HAVPA Test 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Romantic period in music was between the years:

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

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

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

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

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

Opera buffa means _________.

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

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

Which of the following was NOT a Realism playwright?

Which of the following is a Post-Romantic composer?

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

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

Richard Strauss and Sergei Rachmaninoff are considered to be _________?

What does the Romantic ballet term sur les points describe?

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

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

Who was Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (aka Moliere)?

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

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

Which Romantic composer wrote Flight of the Bumblebee?

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

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

What is satire?

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

What is the main premise of the Romantic time period?

Which is not a Neoclassical unity of theatre?

Which building inspired early American architecture?

What physical problem did Ludwig van Beethoven have?

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

Richard Wagner was Adolf Hitler's favorite composer.

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

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

What literary movement paralleled the Classical/Neoclassical time period?

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

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

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

What is a virtuoso?

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

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

With which royal family was Haydn closely associated?

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?

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

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

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

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

_________ wrote The Blue Danube Waltz.

Classical painters chose to depict _________.

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

Niccolo Paganini was a virtuosic piano player.

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

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

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