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1
What two titles did Brahms favor for his late character pieces for piano?
Intermezzo
Premezzo
Capriccio
Mazurka
2
What is the structure of Violetta’s aria from Act I of La Traviata? recognize component parts
slow lyrical->tempo di mezzo->cabaletta->scena
tempo di mezzo->cabaletta->scena->slow lyrical
cabaletta-> scena->slow lyrical->tempo di mezzo
scena->slow lyrical->tempo di mezzo->cabaletta
3
What is the basic narrative of Tristan und Isolde?
Makes magic bullet, bullet kills friend
Prostitute loves rich man, prostitute dies of TB
Love potion by mistake, everyone dies
Poor lady marries rich boss
4
Why was Rossini's shift in focus from Comic Opera to Serious Opera significant?
he was the only mainly serious opera composer
it led a trend away from comic opera
almost all his operas were serious operas
it reflected the wars in the world
5
Name several operas composed by Verdi.
Otello
Aida
Nabucco
Rigoletto
6
Does opéra comique have to include comedic plot elements? What is its defining feature?
Yes, Sometimes speaking, sometimes singing
No, Sometimes speaking, sometimes singing
No, Humorous story lines
Yes, Humorous story lines
7
Why was the year 1853 so important in Brahms’s career?
R. Schumann published an esay, Brahms was the next big thing
Met Liszt
Meet Joachim (Violinist)
Meet Schumanns
8
Explain the idea of “twin cultures” of music in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Y
N
N
9
What five features do the Russian "mighty five" have according to Stasov?
Exoticism
Auto-didacts, aka self taught
Programmatic music
Judge everything for themselves
10
What does Schoenberg mean by “developing variation”?
Musical range
Speech in music
Musical prose
Variations that develop
11
How did Schubert approach the challenge of being as good as Beethoven?
Used a different approach to music
Lowered the price of concerts
Pursued a different kind of orchestra
He chose to ignore it
12
When did Schubert compose his Symphony No. 8?
1803
1822
1813
1869
13
How does the Tristan chord destabilize tonality in Prelude to Tristan und Isolde & elsewhere?
It doesn't resolve
Dissonance
Confuses key to audience
It sounds like a key change
14
How was chamber music viewed in the 19th century on the spectrum of conservative to innovative?
In the middle
Innovative
Conservative
Leaning toward innovative
15
How would you describe the music of Intermezzo? (by Brahms)
Rubato
Happy
Smooth
Strong rhythm
16
What does Idée Fixe mean?
Fixing Idols
Fixed ideals
Obsessive Idea
Thinking all the time
17
What is the plot of La Traviata?
Poor lady marries rich boss
Makes magic bullet, bullet kills friend
Prostitute loves rich man, prostitute dies of TB
Love potion by mistake, everyone dies
18
What are some characteristics of Brahms’s writing for piano?
Mixes duple and triple
Uses entire keyboard
Rhythmically fluid
Melody changes voices
19
Who coined the designation “New German School”?
Mahler
Liszt
Brendel
Wagner
20
When was Brahms born?
1803
1808
1813
1833
21
What is exoticism?
A genre of music that evokes a foreign atmosphere
Music played out of doors
Tendency to do exotic things
French music played in exotic places
22
What does the singer in “Una voce poco fa” (Barber) do if not singing the notes in the score?
includes turns in melodically dull sections
includes ornaments anywhere she desires
adds extra harmonies in non-solo sections
embelishes long notes
23
What is Rossini’s The Barber of Seville about?
Enemies drink love potion and everyone dies
Japanese girl marries American, she dies
Girl loves man, girl's landlord opposes, city meddler suppor
Woman betrays man and is murdered by him
24
Why was chamber music viewed as conservative in the 19th century?
