47.What characterizes the focus of the arts from the 1850s on?

a. an increased interest in realism

30.Who composed The Valkyrie?

a. Richard Wagner, a. Carl Maria von Weber

78.Appalachian Spring is a(n)

a. ballet about a pioneer celebration in Pennsylvania.

16.A song cycle is a(n)

a. group of songs with a common poetic theme or unifying story.

What element in the first piece of Pictures helps depict the composer walking aimlessly through an art gallery?

a. alternating meters that create an unpredictable emphasis in the beat

87.John Cage’s 4′ 33″ consists of

a. any sounds occurring inside or outside the performance hall.

11.The special effect of col legno in the violins that is heard toward the end of mvt. 5 of Fantastic Symphony is the

a. use of the wood—that is, the back of the bow—on the strings.

63.Schoenberg’s reference to “the emancipation of dissonance” meant emancipation from the need to

a. resolve to consonant chords.

76.Arnold Schoenberg's method that guarantees that no one pitch in the chromatic scale is more important than the others

a. the twelve-tone system (serialism).

51.The term kuchka refers to

a. “the Mighty Five,” a close group of Russian nationalist composers.

31.What important role does the orchestra play in the first scene of The Valkyrie?

By carrying the leitmotivs, it conveys depth of the characters and feelings

40.Which statement about The Nibelung’s Ring is FALSE?

a. It exhibits a classic emotional restraint.

17.Which statement is FALSE?

Clara Schumann was recognized as one of the greatest composers of her day.

80.Post–World War II composers were intent on

a. searching for new sound materials.

79.Highly intellectual, constructive tendencies led some composers of the postwar avant-garde to

a. attempt to “serialize” rhythm, dynamics, and tone color.

90.Concert music composition since the 1970s has been marked by

eclecticism and stylistic variety that make works difficult to categorize.

