Question 1

Beethoven epitomizes the new view toward the artist, no longer the servant-craftsman but an artist who, as a genius:

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suffers and creates for humanity

Question 2

One of the teachers who contributed to Beethoven's roots in Classical musical expression was the composer:

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Haydn

Question 3

The political event that made an enormous impact in Beethoven's life and the lives of his contemporaries was the:

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French Revolution

Question 4

Beethoven's intense mood of urgency and excitement is achieved by:

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maximizing all musical elements

Question 5

The genre that Beethoven is especially associated with is the:

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symphony

Question 6

When Beethoven suffered a crisis in 1802, he wrote a statement of his ideals and, partly, a not so subtle suicide note named:

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the Heiligenstadt Testament

Question 7

One element of Beethoven's writing that is immediately clear is his:

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drive and rhythmic power

Question 8

One of the style features of Beethoven's writing that dominates the Symphony #5, I is

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motivic consistency

Question 9

The scherzo movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony substitutes the traditional _______________ of the Classical Symphony.

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minuet and trio

Question 10

in the Development section of Symphony No. 5, first movement, Beethoven plays with our sense of themes through:

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fragmentation

Question 11

An unusual event in the recapitulation is the appearance of a:

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slow oboe cadenza

Question 12

While Beethoven has certainly transformed the minuet and trio into a statement of his own expression as a Scherzo, he still retains the:

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form

Question 13

During the 18th century, literature had always been considered the most important of all the arts. However, after Beethoven, it was seen that music could be:

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as profound and moving as literature

Question 14

While striving for an ideal state of being was at the heart of the Romantic movement, the highest artistic goal was:

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emotional expression

Question 15

As Romantic literature explored the supernatural, so composers created _____________ and _____________ to contribute to spooky sounding music.

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strange harmonies, sinister orchestral sounds

Question 16

One composer from the past who was particularly well-regarded by Romantic period composers was a composer from the 16th century, _____________________.

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Palestrina

Question 17

"Domestic" musical genres such as ________________ became established on the concert hall stage during the 19th century.

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string quartets

Question 18

To help achieve greater expressiveness, the Romantic performer would use a rhythmic style called rubato, which means _____________, in performance.

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"robbed time"

Question 19

Romantic composers were quite committed to writing more expressive melodies, and so to make them sound more spontaneous and sensitive, melodies became more:

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irregular in rhythm and phraseology

Question 20

In order to pursue the Romantic ideal of expressiveness, Romantic composers used ______________in both melodies and harmony.

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chromaticism

Question 21

Compared to the sharply defined sonorities of the Classical period, the Romantic composer was interested in the:

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varieties of sonorities resulting from blending new combinations of orchestral sound

Question 22

Music with extramusical associations, such as a story or poem or even a landscape, is called ____________.

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program music

Question 23

The Romantic composer's solution to how to give the listener some means of following music while giving the impression of being free and spontaneous was to cultivate:

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songs and short piano pieces called "miniatures"

Question 24

As there was an increasing tendency to retain some of the same thematic material throughout a composition, a general principle of __________ was developed by Romantic composers.

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thematic unity

Question 25

As the lied is mainly accompanied by the piano, the relationship of the pianist to the singer is one of being a ____________ in the total artistic effort.

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partner

Question 26

When a song is composed with the same music for each stanza of the poem, it is called:

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strophic

Question 27

Which is true of Schumann's Dichterliebe?

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It is a song cycle.

Question 28

The composer who founded a magazine to advocate a higher level of music called Die Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik ("The New Music Journal") was:

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Schumann

Question 29

The counterpart of the vocal miniature called "lied" is the short piano piece called:

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the character piece

Question 30

"Eusebius" and "Florestan", featured in the Carnaval are two characters who are the alter-egos of:

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Schumann

Question 31

The composer whose primary musical compositions were for the piano was:

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Chopin

Question 32

Although Schubert's compositions are still in Classical forms and genres, a ___________ distinguishes his work from Classical composers.

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a new emphasis on song

Question 33

The concert overture, a work that followed classical models used the ____________form.

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sonata

Question 34

"Grandiose" compositions by Berlioz are known as ________________, as characteristic of Romanticism as the "miniature."

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program symphonies

Question 35

The use of a single theme to represent the musician's beloved in Fantastic Symphony by Berlioz was called:

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the idee fixe

Question 36

The purpose of singing molimo songs is to:

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to wake the sleeping spirit

Question 37

An important concept that affected nineteenth century opera was:

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music as the most profound of the arts

Question 38

The serious operas of this composer established the style and form of Italian Romantic opera known as bel canto opera:

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Rossini

Question 39

The musical presentation of the recitative changes in nineteenth century opera with the:

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more active, motivic, expanded sonorities of the orchestra

Question 40

What were the two great Shakespearean operas Verdi wrote in his seventies?

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Otello, Falstaff

Question 41

One of the most frequently performed operas that shows the Romantic fascination with exotic locales is:

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Aida

Question 42

The opera composer who complained that opera had degenerated into a "concert in Costume" was:

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Wagner

Question 43

As Wagner developed his ideas and philosophy about opera, he grew to distinguish between his new style of ____________ and ordinary opera.

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music drama

Question 44

Included in Wagner's anti-Semitic writings was a vicious attack on fellow composer:

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Mendelssohn

Question 45

Wagner's musical solution to the Romantic concern with thematic unity was his use of the:

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leitmotiv

Question 46

Of the two major life experiences that inspired Wagner and his music drama, Tristan und Isolde, one was:

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his discovery of the Romantic philosopher Arnold Schopenhauer

Question 47

The Love-Death motive in Wagner's Prelude to Tristan und Isolde is a prime example of a Romantic theme that derives its character from:

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harmony

Question 48

In Beijing opera, the orchestra consists of:

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woodwinds, strings and percussion

Question 49

In France, Italy and parts of Germany, 1848 was a year of failed revolutions, and while Romanticism continued, it lived on as:

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nostalgic Romanticism

Question 50

While in literature and art nostalgic fantasies were indulged, there was a growing sense of realism in ___________ at the end of the nineteenth century.

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opera

Question 51

The composer who was instrumental in developing the symphonic tone poem as well as inspiring other composers to this new genre was:

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Liszt

Question 52

Chaikovsky's approach to following the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet was to:

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have the interaction and transformation of the themes in the piece tell the story

Question 53

For thirteen years Chaikovsky was subsidized by _______________ with commissions and an annuity.

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Madame von Meck

Question 54

One legacy of Romanticism was the struggle for national independence which was reflected in an effort:

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to develop new, genuinely local musical styles

Question 55

One of the nationalist composers who actually encouraged Nationalist music in America was:

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Dvorak

Question 56

The Romantic composer who literally moved to Vienna as he was returning to the Classical forms and genres of Vienna in his work was:

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Johannes Brahms

Question 57

It was thought that Brahms hesitated to write or publish a symphony until he was forty-three years old because of not wanting to be compared with:

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Beethoven

Question 58

While Brahms was to return to Classical forms and genres, Mahler responded to Romanticism with _____________ and ____________ of emotion, melody, motive and harmony.

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exaggeration, distortion

Question 59

Gustave Mahler's compositions are fewer in number than any other composer due, in part, to the fact that:

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he only had time to compose during the summer

Question 60

The Chinese zither that dates back at least three thousand years is called a:

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Qin

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Music History

Chapters 14-18

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