Chapter 13 Quiz 1

. In which of the following performance spaces is one likely to hear keyboard music?

Recital hall

Church

Concert hall

All of the above

. Which statement about the piano sonata is NOT true?

Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" was written in 1801 and dedicated to one of his pupils.

Piano sonatas, as would be expected from their name, always made use of sonata form in their first movement.

Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven all wrote very influential piano sonatas during the Classical era.

Beethoven wrote 32 piano sonatas of varying difficulty.

. Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "By the early Baroque era, composers like J. S. Bach had written hundreds of chorale preludes-improvisational pieces that acted as introductions to chorales.

The statement is true.

The statement is false because chorale preludes did not achieve this level of popularity until the late Baroque era.

The statement is false because J. S. Bach did not write any chorale preludes.

The statement is false because chorale preludes were highly structured pieces with no room for improvisation.

. This piece, part of a set of three pieces dedicated to a Parisian pianist, is typical for its style in that it features a lyrical melody in a slow tempo.

Prelude and fugue in C Minor, J. S. Bach

"Moonlight Sonata," Ludwig van Beethoven

"Nocturne in E flat, Op. 9, no. 2," Frederic Chopin

"Clair de Lune," Claude Debussy

. Which type of character piece is a stylized dance?

Polonaise

Nocturne

Scherzo

Etude

. Claude Debussy's The Sunken Cathedral is an example of what phenomenon in music history?

Renewed interest in the clavichord at the beginning of the 20th century

The innovations of modern composers when writing for the pipe organ

The importance of French nationalism in Romantic music

The continuing popularity of the piano sonata into the 20th century

. Which statement about Liszt's Transcendental Etude no. 10 in F minor is NOT true?

By separating the right and left hands into different regions of the piano, Liszt gives the impression that the piece is performed by more than one person.

In many sections, the melody is in octaves, which requires both a large hand size and strong technique to perform.

The character of the piece changes throughout from agitated to melodic through both dynamic range and melodic style.

The piece is in an extended rondo form that is highly unusual for its genre.

. What is the typical formal structure of the toccata?

Sonata form

Rondo

Theme and variation

Free, improvisational

. To what does the term "gap form" refer?

An intermediary section within the traditional form of the piano sonata.

An improvisational genre of keyboard music that became popular in the 1930s.

One of the two main forms of the chorale prelude that includes sections of the hymn tune followed by embellishments and variations.

A style of building pipe organs that includes various non-pipe outputs to generate non-pitched sound effects.

. Which statement about Chopin's life and career is NOT true?

A piano virtuoso, Chopin disliked playing in public.

Chopin was a native of Paris but lived most of his life in Poland.

Chopin was greatly influenced by such cultural figures as Victor Hugo and George Sand.

Chopin died at the early age of 39.

. What is the purpose of the brief stops in J. S. Bach's chorale prelude, "Christ Lay in Death's Prison"?

To allow the organ to "cool down," as earlier models could overheat and rupture the bellows

To create a sense of awe in the congregation due to the echoes in the church

To allow the organist to improvise based on the preceding melodic material

To allow the congregation to breathe as they sing the chorale

. How do organists control dynamics and timbre?

By the amount of force with which they press the keys

By adding or subtracting pipes using 'stops'

Foot pedals control these elements while the manual keys determine pitch

None of the above

. Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, no.2, called the 'Moonlight Sonata' because the composer first performed it at a night-time party in honor of one of his noble pupils, is atypical of its genre due to the slow tempo of the opening movement."

The statement is true.

The statement is false because the opening movement is fast.

The statement is false because the name "Moonlight Sonata" was given to this piece by a poet in 1832.

The statement is false because the piece in question is in d minor, not c-sharp minor.

. Which composer studied in this chapter wrote the Little Organ Book?

J. S. Bach

F. J. Haydn

Ludwig van Beethoven

Gabriel Faure

. Which statement about the piano in the Romantic era is NOT true?

The era saw the rise of the piano virtuoso as incredibly popular performers across Europe and America.

It was the most popular instrument due to its affordability.

No other instrument of the era, other than the guitar, had a comparable amount of literature written for it.

Its capacity for dynamic and accent ranges greatly increased over the Classical era's version of the instrument.

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