Music Appreciation - chp 15-16 Beethoven

What political figure inspired Beethoven in composing the Eroica Symphony?

• Emperor Franz Joseph II

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Thomas Jefferson

• King George of England

The Romantic period in music is generally thought of between 

• 1750 and 1850

• 1600 and 1750

• 1800 and 1900

• 1400 and 1600

Why was Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 so famous?

• It had a program to accompany the symphony telling a story

• The only instrument was the piano which was very unusual for a symphony

• He combined the symphony with a chorus singing

• He used a very unusual combination of instruments

Music scholars divide Beethoven’s music into __________ distinct style periods.

• two

• four

• five

• three

When Beethoven died ________________________.

• he was a national hero and 20,000 people attended his funeral in Vienna

• he was buried in Westminster Abbey Church and 3,000 people attended his funeral

• he was penniless and was buried in a pauper's grave

• he was briefly remembered and then forgotten

Beethoven is a transitional composer between what two musical time periods?

• Classical and Baroque

• Baroque and Romantic

• Romantic and medieval

• Classical and Romantic

The musical term applied to flexibility in rhythm is

• accelerando.

• rubato.

• rallentando.

• ritardando.