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1
Symphonie fantastique is a ________ in five movements.
A)Program symphony
B)Idée fixe
C)Symphonic poem
D)Orchestral poem
2
Absolute music
A)Attempts to tell a story.
B)Is composed for the appreciation of the musical sound.
C)Attempts to depict a scene in nature.
D)Was more common in the Romantic period than in the Classical period.
3
Which of the following literary sources was not used by Liszt as the basis for his symphonic poems?
A)Greek myths.
B)Shakespeare.
C)Gothic fiction.
D)Dante.
4
How many symphonic poems did Liszt compose?
A)11.
B)39.
C)5.
D)12.
5
An idée fixe is
A)A fixed melodic idea that remains unchanged.
B)Most likely to appear at the end of a movement.
C)A type of orchestration.
D)A melody that appears in each movement.
6
Which of the following does not apply to Liszt and the tone poem (symphonic poem)?
A)He avoided the idea that the sonata form provided necessary balance for the first movement of a tone poem.
B)He avoided the use of literary references as the inspiration for this type of symphonic composition.
C)He often unified his works by using a single theme or melody that he continuously transformed as the piece progressed.
D)He ignored the tradition of having symphonic works organized into several movements.
7
Which other important composer, in addition to Berlioz and Liszt, composed program music during the nineteenth century?
A)Johann Strauss.
B)Richard Wagner.
C)Richard Strauss.
D)Ludwig van Beethoven.
8
What melody from a medieval chant is used in the Dream of a Witches' Sabbath movement of Symphonie fantastique?
A)Dies irae.
B)Kyrie elesion.
C)Sanctus spiritus.
D)Sempre fidelis.
9
What happened after Harriet Smithson learned that Hector Berlioz had been inspired by her to write Symphonie fantastique?
A)She commissioned Berlioz to compose Les Troyens.
B)She moved away from Paris because she was uncomfortable with the intensity of Berlioz' admiration.
C)She died of consumption before she could hear the symphony performed.
D)She married Berlioz.
10
The technique of using one theme that changes throughout a composition is called
A)Thematic program.
B)Theme transformation.
C)Development.
D)Recapitulation.





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