Because it was a handed down tradition
Not radical for composers
Commonly absolute
Homemaking activity
25
How is the dark supernatural captured in the music of the 5th mvt of the Symphonie Fantastique?
instruments used incorrectly
slow 4/4
Dies Irae - funeral chant
grace notes in idée fixe
26
Explain the Wagnerian concept: leitmotive.
Life motivation
Light motives
Puts light motifs all over
Leaf movement
27
What type of operas did Rossini start composing after about 1815?
Chamber Opera
Comic Opera
Intermezzo
Serious opera
28
What is the Tristan chord? What is it literally as a chord?
aug 7th cord
1/2 dim 7th chord
dim 7th chord
VII 7th cord
29
Does singer of "Una voce poco fa" (Barber) always sing the notes as they are given in thescore?
Y
N
30
Name several of Puccini’s operas.
La Fanciulla Del West
Madama Butterfly
La Boheme
Turandot
31
Explain the “music of the future” controversy.
disagreement about whether all arts should be combined
disagreement about whether programs should dictate emotions
disagreement about whether quotations should be allowed
disagreement about whether new instruments should be includd
32
How is Carmen presented as a potentially ambiguous character through her famous “Habañera”?
She acts like she loves everyone
Don't know what she is thinking, she's performing for others
She is hiding behind her fan
She sings in dissonance
33
Where is Carmen set?
Vienna
Germany
Spain
France
34
Why did Dvořák compose the Slavonic Dances?
Simrock the publisher asked him to write them.
Inspired by Pellegrini, a friend, who visited Slavocia
Dvorak had heard of the stunning dances in Slavocia
Stasov the prince asked him to write them
35
Why was La Traviata controversial when it was first performed?
About a prostitute dies of TB
Portrays to much drinking and use of drugs
Glorifies revolutions
Upper classes don't look great in it
36
Explain why the "Unfinished" Symphony nickname may well not be justified.
The last two movements were burned in a fire
No evidence there was supposed to be more movements
It had not been published yet
He had completed the symphony and died before its premier
37
When did Wagner die?
1880
1883
1886
1889
38
What scale does the beginning of the Coronation Scene in Boris Godunov employ?
E Whole tone
G Whole tone
B Octatonic
D Octatonic
39
What is a furiant?
An overture in duple meter
A dance in triple meter
A furious ant
Hemiola
40
How does Wagner distinguish musically between 2 worlds: night/love/death & day/suffering/life?
Night/love/death=diatonic
Day/suffering/life=diatonic
Day/suffering/life=chromatic
Night/love/death=chromatic
41
How does Butterfly use her musc to forge a personality that will charm and appeal to Pinkerton?
The butterfly embellishes the melody
The butterfly sings increasingly difficult passages
The butterfly sings in a westernized Japanese style
The butterfly uses light articulations
42
What is the opera La Traviata based on?
Swedish folk tale
Ballet by Labre Valdez
German play by Heir Rumdeir
French play by Alexandre Dumas Jr.
43
Explain the Wagnerian concept: Gesamtkunstwerk.
Do all art types to maintain coherence
Music above all
Collective artwork
All arts are equal
44
Who wrote Don Quixote?
Heinrich Heine
Wilhelm Wundt
Cervantes
Hanslick
45
Why did Liszt settle in Weimar?
It was a port city
He was a court musician
To study medicine
Easy to sell music
46
When was Berlioz born?
1808
1833
1813
1803
47
What is nationalism?
Evoking parts of your own culture
Sets listener in foreign nation
Pride in your country
Belonging to a nation
48
What is incidental music?
Music to go with a pre-existing play
Music that was composed by accident
Music to go with a novel
Music composed by a student of the composer
49
Who was Boris Godunov?
Historical figure
A Russian leader
He narrated How the Grinch Stole Christmas
A cello player in Russia
50
Why did Clara Schumann feel a piano trio was an appropriate genre in which a woman could comp?
Women's work lacked force
Because women couldn’t do anything of importance
For home performance, not public
They were delicate instruments
51
What are some other innovative aspects of the first movement of Schubert’s String Quintet?
