsummer Night’s Dream overture?
Depicting the sounds of mischievous woodland fairies
Writing music based on drug experiences
Depicting the sounds of a witches’ sabbath
Writing music based on his dreams
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Rossini specialized in opera buffa. How is opera buffa defined?
Comic opera
Virtuoso opera
Tragic opera
Food themed opera
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Which of the following is NOT a way in which aromatic era composers created nationalistic music?
Forward music
Patriotic music
Overtly political music
National music
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With the wider selections of standard orchestral instruments in this era, which of the following did they NOT do?
Use more varied sounds
Increase the emotional range
Adhere to traditional arrangements
Increase dynamic contrast
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Why is Franz Schubert best remembered?
For composing over 600 lieder (songs) during his short life
He had a liederjahr (a year of song) after marrying Clara Wieck
Developed theme music associated w/ a character or idea evolving over time
For building the Bayreuth Festpielhaus
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Which composer is considered to be a great transitional composer who helped transform music from Classical to Romantic?
Verdi
Beethoven
Liszt
Tchaikovsky
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What is emotional subjectivity?
Incorporating folk tunes & creating political anthems to stir up nationalis
Exploring darker realms of fantasy to scare or frighten the audience
Painting & writing music about contemporary events average person cared
Capturing subjects in extreme emotional states, using bold tone colors
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Which composer used the ethnic music of Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, etc to create the Slavonic Dance?
C. Schumann
Dvorak
Gottschalk
Chopin
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Why is Chopin a well known Romantic era composer?
Wrote exclusively for piano, one movement pieces, polonaises & mazurkas
Wrote exclusively for guitar, for one movement pieces polonaises & mazurkas
A famous live performer and loved being on stage in front of large crowds
He injured himself and became a music critic and writer
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Which of the following is NOT a trend typical of Romanticism?
Neo classicism
Exoticism
Nature
Nationalism
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What did Robert Schumann do instead of being a performer?
He gave up on music altogether and focused on promoting his wife, Clara
He became a music critic
He became a very popular opera singer
He became a painter
12
Which of the following is FALSE about Clara Shumann’s Vorwarts?
It was inspired by a poem of the same name
It was written as a bday gift for her husband, Robert
Concert piece that combined folk tunes from Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine, etc.
Revolutionary work in support of those who sought to unite Germany
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Why was Liszt famous?
He was a Romantic era rock star who toured all over Europe
He wrote over 600 lieder before an early death from syphilis
He wrote many nationalistic operas
He wrote beautiful music for the ballet
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Why were Romantic era composers able to portray a wide variety of contrasting emotions in a single movement?
They wrote for a greater number of instruments than their predecessors
They used looser & more flexible musical forms
They created instrumental music w/o lyrics
They used dynamics for the first time
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Why did the Catholic Church refuse to allow Paganini to have a Christian burial?
Because he was a Revolutionary
A belief that his violin skills were the result of a deal w/ the devil
Because he had syphilis
Because he was anti catholic
16
Which of the following were composed by Frederic Chopin?
Character pieces for the piano like mazurkas and nocturnes
Ballets including Swan Lake and The Nutcracker
Operas like Eugene Onegin
Nationalistic orchestral music like Night on Bald Mountain
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Why did Robert Schumann abandon his dream to become a piano virtuoso?
B/c of a hand injury
B/c his wife Clara forbade it
B/c he decided to write operas
B/c he had a mental illness that prevented him from performing
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Who wrote the famous Nutcracker ballet as well as the 1812 overture?
Sand
Tchaikovsky
Mussorgsky
Chopin
19
Which composer wrote a virtuosic medley for the concert hall like Star Spangled, Yankee Doodle, Hail, Columbia?
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Clara Schumann
Frederic Chopin
Antonin Dvorak
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Why was Nadezhda Von Meck important to Tchaikovsky’s career?
Her compositions inspired his work
She taught him the basics of composition
She was his muse
She provided him with financial support
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What is a leitmotif?
Theme music associated w/ a character or idea evolving over time
A German art song for voice and piano
An opera house that features auditorium style seating
An idea that synthesizes poetry, scenery, costumes, music, & acting
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Which composer built the Bayreuth Festspielhaus to stage his operas?
Schubert
R. Schumann
Beethoven
Wagner
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How did Romantic era composers create emotionally charged instrumental music ?
By focusing on poetry intended to be read w/ the music
By writing rich & memorable melodies
By writing exclusively for the piccolo, pedal harp, tuba, & celesta
By using strict musical forms
24
Which of the following paintings is a visual depiction of nationalism?
Witches’ Sabbath
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows
Liberty Leading the People
The Raft of the Medea
25
Both Paganini and Rossini were composers who lived and worked during the _.
Early romantic era
Late classical era
Early classical era
Late romantic era
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Why did Dvorak compose From the New World?
As a response to the sights & feelings he experienced during his trip to Am
Fascinated w/ America & wrote based on American music he’d heard
To demonstrate that an American school of music should be rooted in NA & AA
Received a grant from European arts council to compose
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Which of the following composers was a member of the Russian Five, also known as The Mighty Handful?
Chopin
Tchaikovsky
Ravel
Mussorgsky
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Paganini was best remembered as a virtuoso. What is a virtuoso?
A violin player
A person w/ exceptional technical and musical ability
An opera composer
A violinist who is also a talented composer
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Which of the following dynamic terms means to play loud and then suddenly soft?
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Which of the following is NOT a Romantic era composer?
Brahms
Bach
Tchaikovsky
Beethoven
