During the 19th century concert life began to center around

A. palace

B. Church

C. University

D. Concert Hall

What trend inspired composers to write music evoking scenes of far off lands?

A. exoticism

B. nationalism

C. chromaticism

D. virtuosity

The favored chamber music instrument of the nineenth century was?

A. piano

B.the guitar

C. the clarinet

d. the harspichord

Which best descrives the role of women in the 19th century music?

a. none persued careers in music 

b. they were leaders in innovative changes of style

c. the piano provided them with a socially acceptable performance outlet

d. none of the above

a song form in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza is called?

a. through-composed

b. strophic

c. rubato

d. cyclic

A song structure that is composed from beginning to end without repitition of whole sections is called?

A song form in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza is called?

a. through-composed

b. strophic

c. rubato

d. cyclic

______ was not an important composer of 19th century Lieder?

A. Chopin

B. Schumann

C. Brahms

D. Schubert

The German term for art song is:

a. Gesange

b. Lied

c. durchkomponiert

d. chorale

A german texted song with piano accompaniment that sets a short lyric poem is called?

a. gibtmireinbreak

b. a ballad

c. a lied

d. pianosingenstucke

A group of Lieder unified by some narrative thread or descriptive or expressive theme or common motivic material is called?

A. Song Cycle

b. a ballad cycle

c. an opera

d. a cantata

Franz Schubert was of _____ origin?

a. german

b. austrian

c. polish

d. american

Schubert lived a tragically short life, but was remarkably prolific composer of?

a. lieder

b. chamber music

c. piano music

d. all of the above

Schubert's song Erlking was a setting of ballad written by?

A. Muller

B. Schiller

C. Heine

D. Goethe

In which form is the song Erlking?

a. binary

b. ternary

c. strophic

d. through-composed

In Schuberts Erlking the obsessive triplet rythm of the piano is best termed?

a. syncopation

b. a heterotrophic device

c. a canon

d. an ostinato

Which musical devices help to portray the childs terror in Erlking?

a. lilting melody, major key

b. high range and dissonance

c. low range and constant harmony

d. medium range, minor key

Which musical devices help portray the Elfking in Erlking?

a. lilting melody, major key

b. high range and dissonance

c. low range and constant harmony

d. medium range, minor key

Which musical devices help to portray the Father in Erlking?

a. lilting melody, major key

b. high range and dissonance

c. low range and constant harmony

d. medium range, minor key

How is recitative used in Schuberts Erlking?

a. after the piano introduction

b. it is used to introduce each of the three main characters

c. it indicates the musical portions of the narrator

d. it is reserved for the climatic ending line of the text 

Schumann's A Poets Love (Dichterliebe):

a. is a cycle of songs

b. set poetry by Heinrich Heinne

c. was inspired by the comporsers love for Clara Wieck

d. all the above

Which form of "In the Lovely Month of May" from Schumanns a Poets Love?

a. strophic

b. modified strophic

c. through composed

d. rondo

The most important keyboard instrument of the Romantic Period was

a. the harpsicord

b. the organ

c. the piano

d. the clavichord

The short lyric piano piece was the instrumental equivalent of

a. the symphony

b. the song

c. the concerto

d. the opera

which composer is known as the poet of the piano?

a. robert schumann

b. chopin

c. berlioz

d. brahms

Which famous novelist did chopin become remantically involved?

a. Georges Sand

b. alexander dumas

c. gertrude stein

d. emily bronte

The 19th century composer whose entire compositional output was centerd around the piano was

a. brahms

b. liszt

c. chopin

d. berlioz

Which was not a type of work written by Chopin?

a. nocturnes

b. polonaises

c. ballades

d. symphonies

The term tempo rubato assoicated with Chopins music, means the performer should...

a. play faster tempo

b. play slower tempo

c. take liberties with the tempo

d. play in strict time

The form of Chopin's Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 is best described as:

a. binary

b. ternary

c. sonata

d. through composed

b. ternary

The compositional technique of varying a theme melodically, rythmically, or dynamically, and thereby changing its character is called?

a. modulation

b. tempo rubato

c. thematic transformation

d. durchkomponiert

Clara Schuman was a virtuoso performer on 

a. the violin

b. the piano

c. the cello

d. the french horn

Clara Schumans compositional out pout was primarily?

a. syphonies and concertos

b. operas and oratorios 

c. string quartets and quintets

d. songs and solo piano works

A multimovement work for orchestra that is programmatic is called

a. symphonic poem

a. program syphony

c. concert overture

d. a sonata

b. program symphony

A pirece of program music for orchestra in one movement which through several contrasting sections, devlops a poetic idea or suggests a scene or mood is called?

a. symphonic poem

b. a program syphony

c. a concert overture

d. a sonata

a. symphonic poem

Which of the following is not a type of orchestral program music?

a. concerto

b. syphonic poem

c. incidental music

d. porgram syphony

a. concerto

Which of the following is not an example of program music?