It uses dissonance in the themes
It changes to non-related keys
Key is confusing; CM to dim7th to CM
Tempo is meant to confuse the audience
52
Where was Wagner living in the 1850s?
Warsaw
Dresden
Switzerland
Vienna
53
What are some of the most important developments/changes that took place in orchas in the 19th?
Larger groups
Conductors
Consistent members
Instruments with keys
54
What is the form of the fourth movement of Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 in E Minor?
Variation
Chaconne
Binary
Sonata
55
What is a three-key exposition?
An exposition with an extra key
An exposition that has a strong theme
A soft start to a symphony
A loud explosion in music
56
What does Berlioz mean by "double idée fixe"?
N
Y
57
What did Berlioz end up doing on his first visit to Paris?
Became a composer
Tried to win prix derone
Studied instrument making
Studied music
58
What is a concert overture?
A pieced played before the concert
A work with cannons or drums
A piece played over a chur
One movement orchestral piece
59
Aside from his music, what publication made Berlioz very influential for later composers?
Treatise on Orchestration
Medical Digest
Astronomy Today
The New Newspaper for Music
60
Where did Brahms live starting in 1868?
Munich
Vienna
Hamburg
Paris
61
April 3 - 2nd part of question that was skipped. In case you need more lines.
N
Y
N
62
Name at least three of Liszt’s symphonic poems.
Orpheus
Prometheus
Hamlet
Hungaria
63
What are some of the genres of chamber music in which strings and piano were included?
Octet
String quintet
String quartet
Piano Trio
64
Explain the concept of realism in music and art.
Set in present day
Strong imagery
Current problems, daily life
playable context
65
What is the general narrative of Madama Butterfly?
Enemies drink love potion and everyone dies
Girl loves man, girl's landlord opposes, city meddler suppor
Woman betrays man and is murdered by him
Japanese girl marries American, she dies
66
Why was Schubert's Symphony No. 8 nicknamed the "Unfinished"?
Symphonies usually had 4 movements
Only two completed movements and a sketch of a 3rd
He died before the premier
It didn't sound like it was done
67
Why is Tristan und Isolde considered to be 1 of the most important works of Western art music?
Tonality is unclear
Melody is understated
They WANT to die
Extreme form of organicism
68
What is the formal structure of the aria "Una voce poco fa" in The Barber of Seville?
Orch. intro-> scene-> cantabile-> cabaletta
Chorus intro-> cantabile-> cabaletta-> scene
Cantabile-> cabaletta-> chorus-> scene
Cabaletta-> scene-> cantabile-> orch. postlude
69
Name three works that were inspired by Felix Mendelson's travels.
Italian Symphony
Dutch Symphony
Scottish Symphony
Hebrides Overture
70
How are the keys divided between the thematic groups in Schubert’s String Quintet?
Second theme: GM
First theme: CM
Second theme: EbM, GM
First theme: CM, EbM
71
What does "fantastique" mean in the context of the story told in the program?
Fantasy
Fantastic
Extraordinary
Superb
72
When was Verdi born?
1806
1803
1808
1813
73
Name several chamber works by Schubert that quote his own
Lieder
Fantasy for violin and piano
Fantasia for piano trio
"Death and the Maiden" string quartet
"Trout" piano quintet
74
What are some of the most important development/change that took place in concerts in the 19th?
Old repertoire
Quiet listening
Similar to now
Talking during
75
What was the main challenge faced by all composers of orchestral music in the 19th century?
You can't be as good as Beethoven
So just don't write symphonies
Audiences couldn't afford to come because of the war
Beethoven has done it all
76
What instrument was often featured in chamber music of the nineteenth century?
Bassoon
Strings
Violin
Piano
77
On what types of sources did Wagner draw as inspiration for his music dramas?
13th century Nordic saga
15th century Huns
Peace talks
Greek Mythology
78
What is program music?
