HAVPA Test 5

A French painter developed the Neoclassical style; he became involved in radical politics.

Which of the following was a guiding principle of Realism visual art?

The Romantic opera composer Giuseppe Verdi's name was used to support for Italian unification.

Which of the following composers wrote, and is famous for, twelve London symphonies?

Tchaikovsky was a member of the group of composers called "The Russian Five"

During the Romantic period, composers continued to benefit from the patronage system.

Niccolo Paganini was a virtuosic piano player.

Which Romantic work features an account of the composer and his opium-induced hallucinations?

Classical painters chose to depict _________.

Who wrote the Code of Terpsicore, a book used to teach ballet?

In Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz, each movement is based on what?

Which Romantic composer wrote Flight of the Bumblebee?

What does the Romantic ballet term sur les points describe?

Which of the following was NOT a famous ballet dancer of the Romantic period?

Which of the following was NOT a popular social dance in America during Romantic period?

There is a sub-genre of melodrama called canine melodrama, which are plays where hero is a dog.

During Romantic period choral music enjoyed its highest popularity since the Renaissance period

What is satire?

Which of the following was NOT a member of the Russian Five?

What was the major development in ballet shoes during the Romantic period?

The home of the 3rd President of the U.S. whose design was inspired by Villa Rotunda.

The main contribution to theatre in the Neoclassical period was _________.

Which composer was considered "too Russian" by German audiences, but "too German" for Russians?

Notes that don't belong to the traditional scale are known as _________ alterations.

The Romantic period in music was between the years:

Johann Wolfgang van Goethe's Faust was so long that theatres couldn't perform it in his life.

What physical problem did Ludwig van Beethoven have?

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams based his plays on his real-life childhood in 1920s Missouri

Composers of the Classical time period favored what type of texture?

What is the main premise of the Romantic time period?

What is the name of the English painter from the Romantic period that painted landscapes?

Who was considered to be one of the superstars of the Romantic ballet?

What literary movement paralleled the Classical/Neoclassical time period?

_________ wrote The Blue Danube Waltz.

"The 3 unities" from the Classical/Neoclassical period were unity of time, space and action.

What is a virtuoso?

Which of the following was NOT one of Noverre's "rules" for ballet mentioned in his book?

What dance critic in Romantic time period theorized that men were "too big and ugly" to dance?

What was the subject of The Third of May, by Francisco Goya?

Which Finnish composer's most famous piece became his country's national anthem?

Which Classical genre contains music written for a smaller group in a smaller space?

Which of the following composers was the first to make an independent living by composing?

What is the part of an opera that features melodic singing?

Richard Strauss and Sergei Rachmaninoff are considered to be _________?

What feature of Gustav Mahler's symphonies reflect the extremes of the late Romantic period?

Who was Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (aka Moliere)?

Which of the following was NOT a Realism playwright?

The Romantic period saw artists increasingly dependent on royal families and/or the Church.

Opera buffa means _________.

Which building inspired early American architecture?

Which is not a Neoclassical unity of theatre?

Richard Wagner was Adolf Hitler's favorite composer.

In the Oath of Horatii, what are the young men taking an oath to do?

Classical composers believed that strict, layered polyphony was pleasing to the ear.

A type of piece that features solo piano or solo instrument with piano accompaniment is called:

Who is the only American to win the Nobel prize for literature?

According to "the 3 unities" of the Classical/Neoclassical theatre, what is the unity of space?

With which royal family was Haydn closely associated?

What was the term for a dancer jumping into the air and rapidly crossing their feet?

Which of the following is a Post-Romantic composer?