Module 5: The Romantic

Question 1

This type of music is described as "groups of songs unified in some manner"; often linked by storyline or musical idea.

Accepted Answer

Song cycle

Question 2

Fill in the blank: _____________ form repeats music for each verse.

Accepted Answer

Strophic

Question 3

Which type of program music is described as being "one movement; orchestral; flexible form"?

Accepted Answer

Symphonic/tone poem

Question 4

Fill in the blank: Romantic composers sought to create colorful harmony with chords not built in _________________.

Accepted Answer

Traditional keys

Question 5

Which type of program music is described as being "modeled on opera overture"?

Accepted Answer

Concert overture

Question 6

This French composer and music critic was also known as one of the first of the great conductors.

Accepted Answer

Hector Berlioz

Question 7

What subject continued to be the focus of songs and operas in the Romantic period?

Accepted Answer

Romantic love

Question 8

True or false: The orchestra was enlarged to around 100 members during the Romantic period.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT listed as one of the Romantic period's important composers?

Accepted Answer

J. S. Bach

Question 10

True or false: The composers of the Romantic period completely abandoned the use of Classical period forms.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Fill in the blank: _______ intentionally implies a foreign culture, using the music and instruments of distant lands.

Accepted Answer

Exoticism

Question 12

This musical term means "slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo."

Accepted Answer

Rubato

Question 13

Fill in the blank: _______ is music with a national identity, using folk songs, dances, legends, and history of a land.

Accepted Answer

Nationalism

Question 14

This Czech composer became the director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York.

Accepted Answer

Antonin Dvorak

Question 15

Which type of program music is described as "multi-movement/orchestral"?

Accepted Answer

Program symphony

Question 16

What was considered the basis of all arts in the Romantic period?

Accepted Answer

Emotional subjectivity

Question 17

True or false: There were no Romantic composers who were also authors.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

This conflict occurred during the Romantic Period.

Accepted Answer

The American Civil War

Question 19

Which type of Romantic music was associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene?

Accepted Answer

Program music

Question 20

True or false: Clara Schumann stopped composing after her husband Robert's death; focused on performing his works.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Which type of program music is described as being "for use before or during a play"?

Accepted Answer

Incidental music

Question 22

This German composer was close friends with Robert & Clara Schumann and wrote in all traditional forms except opera.

Accepted Answer

Johannes Brahms

Question 23

True or false: Composers in the Romantic period wanted their music to be uniquely identifiable.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

This early Romantic Vienna-born composer wrote over 600 songs over his life span, including the Unfinished Symphony.

Accepted Answer

Franz Schubert

Question 25

What musical instrument became a fixture in most homes during the Romantic period?

Accepted Answer

Piano

Question 26

This German composer was considered to be responsible for the revival of Bach's music in the Romantic period.

Accepted Answer

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 27

This Russian composer got a late start in music at the age of 21; was also supported by a benefactress.

Accepted Answer

Peter Tchaikovsky

Question 28

This form of music during the Romantic period was a composition for solo voice & piano.

Accepted Answer

Art song

Question 29

This Italian composer made use of exoticism in his operas, setting them in foreign places.

Accepted Answer

Giacomo Puccini

Question 30

Which element of music became extremely important to the expressive tone color of the Romantic period orchestra?

Accepted Answer

Timbre

Question 31

True or false: Non-program music is known as absolute music.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

True or false: Most Romantic composers had to financially support themselves by performing, teaching, or authoring.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

True or false: Romanticism stressed emotion, imagination, and individualism.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

This German Romantic composer wanted to be a piano virtuoso, but a problem with his hand kept him from that goal.

Accepted Answer

Robert Schumann

Question 35

This Italian composer ended his final opera with the phrase "All the world's a joke!"

Accepted Answer

Giuseppe Verdi

Question 36

Fill in the blank: ______________ uses new music for each verse.

Accepted Answer

Through-composed

Question 37

This Polish-born composer came to Paris at age 21, writing almost exclusively for piano and avoiding concert halls.

Accepted Answer

Frederic Chopin

Question 38

This Hungarian composer's music was considered to be controversial, with some critics claiming that it was "vulgar."

Accepted Answer

Franz Liszt

Question 39

This German composer was famous for his operas, which large orchestrations and big voices to be heard.

Accepted Answer

Richard Wagner

Question 40

True or false: Romantic composers steered clear of giving their works any kind of national identity.

Accepted Answer

False

Module 5: The Romantic

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Module 5: The Romantic

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