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1
If Schubert was the outstanding symphonist of the beginning of the Romantic period, _______________ deserves that honor for the latter part of the century.
A)Bruckner.
B)Dvorák.
C)Mahler.
D)Brahms.
2
How did Dvorák become familiar with African American spirituals?
A)By visiting tribes in Africa.
B)By studying written examples of African American spirituals before he came to the United States.
C)He first heard African American spirituals when traveling in the Southern United States.
D)A composer at the National Conservatory of Music in New York introduced him to African American spirituals.
3
How was Dvorák thrust into musical prominence?
A)As a virtuoso violin soloist.
B)Brahms convinced a music publisher to print some of Dvorák's compositions.
C)By touring the United States conducting his music.
D)By being selected for the directorship of the Prague Conservatory.
4
Who is the most important church composer of the late nineteenth century?
A)Anton Bruckner.
B)Gustav Mahler.
C)Johannes Brahms.
D)Antonin Dvorák.
5
Which composer disagreed with the popular Romantic notion that literature, the visual arts, and philosophy should be united with music?
A)Hector Berlioz.
B)Richard Wagner.
C)Johannes Brahms.
D)Richard Strauss.
6
Which of the following statements does not apply to Gustav Mahler's symphonies?
A)His symphonies are not unified by the use of recurring themes and motives.
B)His symphonies contain long, lyrical melodies.
C)He tried to make each symphony a complete world in itself.
D)Themes from his songs are often quoted in his symphonic works.
7
Which Native American or African American music was quoted in Dvorák's Symphony no. 9, subtitled "From the New World"?
A)Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
B)Native American and African American music was not quoted in the symphony.
C)Goin' Home.
D)Hiawatha.
8
Which symphonic composer influenced all of the early Romantic composers?
A)Mozart.
B)J.S. Bach.
C)Beethoven.
D)Haydn.
9
Franz Schubert's Symphony no. 8 has how many movements?
A)Four.
B)Three.
C)Seven.
D)Two.
10
Triplet is
A)The last name of French composer Jean Triplet, composer of "Song of Belleville."
B)A term indicating that three notes are to be played in the time normally devoted to two notes.
C)A term indicating a change of tempo in a 3-to-2 ratio to the previous tempo.
D)A term indicating that the music that follows is to be played in triple meter.





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