Quiz 2

Question 1

Grieg (Country)

Answer 1

Norway

Question 2

Sibelius (Country)

Answer 2

Finland

Question 3

Rachmaninov (Country)

Answer 3

Russia

Question 4

Smetana (Country)

Answer 4

Czech

Question 5

De Falla (Country)

Answer 5

Spain

Question 6

Nielsen (Country)

Answer 6

Denmark

Question 7

Skryabin (Country)

Answer 7

Russia

Question 8

Dvorak (Country)

Answer 8

Czech

Question 9

Vaughan Williams (Country)

Answer 9

England

Question 10

Elgar (Country)

Answer 10

England

Question 11

Franck (Country)

Answer 11

Belgium

Question 12

Prince Igor

Answer 12

Borodin

Question 13

Boris Godunov

Answer 13

Musorgsky

Question 14

The Bartered Bride

Answer 14

Smetana

Question 15

Elektra

Answer 15

Strauss

Question 16

Jenufa

Answer 16

Janecek

Question 17

Ruslan and Lyudmilla

Answer 17

Glinka

Question 18

Hansel and Gretel

Answer 18

Humperdinck

Question 19

Daphnis and Chloe

Answer 19

Ravel

Question 20

Symphony of a Thousand

Answer 20

Mahler

Question 21

Peleas and Melisande

Answer 21

Debussy

Question 22

Peer Gynt

Answer 22

Grieg

Question 23

Who and what was the mighty handful?

Answer 23

5 Russian Composers (Borodin, Rimsky-Korsokov, Cui, Mussorgsky, Belekeirev) who sought to bring nationalism to Russian music.
unconvential, anti-establishment, founded first music conservatory in Russia - St. Petersberg
music influenced by Beethovan, Berlioz and Liszt, also Russian folk music

Question 24

Define Impressionism

Answer 24

branched out of movement of impressionism in painting
Associated with Debussy
attempting to write music to evoke a certain mood, feeling, and atmosphere
Music less structured and more interpretive
includes much rubato, not set tempo, tone-colour and fluidity, whole-tone scale, meter less defined, ambiguous rhythmic figures, less pull of dominant-tonic traditional harmonic structure, non-resolving melodies and harmonies
Harp became more commonly used
non-functional harmony

Question 25

Ravel vs. Debussy

Answer 25

Ravel - Neo-Classicist - structured, easy to follow, clear transitions between sections, clear harmonic structure, clear time signatures Debussy - Impressionism - dissonance

Question 26

Influences on Debussy's music

Answer 26

Trip to Paris World-Expo - eastern island music gamelan Medeival Music - parallel organum - motivated him to use parallel harmonic structures Modality, pentatonic scale and whole tone scale

Question 27

Define Nationalism in music

Answer 27

use of musical influences associated with a specific country still be based in western-art music, merely adding national elements

Question 28

Relationship between Mahler's symphonies and song cycles

Answer 28

melodic material from song cycles used in Symphonies Ex. Songs of Wayfarer - Symphony #1 Boy's Magic Horn - Symphonies #2-4

Question 29

Who wrote the programmatic suite "The Planets?"

Answer 29

Gustav Holst

Question 30

Famous Danish composer of six symphonies

Answer 30

Nielsen

Question 31

What is the eight-note scale alternating half and whole tones?

Answer 31

octatonic

Question 32

Name a ballet by Tchaikovsky

Answer 32

Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

Question 33

Tchaikovksy's last symphony is subtitled

Answer 33

Pathetique

Question 34

Tchaikovsky overture (blank) was based on a play by Shakespeare

Answer 34

Romeo and Juliet

Question 35

Dvorak's Most Famous Symphony

Answer 35

New World

Question 36

The Italian song book and the Spanish Songbook were composed by

Answer 36

Hugo Wolf

Question 37

Pictures at an exhibition was composed by (1), for which instrument? (2) It was orchestrated by (3)

Answer 37

Musorgsky Piano Ravel

Question 38

Who used the mystic chord?

Answer 38

Scriabin

Question 39

Name one song cycle by Mahler

Answer 39

Kindertotenlieder (songs on the death of children) da lied von der erde

Question 40

Name three Strauss tone poems

Answer 40

Macbeth, Don Juan, Don Quixote, Also Sprach Zarathustra

Question 41

Name two Sibelius tone poems

Answer 41

Finlandia, Tapiola

Question 42

The Patriotic 1812 overture was composed by

Answer 42

Tchaikovsky

Question 43

Who composed "Sea", "London," and "Pastoral" symponies

Answer 43

Vaughan Williams

Question 44

Composer of nine symphonies, fantasy on greensleeves

Answer 44

Vaughan Williams

Question 45

Which Russian composer wrote a book on orchestration?

Answer 45

Rimsky-Korsakov

Question 46

A Night on Bald Mountain

Answer 46

Musogrsky

Question 47

Which Strauss tone poems is based on a Cervantes novel?

Answer 47

Don Quixote

Question 48

Der Rosenkavlier is an opera by

Answer 48

Strauss

Question 49

Discuss the English Nationalistic Music.

Answer 49

After the death of Purcell, there were no famous/ great composers until Arthur Sullivan. After that, Edward Elgar came along and he was the first English who had international reputation. He used very few English folk music in his music. Vaughn Williams used a lot of folk music in his compositions. Gustav Holst wrote band music, choral music and "The Planets."

Question 50

The influences on the symphonies of Bruckner

Answer 50

Wagner - length of work, great orchestration Schubert - extremely short transitions Beethoven - The opening of the 9th symphony - growing out of nothing, high usage of motifs.