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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University
The Romantic Period
Nationalism in 19th Century

Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions



1

The most original, and probably the greatest of the Russian five, was
A)César Cui
B)Modest Mussorgsky
C)Alexander Borodin
D)Mily Balakirev
2

The founder of Czech national music was
A)César Cui
B)Antonin Dvorák
C)Bedrich Smetana
D)Boris Godunov
3

Libretti that fanned the public's hatred for its Austrian overlords were deliberately chosen by the composer
A)Gioacchino Rossini
B)Modest Mussorgsky
C)Giuseppe Verdi
D)Richard Wagner
4

Smetana grew up when Bohemia was under ________________ domination.
A)German
B)Austrian
C)Polish
D)Russian
5

Smetana's most popular opera is _________________.
A)The Bartered Bride
B)My Country
C)Boris Godunov
D)The Moldau
6

Even though Smetana was deaf at the time, he composed a musical work depicting Bohemia's main river as it flows through the countryside. The name of the river, and the musical composition, is the
A)Moldau
B)Seine
C)Danube
D)Thames
7

The first American concert pianist to gain international recognition was
A)Harry T. Burleigh
B)Charles Ives
C)Stephen Foster
D)Louis Moreau Gottschalk








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