Chapter 37 Quiz

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. What is the term for a first violinist who, up until the Romantic era, typically led the orchestra?

Batonniere correct incorrect

Conductor correct incorrect

Concertmaster correct incorrect

Maestro di Tempi correct incorrect

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. What is the term for the unifying melodic device used in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique?

Idée fixe correct incorrect

Dies Irae correct incorrect

Motive correct incorrect

Leitmotif correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is the term for a small, two-sided drum with wire strings stretched across the lower side?

Timpani correct incorrect

Bass drum correct incorrect

Cymbal correct incorrect

Snare drum correct incorrect

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. Which piece did Mendelssohn famously conduct in 1829, thus reviving interest in the music of the piece's composer?

Mozart's Requiem correct incorrect

Bach's St. Matthew's Passion correct incorrect

Beethoven's Fidelio correct incorrect

Bach's Cantata no. 140 correct incorrect

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. Mendelssohn's enthusiasm for the oratorios of Handel prompted him to create a story based on the life of which figure from the Bible?

Moses correct incorrect

Joshua correct incorrect

St. Paul correct incorrect

Elijah correct incorrect

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. In the Romantic era, the art of scoring music for an orchestra gained recognition as a particular skill in its own right.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. As a youth, Berlioz received musical instruction from his uncle, a professor at the Paris Conservatory.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Match the piece to the text from which it derives its program.

Harold in Italy

Select an answer choice The Aeneid Much Ado about Nothing Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Romeo and Juliet

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Roméo et Juliette

Select an answer choice The Aeneid Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Much Ado about Nothing Romeo and Juliet

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Béatrice et Bénédict

Select an answer choice Much Ado about Nothing The Aeneid Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Romeo and Juliet

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The Trojans

Select an answer choice The Aeneid Romeo and Juliet Much Ado about Nothing Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

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. Listen to the excerpt from Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream. Which character or character group is signified here?

Theseus correct incorrect

Titania correct incorrect

The elves correct incorrect

The mortal lovers correct incorrect

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. Listen to the excerpt from Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, movement five. What is Berlioz mocking in this section?

Sostenuto correct incorrect

Spezzato correct incorrect

Crescendissimo correct incorrect

Stretto correct incorrect