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1
Which early Romantic composer wrote A Life for the Tsar?
A)Mikhail Glinka
B)Alexander Borodin
C)Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
D)Modest Mussorgsky
2
Bohemia is now part of what country?
A)Austria
B)Germany
C)Poland
D)the Czech Republic
3
Who was responsible for isolating Russia from the influence of Western Europe?
A)Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
B)Alexander Borodin (1834-1887)
C)Peter the Great (1672-1725)
D)Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
4
Which Russian composer from "the Five" wrote the tone poem Schéhérazade?
A)Modest Mussorgsky
B)Mikhail Glinka
C)Alexander Borodin
D)Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
5
Which of the following countries also have notable nationalistic composers?
A)England
B)Finland
C)All of the listed countries
D)Spain
6
Which composer is strongly associated with the Germanic style?
A)J. S. Bach
B)Mozart
C)Haydn
D)Beethoven
7
What country was considered the artistic home of opera during the Classical period?
A)Austria
B)Italy
C)Germany
D)England
8
Pizzicato is...
A)a tempo term meaning "twice as fast."
B)a term instructing a string player to pluck the strings instead of bowing them.
C)a form similar to the round or canon.
D)the last name of the composer Giuseppe Pizzicato, leader of the nationalist school of Italian composition.
9
Which Russian composer from "the Five" wrote Pictures at an Exhibition for solo piano?
A)Rimsky-Korsakov
B)Mikhail Glinka
C)Alexander Borodin
D)Modest Mussorgsky
10
Why did Smetana reside in Sweden for six years, beginning in 1856?
A)He was sent to a sanitarium for treatment of tuberculosis.
B)He studied with Swedish composer Franz Berwald during this time.
C)He gave many performances of his opera The Bartered Bride while in Sweden.
D)He wanted to escape the repression after the unsuccessful Bohemian revolution.
11
All of the following can be considered as musical expressions of nationalism, EXCEPT...
A)The use of historical or other national subjects in music
B)Quoting folk melodies and/or rhythms in music.
C)The use of Western culture in music.
D)Creating program music based on the geography within a nation.
12
Who most likes to imitate the music of the programmatic composers of the Romantic era?
A)jazz composers
B)world music composers
C)modern movie composers
D)modern Chinese composers
13
For what cycle of symphonic poems is Smetana best known?
A)Má Vlast
B)Vltava
C)The Moldau
D)The Bartered Bride





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