Intro to Music Final

Who composed Symphonie fantastique?

Who composed New World Symphony?

Who composed West Side Story?

Which instrument did Louis Armstrong play?

Instrumental music endowed with literary, philosophical, or pictorial associations is called ___________ music.

What nationality was Hector Berlioz?

Which type of music occurs when music comes from an unseen source, often an invisible orchestra?

The term bel canto refers to

Who is the villain in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker?

Approximately how many Lieder did Schubert compose?

What nationality was Giuseppe Verdi?

Who wrote the librettos for Wagner's operas?

A film character listening to the car radio is an example of

West Side Story is a modern-day retelling of Shakespeare's

Where did slaves meet in pre-Civil War New Orleans to dance to the accompaniment of drums, gourds, and banjos?

Which of the following composers was Polish?

Italian comic opera is called

A song form in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza of text is called

Which films score did Hans Zimmer compose?

What are the dates of the Romantic Period?

Verdi's opera Nabucco was hugely popular in Italy because it

The principal themes that recur throughout Wagner's operas and carry specific meanings are called

What are the dates of the Classical Period?

What nationality was Richard Wagner?

Jazz first gained momentum through the fusion of various musical styles in which city?

Jazz developed quickly in which city order in the United States?

The opposite of program music is

What was German Romantic opera with spoken dialogue?

Schubert and his friends organized evening gatherings of artists, writers, and musicians, called

What popular Afro-Cuban dance with a fast, syncopated beat did Bernstein incorporate into West Side Story?

In Schubert's Elfking, the obsessive triplet rhythm of the piano accompaniment represents

Which film score did John Williams compose?

Where is the opening scene of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker?

What nationality was Igor Stravinsky?

Which of the following was a widely beloved Italian nationalist opera composer?

Music that is performed on screen and is part of the drama itself is called

Which musical devices does Schubert use to portray the child's terror in Elfking?

How many operas did Verdi compose?

Scott Joplin was instrumental in the development of which musical Jazz genre?

What nationality was Antonin Dvorak?

Which film score did Danny Elfman compose?

The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic period was the

In the Ring Cycle, who is the father of the gods?

Louis Armstrong's instrument-like approach to singing is called

A musical theme associated with a particular character, place or emotion is called a(n):

The Imperial March is associated with

What was Louis Armstrong's nickname?

Which of the following is considered America's unique contribution to theater?

Which nineteenth-century composer's entire output centered on the piano?

What instrument did Duke Ellington play?