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21.Frédéric Chopin did NOT compose
a. nocturnes.
a. piano concertos.
a. mazurkas.
a. symphonies.
2
26.The Fantastic Symphony includes a(n)
a. chorus.
a. violin soloist.
a. idée fixe.
a. group of vocal soloists.
3
66.Who composed The Rite of Spring?
a. Igor Stravinsky
a. Béla Bartók
a. Claude Debussy
a. Luciano Berio
4
20. “Night piece” is the definition of a
a. program symphony.
lied
a. song cycle.
nocturne
5
47.What characterizes the focus of the arts from the 1850s on?
a. a return to religious themes
a. an increased interest in realism
a. an increased interest in the supernatural
a. an increased interest in ancient Greek myths
6
30.Who composed The Valkyrie?
a. Giacomo Puccini
a. Richard Wagner
a. Giuseppe Verdi
a. Carl Maria von Weber
7
10.Because of much of the orchestration, the mood of the fifth movement of the Fantastic Symphony can be described as
a. serene and soothing.
a. passionate and romantic.
a. spiritual and introspective.
a. grotesque and macabre.
8
78.Appalachian Spring is a(n)
a. opera about colonial days in America.
a. religious work for chorus and orchestra.
a. ballet about a pioneer celebration in Pennsylvania.
a. piano concerto including jazz themes.
9
10.Because of much of the orchestration, the mood of the fifth movement of the Fantastic Symphony can be described as
a. grotesque and macabre.
a. passionate and loving.
a. serene and soothing.
a. spiritual and introspective.
10
16.A song cycle is a(n)
a. form used in lieder in which the same theme comes back in each movement.
a. group of four or more operas unified by the same characters.
a. group of four or more operas unified by the same characters.
a. group of songs with a common poetic theme or unifying story.
11
82.The use of recorded sounds from life is called
a. musique concrète.
a. synthesizing.
serialism
symbolism
12
44.Who composed Romeo and Juliet?
a. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
a. Johannes Brahms
a. Gustav Mahler
a. Modest Musorgsky
13
86.The father of chance music is
a. John Cage.
a. Steve Reich.
a. John Adams.
a. Philip Glass.
14
12.Who was NOT a Romantic composer?
a. Frédéric Chopin
a. Franz Schubert
a. Robert Schumann
a. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
15
35.Wagner was as well known for his __________ as he was for his operas.
a. controversial ideas
a. lieder
a. generosity
a. piano transcriptions of operatic works
16
65.In the early twentieth century, harmony
a. stressed resolution once again.
a. became more consonant.
a. became more dissonant.
a. became less important.
17
What element in the first piece of Pictures helps depict the composer walking aimlessly through an art gallery?
a. alternating meters that create an unpredictable emphasis in the beat
a. emphatic accents of the trumpet
a. a folk melody played by a clarinet
a. a steady beat with pauses
18
52.Pictures at an Exhibition is considered
a. program music.
a. an example of theme-and-variations form.
a. a concert overture.
a. a song cycle.
19
56.What great Romantic-era composer was a musical friend of Johannes Brahms?
a. Robert Schumann
a. Richard Wagner
a. Georges Bizet
a. Johann Strauss
20
87.John Cage’s 4′ 33″ consists of
a. an atonal fugue based on a twelve-tone row.
a. chance music played by stringed instruments.
a combination of several different styles of jazz into one “serious” work.
a. any sounds occurring inside or outside the performance hall.
21
23.The composer __________ is generally regarded as the most flamboyant pianist of the Romantic era.
a. Hector Berlioz
a. Robert Schumann
a. Franz Liszt
a. Ludwig van Beethoven
22
53.Modest Musorgsky’s music reflects
a. his aristocratic origins.
a. a polished skill as an orchestrator.
a. an intense nationalism.
a. a sunny disposition.
23
41.The Nibelung’s Ring is based on
a. Germanic or Norse legends.
a. a play by Shakespeare.
a. an original story by Richard Wagner.
a. a poem by Schopenhauer.
24
67.The Rite of Spring is a(n)
a. opera.
a. symphony.
a. symphonic poem.
a. ballet.
25
37.What did Wagner call his new style of opera in the 1850s?
a. music drama
a. leitmotiv
a. Gesamtkunstwerk
a. bel canto
26
11.The special effect of col legno in the violins that is heard toward the end of mvt. 5 of Fantastic Symphony is the
a. use of sharply accented notes.
a. light stamping of the violin section.
a. technique of pizzicato—that is, plucking the strings.
a. use of the wood—that is, the back of the bow—on the strings.
27
62.The composer who originated serialism is
a. Béla Bartók.
a. Richard Wagner.
a. Igor Stravinsky
a. Arnold Schoenberg
28
22.Which statement about Franz Liszt is FALSE?
a. He was recognized as a great pianist in his time.
a. He was shy and reclusive.
a. He had a lot of charisma, like a present-day rock star.
a. He was recognized as a great composer of piano music in his time.
29
6. Who composed Nocturne in F-sharp?
a. Franz Liszt
a. Robert Schumann
a. Frédéric Chopin
a. Franz Schubert
30
36.Which term refers to a synthesis of many of the arts into one unified work, or “total work of art”?
a. bel canto
a. leitmotiv
a. Gesamtkunstwerk
a. music drama
31
63.Schoenberg’s reference to “the emancipation of dissonance” meant emancipation from the need to
a. serve homophony.
a. be free.
a. resolve to consonant chords.
a. dominate.
32
1. Who composed “Im wunderschönen Monat Mai”?
a. Richard Wagner
a. Franz Schubert
a. Robert Schumann
a. Frédéric Chopin
33
28.Who composed Rigoletto?
a. Giuseppe Verdi
a. Giacomo Puccini
a. Georges Bizet
a. Richard Wagner
34
In the 19th C, what instrument was the most likely to be used for the great profusion of Romantic miniatures?
