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Romantic style flourished in music during the period

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1820-1900

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Romanticism, as a stylistic period in western art music, encompassed the years

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1820-1900

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Which of the following is not characteristics of romanticism

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an emphasis on balance and clarity of structures

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Which of the following is not a characteristic aspect of romanticism in literature and painting?

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emotional restraint

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Which of the following is not characteristic of romanticism?

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emphasis on balance and clarity of structures

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Which of the following is not characteristic of romanticism?

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emotional restraint

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Of all the inspirations for romantic art, none was more important than

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nature

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Which of the following composers is not associated with the romantic period?

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Drawing creative inspiration from cultures of lands foreign to the composer is known as

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exoticism

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Fascination with national identity also led composers to draw colorful materials from foreign land, a trend known as musical

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exoticism

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Program music is

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instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene

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Instrumental music that is associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene is called______music.

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program

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Which of the following statements is not true.

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Fascination with the melodies, rhythmns, and colorful materials from distant lands is a romantic trend known as musical nationalism.

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The deliberate intent to draw creative inspiration from the composer's own homeland is known as

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nationalism

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Composers expressed musical nationalism in their music by

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all of the above

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An orchestra toward the end of the romantic period might insclude close to __musicians.

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100

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The orchestra in the romantic period

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was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra

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The 1844 Treatise on Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration that signaled the recognition of orchestration as an art in itself written by

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Hector Berlioz

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Which of the following statements is not true of the piano in the early romantic period?

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The pianos range remained basically the same as in the classical period.

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A slight holding back or pressing forqard of tempo in music is known as

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rubato

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A slight slowing down or speeding up of the tempo, characteristically employed in the performance of much romantic music, is

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rubato

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Altering the character of a melody by changes in dynamics, orchestration, or rhythm is a romantic technique known as

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thematic transformation

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Which of the following statements is not true.

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Romantic composers rejected the basic forms of the classical period and preferred to develop new forms of their own.

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Because of the French Revolution and the ____, many aristocrats could no longer afford to maintain private opera houses, orchestras, and "composers in residence"

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Napoleonic Wars

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Which of the following statements is not true

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Romantic musicians often composed to execute a commission or meet the demands of an aristocratic or church patron

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The composer whose career was a model for many romantic composers was

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Ludwig van Beethoven

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All of the following romantic composers were also virtuoso instrumentalist giving solo recitals except

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Hector Berlioz

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A romantic composer who earned his living as a touring virtuoso was

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Franz Liszt

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A composer who earned his/her living as a violin virtuoso was

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Nivvolo Paganini

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The rise of the Urban Middle Class led to the

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all of the above

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It is interesting to note that an American orchestra, the New York Philarmonic, is tied for____place as the oldest orchestra in the world

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third

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When music conservatories were founded, wome

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were at first accepted only as students of performance, but by the late 1800s could study musical composition

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A very important musical part of every middle-class home during the romantic period was the

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piano

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One of the few composers fortunate enough to be supported by private patrons was

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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Music criticism was a source of income for both Hector Berlioz and

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Robert Schumann

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An art song is a musical composition for

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solo voice and piano

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The word___is commonly used for a romantic art song with a German text.

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lied

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The German composer of art songs favored, among others, the lyric poetry of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and

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Heinrich Heine

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Which of the following statements is not true of the romantic art song?

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The art song is restricted to strophic or through-composed forms

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The mood of an art song is often set by a brief piano introduction and summed up at the end by a piano section called a

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postlude

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When the same music is repeated for each stanza of a poem, the form is know as

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strophic

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When a comoposer writes new music for each stanza of a peom, the form is known as

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through-composed

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Schuberts primary source of income came from his

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musical compositions

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Schubert wrote a number of symphonies and chamber works that are comparable in power and emotional intensity to those of his idol,

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Beethoven

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Schubert

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was the first great master of the romantic art song

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Which o fthe following statements is not true

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Schubert labored at great length over each of his compositions, which accounts for his small output

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Schuberts songs number more than

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600

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Schubert wrote compositions in every musical genre except

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piano concerts

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Schubert was eighteen years old when he composed the song Erlkonig, set to a poem by

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The Erlking is a poem by

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Schubert himself

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The form of The Erlking is

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through-composed

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Schubert's song Erlkonig is an example of ___form.

