Chapter 23 Quiz

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. Beginning about 1880, the genre of the symphony experienced a revival of attention by composers in Europe and America.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. The "canon" in the late nineteenth century refers to ___________.

a) Establishment of a permanent concert repertory based on music of the past correct incorrect

b) Reaction against music of the past, in favor of contemporary compositions correct incorrect

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. Which composer was heralded early in his career by Robert Schumann as a musical messiah?

a) Antonín Dvořák correct incorrect

b) Amy Cheney Beach correct incorrect

c) Johannes Brahms correct incorrect

d) Anton Bruckner correct incorrect

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. Brahms's G-Minor Piano Quartet features long, flowing melodies, rather than short, atomic motives.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Arnold Schoenberg used the term "developing variation" to describe which composer's music?

a) Richard Wagner correct incorrect

b) Anton Bruckner correct incorrect

c) Johannes Brahms correct incorrect

d) Antonín Dvořák correct incorrect

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. All of the following describe Brahms's A German Requiem except ___________.

a) It was a liturgical work. correct incorrect

b) It was inspired by the death of his mother. correct incorrect

c) It includes a substantial amount of fugal writing. correct incorrect

d) It was a choral and orchestral work. correct incorrect

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. Brahms's first symphony ___________.

a) Was a student composition correct incorrect

b) Was never performed during his lifetime correct incorrect

c) Was written when he was already a mature composer correct incorrect

d) Was the last composition he ever wrote correct incorrect

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. The finale of Brahms's first symphony refers to which composition?

a) Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" correct incorrect

b) A melody Brahms wrote for Clara Schumann's birthday correct incorrect

c) A Bach cantata correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. In the works of Beethoven, Brahms, and Bruckner, "cyclicism" refers to the reuse of a theme in multiple movements of a work.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Anton Bruckner's experience as ___________ influenced his orchestrational style.

a) A violinist correct incorrect

b) A pianist correct incorrect

c) An organist correct incorrect

d) A cellist correct incorrect

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. Which European composer wrote a symphony "From the New World"?

a) Johannes Brahms correct incorrect

b) Anton Bruckner correct incorrect

c) Antonín Dvořák correct incorrect

d) Bedřich Smetana correct incorrect

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. Portions of Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 were based on The Song of Hiawatha, a poem by ___________.

a) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow correct incorrect

b) William Wordsworth correct incorrect

c) Alexander Pushkin correct incorrect

d) Anton Seidl correct incorrect

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. ___________ brought Antonín Dvořák to America to head the National Conservatory of Music in New York.

a) Fritz Simrock correct incorrect

b) Jeanette Thurber correct incorrect

c) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow correct incorrect

d) Anton Seidl correct incorrect

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. Amy Cheney Beach advocated for the use of ___________ by American composers.

a) African American spirituals correct incorrect

b) Native American melodies correct incorrect

c) Irish and Scottish songs correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. César Franck's main instrument was ___________.

a) Piano correct incorrect

b) Cello correct incorrect

c) Clarinet correct incorrect

d) Organ correct incorrect