music review

The Marriage of Figaro is sung in which language?

Mozart’s comic operas

Impressionist painters

Which of the following is a characteristic of the nineteenth-century symphony?

Which statement applies to the Classical-era concerto?

In Schubert’s Elf-King, how many vocalists sing the poem’s four characters?

What did Wagner call his operas?

Dvořák was particularly drawn to

Which elements are present in Wagner’s operas?

Which are technical advances made to the piano during the nineteenth century?

Which movement of The Nutcracker is based on a Russian dance?

Which statement applies to the last section of sonata-allegro form?

A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called

Which of the following describes nineteenth-century musical nationalism?

Which describes Brahms’s musical style?

Which of the following describes sonata-allegro form?

How many symphonies did Beethoven write?

Impressionism began as a movement in

Beethoven and _____ were both important composers of piano sonatas who performed their own works in concert.

Schubert wrote approximately_____ songs.

Which of the following is an element of program music?

appearance of the theme in Symphonie fantastique are varied in harmony, rhythm, meter, tempo etc. This is known as..

The approximate dates of the Classical era in music are

______ became the figurehead for intense debate about the definition of American music.

Which of the following are part of the performing forces of the Dies irae?

During what time of year is The Nutcracker usually performed?

Sonatas during the Classical era were

Which composers were considered part of the so-called Viennese School?

The Classical concerto form has ______ movements.

Which term describes a one-movement work for orchestra with a literary program?

Ballet was featured in operas by _____ composers.

___ lived successfully under a system of modified patronage, supplemented by concert life and music publishing

Which is most likely the slow movement in the multimovement cycle?

The larger size of the Romantic orchestra resulted in the need for a

Which describes the character of Chopin’s nocturnes?

A virtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvisation within a concerto is called a

Wagner’s operas are considered nationalistic because they

First-movement concerto form is similar to sonata-allegro form, but it usually has a

A symphony

Which describes the tempo of the first movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight sonata?

Factory production of the nineteenth-century piano meant

Greater subtlety and expressive ambiguity in Impressionist music were achieved through

Artists in the Romantic era emphasized

What gave Hector Berlioz the opportunity to work in Italy?

The multimovement cycle of the Classical composers can be found in their

Beethoven described the opening motive of his Fifth Symphony as

The ______ art song, or Lied, is performed by solo voice and piano.

What is the translation of Dies irae?

Which of the following refers to “serious,” or tragic, Italian opera?

Romantic themes include all of these except

Conflict and action characterize the _________ in sonata-allegro form.

what form became a favorite resource for instrumental composers -- more dynamic than other forms.

The Dies irae text in the Requiem Mass refers to

A song form in which the same melody is repeated for each stanza, often heard in popular music, is known as

Brahms is from which country?

The Classical-era orchestra was typically composed of

Which is the most important element in absolute music?

Classical melodies are considered to be

Which of the following is a stylistic element of Impressionist music?

Which describes the character of a last movement rondo?

Beethoven’s ninth symphony is unique because

Mozart wrote most of his piano concertos for ______ to perform in public.

The Dies irae from Mozart’s Requiem opens with

Which of the following is a type of program music written to accompany plays?

Music with no literary basis is referred to as

Mendelssohn was responsible for spurring a revival of which composer’s music?

How did middle-class women find a place as musicians under the patronage system?

A ________ is a multimovement programmatic orchestral work.

Which statement about the Romantic-era symphony is true?

To whom did Beethoven originally dedicate his Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)?

A leitmotif is a

Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet?

Which describes the form in the first movement of Dvořák’s American String Quartet?

In a Classical symphony, which of the four movements is typically the slow movement?

A group of Lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme is known as a

Artists and musicians of the Enlightenment stressed

Symbolist poets sought to

Who is referred to as the “father of the symphony”?

Which of the following statements regarding form is true?

Which term describes a one-movement work possibly written to introduce a larger work but also played independently?

Which describes the type of unified cyclical form that Beethoven uses in his Fifth Symphony?

Tchaikovsky was the first Russian

Typical forms for the second movement of a symphony included

The French Revolution signaled the transfer of power from the hereditary landholding aristocracy to the

Which composer is generally credited with creating the symphonic poem?

As a result of the Industrial Revolution

The first movement of a string quartet or symphony is most likely in ________ form.

Light German opera featuring spoken dialogue is called

Which elements apply to comic opera?

Which of the following refers to Italian comic opera?

The Classical sonata typically consists of ________ movements.

Which two pieces did Dvořák compose while he was in the United States?

The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, is called the

What was Chopin’s native land?

The instrumental equivalent to the song was the