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WorksheetsFine Arts-Academic SB - French Revolution #1Music
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
A movement in music and other arts of the 18th century that wsa designed to frighten, stun, or oversome with emotion was known as _________
a)
Sturm and Drang
b)
Feierliche Anzug
c)
Donnerklange Werk
d)
Lang und langweilich
2.
The use of Sturm und Drang in French opera was most obvious in the works of _____
a)
Lully
b)
Gluck
c)
Rameau
d)
Couperin
3.
Which of the following is NOT a product of Francois Voltaire's work?
a)
comedies
b)
satire
c)
opera scores
d)
opera librettos
4.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a principal philosoper of the Englightenment, was also a ____________
a)
lawyer
b)
physician
c)
archietect
d)
composer
5.
Francois-Joseph Gossec, probalby the most important composer of the French Revolution, was actually born in _______
a)
the Netherlands
b)
Switzerland
c)
Belgium
d)
Austria
6.
After 1789, Francois-Joseph Gossec left his position at the Opera to compose ____________
a)
chamber music for Louis XVI
b)
works for outdoor performance by large forces of singers and instruments
c)
church music for the Catherdral of Notre Dame
d)
popular songs to be distributed on broadsheets to support the Revolution
7.
Of the composers we are studying, Etienne-Nicolas Mehul was _______.
a)
completely self-taught
b)
not a composer of operas
c)
French-born and educated
d)
primarily a church musician
8.
During the Revolution, Mehul was known as a composer of ________
a)
marches for band
b)
incidental music for theaters
c)
motets
d)
patriotic songs and choruses
9.
According to Hector Berlioz (photo), Mehul's greatest contributions to music were his ___________
a)
operas
b)
symphonies
c)
patriotic songs
d)
chamber works
10.
Diffusion of culture was one of the main goals of enlightenment thought. It was manifested in each of the following ways EXCEPT _______
a)
public concerts
b)
the invention of a music recorder
c)
larger concert halls
d)
production of music to be performed in the home
11.
Beethoven's opera Fidelio falls in the category of ____________
a)
opera buffo
b)
singspiel
c)
rescue opera
d)
opera/ballet
12.
The original play on which Fidelio is based is ___________
a)
German
b)
Italian
c)
Spanish
d)
French
13.
Beethoven's original Title for Fidelio was
a)
Leonore
b)
Trimphale
c)
Florestand
d)
Rocco
14.
Amateur music making in France was enhanced by ___________
a)
the fact that the King was a pianist
b)
the publication of music periodicals
c)
the establishment of retail music stores
d)
music teachers offering their services for free
15.
After the fall of the monarchy, the Opera in Paris __________
a)
became a spoken repertory theater
b)
was destroyed
c)
made a successful transition to the Opera National
d)
was the new home for the Paris Conservatory
16.
During the Reign of Terror, the administration owed the success of the Opera to __________
a)
Napoleon
b)
citizen militias
c)
free performances on weekdays
d)
the Committee of Public Safety
17.
Jean-Nicholas Bouilly's play, Leonore ou L'amour conjugal is all of the following EXCEPT ________
a)
a French adaptation of an Italian opera libretto
b)
based on a true story
c)
Bouilly himself was involved in the story
d)
the inspiration of betthoven's Fidelio
18.
an interesting fact about Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of le Marseillaise, is that _________
a)
he was not French
b)
he refused to sign the oath to the new constitution
c)
Marseillaise is not an original tune
d)
he composed it while in jail
19.
In Symphonic Fantastique, the concept of idee fixe stands for _________
a)
a fixation on the form of each movement
b)
the grand idea that forms the entire symphony
c)
a recurring melody that is heard in all movements
d)
the quotation of a chant melody from the mass
20.
The suffering of a guillotine execution is representated in Symphonie Fantastique by _________
a)
two timpani strikes
b)
a trumpet fanfare
c)
the striking of an axe on a stump
d)
two pizzicato string notes
21.
One of the great outcomes of the French Revolution was the establishment of _________
a)
the Paris Conservatory
b)
a nation al composer's symposium
c)
a French musical journal
d)
the Opera Comique
22.
Poulenc's Dialogue of the Carmelites tells the story of _________________
a)
conversations between Carmelite nuns and their bishop
b)
the martyrdom of Caremelite nuns who refuse to denounce their faith
c)
the daily prayer life of Catholic religious
d)
the negotiations to hide nuns under suspicion
23.
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is based on a libretto by ____________
a)
Mozart himself
b)
Berthold Brecht
c)
Pierre Augustin Beaumarchais
d)
Nicholas-Francois Guillard
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