Chapter 20 Quiz

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. All of the following are traits of historicism except ___________.

a) It traces a history of emancipation. correct incorrect

b) It demands that music further the evolutionary progress of art. correct incorrect

c) It was supported by Hegel's philosophy. correct incorrect

d) It placed the highest value on Italian composers. correct incorrect

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. Hegel believed that all history moves toward a progressive goal of human freedom.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Who were the composers in the New German School?

a) Liszt, Wagner, and Berlioz correct incorrect

b) Schumann and Brahms correct incorrect

c) Hegel and Brendel correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Who was the main musical protagonist of historicism?

a) Robert Schumann correct incorrect

b) Johannes Brahms correct incorrect

c) Franz Brendel correct incorrect

d) Karl Marx correct incorrect

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. Liszt's term, Zukunftsmusik, refers to ___________.

a) A recurring motive that represents a character or concept correct incorrect

b) The music of the future correct incorrect

c) Historical music correct incorrect

d) German sung play correct incorrect

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. What is the Hegelian dialectic?

a) The principle that history progresses through a process of thesis, antithesis, synthesis correct incorrect

b) The principle that history can only look backward, never forward correct incorrect

c) The belief that the simplest solution to a problem is the most likely correct incorrect

d) The principle that every action has an equal and opposite reaction correct incorrect

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. Richard Wagner invented the genre of the symphonic poem.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Of the following, who were "antihistoricist" musicians?

a) Brendel and Hegel correct incorrect

b) Wagner, Berlioz, and Liszt correct incorrect

c) Brahms and Joachim correct incorrect

d) Both a and c correct incorrect

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. Franz Liszt's Les Préludes is best defined as ___________.

a) An opera correct incorrect

b) A symphonic poem correct incorrect

c) A symphony correct incorrect

d) Incidental music correct incorrect

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. Les Préludes uses the compositional technique of ___________.

a) Idée fixe correct incorrect

b) Thematic transformation correct incorrect

c) Leitmotif correct incorrect

d) Historicism correct incorrect

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. Joseph Joachim's main instrument was ___________.

a) Piano correct incorrect

b) Cello correct incorrect

c) Violin correct incorrect

d) Organ correct incorrect

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. Eduard Hanslick was a proponent of ___________.

a) Absolute music correct incorrect

b) Program music correct incorrect

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. In Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor ___________.

a) The soloist dominates, while the orchestra has only minor accompaniment parts. correct incorrect

b) The orchestra dominates, while the soloist plays infrequently. correct incorrect

c) The soloist and orchestra are balanced in their roles. correct incorrect

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. Berlioz's Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy) was commissioned by ___________.

a) Franz Liszt correct incorrect

b) Joseph Joachim correct incorrect

c) Niccolò Paganini correct incorrect

d) None of the above; Berlioz did not write it on commission correct incorrect

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. Berlioz's Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy) is a mix between ___________.

a) Concerto and symphonic poem correct incorrect

b) Symphony and sonata correct incorrect

c) Opera and oratorio correct incorrect

d) Character piece and Lied correct incorrect

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. All of the following are traits of historicism except ___________.

a) It traces a history of emancipation. correct incorrect

b) It demands that music further the evolutionary progress of art. correct incorrect

c) It was supported by Hegel's philosophy. correct incorrect

d) It placed the highest value on Italian composers. correct incorrect

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. Hegel believed that all history moves toward a progressive goal of human freedom.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Who were the composers in the New German School?

a) Liszt, Wagner, and Berlioz correct incorrect

b) Schumann and Brahms correct incorrect

c) Hegel and Brendel correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Who was the main musical protagonist of historicism?

a) Robert Schumann correct incorrect

b) Johannes Brahms correct incorrect

c) Franz Brendel correct incorrect

d) Karl Marx correct incorrect

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. Liszt's term, Zukunftsmusik, refers to ___________.

a) A recurring motive that represents a character or concept correct incorrect

b) The music of the future correct incorrect

c) Historical music correct incorrect

d) German sung play correct incorrect

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. What is the Hegelian dialectic?

a) The principle that history progresses through a process of thesis, antithesis, synthesis correct incorrect

b) The principle that history can only look backward, never forward correct incorrect

c) The belief that the simplest solution to a problem is the most likely correct incorrect

d) The principle that every action has an equal and opposite reaction correct incorrect

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. Richard Wagner invented the genre of the symphonic poem.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Of the following, who were "antihistoricist" musicians?

a) Brendel and Hegel correct incorrect

b) Wagner, Berlioz, and Liszt correct incorrect

c) Brahms and Joachim correct incorrect

d) Both a and c correct incorrect

* not completed

. Franz Liszt's Les Préludes is best defined as ___________.

a) An opera correct incorrect

b) A symphonic poem correct incorrect

c) A symphony correct incorrect

d) Incidental music correct incorrect

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. Les Préludes uses the compositional technique of ___________.

a) Idée fixe correct incorrect

b) Thematic transformation correct incorrect

c) Leitmotif correct incorrect

d) Historicism correct incorrect

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. Joseph Joachim's main instrument was ___________.

a) Piano correct incorrect

b) Cello correct incorrect

c) Violin correct incorrect

d) Organ correct incorrect

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. Eduard Hanslick was a proponent of ___________.

a) Absolute music correct incorrect

b) Program music correct incorrect

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. In Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor ___________.

a) The soloist dominates, while the orchestra has only minor accompaniment parts. correct incorrect

b) The orchestra dominates, while the soloist plays infrequently. correct incorrect

c) The soloist and orchestra are balanced in their roles. correct incorrect

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. Berlioz's Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy) was commissioned by ___________.

a) Franz Liszt correct incorrect

b) Joseph Joachim correct incorrect

c) Niccolò Paganini correct incorrect

d) None of the above; Berlioz did not write it on commission correct incorrect

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. Berlioz's Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy) is a mix between ___________.

a) Concerto and symphonic poem correct incorrect

b) Symphony and sonata correct incorrect

c) Opera and oratorio correct incorrect

d) Character piece and Lied correct incorrect