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through composed

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The Erlking, in Schuberts song of that name, is a romantic personification of

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death

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The pianos relenless rhythm in Erlkonig unifies the episodes of the song and suggests the

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galloping horses

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Schuberts song Die Forelle is an example of ___form.

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strophic

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The instrumentation of Schubert's Trout Quintet is unusual because of the inclusion of a

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double bass

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Robert Schumnann founded and edited the New Journal of Music

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to promote musical originality and combat the commercal trash that flooded the market.

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As a writer and critic, Robert Schumann

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all of the above

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Which of the following is not typical of Robert Schumann's works.

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They are all written for the piano

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Robert Schumann's works are

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all of the ablove

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Clara Wieck was

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all of the above

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During the first ten years of his creative life, Schumann published only

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piano pieces

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Which of the following statements regarding Robert Schumann is not true?

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Schumann's short piano pieces often express a wide variety of moods.

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Robert Schumanns Carnaval is an

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song cycle

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Clara Wieck Schumann was

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all of the above

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Clara Wieck was

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all of the above

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Clara Schuman frequently performed the works of her husband and her close friend

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Johannes Brahms

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Johannes Brahms

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was a close friend of Clara and Robert Schumann

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Clara Schumann

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stopped composing at the age of thirty-six when her husband died

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As a composer, Clara Schumann

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wrote songs, piano pieces, a piano concerto, and a trio for piano, violin, and cello

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A leading pianist of the nineteenth century, Clara Schumann

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did some composing, but considered herself primarily a performer

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Romanze in the nineteenth century was often used for a

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short, lyrical piece for piano or solo instrument with piano accompaniment

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In the 1830s, Paris was

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all of the above

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Chopin was

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shy and reserved

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Chopin expressed his love of Poland by composing polonaises and

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mazurkas

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While in Paris, Chopin

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earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich

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Most of the Chopins pieces

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are exquisite miniatures

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Chopins output is

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relatively small

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A slow, lyrical, intimate composition for piano, associated with evening and night time, is the

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nocturne

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Chopins Revolutionary etude develops the pianists left hand because

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the left hand must play rapid passages throughout

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A study piece, designed to help performer master specific technical difficulties, is known as

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an etude

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Which of the following statements is not true.

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Chopins piano etudes, compositions designed to help a performer master specific technical difficulties, are primarilly technical exercises without much musical value.

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The_______is a dance in triple meter that originated as a stately processional for the polish nobility.

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polonaise

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Which of the following statements is not true

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During the last years of his life, Liszt settled in Rome and devoted himself solely to his religious duties.

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As a youth, Franz Liszt was influenced by the performances of

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Niccolo Paganini

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When he was nineteen, Liszt was overwhelmed by the virtuosity of

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Noccolo Paganini

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During his teens and twenties, Franz Liszt lived in

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Paris

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Until lthe age of thirty six, Franz Liszt toured Europe as a virtuoso

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pianist

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During the 1840s, Franz Liszt tou

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cellist

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Liszt abandoned his career as a traveling virtuoso to become court conductor at ___, where he championed works by contemporary composers.

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Weimar

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Liszt established himself as a conductor and champion of contemporary music in the city of

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Weimar

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Liszts piano works are characterized by

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all of the above

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The cimbalom is

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A hungarian instrument in which strings are struck by hand held hammers

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The____is a hungarian instrument in which strings are struck by hammers held in the hand.

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cimbalom

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The writer whose literary works greatly inspired Franz Liszt was

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Johann Wolfgang von Goether

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Among Liszts favorite inspirations were the literary works of

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Liszt typified the romantic movement because the

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all of the above

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Liszt created the_____, a one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on literary or pictorial ideas, was created by

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Symphonic poem

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the symphonic poem, or tone poem, a one movement orchestral composition based to some extent on literary or pictorial ideas, was created by

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Franz Liszt

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In many of his works, Liszt unified contrasting moods by a process known as

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thematic transformation

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In Leipzig, Mendellssohn

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conducted the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and transformed it into one of the finest orchestras in Europe

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The distinguished Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn was Felix's

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grandfather

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By the age of thirteen, Mendelssohn had written__of astounding quality.

