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Chapter 16 Quiz
Quiz Content
*
not completed
.
The German Romantic Lied typically consists of which performers?
a) Voice, piano, and cello
correct
incorrect
b) Voice and piano
correct
incorrect
c) Violin and piano
correct
incorrect
d) Voice, violin, and piano
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
In the early nineteenth century, the private genre most associated with Romanticism was ___________.
a) Symphony
correct
incorrect
b) Lied
correct
incorrect
c) Opera
correct
incorrect
d) String quartet
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
___________ published collections of translated English and Scandinavian poetry that were eventually set to music as the earliest German Romantic ballads.
a) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
correct
incorrect
b) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
correct
incorrect
c) Immanuel Kant
correct
incorrect
d) Johann Gottfried von Herder
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Schubert's most popular symphony, the "Brandenburg," was not actually premiered until 1865âforty years after the composer's death.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Schubert inherited a rich tradition of Lieder composition from composers like Haydn and Beethoven, who pursued the genre intensely as a means to gain favor from their aristocratic patrons.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
What happens at the end of Schubert's Erlkönig?
a) The child is saved by his father.
correct
incorrect
b) The child is saved by the Elf King.
correct
incorrect
c) The child dies.
correct
incorrect
d) The child kills the Elf King.
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Schubert's setting of Erlkönig is ___________.
a) Dramatic
correct
incorrect
b) Through-composed
correct
incorrect
c) Influential
correct
incorrect
d) All of the above
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
A "Schubertiade" refers to ___________.
a) A meeting of Schubert and his friends for private concerts
correct
incorrect
b) A cadence used by Schubert that ends softly
correct
incorrect
c) A public concert that featured all original Schubert compositions
correct
incorrect
d) A genre of solo piano music cultivated by Schubert
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which of the following is an example of a "character piece?"
a) Bagatelle
correct
incorrect
b) Nocturne
correct
incorrect
c) Eclogue
correct
incorrect
d) All of the above
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
In Schubert's music, a harmonic movement to the ___________ came to signify crossing into the realm of "innerness."
a) Tonic
correct
incorrect
b) Dominant
correct
incorrect
c) Flat submediant
correct
incorrect
d) Relative minor
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
In Schubert's lifetime, the piano became the Romantic instrument par excellence.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
During his lifetime, Schubert was known mostly for his ___________.
a) Public compositions
correct
incorrect
b) Private and domestic music
correct
incorrect
c) Performances of Beethoven's piano music
correct
incorrect
d) Opera conducting
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Schubert never composed an opera.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Schubert's impromptus were ___________.
a) Miniature symphonies that were never performed during Schubert's lifetime
correct
incorrect
b) Lieder that set poetry by Goethe
correct
incorrect
c) Piano quartets that brought Schubert his first commercial fame
correct
incorrect
d) Character pieces intending to portray a "spur of the moment" inspiration
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which of the following was not composed by Schubert?
a) An die ferne Geliebte
correct
incorrect
b) The "Unfinished" symphony
correct
incorrect
c) Schwanengesang
correct
incorrect
d) Erlkönig
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
The German Romantic Lied typically consists of which performers?
a) Voice, piano, and cello
correct
incorrect
b) Voice and piano
correct
incorrect
c) Violin and piano
correct
incorrect
d) Voice, violin, and piano
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
In the early nineteenth century, the private genre most associated with Romanticism was ___________.
a) Symphony
correct
incorrect
b) Lied
correct
incorrect
c) Opera
correct
incorrect
d) String quartet
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
___________ published collections of translated English and Scandinavian poetry that were eventually set to music as the earliest German Romantic ballads.
a) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
correct
incorrect
b) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
correct
incorrect
c) Immanuel Kant
correct
incorrect
d) Johann Gottfried von Herder
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Schubert's most popular symphony, the "Brandenburg," was not actually premiered until 1865âforty years after the composer's death.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Schubert inherited a rich tradition of Lieder composition from composers like Haydn and Beethoven, who pursued the genre intensely as a means to gain favor from their aristocratic patrons.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
What happens at the end of Schubert's Erlkönig?
a) The child is saved by his father.
correct
incorrect
b) The child is saved by the Elf King.
correct
incorrect
c) The child dies.
correct
incorrect
d) The child kills the Elf King.
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Schubert's setting of Erlkönig is ___________.
a) Dramatic
correct
incorrect
b) Through-composed
correct
incorrect
c) Influential
correct
incorrect
d) All of the above
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
A "Schubertiade" refers to ___________.
a) A meeting of Schubert and his friends for private concerts
correct
incorrect
b) A cadence used by Schubert that ends softly
correct
incorrect
c) A public concert that featured all original Schubert compositions
correct
incorrect
d) A genre of solo piano music cultivated by Schubert
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which of the following is an example of a "character piece?"
a) Bagatelle
correct
incorrect
b) Nocturne
correct
incorrect
c) Eclogue
correct
incorrect
d) All of the above
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
In Schubert's music, a harmonic movement to the ___________ came to signify crossing into the realm of "innerness."
a) Tonic
correct
incorrect
b) Dominant
correct
incorrect
c) Flat submediant
correct
incorrect
d) Relative minor
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
In Schubert's lifetime, the piano became the Romantic instrument par excellence.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
During his lifetime, Schubert was known mostly for his ___________.
a) Public compositions
correct
incorrect
b) Private and domestic music
correct
incorrect
c) Performances of Beethoven's piano music
correct
incorrect
d) Opera conducting
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Schubert never composed an opera.
a) TRUE
correct
incorrect
b) FALSE
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Schubert's impromptus were ___________.
a) Miniature symphonies that were never performed during Schubert's lifetime
correct
incorrect
b) Lieder that set poetry by Goethe
correct
incorrect
c) Piano quartets that brought Schubert his first commercial fame
correct
incorrect
d) Character pieces intending to portray a "spur of the moment" inspiration
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which of the following was not composed by Schubert?
a) An die ferne Geliebte
correct
incorrect
b) The "Unfinished" symphony
correct
incorrect
c) Schwanengesang
correct
incorrect
d) Erlkönig
correct
incorrect
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