a. organ
a. trumpet
a. violin
a. piano
35
76.Arnold Schoenberg's method that guarantees that no one pitch in the chromatic scale is more important than the others
a. the twelve-tone system (serialism).
a. Sprechstimme.
a. ostinato.
a. Neoclassicism.
36
51.The term kuchka refers to
a. a Russian folk song form in five parts.
a. a conservative Russian political movement.
a. “the Mighty Five,” a close group of Russian nationalist composers.
a. a Russian dance form.
37
31.What important role does the orchestra play in the first scene of The Valkyrie?
It remains restrained at all times, allowing the singers to be expressive.
By carrying the leitmotivs, it conveys depth of the characters and feelings
It repeats leitmotivs in the same way while singers echo & transform them
a. It merely provides accompaniment for the singers.
38
27.Which composer had an extraordinary imagination for orchestral tone color?
a. Hector Berlioz
a. Robert Schumann
a. Frédéric Chopin
a. Franz Liszt
39
40.Which statement about The Nibelung’s Ring is FALSE?
a. It exhibits a classic emotional restraint.
a. It is a story of myth and the supernatural.
a. It is a lengthy performance experience.
a. It has an epic scope covering many generations.
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42.What became of Wagner’s leitmotiv technique?
a. It was used only in Wagner’s operas.
a. It was used in most operas.
a. It faded from use by the twentieth century.
a. It became very popular in the operas of Rossini.
41
48.An orchestral work that is composed in one movement and has a free form and a program is called a
a. concert overture.
a. program symphony.
a. Romantic symphony.
a. symphonic poem.
42
77.Who composed Appalachian Spring?
a. Charles Ives
a. Claude Debussy
a. Maurice Ravel
a. Aaron Copland
43
43.Light operas from the nineteenth century containing spoken dialogue, light tunes, and dancing are called
a. ragtime.
a. music dramas.
a. shows.
a. operettas.
44
72.The vocal technique heard in Pierrot lunaire is
vocalise
a. Sprechstimme.
pizzicato
Singspiel
45
17.Which statement is FALSE?
a. Clara Schumann married one of her father’s music students.
a. Clara Schumann was recognized as a great pianist in her time.
a. Clara Schumann was recognized as a great teacher in her time.
Clara Schumann was recognized as one of the greatest composers of her day.
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80.Post–World War II composers were intent on
a. developing more possibilities with the standard Romantic orchestra.
a. exploring the modernist music techniques of Debussy.
a. searching for new sound materials.
a. discarding serialism in favor of Neoclassicism.
47
79.Highly intellectual, constructive tendencies led some composers of the postwar avant-garde to
a. leave some elements of music to chance.
a. attempt to “serialize” rhythm, dynamics, and tone color.
a. turn back to Classical styles.
a. simplify musical materials.
48
89.With which musical style is Steve Reich associated?
a. tonal music
a. chance music
a. serialism
a. minimalism
49
The style of music in which simple melodies, motives, & harmonies are repeated many times and change gradually is called
a. expressionism.
a. chance music.
a. serialism.
a. minimalism.
50
Which late Romantic composer responded to the unbridled emotionalism of Romanticism w/ a return to Viennese Classicism?
a. Ludwig van Beethoven
a. Johannes Brahms
a. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
a. Gustav Mahler
51
90.Concert music composition since the 1970s has been marked by
a. a turn away from any styles that preceded modernism.
eclecticism and stylistic variety that make works difficult to categorize.
a turn away from emotional expression and toward machinelike repetition.
a. similarities of style that make individual works easy to categorize.
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57.Brahms composed in many genres but did NOT write any
a. program music.
a. songs.
a. choral music.
a. piano works.
53
75.A combination of song and speech is called
Singspiel
ostinato
a. Sprechstimme.
a. impressionism.
54
60.What is one way in which Stravinsky departed from the Romantic style?
a. He used mechanistic rhythms as opposed to rubato.
a. He refused to use any meter.
a. He wrote only atonal music.
a. He wrote no works for large orchestra.
55
Music with certain elements left unspecified, allowing them to be determined by the performers or other circumstances
a. computer music.
a. chance music.
a. musique concrète.
a. minimalist music.
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9. The Fantastic Symphony is a(n)
a. concert overture.
a. program symphony.
a. song cycle.
opera
57
33.Many of Verdi’s early operas are associated with
a. the Bible.
a. patriotic themes.
a. Germanic myths and legends.
a. ancient Greek myths and legends.
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2. “Im wunderschönen Monat Mai” is part of a(n)
a. song cycle.
Mass
oratorio
a. opera.
59
50.What is characteristic of all nationalistic music?
a. the use of the country’s folk music
a. the use of religious subject matter
a. the use of dissonant harmonies
a. the use of major and minor modes
60
39.Which allows a composer to show what a character is thinking even though something else is being said in the text?
a. idée fixe
a. leitmotiv
a. bel canto style
a. Gesamtkunstwerk
61
14.The nineteenth-century German genre consisting of a musical setting of a short poem for voice and piano is the
a. character piece.
a. concert overture.
a. song cycle.
a. lied.
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59.Which musical elements were questioned in the modernist movement?
