Test 1

Question 1

What century is the Romantic Era in?

Answer 1

19th Century

Question 2

musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country, region, or ethnicity

Answer 2

musical nationalism

Question 3

self taught musician, anarchist, lived in exile in Switzerland and France because he was banned in Germany

Answer 3

Richard Wagner

Question 4

Who had a horrible reputation for using patrons, had affairs with several wives of his patrons

Answer 4

Richard Wagner

Question 5

Composer of the Ring Cycle

Answer 5

Richard Wagner

Question 6

The patron of Wagner’s music

Answer 6

King Ludwig II of Bavaria (The Mad King)

Question 7

A special opera house designed by Wagner with the financial support of King Ludwig II. It includes an invisible orchestra pit and stadium style seating.

Answer 7

Bayreuth Opera House

Question 8

He revived Teutonic stories and legends and wrote the music as well as the librettos for his operas.

Answer 8

Richard Wagner

Question 9

Who placed enormous emphasis on the orchestra? (heavy use of brass)

Answer 9

Wagner

Question 10

Who employed extreme chromaticism, advancing the harmonic language of the romantic era to the point of no return?

Answer 10

Wagner

Question 11

the synthesis of all the poetic, visual, musical, and romantic art

Answer 11

Gesamtkanstwerk

Question 12

motive or theme that is associated with a particular character or theme

Answer 12

Leifmotifs

Question 13

List Wagner’s Operas

Answer 13

Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg, The Ring Cycle, Tristan and Isodolde, Parsifal

Question 14

Characters in Das Rheingold

Answer 14

Rhinemaidens, Nibelung, Gods, Albert

Question 15

Half Diminished Chord

Answer 15

Tristan Chord

Question 16

Two main composers of Italian Opera

Answer 16

Verdi and Puccini

Question 17

A political figure who united city-states of Italy and defied the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s control of Northern Italy as part of the Girabaldi

Answer 17

Verdi

Question 18

Composer who was open to new trends, relied heavily on his natural melodic gift, used the “Big Guitar Approach”

Answer 18

Verdi

Question 19

When the entire orchestra sounds as if it were one large accompanying instrument

Answer 19

Big Guitar Approach

Question 20

List Verdi’s Operas

Answer 20

Nabrucco, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Aida, Otello, Falstaff

Question 21

Characters of La Traviatta (Verdi)

Answer 21

Violetta and Adolfo

Question 22

His orchestration shows the strong influence of Wagner and Debussy with its rich use of instruments and orchestral colors.

Answer 22

Puccini

Question 23

List Puccini’s Operas

Answer 23

Madama Butterfly, la Tosca, Turandot, la boheme

Question 24

Name this Opera: Characters are Mimi and Rodolfo, tragedy, used detailed scale, influences of French impressionism and unforgettable melodies.

Answer 24

la boheme

Question 25

New Opera House built in Paris (1861-1875)

Answer 25

Palais Garnier

Question 26

Three composers of French Opera

Answer 26

1. Charles Gounod 2. Camille Saint-Saens 3. Jules Massenet

Question 27

Who composed: Symphony in C, The Pearl Fisherman, L 'Arlesienne, and Carmen

Answer 27

Georges Bizet

Question 28

genre credited to Italian composers Leoncavallo and Muscagni

Answer 28

Verismo Opera

Question 29

distinguished by realistic - sometimes sordid or violent - depictions of contemporary everyday life, life of lower classes, and rejected the historical subjects of Romanticism

Answer 29

Verismo Opera

Question 30

Born in Hamburg, composed on piano, due to playing in taverns and brothels he was exposed to lots of music, especially dance music.

Answer 30

Johannes Brahms

Question 31

His music reflects R. Schuman's style. "FAF" Free But Joyful, represents classical-conservative side of Romantic music, looked at Bach and Renaissance for inspiration

Answer 31

Johannes Brahms

Question 32

He had bold and new approaches to harmony and timbre, but he was self critical and wanted his music perfectly crafted.

Answer 32

Johannes Brahms

Question 33

He waited until he was 43 to write his first symphony, he wrote beautiful melodies, harmony, and form.

Answer 33

Johannes Brahms

Question 34

Who wrote: German Requiem and The Blue Danube Waltz

Answer 34

Johannes Brahms

Question 35

Who wrote Hungarian Dances that were inspired by listening to gypsy music in cafe's

Answer 35

Johannes Brahms

Question 36

character is usually grave and is based on bass-ostinato, written in triple-meter, a common form in the Baroque Era

Answer 36

Chaconne or Passacaglia

Question 37

Czech Nationalist Composer, director of Conservatory of Music in NY and spent his summers in Spilleville, Iowa

Answer 37

Antonin Dvorak

Question 38

Who wrote Slavonic Dances? He wrote in his native "Furiants"

Answer 38

Antonin Dvorak

Question 39

compositions with related thematic material

Answer 39

cyclical form

Question 40

Who had 9 symphonies that were renumbered in 1960?

Answer 40

Antonin Dvorak

Question 41

Who renumbered his symphonies when he approached his 9th?

Answer 41

Anton Bruckner

Question 42

Stylistic Traits of whose Symphonies: classical but borrowed from Wagner, very long, rely heavily on brass, tremolo

Answer 42

Anton Bruckner

Question 43

Was founded on Feb 25, 1871 to promote French music and to allow young composers to present their music in public.

Answer 43

Societe Nationale de Musique

Question 44

List three Late Romantic Composers in France

Answer 44

1. Cesar Frank 2. Camille Saint-Saens 3. Gabriel Faure

Question 45

What were the centers of Russian Music?

Answer 45

St. Petersburg and Moscow

Question 46

Name two famous churches in Russia

Answer 46

St. Basil's Cathedral and Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

Question 47

Father of Russian art music, famous for his opera, Rusland and Ludmilla

Answer 47

Michael Glinka

Question 48

His music was the most popular of the Romantic era, highly emotional and dramatic, he had a tragic life, homosexual, and mysterious death

Answer 48

Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky

Question 49

Personal patroness of Tchaikovsky's music

Answer 49

Nadezhda von Meck

Question 50

Known for: orchestral music, beautiful melodies, wrote for ballet, used sequences, incorporates a Russian melodic sense, favored Viennese classical tradition, loved beauty and suffering

Answer 50

Tchaikovsky

Question 51

Name three of Tchaikovsky's ballets

Answer 51

Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Swan Lake

Question 52

Name the Russian 5

Answer 52

1. Mily Balakirev 2. Cesar Cui 3. Alexander Borodin 4. Nidolai Rimsky-Korsakov 5. Modest Mussorgsky

Question 53

Who was a master orchestrator who wrote a treatise on orchestration?

Answer 53

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Question 54

The Russian 5 used what in their music

Answer 54

exoticism

Question 55

A fascination with cultures foreign to Europe

Answer 55

exoticism

Question 56

Who took lessons from Mily Balakirev and wrote Boris Gudunov

Answer 56

Modest Mussorgsky

Question 57

Who's music is extremely progressive and highly influenced French impressionist composers?

Answer 57

Modes Mussorgsky

Question 58

Who's opera makes use of Russian Orthodox melodies, orchestral colors and harmonies influenced Debussy. "Basso Profundo" voice

Answer 58

Modest Mussorgsky

Question 59

What was Mussorgsky's song cycle called?

Answer 59

Sunless "Four Walls"

Question 60

Who was a chemist and a composer?

Answer 60

Alexander Borodin

Question 61

What opera did Borodin never finish?

Answer 61

Prince Igor