music appreciation study cards – Flashcards

The citizens sense of national identify and patriotic feelings were intensified by

Which of the following statements is not true

Libretti that fanned the publics hatred for its Austrian overlords were deliberately chosen by the composer

The strongest impact of musical nationalism was felt in

Which of the folowing countries did not produce important composers whose music had a national flavor

The folk music of Russia sounds different from that of western Europe because it is often based on

The father of russian music is

The opera that laid the groundwork for a russian national style, A Life For the Tsar, was composed by

The most original, and probably the greatest of the Russian five, was

Which of the following is not a composition by Modest Mussorgysky?

Mussorgyskys piano composition pictures at an Exhibition is best known today in its brilliant orchestral arrangement by

Which of the following statements is not true

Peter ilyich tchaikovsky

Nadezhda von meck was

In 1891 tchaikovsky was invited to the united states to conduct four concerts inaugurating

Tchaikovskys sixth symphony

Which of the following was not composed by Tchaikovsky?

Which of the following is not a ballet by tchaikovsky

which of the following was not composed by tchaikovsky

At its premiere in 1870, tchaikovskys romeo and juliet overture was

Tchaikovskys Romeo and juliet is

Tchaikovskys romeo and juliet is an

Bedrich smetana

The founder of Czech national music was

Smetana grew up when bohemia was under____domination.

As a result of foreign domination, the official language in prague schools in smetanas youth was

Smetanas most popular opera is

Bedrich smetanas most famous opera is

Even though smetana was deaf at the time, he composed a musical work depicting bohemias main river as it flows through the countryside. The name of the river, and the musical composition is the

Which of the following statements is not true

The german master_____recommended dvoraks music to his own publsiher, resulting in a rapid spread of dvoraks fame.

Antonin dvoraks music was first promoted by

Dvorak found a secure basis for a new national musical school in

Antonin dvorak___quoted actual folk tunes.

In 1892, dvorak went to____, where he spent almost three years as director of national conservatory of music

Which of the following statements is not true

Antonin Dvoraks symphony no. 9

In the first movement of the new world symphony, dvorak

The popular character of the new world symphony can be traced to the composers use of_____ often found in folk music.

In the second movement of Dvoraks new world symphony, the nostalgic quality of the melody of the famaous largo movement is heightened by the timbre of the

The course of brahms artistic and personal life was shaped by the influence of the composer

In vienna, johannes brahms

Which of the following statements is not true

Music critics of the day pitted brahms fondness for traditional forms against

Brahms wrote masterpieces in many musical forms, but never any

Brahms works, though very personal in style, are rooted in the music of

brahms musial trademarks included

The most important opera house in Italy is

Lascala, italys most important opera house, is located in

Verdi studied music in_____, the city where italys most important opera hous, la scala, is located

Verdis first great success, an opera with strong political overtones was

Critics were often scandalized by the subject matter of verdis operas because they

Verdis great comic masterpiece, written when he was seventy nine, is

Remarkably, at the age of seventy nine, verdi completed his comic masterpiece

The librettist of giuseppe verdis operas otello and falstaff was

Verdies opera commissioned to commemorate the completion of the suez canal is

Which of the following operas is not by verdi

Giuseppe verdi mainly composed his operas

Which of the following statements is not true

The soul of a verdi opera is

Verdis later operas differ from his earlier ones in that they have

Rigoletto, the title role in Giuseppe Verdis opera, is all of the following except

Rigoletto, the title character in vierdis opera is

The famous aria la donna e mobile is taken from verdis opera

Giacomo puccinis first succesful opera was

Giacomo puccinis operas have lasting appeal because

Which of the following operas was not composed by Giacomo Puccini?

Which of the following operas was not composed by puccini

Giacomo puccini, in his operas

An artistic trend of the 1890s, in which operas dealt with ordinary people and true to life situations, was known as

The movement in opera known as verismo is best exemplified by

Which of the following operas is not considered an example of verismo

Some of puccinis operas feature exoticism, as in his use of melodic and rhythmic elements derived from japanese and chinese music in his operas

Puccini used melodic and rhythmic elements derived from Asian music in his operas

Which of the following statements is not true

Giacomo puccinis opera la boheme takes place in

In puccinis la boheme, rodolfo is a young

Mimi and rodolfo meet for the first time in la boheme because she has come to his door to ask for a

Who sings the aria che gelida manina in la boheme

At the end of the act 1 of puccinis opera la boheme, rodolfo and mimi

Wagners preeminence was such that an opera house of his own design was built in____, solely for performances of his music dramas

Wagner had an opera house built to his own specifications in

Wagner envisioned the music drama as a gesamtkunstwerk, or universal art work, in which

Which of the following statements is not true

The composer who had an overwhelming influenco on the young wagner was

When he was fifteen, wagner was overwhelmed by the power of the music of

Wagner was appointed conductor of the Dresden opera mainly because of the success of his first opera

Richard wagners first successful opera was

Which of the following operas was not composed by richard wagner

The librettos to the ring of the nibelung were written by

Richard wagners last opera was

Wagner called his works music dramas rather than operas because

A short musical idea associated with a person, object, or though, used by ricard wagmer in his operas, is called

Richard wagner spins an orchestral web out of recurrent musical themes called

Valhalla, in Wagners Ring cycle, is

Which of the following statements concerning wagners ring cycle is not true

Siegmund, in wagners opera die walkure, is

At the end of the first act of Wagners opera die walkure

Which of the following statements is not true

Mahler began his professional musical life as a

By supervising every aspect of its performances, mahler brought the____to new heights of excellence.

By personally supervising the acting, costumes, scenery, and music of every performance, mahler brought the___to new heights of excellence.

When he was twenty, gustav mahler began his coducting career directing____at a summer resort.

By the age of twent eight, mahler was director of the

The major porion of mahlers creative output consists of

Mahlers experiences in New york were not happy because

Which of the following works was not composed by gustav mahler.

Mahlers lider eines fahrended gesellen is a

Mahler depicts an alienated wanderer in his song cycle