Which of the following is NOT typical of Romantic music?
[ ] The symphonies are longer.
[ ] There is an increased use of dissonance for expression.
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[ ] Composers began writing symphonic poems as well as symphonies.
[ ] The ensembles were smaller than those of the Classic era.
The ensembles were smaller than those of the Classic era.
Which was NOT a typical theme of the Romantic Lied?
[ ] the beauty of nature
[ ] love and longing
[ ] the fleeting nature of human happiness
[ ] praise of the Virgin Mary
praise of the Virgin Mary
A group of Lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme is known as a:
[ ] oratorio
[ ] opera
[ ] song cycle
[ ] medley
song cycle
In Schubert’s Erlking, the piano portrays which part?
[ ] the son
[ ] the father
[ ] the horse
[ ] all of the above
the horse
Robert Schumann set texts by _____ in his song cycle A Poet’s Love.
[ ] Heine
[ ] Shakespeare
[ ] Goethe
[ ] Schiller
Heine
Which genre is NOT a part of Chopin’s compositional output?
[ ] piano concertos
[ ] piano sonatas
[ ] string quartets
[ ] nocturnes for piano
string quartets
Chopin paid homage to his Eastern European ancestry by composing:
[ ] mazurkas and polonaises
[ ] sonatas and concertos
[ ] preludes and nocturnes
[ ] minuets and symphonies
mazurkas and polonaises
Which is the best definition of ‘tempo rubato’?
[ ] quick tempo
[ ] in strict time
[ ] in robbed time
[ ] in medium tempo
in robbed time
Which culture was NOT an influence on Gottschalk’s compositions?
[ ] Canadian
[ ] Cuban
[ ] Creole
[ ] African-American
Canadian
Program music is best defined as music:
[ ] intended for dance
[ ] intended to accompany a play
[ ] written for a symphony
[ ] based on something outside of music, like pictures or a story
based on something outside of music, like pictures or a story
Which term describes a one-movement work for orchestra with a literary program?
[ ] symphonic poem
[ ] program symphony
[ ] lied
[ ] symphony
symphonic poem
The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of the Symphonie fantastique, is called:
[ ] the idée fixe
[ ] the subject
[ ] the dies irae
the idée fixe
The Dies irae is:
[ ] the idée fixe in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique
[ ] a Lied by Schubert
[ ] a chant from the Mass for the Dead
[ ] an opera by Berlioz
a chant from the Mass for the Dead
Mendelssohn’s music for Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a famous example of:
[ ] a program symphony
[ ] an opera
[ ] a symphonic poem
[ ] incidental music
incidental music
In which movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is the Dies irae (Day of Wrath) theme from the Mass for the Dead heard?
[ ] the first
[ ] the third
[ ] the fourth
[ ] the fifth
the fourth
