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Music created for its own sake, without any extra-musical connotations is known as |
| | A) | program music. |
| | B) | absolute music. |
| | C) | Romantic music. |
| | D) | symphonic music. |
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Music created to depict moods, images, stories, and characters is called. |
| | A) | program music. |
| | B) | absolute music. |
| | C) | Romantic music. |
| | D) | symphonic music. |
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Music in the nineteenth century was primarily |
| | A) | polyphonic. |
| | B) | polyrhythmic. |
| | C) | homophonic. |
| | D) | homorhythmic. |
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A single-movement orchestral work with contrasting moods derived from music that describes something is called a |
| | A) | symphonic poem. |
| | B) | program symphony. |
| | C) | character piece. |
| | D) | lied. |
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An orchestral arrangement of songs or dances from an opera or ballet is called a |
| | A) | symphony. |
| | B) | program symphony. |
| | C) | symphonic poem. |
| | D) | suite. |
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The text of an opera is called the |
| | A) | recitative. |
| | B) | libretto. |
| | C) | aria. |
| | D) | overture. |
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The nineteenth century genre that began as part of an opera and included both solo and ensemble dancing is called |
| | A) | ballet. |
| | B) | symphonic poem. |
| | C) | character piece. |
| | D) | suite. |
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Lieder in which the music is the same for each verse are described as |
| | A) | monophonic. |
| | B) | polyphonic. |
| | C) | homophonic. |
| | D) | strophic. |
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Chopin is best known for his |
| | A) | music dramas. |
| | B) | Viennese lyricism. |
| | C) | symphonies, concertos, and other miniatures. |
| | D) | etudes, ballades, preludes, mazurkas, and other miniatures. |
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Wagner is best known for his |
| | A) | ballets. |
| | B) | symphonies. |
| | C) | music dramas. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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Schubert is best known for his |
| | A) | character pieces. |
| | B) | lieder. |
| | C) | ballets. |
| | D) | symphonic poems. |
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Tchaikovsky is best known for his |
| | A) | symphonies and ballets. |
| | B) | symphonies and operas. |
| | C) | ballets and character pieces. |
| | D) | lieder. |
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Verdi is best known for his |
| | A) | ballets. |
| | B) | symphonies. |
| | C) | operas. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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Schubert composed around _____ lieder. |
| | A) | 30 |
| | B) | 75 |
| | C) | 150 |
| | D) | 600 |
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| 15 | |
The Nutcracker was written by |
| | A) | Brahms. |
| | B) | Tchaikovsky. |
| | C) | Verdi. |
| | D) | Mendelssohn. |
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Aida was written by |
| | A) | Brahms. |
| | B) | Tchaikovsky. |
| | C) | Verdi. |
| | D) | Mendelssohn. |
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Romeo and Juliet was written by |
| | A) | Brahms. |
| | B) | Tchaikovsky. |
| | C) | Verdi. |
| | D) | Mendelssohn. |
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Art songs of the nineteenth century are called |
| | A) | miniatures. |
| | B) | character pieces. |
| | C) | symphonic poems. |
| | D) | lieder. |
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| 19 | |
Fanny Hensel was |
| | A) | the wife of Felix Mendelssohn. |
| | B) | the sister of Robert Schumann. |
| | C) | a prolific composer and skilled pianist. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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Clara Schumann was |
| | A) | born into a musical family. |
| | B) | the wife of Robert Schumann. |
| | C) | a concert pianist, composer, and teacher. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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