Music Appreciation Final

What personal adversity did Beethoven struggle to overcome during his adult life?

• alcholism

• blindness

• deafness

• acid reflux

This composer was born in Bonn, Germany but moved to Vienna. It was not unusual for audiences to break down sobbing because they were so moved by his expressive style.

• Beethoven

• Mozart

• Haydn

• Schubert

Romantic artists drew inspiration from the monuments of ancient Greece and Rome.

• True

• False

The idea of "art for art's sake" was born of the Romantic period.

• True

• False

Which term describes when a performer momentarily alters the temp to enhance the expressive quality of the music?

• rubato

• syncopation

• glissando

• dimenuendo

What is an art song?

• a song with high musical accompanied by a piano

• the concluding fast aria of two or three operatic scene

• genre of secular vocal music from Italy.

• a song originating from an ethnic group and passed from generation to generation.

What is the German word for "song"?

• character piece

• strophic

• lied

• Singspiel

The Italian term for "beautiful singing" is

• col legno

• bel canto

• verismo

• legato

The idee fixe is associated with what object or idea?

• strength

• artistic

• friendship

• fixation

Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Nutcracker, is associated with which holiday?

• Easter

• Thanksgiving

• Christmas

• Valentine's Day