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all of the above

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Besides his musical achievements, Mendelssohn was a

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all of the above

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Mendelssohn is known as the man who rekindled an interest in the music of

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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Mendelssohn earned an international reputation, and rekindled an interest in the earlier composers music, by conducting the first performance since the composers death of

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Bachs St. Matthew Passion

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The High Point of Mendellssohns career was the triumphant premiere of his oratorio_____in England.

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Elijah

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Mendelssohns career reached its high point at the triumphant premiere of his oratorio Elijah in

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Birmingham, England

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Mendelssohn wrote in all musical forms except

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operas

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The three movements of mendellsohns concerto for violin

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are played without pause

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Mendelssohns concerto for violin in E minor opens with an

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soloist, who presents the main theme

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The opening of Mendelssohns Violin Concerto in E minor is unusual in that

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the main theme is presented by the soloist

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Mendelssohns Hebrides Overture

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portrays the sea

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In the first movement of Mendellsohns Concerto for Violin, the cadenza

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appears at the end of the developments section as a transition to the recapitulation

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The first movement of Mendelssohns Concerto for Violin is linked to the introduction of the second movement.

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single bassoon tone

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The second movement of Mendellssohn's Concerto for Violin is in ___.

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ABA"

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Instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene, popular during the romantic period, is called

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program music

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Instrumental music endowed with literary or pictorial associations is called _____music.

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program

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Beethovens Pastoral Symphony contains realistic imitations of

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all of the above

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The work referred to by Beethoven as an "expression of feeling rather than painting" was his

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Symphony No.6

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Which of the following statements is not true

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The symphonic poem, or tone poem, is a one movement composition in sonata allegro form

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Nonprogram music is also known as_____music.

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absolute

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Absolute music is always known as

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nonprogram music

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Instrumental music written for its own sake, and for which the composer did not intend a program, is called

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absolute music

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Program music found its most varied expression in the coloristic resources of the

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romantic orchestra

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A_____is an instrumental composition in several movements based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.

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program symphony

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A________is a one movement orchestral composition based to some extent on a literary or pictorial idea.

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symphonic poem

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The composer who developed the symphonic poem was

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Franz Liszt

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The symphonic poem, or tone poem, a one-movement orchestral composition based to some extent on literary or pictorial ideas, was developed by

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Richard Strauss

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Music intended to be performed before and during a play to set the mood for scenes or highlight dramatic action is known as

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absolute music

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Todays movie scores may be regarded as examples of

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incidental music

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The musical scores composed for moving pictures may be regarded as examples of_____music.

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absolute

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In 1830 the Paris Conservatory awarded Berlioz

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the Priz de Rome

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The writer whose works had the greatest impact on the young Berlioz was

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William Shakespeare

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The fantastic symphony reflects Berliozs

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love for the actress Harriet Smithson

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Parisians were startled by Berliozs Fantastic Symphony because of its

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all of the above

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Which of the following statements is not true.

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Berliozs reputations outside France was even lower than it was in his homeland

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In order to support his family, Berlioz turned to

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musical journalism

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Unable to gain sufficient financial support from his compositions, Berlioz turned to

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music copying

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Outside France, Berlioz enjoyed a great career as a

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conductor

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As one of the first great______, Berlioz influenced a whole generation of musicians.

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orchestral conductors

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Berlioz was extraordinarily imaginative in treating the orchestra, creating___never before heard.

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tone colors

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More than any earlier composer, Berlioz made___a basic part of his musical language.

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tone color

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Which of the following is not an opera by Berlioz

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Otello

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Which of the following was not compsed by Berlioz?

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The Sorcerers Apprentice

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The contrasting episodes of Berliozs Fantastic Symphony are unified by the recurrence of a theme known as the

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idee fixe

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Berliozs Fantastic Symphony is unified by the recurrence of a theme known as the

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idee fixe

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The second movement of berliozs fantastic symphony is a____,the most popular dance of the romantic era.

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waltz

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Which of the following statements is not true of Berliozs Fantastic Symphony

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The fourth movement depicts a dream of a witches sabbath

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The fourth movement of Berliozs Fantastic Symphony depicts a

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march to the scaffold

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The liturgical melody quoted in the last movement of berliozs fantastic symphony is the

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Dies irae

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