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1
What is an operetta?
A)little opera
B)open opera
C)light opera
D)musical theater
2
Clara Wieck Schumann's primary career was as a...
A)piano performer.
B)composer.
C)a wife and mother.
D)a music teacher.
3
Which of the following statements does NOT describe an aspect of the Salon.
A)Salons were held by middle to upper middle class families who could afford to own pianos.
B)Only family members performed at Salons.
C)Salons were small scale concerts for friends, held in private homes.
D)Many songs with piano accompaniment, as well as solo piano pieces, were composed for Salons.
4
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the ballad?
A)The ballad is a narrative poem set to music.
B)Ballads were written in strophic form.
C)The ballad is long, emphasizes dramatic situations, and alternates in structure between narration and dialogue.
D)Ballads were written in through-composed form.
5
Which of the following statements is NOT accurate about Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe song cycle?
A)The songs do not tell a story.
B)The entire song cycle has 16 songs.
C)Schumann wrote this song cycle the year that he was married to Clara Schumann.
D)The songs in the cycle are all through-composed.
6
Which statement about Franz Schubert is inaccurate?
A)Franz Schubert wrote nearly 1,000 pieces of music.
B)Franz Schubert became wealthy from publishing his many compositions.
C)Franz Schubert was praised by Beethoven.
D)Franz Schubert lived in Vienna, Austria.
7
What became the standard term for art songs?
A)German language songs
B)lieder
C)leader
D)Schubert songs
8
The art song is...
A)songs based on images in Romantic paintings.
B)songs written by painters.
C)a musical setting of a poem for solo voice and piano.
D)songs that were performed in art galleries.
9
Who was the earliest composer of art songs?
A)Franz Schubert
B)Robert Schumann
C)Clara Wieck
D)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
10
Which of the following vocal compositions was NOT written by Schubert?
A)The Maid of the Mill
B)New Journal of Music
C)Winter Journey
D)King of the Elves
11
Which of the following is an accurate description of the through-composed form?
A)The same melody is repeated for every stanza of the poem.
B)Some verses of the poem are sung to the same melody and others are not.
C)The A theme is present throughout the composition.
D)Each section of the song is set to different music.
12
What is a song cycle?
A)A series of art songs that tell a story.
B)A series of art songs that tell a story OR are otherwise related to one another.
C)A series of art songs that are related to one another.
D)A series of art songs that each have an A-B-C-B-A form.





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