Chapter 18 Quiz

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. In Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, the idée fixe refers to ___________.

a) The title of the symphony's second movement correct incorrect

b) The fact that the symphony is based on a program correct incorrect

c) A recurring melody that represents a woman and obsessive love correct incorrect

d) The finale's coda, in which the note "A" is obsessively repeated for minutes on end correct incorrect

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. Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is an example of absolute music.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Berlioz's orchestra for Symphonie fantastique was larger than previous symphonies.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. What happens at the end of the Symphonie fantastique?

a) The artist marries his love. correct incorrect

b) The artist dreams he has gone to heaven, where his love is waiting for him. correct incorrect

c) In a case of mistaken identity, the lovely woman turns out to be a princess. correct incorrect

d) The artist dreams he is executed and attends a witches' sabbath. correct incorrect

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. All of the following are true of Felix Mendelssohn, except ___________.

a) He was a musical prodigy, like Mozart. correct incorrect

b) His talent was exploited by his father, like Mozart's. correct incorrect

c) He received an excellent education. correct incorrect

d) He traveled extensively as a young man. correct incorrect

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. Of the following, which of Mendelssohn's compositions most expressed a German civic nationalism?

a) Overture to Midsummer Night's Dream correct incorrect

b) Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 correct incorrect

c) Paulus correct incorrect

d) "Scottish" Symphony correct incorrect

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. Although it was not published in his name, who wrote the notorious article, "Judaism in Music"?

a) Richard Wagner correct incorrect

b) Robert Schumann correct incorrect

c) Giuseppe Verdi correct incorrect

d) Felix Mendelssohn correct incorrect

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. Which composer conducted J. S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion in 1829, helping to spark a "Bach revival"?

a) Hector Berlioz correct incorrect

b) Felix Mendelssohn correct incorrect

c) Franz Liszt correct incorrect

d) Robert Schumann correct incorrect

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. Felix Mendelssohn's Paulus is ___________.

a) An opera correct incorrect

b) An oratorio correct incorrect

c) A programmatic symphony correct incorrect

d) A concert overture correct incorrect

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. What was the Davidsbund?

a) A term referring to three Romantic composers: Beethoven, Schubert, and Schumann correct incorrect

b) A Viennese orchestra created solely to play Beethoven's symphonic works correct incorrect

c) A fictional band of musicians created by Robert Schumann, based on his alter egos correct incorrect

d) The first modern music criticism magazine, edited by Robert Schumann correct incorrect

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. Schumann's Fantasie, Op. 17, is best described as a song cycle.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Although she was a piano prodigy, Clara Wieck never had a public performing career.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a way that Schumann can be considered a "literary musician"?

a) He applied narratives to his works. correct incorrect

b) He gave descriptive titles to works and movements. correct incorrect

c) He used his music to "spell" names of those close to him. correct incorrect

d) All of the above. correct incorrect

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. Diechterliebe is best described as ___________.

a) A song cycle by Schumann correct incorrect

b) A song cycle by Berlioz correct incorrect

c) A concert overture by Mendelssohn correct incorrect

d) An opera by Liszt correct incorrect

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. Fanny Mendelssohn's brother and father encouraged her compositional career.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect