Chapter 22 Quiz

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. Má Vlast is best described as ___________.

a) An opera by Modest Musorgsky correct incorrect

b) A cycle of symphonic poems by Bedřich Smetana correct incorrect

c) A ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky correct incorrect

d) A piano concerto by Anton Rubenstein correct incorrect

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. Of the following, which composer was not associated with the progressive Russian school?

a) Anton Rubenstein correct incorrect

b) Modest Musorgsky correct incorrect

c) Mily Balakirev correct incorrect

d) Alexander Borodin correct incorrect

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. Vladimir Stasov was a(n) ___________.

a) Founder of the first Russian conservatory correct incorrect

b) Composer of Russian realist operas correct incorrect

c) Progressive Czech composer correct incorrect

d) Author and important spokesperson for the Mighty Five correct incorrect

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. Kuchka refers to ___________.

a) The first Russian string quartet correct incorrect

b) A compositional technique that uses folk tunes in symphonic contexts correct incorrect

c) A group of progressive Russian nationalist composers correct incorrect

d) The first Russian magazine featuring music criticism for general readers correct incorrect

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. Bedřich Smetana vehemently opposed the ideals of the New German School.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. The folk song that represents the Czech national river actually originated in Sweden.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Bedřich Smetana's The Bartered Bride is best described as ___________.

a) A tragic opera correct incorrect

b) A comic opera correct incorrect

c) A Czech symphonic poem correct incorrect

d) A Czech string quartet correct incorrect

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. All of the following reflect characteristics of kuchkist composers, except ___________.

a) They emphasized professional training in music conservatories. correct incorrect

b) They incorporated Russian folk tunes into their compositions. correct incorrect

c) They looked to Mikhail Glinka as a model. correct incorrect

d) They many wrote operas. correct incorrect

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. Boris Godunov is best described as ___________.

a) A symphonic poem by Alexander Borodin correct incorrect

b) An opera by Mikhail Glinka correct incorrect

c) A concert overture by Mily Balakirev correct incorrect

d) An opera by Modest Musorgsky correct incorrect

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. Boris Godunov was based on a play by ___________.

a) Shakespeare correct incorrect

b) Goethe correct incorrect

c) Pushkin correct incorrect

d) Gogol correct incorrect

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. __________ was a well-known impresario in Paris who exploited the French taste for exoticism.

a) Rubinstein correct incorrect

b) Milhaud correct incorrect

c) Diaghilev correct incorrect

d) Stravinsky correct incorrect

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. Of the following, which composer modeled his vocal lines on the natural patterns of Czech speech?

a) Bedřich Smetana correct incorrect

b) Anton Rubenstein correct incorrect

c) Mily Balakirev correct incorrect

d) Modest Musorgsky correct incorrect

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. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky made major contributions to which of the following genres?

a) Ballet correct incorrect

b) Opera correct incorrect

c) Symphony correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was trained in Russia's first music conservatory.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. In Eugene Onegin, the bïtovoy romans ("household romance") is signaled by the use of which interval?

a) Second correct incorrect

b) Fourth correct incorrect

c) Sixth correct incorrect

d) Seventh correct incorrect