Final Exam Review PT 2 - DC Music Appr

Question 1

Which composer was the first black artist to have a piece performed by a major American orchestra?

Accepted Answer

William Grant Still

Question 2

Which composer is associated with impressionism?

Accepted Answer

Debussy

Question 3

Which composer is associated with art song (he wrote over 600, and elevated the role of the piano)?

Accepted Answer

F. Schubert

Question 4

Which NYC-born composer wrote in popular (Broadway) genres as well as classical, and incorporated jazz in his music?

Accepted Answer

George Gershwin

Question 5

Which composer wrote the opera The Valkyrie (from the Ring Cycle)?

Accepted Answer

Wagner

Question 6

Who wrote the symphonic poem Prelude to "Afternoon of a Faun"?

Accepted Answer

Debussy

Question 7

Who wrote "Nocturne in E flat Major, Opus 9, No. 2"?

Accepted Answer

Chopin

Question 8

Which "distinctly American" composer is famous for Appalachian Spring, which uses the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts"?

Accepted Answer

Aaron Copland

Question 9

Who is famous for his four violin concertos, The Four Seasons?

Accepted Answer

Vivaldi

Question 10

Which composer was Italian (Venetian), worked as a music teacher at a girls' orphanage, and was nicknamed "Red Priest"?

Accepted Answer

Vivaldi

Question 11

Which composer is known for his Antisemitist views?

Accepted Answer

Wagner

Question 12

Which composer was from the Czech republic, is considered nationalistic, and wrote The "New World" Symphony?

Accepted Answer

Dvorak

Question 13

TRUE or FALSE: Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Which composer wrote the opera Rigoletto?

Accepted Answer

Verdi

Question 15

Which composer created his own style, incorporating sounds of his childhood listening to village bands and amateurs?

Accepted Answer

Ives

Question 16

Which composer started the "Bach" Revival in the 1800s?

Accepted Answer

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 17

Which composer was handsome, charismatic, and is considered the "greatest pianist ever"?

Accepted Answer

Liszt

Question 18

Which composer wrote the opera La boheme?

Accepted Answer

Puccini

Question 19

Scott Joplin is known for which style of music?

Accepted Answer

ragtime

Question 20

TRUE or FALSE: Duke Ellington is considered a jazz musician.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Who was a child prodigy, playing for emperors and kings across Europe as a child?

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 22

Which composer had 20 kids, lived and died in Germany, never wrote opera, but excelled in fugue writing & organ music?

Accepted Answer

Bach

Question 23

Which symphony is notable for its use of SINGERS in the last movement? (soloists and a choir)

Accepted Answer

Symphony No. 9 "Choral" (Beethoven)

Question 24

Which composer is nicknamed the "Father of the Symphony"?

Accepted Answer

Haydn

Question 25

Who wrote "Erlkönig" ("Elf King")?

Accepted Answer

Schubert

Question 26

Who is called the "bridge" from the Classical to Romantic eras?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 27

TRUE or FALSE: Bach began to lose his hearing in his 30s and was completely deaf by the time he wrote his 9th symphony.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

Who died at 35 years old, leaving his Requiem unfinished?

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 29

Who wrote the famous "Lullaby" and was good friends with the Schumanns?

Accepted Answer

Brahms

Question 30

Who wrote operas that emphasized character development and plot? Ex. Don Giovanni

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 31

Which composer was born in Poland and ONLY wrote piano music?

Accepted Answer

Chopin

Question 32

Which composer was born in Russia and wrote music for several ballets, including The Firebird and Rite of Spring?

Accepted Answer

Stravinsky

Question 33

Which composer was born in Germany but lived in England, famous for his operas and oratorios? (ex. The Messiah)

Accepted Answer

Handel

Question 34

Which composer is associated with lute song?

Accepted Answer

John Dowland

Question 35

Which composer wrote in the atonal and 12-tone (serialism) style?

Accepted Answer

Schoenberg

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