a. Berlioz Symphonie Fatntastique

b. Smetana The Moldau

c. Brahms Symphony no. 3

d. Clara Schumann: Nocture

Music written for plays, generally consisting of an overture and a series of pireces to be performed in between acts, is called

a. a symphonic poem

b. incidental music 

c. program syphony

d. background music

b. incidental music 

Which composer is considered the 1st great exponent of musical Romanticism in France?

a. Chopin

b. Berlioz

c. Listz

d. Wagner

b. Berlioz

The french composer who is considered the creator of the modern orchestra for his daring originality and use of a larger, more colorful ensemble

a. chopin.

b. berlioz

c. liszt

d. wagner

b. Berlioz

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique is an example of

a. a tone poem

b. a symphonic poem

c. a program symphony

d. a concert overture

c. a program symphony

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique has how many movements?

a. 6

b. 4

c. 5

d. 7

Which of the following is not characteristic music of Berlioz?

a. relies on traditional forms

b. uses brilliant orchestration

c. uses programmatic implications

d. uses huge orchestral and vocal ensembles

a. relies on traditional forms

In Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique the idee fixe:

a. symbolizes the beloved

b. recurs acording to the literary program

c. unifies all of the diverse movements

d. all the above

In Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique what is the idee fixe?

a. a chant from the Mass for the Dead

b. a shepard song in the third movement

c. the basic theme of the symphony, heard in all movements

d. a theme and variations, heard in the march movement

The Dies Irae is:

a. the idee fixe in Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique

b. a chant from the Mass for the Dead

c. a patriotic song by Berlioz

d. an art song by Berlioz

b. a chant from the Mass for the Dead

Nationalistic composers expressed their nationalism by:

a. employing nature songs/dance of their people in their works

b. borrowing exotic styles from other countries

c. writing absolute music

d. all the above

a. employing nature songs/dance of their people in their works

Smetana's My Country (Ma Vlast) is:

a. a program symphony

b. an opera

c. a symphonic poem

d. a 6 part symphonic poem

What scene is depicted in Smetana's The Moldau?

a. a peasant wedding

b. nymphs at night

c. patriotic castles

d. all the above

Brahms is often describes as a ___ composer because of his use of forms of the Classical masters

a. tradtionalist 

b. nationalist

c. romanticist

d. exoticist

a. tradtionalist  

The form of How Levely is Thy Dwelling Place, from Brahms German Requiem is best decribed as:

a. ternary

b. binary

c. sonata

d. rondo

The instrumental number often found at the beginning of an opera is called:

a. a concerto

b. an overture

c. incidental music

d. a tone poem

b. an overture

The person who writes the text of an opera is known as

a. the composer

b. the producer

c. the librettist

d. the misse-en-scene

Which Verdi opera was commisioned for performance in Cairo to mark the opening of the Suez Canal?

a. La traviata

b. Rioletto

c. Die Walkure

d. Aida

The librettist for Verdi's La traviata was:

a. Piave

b. Boito

c. Metastasio

d. Heine

Who was the source of Verdi's inspiration for Rigoletto?

a. ETA Hoffman

b. Goethe

c. Victor Hugo

d. Boito

Who dies at the end of Verdi's Rigoletto?

a. Rigoletto

b. the Duke of Mantua

c. Sparafucile

d. gilda

Who was the source of Verdi's inspiration for La traviata?

a. Alexandre Dumas, son

b. Victor Hugo

c. Boito

d. Heine

a. Alexandre Dumas, son

The aria "La donna e mobile" from Verdi's Rigoletto is in ____ form?

a. binary

c. ternary

c. strophic

d. through composed

Wagners cycle of four music drams called:

a. Lohengrin

b. Tristan and Isolde

c. The Ring of Nibelung

d Die Meistersinger von Nurburg

c. The Ring of Nibelung

Which composer is considered to be the single most important phenomenon in the artistic life of the latter half of the 19th century?

a. berlioz

b. schubert

c. wagner

d. schumann

c. wagner

The composer who invented the music dram was:

a. Wagner

b. Liszt

c. Brahms

d. Verdi

a. Wagner

A special theater was built at ___ for the presentation of Wagner's music drama.

a. Dresden

b. Munich

c. Berlin

d. Bayreuth

The concept of a total artwork in which all the arts - musi, poetry, drama, visual spectacle - are fused together is called

a. Gesamtkunstwerk

b. leitmotifs

c. idee fixe

d. Ewigemelodie

a. Gesamtkunstwerk

The principal them in Wagners operas which recur throughout a work and carry specific meanings are:

a. libretti

b. leitmotifs

c. fixed ideas

d. ewigemelodie

b. leitmotifs

In Wagner's Ring cycle who is the father of the Gods?

a. Siegfried

b. Loge

c. Wotan

d. Sigmund

Wagner's principal patron was:

a. Frederic the Great

b. Catherine the Great

c. Ludwid of Bavaria

d. Peter the Great

c. Ludwid of Bavaria