Very specific narrative
Each movement had a story written out
Vague title
Music played in a pre-formulated order by the venue
79
What is a tone poem?
A poem with a drone
A monotone poem
A poem set to a symphony
Orchestral works in multiple movements with program notes
80
When was Wagner born?
1815
1813
1817
1801
81
Recount the story told in the program of the Symphonie Fantastique.
Loves girl, goes to ball, feels unloved
Watches funeral & demons celebrate
Everyone dies
Drugs himself, hallucinates his execution
82
Was Schubert's Symphony No. 8 immediately performed?
No
Yes
83
Who are the 3 most important composers of Italian opera in the first half of the 19th century?
Rossini
Donizetti
Bellini
Puccini
84
Brahms synthesized som elemnts of older musc with mor current idioms (what are some of these?).
Popular Folk Music
Updated Harmonic Vocab
Sonata Form
Mixing of 2 + 3
85
April 3 question that was skipped
Y
N
N
86
When did Berlioz die?
1901
1869
1904
1883
87
Who was Harriet Smithson?
Berlioz mistress
Shakespearean actress
Burlesque dancer
First wife of Berlioz
88
How would you describe the music of Capriccio (by Brahms)?
Happy
Smooth
Smooth rhythm
Rubato
89
Where was Wagner employed in the 1840s?
Germany for Keiser Welfirm
Vienna for Count Vicemere
Paris for Lord Gridwall
Dresden for the King of Saxony
90
Who coined the term “developing variation”?
Schubert
Brahms
Berlioz
Schoenberg
91
How does Brahms “update” the old form from the 4
th
Movement of his Symphony 4 in E Minor?
Moves the chaccone line to the alto voice
Moves the chaccone line to the bass voice
Moves the chaccone line to the tenor voice
Moves the chaccone line to the soprano voice
92
What are some of the most important theoretical writings Wagner penned during the 1850's?
Art and Revolution
The Artwork of the Future
Judaism in Music
A Communication to My Friends
93
When did Verdi die?
1904
1883
1901
1906
94
Name at least two figures on each side of the "music of the future" debate.
Hanslick, Wagner
Wagner, Liszt
Brahms, Hanslick
Liszt, Brahms
95
Where is Madama Butterfly set?
Japan
Germany
Paris
Spain
96
When did Brahms die?
1897
1904
1901
1883
97
Name several composers who belong to this “New German School.”
Straus
Wagner
Wolf
Mahler
98
Why did Berlioz go to Paris originally?
To study medicine
To work as a musician
To compose music
To study astronomy
99
What role does the Tristan chord play in "Tristan und Isolde" music drama?
Could be a mix of two arpeggiated chords from the bass lines
Non-functional
Used in Tristian's theme
Could be a Fr6
100
Why was Wagner forced into exile for a decade starting in 1848?
He flirted with the Kings daughter
Speaking against the King
He participated in revolutions
He started working for Hitler
101
How does the melodic idée fixe lend coherence and unity to the Symphonie Fantastique?
Y
N
102
Who (what character) sings the aria “Una voce poco fa” in The Barber of Seville?
Rosina
Violetta
Dr. Bartolo
Figaro
103
When did Rossini compose The Barber of Seville?
1816
1813
1896
1834
104
Where was Liszt living when he composed his first twelve symphonic poems?
Weimar
Parris
Vienna
Munich
105
How is an octatonic scale constructed?
Whole steps
Alternating whole steps and major thirds
Alternating whole and half steps
Alternating major seconds and minor thirds
106
How are Carmen’s exotic allure and seductive power convey through the music of her “Seguidilla”
She sings and dances for him
Spanish sound
She moves from one key through another
Adds ornaments
107
Where was Brahms from?
Munich, Germany
Hamburg, Germany
Paris, France
Vienna, Austria
108
Brahms drew on elements of older music (what are some of these?)