a. melody, harmony, tonality, and rhythm
a. harmony and tonality
a. melody, rhythm, and tone color
a. harmony and tone color
63
19.Which statement about character pieces is FALSE?
a. Character pieces all portray a definite mood or character.
a. Character pieces are always connected to novels and literature.
a. Character pieces are composed for piano.
Character pieces range from those for beginners to those for virtuosi
64
61.Which composer is sometimes called an impressionist and sometimes a symbolist?
a. Arnold Schoenberg
a. Igor Stravinsky
a. Claude Debussy
a. Anton Webern
65
24.Which is true of program music?
a. It includes a sung text.
a. It attempts to convey dramatic polarity in sonata form.
a. It relies on abstract musical elements for form.
a. It refers to some nonmusical idea, such as a poem or literary work.
66
74.The major works of Stravinsky’s early period were
a. symphonies.
operas
a. ballets.
lieder
67
8. Who composed the Fantastic Symphony?
a. Ludwig van Beethoven
a. Franz Liszt
a. Hector Berlioz
a. Richard Wagner
68
68.The opening theme of The Rite of Spring is played by the
a. bassoon, in the highest part of its range.
a. alto flute.
a. oboe.
a. trombone, in the highest part of its range.
69
73.The premiere of The Rite of Spring was famous for
a. the first audience sing-along.
a. a riot by the audience.
a. lovely, graceful dancing.
a. thunderous applause.
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71.Who composed Pierrot lunaire?
a. Arnold Schoenberg
a. Alban Berg
a. Igor Stravinsky
a. Claude Debussy
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55.The lifelong model for Brahms was
a. Johann Sebastian Bach.
a. Ludwig van Beethoven.
a. Richard Wagner.
a. Robert Schumann.
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15.Schubert wrote nearly seven hundred
a. character pieces for piano.
a. string quartets.
a. opera arias.
a. lieder.
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34.What are the two most important elements of Wagner’s operatic style?
a. the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk and the technique of leitmotiv
a. the use of leitmotiv and idée fixe
a. aria and recitative
a. predominance of the orchestra and bel canto style
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3. Which was true of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes?
a. They were duets for violin and piano.
a. They were designed for amateur performers to enjoy at home.
a. Liszt himself did not perform them.
a. They were immensely challenging to play.
75
11.The special effect of col legno in the violins that is heard toward the end of mvt. 5 of Fantastic Symphony is the
a. use of the wood—that is, the back of the bow—on the strings.
a. use of sharply accented notes.
a. light stamping of the violin section.
a. technique of pizzicato—that is, plucking the strings.
76
7. Nocturne in F-sharp is a
a. movement from a piano concerto.
a. program piano sonata.
a. movement from a piano sonata.
a. character piece.
77
70. The Rite of Spring does NOT include
a. Russian folk music.
a. irregular, shifting meters.
a. use of the extreme high and low ranges of instruments.
a. a tone row.
78
49.In which category is a symphonic poem different from a concert overture?
a. performing forces
a. form
a. number of movements
a. tone color
79
81.Which family of the orchestra underwent the most growth and innovation in the post–World War II era?
a. brass
a. strings
a. woodwinds
a. percussion
80
69.Which statement about The Rite of Spring is FALSE?
a. It has some complex rhythms with irregular meters.
a. It has a primitive quality.
a. It is composed for ballet.
a. It is based on a symbolist poem.
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38.Who wrote the texts for Richard Wagner’s operas?
a. Cosima Wagner
a. Arthur Schopenhauer
a. Richard Wagner himself
a. Hans von Bülow
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84.An example of chance music is
a. using the twelve tones of the chromatic scale in a fixed order.
throwing dice to determine the order of sections to be played in a piece
instructing the performer to place hands inside the piano to strum strings
a. using a synthesizer to produce sounds.
83
4. Which best describes the mood of “Eusebius”?
a. angry
a. introspective and dreamy
a. triumphant
a. sad and defeated
84
5. “Eusebius” is a
a. character piece.
a. grandiose Romantic composition.
a. movement from a piano sonata.
a. lied.
85
12.Who was NOT a Romantic composer?
a. Robert Schumann
a. Franz Schubert
a. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
a. Frédéric Chopin
86
45.Who composed Pictures at an Exhibition?
a. Alexander Borodin
a. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
a. Modest Musorgsky
a. Richard Wagner
87
13.The English translation of the German word Lied is
a. “love.”
a. “song.”
a. “romance.”
a. “story.”
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29. “La donna è mobile” is a(n)
a. recitative.
a. aria.
round
a. arioso.
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85.The first performance of Poème électronique included
a. a tape player and one speaker.
a. piano, seven wind instruments, and voice.
a tape player, 425 loudspeakers & the projection of colored lights & images
a. a tape player and an orchestra.
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The chief composers associated with the early phase of modernism—Debussy, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg—were members of the
a. Apaches.
a. avant-garde.
a. Symbolists.
a. Blue Rider group.

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