Music 190W Chapter 13 Quiz Name: E-mail: Which is the main quality Beethoven's music had that made it a model for Romantic composers who came after him: a. it worked within the style established by Haydn and Mozart b. it was exactly what his patrons asked for c. it was highly individual d. it avoided excessive emotion How did music patronage change in the Romantic period: a. aristocratic patronage continued as it had in the past b. aristocratic patronage decreased and only wealthy individuals could become composers c. public patronage (from the sale of music and attendance at concerts) began to replace aristocratic patronage Which is not a musical profession that originated in the 19th century? a. concert manager b. recording engineer c. music critic d. music teacher What is program music? a. just the notes, no added story, image or idea b. music that refers to a story, image, or idea c. music that has a printed program at the concert What is absolute music? a. just the notes, no added story, image or idea b. music that refers to a story, image, or idea c. music that is written down Which is not an example of a miniature composition: a. art song or Lied b. program symphony c. piano character piece Tchaikovsky's concert overture Romeo and Juliet is an example of: a. absolute music b. program music The art of writing music for the instruments of the orchestra, by deciding which instruments will have which notes, is called: a. concert management b. orchestra management c. transcription d. orchestration Making the tempo faster or slower for expressive purposes is called: a. staccato b. pizzicato c. crescendo d. rubato Which best describes Romantic melodies: a. simple and tuneful b. always use conjunct motion c. complex, expressive, sometimes with expressive leaps in the melody Which composer we studied in this chapter wrote for a small circle of friends and composed over 600 art songs: a. Chopin b. Brahms c. Schubert d. Wagner Which composer we studied in this chapter wrote primarily for the piano: a. Chopin b. Brahms c. Schubert d. Wagner Which composer described in chapter 13 does this describe: composer of songs, choral works, piano works, and chamber music, and a piano concerto, and an excellent pianist herself (she originated the practice of performing entire piano recitals from memory): a. Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel b. Hildegard of Bingen c. Clara Schumann Questions 14-16 require CD 2 in the CD-ROM drive. Which description does not fit this excerpt from Chopin's Prelude No. 6: a. the mode is minor b. the tempo is slow c. the melody is in the high register of the piano, played by the right hand d. rubato is used What is the texture of this excerpt from Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet? a. monophonic b. polyphonic c. homophonic: choral d. homophonic: melody & accompaniment What is this theme intended by the composer to represent in Romeo and Juliet? a. conflict b. love c. anxiety d. sadness Hacker handbook questions Which sentence does not show the title of a work properly, as explained in section 23: a. Viennese audiences flocked to see Mozart's The Magic Flute. b. At the premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, a violent argument erupted between those who liked it and those who didn't. c. To be successful writer requires more than knowing what's in A Pocket Style Manual, but mastering the mechanics of writing is a good start. As section 24 explains, a spell-checker will not help you decide which of two correctly spelled words is the right one for what you want to say. Section 34 has examples of words in this category. Which of these sentences uses a correctly spelled word correctly: . a. The principle reason I like Mozart is the way his tunes stay in my mind. b. The principal reason I like Mozart is the way his tunes stay in my mind. Which of these words from section 34 of the Hacker handbook is the right one for this sentence: It's hard for us to imagine the _____ of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony on the listeners who heard it for the first time in 1830. a. affect b. effect According to p. 162 in the Hacker handbook, which of these is the one you should ordinarily use: a. Beethoven's approach to the orchestra was different from Mahler's. b. Beethoven's approach to the orchestra is different than Mahler's. Music 190W pageThis file was last modified on 16 May 2000.
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