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Chapter 38 Quiz
Romantic Opera
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What term is used to describe the short recurring motives found in Wagner's work?
Leitmotif
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Variation
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Aria
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Ritornello
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Which composer discussed in this chapter composed an opera based on the age-old tale in which a mortal makes a deal with the devil?
Richard Wagner
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Gaetano Donizetti
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Carl Maria von Weber
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Giuseppe Verdi
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Which of the following operas is NOT one of the three operas that mark Verdi's coming-of-age as a composer in the 1850s?
La traviata
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Lucia di Lammermoor
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Il trovatore
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Rigoletto
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Which statement about French opera in the 19th century is NOT true?
It was mounted on a grand scale with impressive stage effects
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French composers declined to use choruses in their works
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Most of these operas dealt with grand historical themes
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The "citizen king," Louis Philippe, supported the trend of opera intended for consumption by the middle class
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Wagner's
Der Ring des Nibelungen
was composed in record time-the composer took the entire piece from concept to final copy in just under two months.
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Bellini, whose lyrical melodies suggest the soulful elegance of Chopin, is most well known for his masterpiece,
Norma
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False
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Set in seventeenth-century Italy,
La Muette de Portici
ends with a climactic display of the sack of Rome.
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Match the terms to their definitions.
Bel cant
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style of singing that emphasizes melodic lines against unobtrusive accompaniments
song that starts with a slow, lyrical section and ends with a fast, brilliant section
term for the entire "aria" structure common to Italian operas during the Romantic era
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Double aria
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term for the entire "aria" structure common to Italian operas during the Romantic era
song that starts with a slow, lyrical section and ends with a fast, brilliant section
style of singing that emphasizes melodic lines against unobtrusive accompaniments
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Cavatina
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style of singing that emphasizes melodic lines against unobtrusive accompaniments
term for the entire "aria" structure common to Italian operas during the Romantic era
song that starts with a slow, lyrical section and ends with a fast, brilliant section
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Listen to the excerpt from Verdi's
Rigoletto
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He is reverent and pious
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He is scheming and self-controlled
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He views women as fickle, justifying his callous treatment of them
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He is committed to the democratic ideals of the French Revolution
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Listen to the excerpt from Wagner's
Das Rheingold
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Thor's motive
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Loge's motive
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Valhalla's motive
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The sword's motive
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