Chapter 35 Quiz

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. Which Classical composer took notice of the young Franz Schubert?

Haydn correct incorrect

Beethoven correct incorrect

Salieri correct incorrect

Mozart correct incorrect

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. What did Clara Schumann have in common with W.A. Mozart?

Both were married to musical talents who were far more widely acclaimed during their lifetimes correct incorrect

Both were child prodigies who studied music with their fathers correct incorrect

Both died of liver failure at relatively young ages correct incorrect

Although both were prolific composers, neither ever composed an opera correct incorrect

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. Which composer studied in this chapter is known for two great song cycles, Die schöne Müllerin (The Lovely Miller's Daughter) and Winterreise (Winter's Journey)?

Schubert correct incorrect

Robert Schumann correct incorrect

Clara Schumann correct incorrect

Brahms correct incorrect

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. Romantic songwriters found their texts from a variety of sources, but primarily Spanish Ossianic poems.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. After Robert Schumann's death in 1856, the friendship between his wife Clara and budding composer J. Brahms eventually dissipated.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Match each form of song to its definition.

Through-composed

Select an answer choice form in which music is repeated from stanza to stanza with some variations form in which new music is composed for each stanza form in which the same music is used from one stanza to the next

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Strophic

Select an answer choice form in which new music is composed for each stanza form in which the same music is used from one stanza to the next form in which music is repeated from stanza to stanza with some variations

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Modified strophic

Select an answer choice form in which music is repeated from stanza to stanza with some variations form in which new music is composed for each stanza form in which the same music is used from one stanza to the next

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. Listen to the excerpt from Robert Schumann's "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai." How does the composer avoid providing closure at the end of this piece?

By maintaining a constant tempo and abruptly stopping correct incorrect

By closing with a sustained dissonant chord correct incorrect

By repeating the same melody without variation throughout the piece correct incorrect

By directing that the singer leave the stage before the pianist is finished correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from Schubert's Erlkönig. Which character is speaking, and why?

The narrator, because of the increase in tempo correct incorrect

The Erlking, because of the soothing timbre and major key correct incorrect

The father, because of the low register correct incorrect

The child, because of the high pitch level and frenetic accompaniment correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from Clara Schumann's "Liebst du um Schönheit." What type of form does this piece exhibit in this example?

Modified strophic correct incorrect

True strophic correct incorrect

ABA form correct incorrect

Sonata form correct incorrect