Chapter Six Music Appreciation

True or False: Berlioz’ Fantastical Symphony was based upon his desire for relationship with Harriet Smithson.

Program music is music that is accompanied by a(n):

The popular solo Attack on All Sides is an example of a:

Lesions is a chamber work for clarinet, horn, and cello written by which of these composers?

Mussorgsky and his musical colleagues were dedicated to developing an authentically Austrian means of musical expression

Anoushka Shankar (b. 1981) is a renowned sitar player from which musical tradition?

Mussorgsky wrote Pictures at an Exhibition as a ten-movement piano suite in twenty days.

The guzheng is the oldest Chinese instrument and dates back to about 500 BCE

In Berlioz’s “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath” the incorporation of Dies irae is an example of the compositional practice of

Which of the following artists did NOT adapt Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition?

Each of Vivaldi’s concertos was accompanied by a sonnet that he probably wrote himself.

The incorporation of a passage of existing music into a new composition is

When a composer uses familiar musical styles or clichés to communicate to a listener, it is referred to as the use of:

To work around the prohibition of young women performing in public the weekly Vespers services werent open to the public

The guzheng is a type of wind instrument

A raga performance is divided into which of these parts?

Musical representation of shepherds with a bagpipe-like drone is an example of what compositional technique?

What name did Berlioz give to the melody that represents his protagonist’s love interest?

The use of recognizable music to portray a typical scene, such as a storm scene, is referred to as the use of:

The guzheng is tuned according to which type of scale?

Mussorgsky and his colleagues were known as “The Mighty Few.”

All 18th-century concertos contained four movements

Mussorgsky belonged to a progressive school of 19th-century composers of which nationality?

How many pitches does Raga Madhuvanti contain?

Antonio Vivaldi was a violinist and composer in the city of Nice, France.

A cyclical technique in music composition is when all parts of a large work are connected by the same tonal center.

A satirical cartoon mocking Berlioz’s excessive instrumentation pictures him with which of these?

How do contemporary listeners know what Berlioz’s Fantastical Symphony is about?

Historically, the Chinese tradition of music composition has been primarily:

During performance a raga is paired with a pattern of beats called a:

A raga is a type of:

Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition constitutes a musical tour of an art show, each painting represented in a movement

A compositional technique that attempts to imitate or represent real-world sound is:

Mussorgsky’s career was in military and civil service, not composing.

In ritornello form, as it is used in Vivaldi’s concertos, the full orchestra alternates with:

In the European tradition, instrumental music that claims to tell a specific story is

“Music for music’s sake” is referred to as:

Vivaldi trained as a medical doctor but abandoned school to teach music.

Lesions is divided into four sections that represent stages in the grief process:

In music composition, mimesis is the process of

In 19th-century Europe, a debate took place concerning the superiority of absolute music to program music.

The 4th movement of Berlioz’ Fantastical Symphony utilized musical topic, quotation, and mimesis.

Berlioz won the top honor for French composers, the Rome Prize, years after his death.

A raga performance is entirely improvised.

The raga is typically associated with a season, a time of day, and which of these?

Arguably, Berlioz’s most influential work was:

Hector Berlioz was 55 years old when he wrote his Fantastical Symphony.

Solo music in China is predominantly programmatic.

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons was a collection of four concertos representing each season.

A raga can be performed on an instrument that's capable of producing slides btn pitches but is most commonly played on a

Each of these keywords is associated with Berlioz’s Fantastical Symphony except for:

Which of the following was Berlioz NOT known for?

Although he composed in many formats, Vivaldi primarily composed:

Many of Vivaldi’s students were illegitimate offspring of noblemen.

Before enrolling in the Paris conservatory in 1826, Berlioz studied the field of:

Ravi Shankar popularized Indian music in Europe and the United States and worked with which famous musician?

Berlioz wrote narratives of all of his works, but did not utilize a program at the premiere of his Fantastical Symphony.

Hector Berlioz’s obsession with Irish actress Harriet Smithson was unrequited for his entire life.

Spring River in the Flower Moon Night is based on a famous poem written by Zhang Ruoxu.

Hector Berlioz’s Fantastical Symphony tells the story of a musician who:

Audiences of the Romantic Era (1815-1900) were fascinated by: