Chapter 42. Sounding a Nation: Grieg and Orchestral Nationalism – Flashcards
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Censors did not concern themselves with political representation in nineteenth-century operas
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false
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Which category of program music best describes Grieg's Peer Gynt?
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incidental music
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Which playwright did Grieg collaborate with when writing Peer Gynt?
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henrick
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Edvard Grieg represents the:
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scan school
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When nineteenth-century composers sought to glorify aspects of their homeland, this was considered an act of ________________.
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nationalism
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Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor was admired and performed by which nineteenth-century virtuoso pianist?
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franz
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Nationalistic program music might evoke a landscape.
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true
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Tchaikovsky's music for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a famous example of:
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program overture
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From what traditions were the musicians in the "Mighty Five" seeking to free themselves?
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French ballet German symphonic traditions Italian opera
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Which type of program best describes Smetana's The Moldau?
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picto
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In the twenty-first century, composers do not write nationalistic works.
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false
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_________________ music was an influential predecessor to the development of film soundtracks.
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incidental
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Which of the following were ways that programmatic composers portrayed nationalistic sentiments in nineteenth-century music?
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celebrating a national hero basing the work on regional folklore evoking the country's landscape
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Hector Berlioz invented the symphonic poem.
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false