Polyphony
Imitative
Symphonies
Concertos
109
How do La Traviata's three main characters reflect Verdi’s typical plot structure?
Servant woman marries rich boss/Servant man likes same woman
Father hates daughters boyfriend/daughter commits suicide
Man loves woman/finds out woman is mother
Lady and man love each other/father doesn't like it
110
Name three of the five composers who make up the “Mighty Five” or “Mighty Handful.”
Borodin
Cui
Yankovsky
Balakirev
111
On what literary work was Don Quixote based?
Don Quixote the novel
Don Quixote the play
The Count of Monte Cristo the novel
The Count of Monte Cristo the play
112
Name at least two characteristics typical of the music of this “New German School.”
absolute
programmatic
innovative
conservative
113
Identify sev examples of “developing variation” at work in 1st mvt of Brhms piano quintet in Fm
Retrograde
Mimics speech
Changing melodic idea
First four measures in unison
114
How was the strng quartet viewed in 19 cntury on the spctrum of consrvative to inovative & why?
Not radical for composers
Commonly absolute
Conservative
Homemaking activity
115
Who coined the term “absolute music”
Wolf
Liszt
Hanslick
Wagner
116
Describe the relationship between nationalism and exoticism.
One is more exotic than the other
Uses the same music
It changes by were the music is played
Nationalism has a real place attached, not fantasy
117
Why was Felix Mendelson traveling throughout Europe as a young man?
Educational Experience
He was a missionary
To be cultured
Grand tour
118
What did Wagner mean by the term "absolute music” ? [not quite what we mean today]
It combines all of the senses
Music has nothing to do with words
Should not use all arts in absolute music
Music that has no other meaning
119
How was Hanslick’s use of "absolute music" a few years later rather different?
He said music that has no other meaning
He said you should only use two senses in music
He said music has nothing to do with words
He said you shouldn't use all the arts in absolute music
120
Who wrote the opera Boris Godunov?
Balakirev
Rimsky-Korsakov
Dvorak
Musorgsky
121
What comp techniques(s) does Brahms use at outset of the 1st mvt of his Symp No. 4 in E Minor?
Mixing of 2 + 3
Imitation between violins and clarinet
Popular folk music
Lieder
122
What is a symphonic poem?
A poem with a symphony
Poetry reading during the symphony
Orchestral work in multiple movements with program notes
Story in program notes
123
What does Pinkerton's motive quote?
America the Beautiful
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Navy Official Song - Anchors Aweigh
The Star Spangled Banner
124
When did Verdi write La Traviata?
1853
1867
1848
1869
125
How did Schumann, Mendlessohn, and Liszt react to Symphonie Fantastique?
N
Y
Y
126
What instruments participate in a piano trio?
Cello
Violin
Piano
Viola
127
Name at least three of Richard Strauss’s tone poems.
A Hero's Life
Death and Transfiguration
Also Sprach Zarathrustra
Don Juan
128
For what type of operas was/is Rossini best known?
Chamber Opera
Intermezzo
Comic Opera
Serious Opera
129
What aproach to the chalnge of wrtg symphs after Beetho is exemplified in Symphonie Fantantasti
Wrote the story for every movement
Titles each movement
Uses instruments in strange ways
Uses more instruments
130
What are some of the original/innovative features of the first movement of Unfinished Symphony.
4 note transition
1st theme was played by woodwinds
B Minor to G Major
Very quiet introduction
131
Who are the three main characters in La Traviata? (know their names)
Alfredo
Germont
Rosetta
Violetta
132
Name two of the five composers who make up the “Mighty Five” or “Mighty Handful.”
Musorgsky
Ivanov
Rimsky-Korsakov
Baranovsky
133
What is the general narrative of Carmen?
Servant woman marries rich boss
Woman betrays man and is murdered by him
Enemies drink love potion and everyone dies
Japanese girl marries American, she dies
