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"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" was the slogan of the
French Revolution
Musicians and composers achieved a higher social status during the Romantic era than in the Classical era. T/F
True
Romantic artists were drawn to
the fanciful and the passionate
What effect did the Industrial Revolution have on the production of musical instruments?
Less expensive
Advanced technology
Better quality
All of the above
None of the above
All of the above
What was the effect of the move from the salon to the public concert hall on the size of the Romantic orchestras?
it grew
How would you describe exoticism in music?
music from other lands or cultures
Name a musical work that is not representative of exoticism:
- Brahms: Symphony No 4
- Puccini: Madame Butterfly
- Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italian
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
Brahms: Symphony No 4
Which of the following is NOT typical of Romantic music?
smaller orchestras
Romantic composers did not write as many symphonies as their Classical era counterparts because:
- their harmony was more chromatic
- their orchestras were larger
- their symphonies were longer and more complex
- all of the above
- none of the above
all of the above
French novelist
Victor Hugo
French Poet
Alphonse du Lamartine
English Painter
J.M.W. Turner
English Poet
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Which of the following is Romantic?
harmony is chromatic and treated expressively
A song form that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is called
through-composed form
A song form in which the same melody is repeated for each stanza is known as:
strophic form
A song form in which the same melody is repeated for several stanzas but then changed at the end to emphasize the text is called:
modified strophic form
A group of Lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme is known as a
song cycle
A lied is a German song form for solo voice and piano. T/F
True
The composer normally writes the lyrics for the Lied. T/F
False
The Lied composer often attempts to portray musically the imagery of the poem. T/F
True
Favorite themes of the Lied include love and nature. T/F
True
Schubert's "Earlking" Narrator
sung middle register, minor mode
Schubert's "Earlking" Father
sung low register, minor mode, reassuring
Schubert's "Earlking" Son
sung high register, minor mode, frightenced
Schubert's "Earlking" Erlking
sung medium range, major mode; coaxing, then insistent
Schubert's "Earlking" Horse
played in the left hand of the piano
Which genre is NOT a part of Chopin's compositional output?
quartets
Chopin was romantically involved with George Sand, the renowned:
French novelist
Frederick Chopin spent Mose of his productive career in
France
The piano changed little technically during the nineteenth century. T/F
false
The short lyric piano work might be considered the instrumental equivalent of the nineteenth-century Lied. T/F
True
Clara Schumann's personal life was closely linked with two major composers: Robert Schumann and Johaness Brahms. T/F
True
The piano was a popular instrument for amateur musicians in the nineteenth century. T/F
True
The nineteenth century was an age of grat virus pianists. T/F
True
What is tempo rubato?
robbed time
Instrumental piece that has some literary or pectoral association supplied by the composer
program music
A type of program music written to accompany plays.
incidental music
A one-movement work for orchestra with a literary program.
symphonic poem or tone poem
A multi movement orchestra work with literary program.
program symphony
A one-movement work originally written to introduce a large work, but played independently
concert overture
What composer is generally credited with the first use of the term symphonic poem?
Franz Liszt
What composer used the term "idea fixe" to associate a theme with a character?
Hector Berlioz
The chief difference between a symphonic poem and a program symphony is:
the number of movements in the work
Berlioz won the coveted Prix de Rome in 1830. T/F
True
Berlioz was an Italian composer. T/F
False
Symphonie fantastique is autobiographical, inspired by the composer's infatuation with a Shakespearean actress. T/f
True
The "idée fixe" is stated in each movement of "Symphony Fantastique", and is never varied musically. T/F
False
The program of Symphony Fantastique exemplifies the Romantic interest in the macabre and the bizarre. T/F
True
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